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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-27

/. The statement put IN print by Con
gressmen Savers aud Dockery Of the
house appropriations committee shows
that there will be deficiency OF $50,
365 $50 in the current fiscal year, az
cord.ng to the appropriations made
aud the estimates of evenu submit
ted. The appropriations tor tile year
ending June 30, 1898, are 1907, 70l $3.50;
estimated tor the same period,
1856 ,336.350. Among the permanent
appropriations included in tiie total is
that for the sinking fund, SIS, So 900.
The law requires that this s~inkin.-fund
payment shall I've made in each fiscal
year, but Secretary Foster has con-
cal year. and has accordingly taken
credit for pre- siou> iedcmptiuns at t..
public debt that We're over and above
the stipulated mount ,f the sinking
fund. Me>srs. Savers and D,mkelv 81,
that he has no choice but +" omit IL e
sinking fund payment IL. has not
the money to make it. La fact he has
not enoug.i 70 make tie necessary pay
mtnrs. The last congress b"tclle.l its
job tremendously. IL ad led $50 0),,-
O00t" the pension larges, and i, kauck-
ed off $50 900, 900 of incomr BY rrpea.
ing sugar dutie. and tneii i, added $40.
100000 of sugar houl.tirs. b eau e 4
had repealed The duties. 'rniS .le.,ir
Il III OF revenues II II pa.in. -: b,rr
ties was believed ID he necessary :,
make the Mckinley law ac ertaplr j.,
the taxpayers. Il wa~ ,tec, s>arv TO
show them s. u relic; y -o.,trc: ne
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-27

never even going into temporary or
g~anization. The Clark faction assert
ed that. knowing the danger of a dead
lock TO the success of Gov. Hogg, the
chairman was to arbitrarily run the
machine, and his attempt to do this
brought on the fight.
When Chairman Finley assumed the
gavel anc called the delegates to order
he counsellet moderation and fairness.
and told the delegates to bother the
passion and prejudice which had been
e~noendered during The bitter campaign
of the party for months aud warned
their OF the dangers of a divided de
mucracy. He announced that the first
thing Was the election OF the tempo
rarl chairman. j. NJ. Sheppard of
Camp county. WAS nominated by the
Hogy people and Jonathan Lane of
Clark faction. Chairman Finley or
dered the secretary To cali the roll by
counties and then ii mighty yell OF OPP
position went up. LII numbers the
Clark people Lad them. For the 200
votes they had 5000 men u cast them,
and the convention, ins-ead of being IA
body of constituted delegates, was in
the hands Of the multitude.
Ex-senator Mattock moved that the
vote on election of chairman be taken
viva voce. Chairman Finley ruled
this out of order aud tnen the torn of
Indignation broke II atresl!. Hun
dreds of delegates were on their :eet
wildly gesticulating and endeavoring
to secure recoynltion, while the tilDu-
sands ill the hall Wee bowling like
dervishes. Mattock jumped on il chair
anu declared that the minority had
been stitied and buldozed. He asked
all those who favored the election of
Lane tor temporary chairman to signify
1t by saying ''ay.' The Clark dele
gates and the spectators all cliImed in
and ii mighty shout wen ,lpifrnm 5000
Threats, and Mattock declared Lane
elected.
In an instant the CLARK banner waved
aud sllen Il mighty rush WAS made to
the Platform To stcure half Of it. The
scene which then ensued is inttesclib,-
bic. Men i'll angry passions were surg ;
pushing and pulling ut the tables
and chairs and all the time Yell ng and
cursing. Several fights were going on
in the audience, aud pistols and dan
gerous looking knives were tiourisred.
For several minutes il looked IA
though il bloody scene Of carnage
would be enacted. At last il sembiance |
OF order was worked out of chaos
The murderous-lookin. pistols and
knives were put back in pockets aud
each side took halfof the platform and
hall, Sheppard presiding ~ The fIogg
convention and Llne over the CIa
Both SIDES o % got down to
business and began the work of orgaL
ization by appointing the usual com
mittees, when an adjournment was ia
ken.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-27

for the exactions OF the protected class
es. So the sugar duties were thrown
overall except what belonged to tie
sugar trust. The grand result of new
pensions. bounties and free raw sugar
is a difference of $40, 600, 900 "to the
bad" in the national bookkeeping.
by ignoring the sinking fund the ac-
tual deficit for the year will be only
til &c or four millions, but the pen
sion bill will be larger the next fiscal
year->enator German SAYS $40, 000,-
600 larger. There may be some in
crease of revrrue owing to the increase
of population aud trade. but not near
" so much as this. There s-cul> t ~
no alternative, but an increase of tuA,t-
Chicago Weekly News.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-27
SPLIT OF TEXAS DEMOCRATS.
Knives and Revolvers FIourished Dnriug
the Convention at Housfon

