St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

We republish below our answer to the ca
rion's /" charges" which it made a year ago ana
which it revamps at this late day because 1t was
so badly ratified by our evidently unlooked-t0r
blow in its miCriff that it could think OF nothing
to say. This answer silenced the Clarion year
ago: 1t seemed to consider it a sufficient and
ssuccessful' denial then; IL it does not so con-
slider it now, let it speak out.
The last issue of the st. Landry Clarion con-
tanned remarkable card, signed by the Board
of Directors of the Clarion Printing GO, III re,
NV to what the editors of the Democrat and
Courier had to say in reference to the false and
cowardly insnuations contained i'll an editorial
article published in the Clarion OF the 7th
While this card is remarkable in several res
pects it is chiefly SO by reason OF its unfair
ness and lack of candOr and the studied but
groundless attempt to besmirch the names and
regulations of those who, by their standing i'll
this community are a constant, living menace
to the success of the selfish schemes OF certain
men. We will take up se'Tdt1o1 the socalied
scharges" made in this card and prefaced by
what is intended to be grand flourish OF
trumpets, and. we think, show conclusively
their utter insufiicency to Justify any suspicion
of wrong doing on our part.
After quoting the paragraph which contained
the ipsinuation which we branded as lie
which paragraph, we venture to say, not one
Of the signers of this card saw before it ap-
reared in print-the card goes on to say that
the editors of the Courier and Democrat used
that article as preteXt for the use of the fol
lowing abusive epithets toward imaginary per
sons" ('imaginary persons is good y and then
gives what the two editors had to say on the
subject But it is perhaps best to give the card
in full. Here it is:
The following editorial article appeared i'll
the st. Landry Clarion Of February 7th 1897
Mr. Lalling, the private secretary of Mr.. Nor,
ris, says: "We 1.-THE Lottery now control the
press Of the State, for which we have expended
a large amount of money. Some has proved
value received, while some has proved money
lost; )" and they do not wish to invest any more
cash in Louisiana papers, that belong TO the
C$otn Mr. n rnl
nublic opinion. Up to the time the Clarion be-
gun publication here, the press of this parish
shouted for the Lottery; but when public opn,,
elections and parish convention last Sep
fember, the result was overwhelmingly against
the Lottery, SO in regard to this parish, Mr.
Morris could exclaim: money lost"
The editor of the st. Landry Democrat, Mfr.
T., A. Sandoz, and the editor of the Opelousas
Courier, Mr.. LeOnce Sandoz, have in their res
pective editions of the l4th inst, used that ar
ticle as pretext for the following abusive
epithets towards imaginary persons
AS one of 1.-the press Of this parish the
Courier don't propose to allow this covert in
s,Huation to go uEnoticed, and will take occa-
snn to say that If it is the intention of the wri
ter of the paragraph above quoted to convey
the meaning that our course III regard TO the
lottery amendment was not actuated by pure
motives, and an honest st e,nVlctlon IT,, ttat IT
opinions had been bought by Mr.. Morris OF any
body else, we hereby brand it as contempt
BILE, sneaking, cowardly lie
Now, take this to mean that the opinions of
the editors OF the papers of this parish VINO ad-
vocated the adoption OF the lottery amend
ment last year were purchased by Mr.. Morris
The article does not charge this specifically i'll
straightforward, manly way, bat that is the
impression 1t leaves on the mind of the reader
4 do not know who the editor OF the Clarion Is;
in fact, it Is understood that it has several edi-
tors. But as I was associate editor of the
Courier, last year, and as such advocated the
submission to aud adoption by the people of
this amendment, have this to say Ii the
writer of this article, whoever he may be-
means to intimate, insinuate or charge that i'll
doing so was actuated by any other than pure
honest and conscientious motives 1t he means
that my opinion on this question was bought
by Mr. Morris or anybody else, denounce him
and a cowardly and pusillarimous scoundrel
l.. A. SANDoZ.
We, the undersi gned, hereby reterate and as
sort the truth of the editorial comment con-
tanned therein, and as the Messrs' sahdoz are
they have to deal in this matter ana TO assert
their honesty in supporting the lottery, even
the absence Of eharse Of Nc
charge and can prove:
LIST. The use Of money by the Lottery CCnl-
pany to control the press Of this parish. in its
interest, and that 1t was c0rruptly received Is
the general belief among the people here.
al. That the st. Landry Democrat under its
former owner and editor, and the Courier, UNI
aud denounced the Louisiana Lottery during
several years, as corrupt corporation and a
dangerous factor in the politics OF the State.
Srd. That Immediately upon the publication
of the proposition of John A. Morris, to pay to
the State $4,000 per annum, for renewal of
the charter Of said Lottery Company, both Of
these papers became its advocates and apollo
gists, and that the Courier, owned and edited
at the time by L. q l.. A. Sandoz, made haste
TO advise the Legislature to accept that propo-
sition, saying that its editors did not believe
that Mr.. Morris would offer any more-thus
making more ahjeet and complete surrender
Of the revenue feature of the proposition than
was ever advocated by any other lottery paper
or partisan of the Lottery Company.
4th. That the two editors and owners of the
Courier, became interested in the st. Landry
Democrat under its lease to e. p. Goodwin,
and were his partners in publishing that paper
during its entire lease for two years ending
january LIST, 1891, and that the Lottery Com
pany paid $500 in cash for the use of its edito-
rial columns in advocacy of its reeharter, and
that one of the editors of the Courier received
more than one-half of the $780,
Whether the editors of the Courier and st.
Landry Democrat are honest or not ia their