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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-02

Chief Justice Fuller and Judges Smonton ana
Hughes OF the United States Circuit Court OK
Appeals. have unanimously decided that they
have jurisdiction over the South Carolina Regis
tration case 1t is about time for Governor
Evans to issue another reminder to his people
that the despot's heel is on their shore Tney
seem 70 forget IL with great ease.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-02

Caution: Don't shoot when man asks II irS
warm enough. He isn't to blame The weather
has driven him mad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-02

business has been bad at Monte Carlo for 'ne
last year or two. and the stockholders OF '"e
gambling institution there have recently held
conference 10 see what Is to be done ABOUT u"
The falling off in revenue is ascribed to various
causes OF which the general depression prevail
ing all over the world in late years Is thought 10
he a principal one though others have been
contrbutory Time has developed a class OF smau
and economical and particularly persistent play
ers who fiji all the seats OF the tables early ana
late crowd.ng out the high rollers" who would
probably drop large sums II they could get WITH
I'm reach of the layout This feature In the
game engaged the serious attention OF the snare
holders though none OF them could suggest
remedy Egypt has drawn of share or the
gambling contingent since Cairo became raw
ored winter resort for European idlers. and that
has also tended to diminish the revenues OF tho
Monte Carlo tables Their profits last year were
only three millions or So whereas. according 70
old averages. they ought 10 have been nve OF
more No wonder there are squeals among the
proprietary. They are G badly treated lot. de-
serving Of sympathy. perhaps OF a charitao'e
subscription to bring their profits up to hs
customary level
The defence in the Mclaughlin case has ex-
hausted its peremptory challenges Now tnsss
is hope OF proceeding with the trial.
Not Wilson! Surely not Wilson. The gentle-
man from West Virginia proved by his speeches
at those free-trade dinners In England that no
was precisely not the sort OF man to select fos
Secretary OF State
The recent sound money" convention In Mem
phis deserves to be recognized as the largest ana
most important Democratic fzzle OF the Year.
The meagreness of the attendance. the absence OF
anything like enthusiasm or earnestness from its
proceedings and the spiitless monotony OF It's Ut
terances proved concusively that the South'
while 1t may be loyal TO the cause OF honest
money. does not trust to the leadership OF Grover
Cleveland and his associates in that movement
Fifty children lost In the city In single DAY
seems to be an extremely large number. but tnas
was the record Of the last Saturday OF May
greatly exceeding any to which attention has
previously been drawn. Statisticians and students
of social phenomena may connect the occurrence
with the retirement OF Williams and Byrnes. q
perhaps with some obscure planetary conjunction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-02

Not Wilson! Surely not Wilson! The gentle
man from West Virginia proved by his speeches
at those free-trade dinners In England that ne
was precisely not the sort Of man to select fos
Secretary OF State.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-02

The defence in the Mclaughlin case mas eA'
hausted its peremptory challenges. Now tnsss
Is hope OF proceeding with the trial.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12
Support yOur Cause.
CROWLEY, La, July =, 1S9J

CROWLEY, La, July 2, 1895.
III. l.. Prian Esq:
Dear Sir:-I called lately at the
Office of Mr.. a. Il. Booth, Chair.
man State Executive Committee,
Peoples party, and conferred with
him in regard to the pending cam
paign. | found Mr.. Booth without
funds, even to pay postage and
stationery bills, save us he puts
his hand in his own pocket. 1t is
imperatively necessary that Il large
amount of work be done at once.
Mr.. Booth willingly contributes his
personal service, but he needs the
aid of type writer which may be
had at $40 per week. L have
agreed to take upon myself the
work of writing the Parish Com
mittees, urging that each member
of the party be asked for small
contributions in aid of the work.
Funds so raised should be prompt
ly forwarded to Mr.. ~. Il. Booth,
No. 10 Commercial Place, New Or
leans. Have raised $500 here as
n beginning, with very little effort.
The large number of letters | have
to write fOrbids details, but l will
add, that the outlook here is favor
able, and we hope for a rapid
growth of the party. VIII have a
mass meeting August 3d. Should
be glad to hear from you in regard
to the conditions in your locality.
Yours truly,
Il. L. WEST,
Chairman, P'h. Com. Peoples Par
ty, Arcadia parish.
The above is too true, and if
POpulists do not support their
cause, they need not expect great
results. There is not a more patri-
Otic, energetic and successful work
or for humanity i'll our State, than
Chairman Booth, and if POpulists
will only back him with their mon
cy and cooperation, our party will
soon be Oh the high road to sue
cess.
Act at once. This parish must
raise Ten dollars, and no parish
should raise less than Five dollars.
Our canse is frightening boys,
do your duty.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12
81. Landry POpuIists.
WASHINGTON, La, July Z, '95.
Mr.. III. l.. Brian. Editor POPULIST