HousToN, Tex, Aug. 16.-The de
mocfacy is rent in twain, and double
barreled convention is the result. The
same scenes which were enacted IN
this city four years ago during the
Hutchinson campaign occnr-
red to-day. 1t was a foregone conclu-
sion that if the Hogg people, who had
about two-thirds of the instructed DEL
egates, attempted to control the con-
v%ention. as they had a perfect right to
do, the Clark people would bolt.
They had agreed upon this line of pol.
icy at their secret caucuses and to-da
they carried it out, the conventio..
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But little has been hear for some
time past OF the civil-service commits
sion aud its doings. 1t has now, 10Y
ever, recalled itself to public attention
by the preparation o. an
ment to be made public next Week, In
which attention is directed TO the pro-
visions of the civil-serrice law in iela-
ton to political assessments. The pro-
visions of the law in relation To this
matter are in substance that no govern
meIit officer or employe shall. directly
or Indirectly, solicit or receive in any
nIannur Whatever Il contribution tur po-
lltlral purposes firm any other gov
erninent officer OF employe; that no
govern n-nr officer or c%nploye shall
make Il Contribution for political tur-
poses to any other government officer
or employe; that no ptrs N shall III
any manner, directly or indirectly, So
liclt or receive contributions for politi-
cal purposes in any room or building
occupied by government employees in
discharge of official duties that no SUI
perior officer shall discriminate against
or IN favor of any government officer
or enlplOye on account of his action III
reference to contributions for political
purposes; that government employees
must be left absolutely free to contrib
ute to either party, according TO their
preferences, and that an employe lefu-
sing to contribute must not he discrim-
mated against because of such refusal.
The little attention attracted by the
announcement is no doubt due in some
degree to the fact that the specific evil
declared against, is not so acute as it
was some years ago.-ChicaJo News.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-27
A Clever Bit of Workmanship.

In a museum of curiosities at Salem,
Mass, there is preserved a common
cherry seed or stone followed and fash
toned like a basket. Within the basket
are twelve tiny silver spoons, the shape
and finish Of which cannot be distin-
guished with the naked eye. The name
of the artist who constructed this little
wonder has been lost, but the actual ex-
istence of the thing itself will not be
questioned by any one from the old
witch headquarters of the Bay State
Chicago Herald.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-27
Angles in New Telescopes.

In the new form of telescope for stadia
work spider lines are entirely omitted,
and instead a prism is placed so as to
cover one-half the objective Of the tele-
scope, the consequence being that the
rays passing through the prism make an
angle with the rays passing through the
unobscured half of the objective, and
this angle is constant whatever the dis
lance of the object observed.-New
York Times.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-27
Early English Umbrellas.

Two centuries ago the umbrella was
known and used as a sunshade. Ben
Jonson and Beaumont and Fletcher al
luded to it. In 1912 it was used as g
rain protector. Gay in his Trivia"
speaks of the umbrellas oily she'd"
which was recorded as a kind of SOU
wester material more serviceable than
bingham or silk, which was used in its
construction at that period.-Detroit
Free Press.
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Mt Carmel Convent, 1hibodaux La.

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Jan. 81, 1883.
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although | have tried many remedies. none
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my experience with this precious and valus.
BILE powder and mixture will be the means of
inducing others TO give il . trial.
Yours respectfully,
4 SIsrER OF Mt, CaRNEL CoNysH
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Pretty Poor Pickings.

