The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
Our Senators.

Senators Gallery and Blanchard are
not of one mind by a whole jug full on
the prominent public questions now be-
fore the country. Senator Gallery be-
longs to that school of Democrats-we
b they are Democrats-whO de-
fine the financial plank of ethe party's
Platform to mean the characterization of
Llver and the consequent establishment
6f a single gold standard as a basis for
the money to be used in the transaction
Of business in this country. He inter-
prets the platform to ear that, instead
Of the coinage of silver without stint
and without fee for mintage, there must
be a cessation of silver coinage entirely
in order to maintain the integrity of an
honest dollar.
Senator Blanchard understands the
platform differently. He CONSTITUTES it
to mean what it says. He understands
that it demands. the same recognition
at the mints Of country. He be-
lieves the Chicago Convention intended
that the people should have such q vol
ume of both gold and silver, on a parity
IN value with each other, that it would
be- a financial as we'll as a physical i'm
possibility for conspiring capitalists to
combine and thereby corner" either
ne.
And yet the same Legislature and the
same men in that Legislature that elect
ed Senator Gallery elected Senator
Blanchard!
Senator Gallery opposes the repeal of
the 10 per cent. tax on State bank clrcu-
lation. The party's platform demands
such repeal, it is true but Senator CAT
ferry, posing as the possessor OF more
wisdom than could be found in the Cai-
cago Convention, predicts devilisb cen
sequences to follow such legislation.
He fears the presence in the business
world of vast quantities Of wild
cat " money which will destroy conf
denee, Gan element Indispensable to the
return of prosperity, according to all
gold-bug authorities) and overturn the
great industrial enterprises of the ma
ton. He prefers an "honest dollar
one that Her Majesty, Queen Vic, will
ing Of her realm. All gold bugs are re-
that a sovereign State can issue mon
ey for the convenience Of her people.
Senator Blanchard is not SO badly
frightened when he contemplates a
State bank bill. In fact, he expresses
| the desire to have some of that kind OF
| bills passing about and floating around
| among the people. In otherwords, Sen
| ator Blanchard is or record as the advo-
! cate Of the repeal Of the 10 per cent. tax,
Senator Caffery is bitterly opposed to
any Federal legislation looking to the
| destruction Of option gambling. He
| shuts himself inside of some constitu'
tional Limitation and fairly trembles
at the idea that the general government
should propose to infringe upon the po-
lice powers of the sovereign States. He
| breads the spectre of Capitalization as
a man would the slobber of the hydro
phobic dog. He turns deathly pale in
the presence of Mr.. Hatch's PROPOSE
| ton to impose a prohibitory tax on the
future business, Senator Gallery does
Senator Blanchard has written to
members Of the Louisiana Legislature
that he likes the Hatch proposition
that be will vote for it in the House
that he will vote for it, q chance given,
in the Senate that he believes such a
bill will put an end to starvation prices
for wheat and cotton ;. that he is, il any
| thing on earth, the undying and the ev-
erlasting friend of the man who grows
| wheat or cotton either.
And there you have them-our two
noble Senators. The same Legislature
| elected them both. On all the vital is.
sues now before the country Louisiana
has in the Senate-"hoss and boss"