The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
Political Points.

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All officers, from the supreme judges
to ward constable, should be elected by
the people.-B. r. Capital Item.
Monroe Bulletin: The governor re-
commends that hereafter police jurors
be elected by the people. This is right.
The reason we have so many blather-
sixties in Office is because good men pre-
fer self-respect to emoluments.-Texas
Farm and Ranch.
II our q. S. Senators would swap
some of their dignity for a little common
sense, it would make a wonderful
change in that august body.-Texas
Farm and Ranch.
The governor in his message, the
press in convention, and the people
throughout tho State in every public
utterance have unanimously declared
The Missouri state democratic con.
v@ention az Kansas City declared in ia
vor of free silver by an overwhelming
majority. 1t has been said that this
action presages the support by the west
ern states of Bland for the presidency.
1t is likely that a strong insurance
lobby will be stirred up by threatened
legislation. 1t is hoped however that
the insurance ring which forces people
in towns to pay as high as Ct per cent.
will receive legislative attention.-B. R.
Capital Item.
Legislators, like employees, should be
paid for the time they work. II our So
idhs prefer to lose Fridays and Satur-
days they have no right to expect full
pay, and their salaries should be dock
I ed for the time lost.-Mansfield Demo-
crat-Journal.
The news from Washington indicate
that the tariff bill will pass the senate in
about the first of August that it can-
not be passed before frost that we will
be collecting revenue under the new
law in sixty days; that the bill cannot
pass the Senate at all.--Texas Farm
and Ranch.
off congress-" says the Louisville
Courier-Journal, will execute the a
date it has received from the people,
sists on executing the mandate of a
lobby of protectionists, it cannot re-
form the tariff, but the people will ad-
dress themselves to the task of reform
ing congress"
The readers of The Item are reminded
that some time ago this paper asserted
there was a remarkable coincidence 10
the fact that nearly every New Orleans
member Of the legislature who express
ed himself in favor of Senator Gallery
was opposed to ballot reform. The vote
for Caffery is now on record and we
shall not have long to wait for the vote
on ballot reform.-B. r. Capital Item.
Notice has been given by Judge Gates,
of Iberia, of his intention to introduce
in the Legislature, at an early day, an
act to create a State Board of Equaliza-
ton. This is what the Governor re-
commended 10 his message and what
the Constitution requires. Judge Gates
has investigated the matter of assess
ments thoroughly, knows the defects in
our present system, and ought to be
able to suggest a measure that will
meet those which now constantly crop
Outlines Democrat.
The congressional bill to amend the
Senator's elective by a direct vote Of the
people has been reported favorably and
will pass congress and be adopted by
the states. This amendment will save
the republic and change the United
States Senate from a body of plut0crats
and attorneys for trusts and monopo-
lies, whose places have been bought by
money or patronage, into a body Of re-
pr9sentatives of the popular will. The
Legislature nc doubt, has elected sena-
tors for the last time.-Monroe Bulletin.
We hope the legislature will sit down
On Hon. Dudley Avery's proposition to
increase the Governors salary to $4,000
per annum The best Governors Lou
isiana yer had served for $4,000 and
$4,000 Il year, and there is no Just reason
now why this salary should be made
$4,000. The poor laborer gets as low
as 80 cents o day for his work. Why
should the wages of the oficeholder be
increased when those of the laboring
classes are being decreasedq The Item
believes in paying the public officials
living salaries, and also favors the pay
ing Of laboring people wages enough to
enable them to at least obtain the ordi-
nary n~ecessaries of life.-B. r. Capital
Item.
Staunch friends of ballot reform say
that the sentiment is growing daily
stronger in favor Of ballot reform, re-
CARELESS of the altitude of the admins
GfallOn WIFI reference 10 IL. lnere IS
an impression that Governor Foster is
opposed to and will undertake to Sc
cretly defeat any reform election bill. |
Perhaps the Governor would approve
a bill that DISTINGUISHES the unintelli-
gent negro only, and permits all white
men to vote. An amendment to this
effect has been offered to the two re-
form election bills. This pleases the
representatives of South Louisiana
whose constituency is very largely ig-
norant.-Monroe Bulletin.