Findings are popularity supposed to be-
long to the sweeper, but one of the
street sweepers of Portland observes that
his is a very disappointing job. He has
found only a n cent piece and a short
lead pencil during his term of Office and
is disguised with politics.-Lewiston
Journal.
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Smiths Hotel
Main st. Houma, La.
Z. 2. SMITH, Proprietor.
Billiards, Liquors aud Choice Cigars
vALWAYS ON HAND Al

- On American and European plan. Large
airy rooms for families and Commercial
Travilers. Special attention given to PR
vate. Dinners. Transportation of passengers
free.
The morning call., 1892-04-04
TOXINS APPROVAL.

What the President of the Police Commits
sfo'ers Says of The Call"
K. j. Tobin. president of the Board of
Police Commissioners. was told that THE
CALL was collecting data for a crusade
against the deus Of depravity in this city.
Good" said be. Il viii help TIE carr
all can. We have had a great deal of
trouble with the dens-a great deal. We
know that in those places much of the crime
that Is committed in this city originates.
We know that they are stencil In the nos
trils Of the community. We have done
everything in cur power to close the most
disreputabie OF them, but we cannot go
further than the law allows to go,
BY stirring up the public to a proner
sense of the condition of things in this re-.
spect The CALL will do much good. It will
help the commission. There has never vet
eeen an effective newspaper crusade against
the dives. l have often thought that hers
was field In which a great daily news
paper might do wonderful lot of good.
But. OF course, such thing must be gone
az In the right way. A newspaper ought
not TO publish matter concerning dives tina /
10 printed merely for the sake of bic.
tureseue effect That is not the wav IN
make the fight. and / do not think TuT
CALL will make 1t that way.
1t Is good move. Go ahead. You can.
not strike too strong blow"
The morning call., 1892-04-04
GENTLEMEN
OCCUPYING SEATS MUST TAKE
REFRESHMENTS.

This is one OF the signs that adorn the
greasy walls. Another is 10 the effect that
ladies drinks are 10 cents" There are no
women IN this hole. though nearly dozen
females; they are all ladies'" Their
skirts are mostly rs short as their capacity
for slowing away bad beer is unlimited.
They are bad lot, and you readily believe
IL Is dirty, ill-smelling place. Your son
will loose all self-res pect IL lie freouents il !;
and you danghter-that is too terrible to
think Of. Yet some peoples daughters are
there. Aye. and they are young and fair.
too, sometimes. Where they are old and
hardened You would not care SO much,
though then 1t were bad enough. But sec
this Young, frail, delicate little creature
not IL, and small for her age. Her cheeks
need no paint: She even bushes some
times at the foul talk about her-a thing
rare, indeed. within these walls. She has a
native grace and modesty. she Is intelll-
gent. has been to school. and Is now going
to the devil at a fearful pace.
VINO Is she?
The programme has her as little Lola
biggest fsvorlte we ever played" The lat
Ter clause Is doubtless correct, but IL YOU
are not hardened TO those things you would
inwardly weep to see such q flower in such
plague-spot. Is there no power to snatch
that child from this black hole?
None.
A few months sgo she came from Chicago.
Her mother thinks she is playing with a
reputable vaudeville company in the first
class theaters, but the human brute who
sold her to the dive got handsome bonus
for his per6dy. Such girls are worth money
In the market They draw custom.
Already she drinks beer. Tomorrow she
VIII swear. She will go down fast, if 1t Is
possible to 60 below the basement dive. In
lew years you may find her In the police
courts. vagrant; then In the House Of
Correction; then the potter's field.
1t would be better were the last to como
frat.
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tame, but by the time it occurs the '1ady"
walters have filched your pockets and
emDtied your pocket-book
The Palace Varieties, In the cellar at
Grant avenue and Post street, deserves
especial mention for its especial indecencies.
but do not expect to see the unusual there
Only the most vulgar and commonplace per-
formances are in vogue a: this-and all
the dives.
The Olympic "Theater." under Dupont
streets pavement, is especially noted for
the profanity aud vulgarity, not to say dis
gushing character of its stage dialogues.
One would scarcely think that even the most
depraved could find anything pleasing in a
filthy dialogue between two men on the
stage. Yet large crowd of ruffiaDs and
gentlemen elbow each other In this dive
seven nights in the week.
The Elite dive. at Grant avenue and Geary
street, where Rice was murdered a few
years ago. Is an underground joint that is
dirty, foul-smelling and disease-breeding
Female walters, shOrt~skirted, vulgar of
tongue, and with great capacities for stow
ing away bad beer. gather here nightly to
the number OF score or more. By 10
O'Clock there is always full house
The main feature of all the dives are the
female walters They are mostly aged. all
are brazen and but few even passingy good
looking. Yet they serve their purpose.
They make the diyrkeeper rich.
The morning call., 1892-04-04