WASHINGTON, La, July Z, '95.
Mr.. ii. l.. Brian, Editor POPULIsT :
Dear Sir We organized here
yesterday II Peoples Party Club.
and wish to thoroughly organize
this parish as soon as possible.
We, of course desire to get in
line with the party in the State,
and to acquire general information
as to the strength, organization and
plans of the State party.
We recognize fully the power of
the press, and propose subscribing
to the Populist papers of the State
as far as possible.
Will you please send us sample
copies of the POPULIsT, and give
notice of the organization of this
club.
Will, or can you give us an ap-
prOXimate idea of the number of
voters we have in Louisiana, or
any statistics bearing on the num-
Der.
In 1892, st. Landry cast 1873
votes for Tannehill, and in 1894,
We gave G92 for Wilson, Populist
candidate for Congress In 1894,
three of our strongest POpulist
polls were not open, because of pO-
litical machination, else his, Will
son's-votc would have reached a
thousand.
We do not think 4 cent cotton,
ragged shirts, shOeless feet, and
meatless dinners have reduced(!)
our numbers, and, with good real
son, hope to make our votes felt
next April, and thereafter.
Faithfully yours,
JNO. ii. HUMBLE,
Secretary p. Z. Club of Washing
ton, La.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12
BATON RoUGE, La,

BATON ROUGE, La,
July I'd, 1895.
Editor POPULIsT
AS promised you would keep
you posted as to what | saw on my
trip, l will describe some things
that have taken place here this
week. l arrived yesterday in time
to see the competitive company
drill, which was very fine. The
prize was carried off by Co. d,
in which were some of our Match
itoches boys. To-day the Govern
or with his entire staff reviewed
the Battalion drill in connection
with a sham battle with blank car
tridges, which was so grand that l
cannot express my admiration of it.
The Red river country should
feel proud of the record that her
boys have made at this school.
Messrs. Roberts and Brian gradu-
ated with the highest honors of the
class of 1895. Colfax is represent
ed by two of her best young men,
Lacroix and Mcknight. Mont
gomery by Messrs. Walter and
Owen Harrison, Alexis and Nor
gan Brian. st. Maurice by Thos.
Milling. Winfield, by the young
man that carried off the highest
honors of the school, Mr.. John B.
Roberts; and Natchitoches by
Mcssrs. Nelken, Holllngsworth,
Gamble, and last, but not least,
Katie. Among the exercises of
to-day were three orations for the
j. G. Lee medal, contested for by
Mr.. j. H. Overton, of AvOyelles,
on Supposed speech of Patrick
Henry before the Virginia Con-
vention."
j. A. Roane, of Lincoln, ga
Plea for Cuba"
E. F. Gayle, of Point Coupee,
"a Plea for the Laboring Man." {,
Judges Profs. Goodale, Scott
and H. Skofeld.
While each was very good and
received considerable applause,
hen .ir. Gayle finished it was
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12

