The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-19

he public's expense any more than
. police officer or justice Of TIE
peace? @
TALE OF TROUBLES /,
We utterly fail to see how Judge ,
Taylor Beattie can make up his
mind to live in such a country as he
says the third district is. 1t is mex
plicable to us how man as good
and virtuous as he, can live with a
lot of barbarians, murderers,
thieves, cut-throats, ballot-box'
suffers, etc. Mr.. Beattie would
make the world believe that the
only decent people in this section
are the negroes, and charges the
white people of this district with
some fearful things. His tale Of
woe is indeed pitiful and excites
our sincerest sympathies, but when
he arraigns the people of this dis !
trict as a band OF outlaws with a |
lot Jessie Jameses as their officers
he makes himself extremely rldicu- !
lous. We expected the Judge to
say some very harsh things about
the people of the third district be-
cause they would not send him to
Congress, but we did not think that
he was capable Of turning out so
much wrath upon an unsuspectinS
public. If you have another griev-
ance, judge, go tell it to some ten
der-hearted policeman, for Con-
gress is too cold body to listen to
such a piteous vail.
THE Il. p. A.'s At WCRH.
A special from Butte, Mon, says
that a committee Of twelve from the
four local A. p. A. lodges has left
| for Helena with an address issued
by President ]. r. Caldwell to the
members Of the Legislature, pro-
testing the election Of the Republic
can national chairman, Hon. Ihos.
Garter, as United States Senator.
A printed copy Of the address will
be laid on the desk Of every Iegis-
lator and read by the clerk Of the
| House. Carter is Cath Ole, and
the address contains a violent de-
nunciation or alleged rapal inter
ference with civil and political af-
fairs in this country, and warns the
Legislators in the name OF the a. 2.
a. not to elect a ROmanist to the
Senate on penalty of political death
The address created a tremendous
sensation and it is believed if the \.
?. A. in the Legislature obey or
ders it may defeat the Republican
. caucus nominee for Senator.
It had been hoped by fair-mii>t'ce
people through out the country tia
: this dangerous organization wou!>
not thrive on American SOIL. but in
! stead Of lying out it Is beco:ain:
! clearly evident that it is GROWN:
!. stronger everyday. In cco:s::
r some time ago Gov. Northern darc>
to appoint Pat Walsh, = Roman Cath
+. clio, to the United States Senate
ard he was severely threatened b.
k the biggotted A. p. AS. What wa
= more re.rettable in this case was tn
=, action of the Babtist conference i
G denouncing the appointment an
f protesting against the elevation
+ Office Of Roman CathO iiCs on &C
: count Of their religious faith
y These fanatics should come t
:, Louisiana and take lessons in re
: licious tolerance. Here a man
religion has nothing to do with hi
- fitness to hold Office. In some dis
+ tricts, where the Catholics great
g predominate, nearly ell the publ
% officials are Protestants, and no OF
+ lection is raised against them bs
" cause of their religion. The vote
O do not care snap if a candidate
+, q Methodist, a Babtist, an Episcc
" palian, a Jew, or if he neve, goes
N church. Thank God our peop
3 are too broad minded to pcrsecU
!, q man because he wor5hips the \
=. mighty IN his own way. Let I
hope that Apaism will never gain
foothold in the Pelican State.
$, M TTERSON ON CLETE-
ND