hands tell mournful tale. They speak Of
good intentions, hard toll, OF striving and
trying and an ending INFLAMMATION.
AT II o'clock the orgies of the Cremorne
above which can be heard an occasional
curse or vile epithet. though the weazened
orchestra Is completely drowned. Tobacco
smoke and the fumes OF bad LIQUOR are so
thick as 10 render the atmosph here opaGue
The Indecent Jokes" of the stage per-
poses speak louder than words. The bar is
doing rushing business. Every body is
almost or entirely drunk. Satan is king and
500 men and women are being damned in
body mind ard soul. Sometimes the num-
Der is greater, never less. And seven nights
q week
Halinan's Crime Hatchery operates IN
der theatrical lquor-dealer's license and
pays $40 every three months into the public
treasury.
just what the Cremorne costs the tax
payers OF tue city and State In the way Of
necessitailng Increased accommodations 10
me County Jail, Hospital, Poorhouse. City
Prison, Insane Asylum and other bubble
institutions has never been computed to a
nicely, but liberal estimate places the cost
at about 600 per cent greater than the
licanse fee.
Under the provisions of the law regulat-
Ing these licenses the Cremorne must be
closed by one hour after midnight. That Ia.
Its music and stage performances must be
stopped. That there should be limit TO
the lnf1ictloBs OF its loud-mouthed, weakened
orchestra Is a consideration devoutly to be
thankful for by the adjacent neighborhood
But not until the wee small hours of the
morning; till. indeed, every victims last
cent has passed into the possession of Jack
Mailman and bis pal. Ed Homan, and their
accomplices in crime; till the bottom dree.
OF nights fearful reyelry have been drunk.
are the orgies OF the Cremorne abated for
the nonce.
In the ''cafe" at the end of tile long gal
leries, for hours after midnight, the short
skirted harpies prey upon sll who come into
their clutches Those without money are
told TO go when the show is over, but for
those who have money the show Is never
over. -Four burly. bully-ragging negroes
furnish the entertainment here, and ut all
hours alter midnight their voices may be
heard out on the dark, deserted streets.
scIeeching vile songs aud indecent duties.
The whole performance. off and on the
Ceremonies stage, from the time Its foul
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instructions, Pat would approach his en-
plOyer and remark in subdued ballS-and-
strikes tone of voice:
Excuse me. Mr.. Harris, but you cannot
sit on that bench"
"VillaiD, l defy thee; do thy worst!"
Hank would thunder in Morosco accents,
shaking copy OF the rules In the ground
keepers face. and that young man would
retire pale and trembling, so real did it all
SEEM They pracJiced this act until Hank
felt that be could 60 through his part with
out falling down, and as il was then almost
2 o'clock, he decided TO remain on the
bench aud let the people see him as they
came In. lie was there when the gong
rang for play, and he invOluntarily tight
ened his clutch on the iron rail. None and
Robinson were watching from the back of
the stand, and Umpire McDermott stood in
the wings awaiting his cue.
help Hank out with his lines. At the
proper time Carroll made his kick, McDer-
mott bore down on Hank. while the specta-
tors watched the proceedings with breath
less interest.
McDermOtt spoke a few well-chosen
words to Hank. who replied with equal
courtesy using his line aud reading it per-
fectly. They argued for a few minutes,
and the result of the discussion WAS that
Hank sat on the bench and McDerm0tt
turned away and went on with his regular
work. The spectators cheered Harris, who
responded With speech.
Ladies and Gentlemen: I'm no speech
maker. You see I'm on the bench. don't
youp Well, I'm going to stay there. See?"
Loud and vocferous applause greeted
this effort, while Hank sat on the bench
and aided his athletes To crawl up one peg
above the depths. score TO 3, aud IL was a
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added cost There are two grades at the
CTem0rne On The main floor ara the ac-
eommodationS for those who have only q
few dimes or perhaps dollar to spend. The
twenty LADY" walters here mostly wear
long skirts. They are homely, as rule,
though blase and immOdest enough TO suit
the vileSt of mankind. Men of Drawn aud
muscle, sailors, lahorers and shabby loaiers
congregate here. Beer Is only 8 cents, and
drunkenness prevails.
A gallery lines three of the walls On
each side are the boxes" foul, dirty little
pens, with lace curtains In front The
most attractive aud short-skirted Of the
mattresses work" the BOXES" A quart
bottle Of stale beer drawn from The keg is
here sold for 81 Nothing costs less than
two bits, The ladies" smoke cigarettes,
for which you pay % cents for pack of the
meaneSt Of the scent brands.
at the rear Of the gallery is bar. Col
ored walters are In attendance up here.
The ladies" do not serve the drinks. They
only punch the bell for the waiter after
they have worked" you for the price.
The stage performance is OF al order so
obscene a. 10 shock aud surprise even the
New York BoWery FOUNDERS, and the orgies
which take place in the gallery, in and out
OF the boxes, would be tolerated in no
public place in the civilized world outside Of
San Francisco. Barbary Coast is mild when
compared TO the CTemorne, and even China
town can boast Of no such wild, open in
EQUITIES.
Boys are here, gamblers. cuttbroats,
blacklegs and thieves. but mostly the human
jackas who live on the earnings OF the
lady" workers and walters.
Now and again you see a young face
among the latter. Girls who have just started
on the downward road are often to be found
in the galleries of the Cremorue. What a
fearful plunge toward hell they have already
takenl And there is no hope for them
And the pity of 1t is more than words Will
tell.
Sometimes. too. one sees thai the LADY"
walters hands are hard and bony These
The morning call., 1892-04-04
HANK SAT ON THE BENCH.
The Local Magnate Refused to Be
Evicted.
Frisco One Game Ahead OF the Colonel - The
Dukes Win Three Out Of Five
at Los Angeles.

