The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-09-17
OPINIONS OF THE LOUI.
SIANA PRESS.
EDUCATION FOR THE PEOPLE.

want common schools open everywhere
all the year round, and in few years
there will be no complaint of scarcity
of students in the institutions for an
advanced and higher education.
PHOTOGRAPH OF TIL PEOPLES PARTY.
Bastrop Appeal: The peoples par
ty is a political myth, animaginarv en-
tity, a frail bark without compass and
rudder, bundle of Inconsistencies
job lot of disappointed ofice-holders
who are too lazy to work and too hon
est to steal. 1t will not be heard Of
next year.
OPINION ON PRIMARIES.
Shreveport Times: We favor primal
ry elections, yes but we favor them iu
a majority rule within parish-for
parish officers, and also for delegates
to a congressional convention, wherein
usual and Democratic result, a MAORI
ty's choice
BOOMING THEIR SCHOOLS.
Mansfield Looking Ahead Well.
what about Monroe9 Why, it has
some big men in it, and they have voted
a 5-mill tax for its schools. Homer
has organized high school, voted
5-mill tax for its support, and put the
tuition fee at 81 a month. The spirit
of progress is stirring there, and her
sleepy sisters will wake up later to find
themselves left.
PROPER CARE OF PARISH ROADS.
st. Tammany Farmer: The police
jury of Lafayette parish has adopted
the same plan for maintaining the pub
lie roads of that parish in good order
as that in force IN Rapides since last
year, and in the last issue of the Lafa-
yette Advertiser appears a notice call
ing for sealed proposals for "the drain
age, repair, grading and maintenance
of forty miles of public roads in SAID
parish in tirst-class travelling condition
for four years."
DEMOCRATIC DISCORD IN .CADDO.
Shreveport Times Is 1t possible that
there is no chance of effecting a COM
promise between the Democratic fac
tions in Caddo parish Can every other
parish in the State be allowed to fling
the taunt to Caddo's face, that it alone
refuses to harmonize, and that dema-
gogism and bossism have conjointly
successfully defeated conservatism,
and the general desire of the erstwhile
opposing factions for harmony? We
cannot, do not, believe that this is the
sentiment Of the majority Of the white
Democrats of Caddo parish. We be-
lieve they favor harmony in the party
Though we admit the expression is be-
coming threadbare), and that they all
vocate relegating the extremists of both
factions to the rear. and join hands in
united movement for a Democratic
victory against the third party and Re-
publicans
DIFFERENCES HEALED.
Vidalia Sentinel: 1t gives rs no lit
| tie pleasure to announce that the diff
ferences in the Democracy of the parish
of Ouachita have been fully harmOnized
| on basis fully satisfactory to both
sides, and that this amicable adjust
ment will go TAR toward solidifying the
Democracy of the whole fifth district.
Judge Gunby and his third party fol-
lowers had strongly hoped that there
which would largely aid them in their
opposition to the party of the district,
but their hopes were built upon treach-
erous sand, and the Democracy of old
Ouaehita are too patriotic. have imbib-
ed the teaching of Democratic princi-
Piles too long and too deeply to bring
defeat and disaster to their cause BY
| idle and needless division aud dissen-
sion.
| THE LEGISLATURE.
Bayou Sara True Democratic While
men are what they are, there will al
ways be Il majority in the legislative as
sembiy who are there from personal
motives rather than from any exalted
intention of serving the state and it
alone The disinterested patriot is a
rara avis indeed, and in some localities
would very likely excite more curiosity
than the freak of a dime museum.
Louisiana is good distance from the
millennium vet. ard, in fact, is not so
near us old Runle was in that respect.
The reason that many good men have
gone wrong in administering state or
private business is that they were trust
ed too much. Around even the best OF
men should be thrown all possible safe
guards to protect, and moral force to
assist them in doing their duty All of
us are taught to pray "lead us not into
temptation" And while the state is
not called to make the costly expert
ment of removing its legislators from
temptation. for such would he impos-
sible; yet, it is highly necessary that
too implicit trust should not be reposed
in legislative devotion TO duty, but it
should be insisted upon by the people
that stricter rules of attendance be in
forced in the legislature, and thus rem
der nugatory the attractions Of the me.