Whether it is intentional or not,
the Peoples Demands of Colfax,
La, is assisting the goldbugs in
this State very materially in their
fight against free silver.
The Daily PIcayune of the sth
inst, quotes very approvingly the
following from the Demands:
WHAT THE POPULISTS ARE AFTER.
Colfax Peoples Demands: The popu-
list party is opposed to the state admin
istration and the gold standard, yet we
zee no good to come of MS by leaving our
platform and going off after q set of po-
iitical tricksters, broken-down politi-
cians and sore-headed office seekers, Just
because they are opposing the admins
trative gang. True populists are such
from principle aud should LIT follow off
after these office-hunting crowds just be-
cause they are opposing an unjust
gang that we aie also opposing.
The Picayune is the leading gold
bug organ of this State, and of
the South, and its endorsement of
the Demands in abusing the silver
movement, shows that its cause is
being helped on by the course the
Demands is following.
Only those persons who are try
ing to pei all silver people together
SO as to WIN this fight, merit and
get the i'll will and abuse of the
goldbugs.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12
EEgDaY, JULY ~, 1895.
The Calamity HOwIer."

Our neighbor, the Enterprise is
much worried over the good licks
the "calamity howler" is getting in
on the gOldbugs just now.
She says: ole has spent one
half his time showing how bad
things were, and the other half
predicting that they would get
wOrse.n
Ii this is so, and we believe it,
old "calamity bowler" is the best
sentinel we can put on guard, and
a prophet as well.
After rcciting several prOphe-
cies made 10y "calamIty bowler"
all of which came true, the Enter
prise umwittingly exclaims: "Oh.
what miserable devil this calam-
ity bOwler isv' From her stand
point, yes, he is tough case.
Our neighbor then concludes /:
off every community in this great
+ country of ours could just catch
its calamity howler and bring him
TO certain place OIL certain day
and kill him, what a lovely, beau
tiful country ace would have"
The Enterprise being gOldbug
sheet and the "we" and 'sOurs,"
referring to goldbugs, that revOlu-
tiOnary, anarchIstic wish is not at
all surprising, but:
awhile there are a great many
good men in this locality, dem
ocrats and populists, who do
not agree with 'the calamity
howlel' in his views OH the finan-
cial question, they do not approve
of such redhOt methods of express
ing their sentiments on the sub
ject."
ssThere can be no sort of doubt
about the proposition that q vast
majority of the people of this CON-
munity, which is the home Of the
great Normal School, and justly
noted as center of refinement,
education and culture, do not ap-
prove OF such things"
"They are entirely out of joint
with the nineteenth century civil
zation, etc"
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12
FUNNY.

In the Peoples Demands of the
9Th inst. M. +. Machen, former
editor of this paper, but now can
didate for District Judge, speak
inc of the silver movement. says :
''It is the same old stalking horse
that carried the Alliance into the
Democratic party and death. "
The "Judge" ought to be a lit
tie more careful, because he was
into that game of stalking" in
1892. We do not remember wheth-
er he was in the Alliance and got
''stalked," or on the other side and
did the stalking" but in either
case, he now declares he was mis-
taken, as we knew at the time and
il follows that he might be mista-
ken this time in denouncing the
silver move, rs he was mistaken
in 1892, when he denounced the
Peoples party movement.
Bro. Machen's move will doubt
less work nicely for himself, since
if he can hold the Populists square
to their party machinery, he beng
the only Populist lawyer in the
4th Judicial District, will be their
logical candidate for Judge, and if
he can get that Office at $4,000 a
year, he can well afford to wait
4 years longer for free silver, while
many poor farmer who pays this
salary through his taxes, will see
his home 90 under the shcrifTs
hammer before the 4 years is out.
Now we don't care one cent who
is elected 4th District Judge. We
don't even care if Machcn is elect
ed, hut VIC want TO warn the farm
ers in that district who have ''thc
bag to hold" and don't expect any
Office, that if the silver forces don't
get together in the next election
and make one solid fight against
this gold standard which is already
fastened upon us, prices will be
still further, and we
will see Scent cotton before we get
whack at the ballOt-boX,
and SO complete will he the domi-
nation of capital, and SO helpless
and abject our pOvery that less
than one in a hundred of us will
be able to resist the commands of
our mOrtgagec, or our landlord.
Just think how far down you have
como in the last 4 years, and you
will see that we have not exaggcr-
ated in telling how low you will go
in another 4 years of the gold
standard.
Go ahead, we can stand it if you
can!
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12
Peoples Party OF Jackson Par
isll.

