St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1892-06-11
A Judge Compliments Lawyer.


said of Thad Stevens "That he was
one of the brightest men ever born
and could say the smartest things, but
that, so far as being under any sense ot
obligation to his creator for superior
mental endoWments, his mind was q
bowling wilderness"
That is the kind of lawyer some oi
the newspapers of this State seem tc
want for chief justice but Judge Mich
oils knows enough of law to apply it.
and he has sufficient "sense of obliga-
tion" to apply it justly. Honesty is
a superior gift or quality to smartness.
If he had been where he is now, this
State would have been saved the pains
and losses of the lotrery campaign. Ii
Gov. Foster appointed him for services
rendered, as alleged by some who op-
posed the appointment, those sevices
were rendered the people and the State
of Louisiana and Gov. Foster did just
what the people would have done, and
the people approve his action. OF
Nichols himself it may well be said :
"Well done, good and faithful servant, +"
you deserved your reward.
The Court House square has practi-
cally no enclosure, and the jail build
ing has none at all. For several rea-
sons the latter should have high and
close enclosure, to prevent passers-by
from going too near it. Prisoners
sometimes escape by means of instru-
ments passed in to them by persons
outside. The prisoners are often very
noisy, from more or less intoxication !;
they get the liquor as they do the in
struments, and the jailor cannot pre-
vent it. An enclosure would remedy
all this, and it should be made.
Somebody has planted a patch OF
wheat somewhere down in this lati-
tude, and all of a sudden many papers
are urging the growing of wheat. Our
farmers do not make enough corn and
meat, articles that certainly can be
produced here in abundance; and we
would advise that only those who have
enough corn and meat, plenty OF time
and nothing to do and mony to spare,
try the experiment of growing wheat,
If they can elevate the land good ma
ny more feet above the sea, they may
succeed.
The excursion from this place to
Thibodaux last Sunday, while deci-.
ded success in every other respect, was
a failure financially, SO we learn. All
who went from this place are united
in their praise of Thibodaux and its
hospitable people. We are sorry that
the financial feature of the trip was
not as great success to the Hook and
Ladder Co., as the social was to the
excursionists.
The circuit court of appeals was
opened and adjourned here this week,
on account of the absence of one of the
judges, who is at Baton Rouge, we be
lieve, looking after his reelection. We
hope his absence and failure to hold
court will not subject himpto the criti-
cisms so freely bestowed, in certain
quarters, on our, ,ex-distriet judge, under
similar circumstances.
The Baton Rouge Advocate is lucky
it bellies the saying, attributed to Lin
coin, that it is risky swapping horses
while crossing a river"-it swaps, and
gets over every time. Four years ago
it supported McEnery, but landed on
Nichols side in time to get the print
ing contract this time it successfully
repeated the performance.
The legislature has been blamed in
some quarters for passing resolution
of sympathy with the New Orleans car
driver strikers. The street car COM
panies finally complied with the de-
mands of the drivers-was this not an
admission that the drivers were in the
right?
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature making insanity a cause for
divorce we know an old bachelor who
is positive that only insane people get
married. jury like him, with such
law in force, would make divorce easy
in every case.
Wesley Shorten, colored, who stole a
hog in this parish, and became refu-
gee from justice, about four years ago,
was arrested by deputy sheriff Morn
hinveg, last Monday, at Enterprise in
Avoyelles parish, where he went under
the name of John Holmes.
Governor MeEnery rewarded his
friends in bis appointments. Not a
solitary man who ever opposed his
ever received any consider
alton at his hands, if he knew it. No
one questioned his right to do as he
did. Governor Nichols tried to har-I