Harris won another game yesterday and
sat on the bench besides. So there now
He sat there just as long as he wanted to
and glared and giared and elared real sauey
at those who had dared TO say him nay.
1t was a thrilling exhibition OF daredevil
devotion to lost cause on the part of this
Casabianca of the diamond to cling to his
post and defy President None. with his
wbiskers, Umpire McDermott and the latest
edition of baseball Blackstone. compiled by
Mr.. Spaiding, but Hank exhibited never
tbeless. He sprung his little bluff, made it
stick, then made little sreech, after which
Hank sat on the bench with the conquering
air Of a Monte ~Cristo when he says the
world Is hisen.
About 5000 people early assembled to see
Hank evicted from the pea green bench lie
loves so well. They had all read in the
morning papers of how Hank sat on the
bench the day before and that None was
going to have the law on him II he did not
keep eff and behave himself like Colonel L.
Pneumatic Robinson, so called because he
operates principally with wind.
The willy magnate had also heard the
and prepared himself accordingly. He con-
suited ali the eminent authorities on base
ball and benches in the town Saturday
night, looked through the rules and then
went to bed firm in his determination to sit
on the bench on the morrow or perish in the
attempt.
AT 9 o'clock yesterday morning Hank was
on the bench rehearsDg for the grand finale
with Pat, the ground-keeper. Acting under
The morning call., 1892-04-04

able and respected parents, by crooks and
harpes and by the very dregs of metro
politan society.
The Bella Unions stage performances,
while most disappointing to the sensuaiists
and those who look for indecent exhibit
ti0ns, is yet so dsgustingly vile and filthy
In language and action as to turn the stonl-
ach of any one but a Barbary Coast
rOunder. But while the stage performance
is disappointing the performances i'm the
dirty lobby and foul little private boxes are
calculated TO please the most degraded.
A similar state of affairs prevails at the
Eureka dance-hall, on Kearny street, near
Sacramento. Vile pictures adorn the ex-
terror, and In large letters the announce
rent is made that q French can-can takes
place every night. But those who wait out
the weary, vulgar performance are doomed
to bitter disappointment when the "can-
can" takes place. 1t is tame affair, very