The POpulist Executive Commit
tee Of Jackson parish, met at Yer.
non on the Goth of June and or.
dered a parish convention of 20
delegates from each ward, to NOM
mate their parish ticket. Ward
meetings are TO be held in each
ward on the 31st of August to Sc
lect said delegates and to name
the ward tickets. The convention
will then meet on the 7th day OF
September for the purpose of nom
mating their parish ticket.
Delegates to nominating cOn-
ventiOn for the 23rd Senatorial
District, to be held at Monroe, La,
August Goth, were selected as fol-
lows: w. A. Downs, w. j. Cham
bliss, Jas. Causcy, j. b. Hogan and
II. p. Johnson.
The President of their Execu-
tive Committee is w. A. Downs,
with Ben Grigshy as Secretary.
The only paper in that parish,
the JacksOnian, (democratic) says
of the movement.
"As We have SAID on = previous occa-
sion we believe the Populists of Jackson
to he largely i'll the majority, and such
being the case, have an indispensable
right to name the local officers, a right.
which, whether the Democrats -concede
it or not. will be assumed by them, and
we are Democrat enough to bow to a
legitimate and inevitable majority when
met inside or outside of party ranks"
SO we expect full set OF POpu-
list officers in Jackson.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12
To the Editor of the POPULIsT

To the Editor of the PoPULIsT
After reading the proceedings of
the Democratic convention at Mem
phis, and noting its action on the
silver question, / would warn our
Populist friends against it as de-
lusion and a snare. The Demo
cratic party has lost its grip upon
the people, and it seeks to regain
it by pretended sympathy with
us upon the question of silver.
That it is, as party, insincere
and dishonest, we have had abund-
ant proof.
The convention which nomina-
ted the man who now sits as the
figurc-hcad of the United States
government at a salary of $50, 900
per annum, land who seems to be
the financial agent of England, in
effect), san him upon a platform,
the chief plank of which was la
beled Financial reform"
Upon this platform Mr.. Cleve-
land wriggled himself into the
Presidency. To the gold mono
metalists he was knO,oR to be of
them; to the silver men, or bimet-
talliets, he seemed to be their cham
pion.
; That the people should THUS be
deceived and thus induced to vote
for him was beyond doubt fully
at the Wall street
headquarters of the Democratic
before the first instaIlment
of the campaign fund was paid
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12

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The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12
Parish Executive Committee,
Peoples Party.

According 10 previous announce
mcnt the meeting was called to
order in the Courthouse at II
o'clock, June Goth, by Chairman
j. w. Jones, and the roll call by
acting Secretary III. l.. Brian,
showed thirty-four members pres
ent representing nine of the ten
wards in the parish.
Chairman Jones then stated the
objects of the meeting to be the
reconsideration of the plan of
nominating parish and ward tickets,
and for any other business that
might he brought up.
After considerable discussion pro
and con-, Mr.. Z. j. Gamble NOV
ed to reconsider the vote by which
the plan was adopted at the last
meeting, and his motion was car
ried by a majority of one.
A motion to order convention
giving each ward an equal number
of delegates in same, was then
made by G. c. Sanders, and lost.
A motion to readOpt the former
plan was made by +. j. Gamble,
when j. q. Tanner moved as
substitute that a primary, in which
plurality should nominate, be
ordered, but the substitute was
lost. III. l.. Brian then offered the
following amendment to the plan
after this paragraph, "And in
case no one has received majority
in the primary for any certain of
fee, then said convention shall Sc
lect the nominee from those can
didates who ran in the said prima-
ry election" add ''by dropping
out the lowest candidate, and pro-
ceeding to ballot, and after each
ballot, drop the lowest candidate
until one candidate receives a ma
jority of the votes of said cOnvcn-
ton"
This amendment was adopted,
and then the plan as amended
was adopted by vote of seven
teen to five, the vote was then
made unanimous.
This plan as amended, will be
published next week.
Chairman Jones then stated the
duty of tho parish committee to
elect Senatorial and Judicial Exec
utive Committees, and on motion,
the following senatorial committee
was appointed j. o. Tanner, j.
N. Burkett, S. Tanner, E. j. Gam
BILE and II. l.. Brian.
S. j. Henry then moved that
the parish committee indorse for
one of the Senators, Mr.. j. w.
Jones. MIR. Jones requested the
committee not to indorse him, but
the motion was seconded by CON-
plimentary speeches from j. n.
Burkett, j. D. Tanner and others,
and the motion was put by j. N:
Burkett and resulted in a unani-
nous Endorsement for j. w. Jones
for the State Senate.
On motion the Executive Com
mittee then adjourned, subject to a
call of the Chairman.
j. W. JONES,
S. j. HENRY, Chairman.
Secretary.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12

at least three minutes. and then
not until Prof. Nicholson came on
the stand and raised both of his
hands did the immense audience
deSist FROM applauding his address.
Notwithstanding everybody could
see that the audience gave the YER
dict to Mr.. Gayle. the Judges gave
the medal to Mr.. Overton.
The Governor will deliver the
diplomas to the graduating class
tomorrow.
Yours "a ever,
+. j. q.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12
The Griffin Convention.

Peoples Party Paper.
A meeting of the friends of Bl-
metalism, the money of the Con-
stitution, will he held at Griffin,
Ga, July 18th inst.
Those who oppose the organized
effort now being made by the hire
lings of the Wall Street money
kings to subvcrt the financial sys-
tenn OF our fathers, and to force
upon us the deadly gold-standard
system of Great Britain, are invt-
ted to meet in conference for the
purpose of uniting the friends of
the American system to oppose the
revolutionary English system.
In my judgement the Populists
should take part in the proposed
Convention. We have nothing to
lose and much to gain by showing
to the world that we are anxious
to do all in our power to unite the
silrer and gold men of all parties
against the gold-Only men of all
parties.
The friends of contraction have
combined regardless of party lines;
why shouldn't the opponents of
contraction get together.
No principle must be sacrificed,
and our party will countenancc 10
fusion with either of the old par.
ties. The Omaha Platform is our
creed, and must remain so till we
ourselves say otherwise in national
convention.
This much being fully under
stood, we, nevertheless, may do
wise thing by meeting dissatisfied
Democrats in public conference.
What we want is discussion,
study of principle, a patient, un-
prejudiced hearing on the merits
of our cause.
We never fail to make converts
whenever We can obtain such a
hearing. But if Democrats refuse
to listen, decline to read, ay old dis
cussion, how can our party grow !
BY attending the Free Silver
mass meetings, and commingling
with Democrats upon terms of
cOmradeship, we wear away the
edges of prejudice, dull the point
of partisan hatred, remove susp:-
cion, and heal the old wounds of
party strife.
Democrats, meeting us upon
such terms as those proposed, will
listen to our speeches as they new
er did before ; will realize that
they have been misled in regard to
our principles and purposes will
gradually comprehend the amazing
proportions of their own want of
information 4; will inevitably see,
just as we saw, that they are the
victims of their own leaders and,
having begun to look upon organi-
zed Democracy with distrust, will
end by regarding it with hatred
and contempt.
/ have no hesitation in saying
that Populists have all to win and
nothing to lose by turning out to-
the public mass-mectings, cOnven-
tions and conferences of the Free
silverites, and taking part in the
deliberations. Il. f. w.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12

Will those Populists who have
doubted our course in the silver
movement, please read Tom Wat
son the subjects You will find it
under, "The Griffin Convention"
which we print elsewhere in this
issue. We are willing to stand or
fall as Populist with Tom Watson.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12

The proceedings of the Single
Tax Club were again crowded out
this week, also letter from "Old
Guard" Will appear in our next.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12

time for Us TO begin to watch the
police jury along with the rest.
j. +. MCCARTNEY.
Marthaville, La.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12

Subscribe for and read the LOU
IsIANA PoPULIsT, 81 a year, in adj
vance.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12

Bees kill their drones, but mon
support theirs in ldleness.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12

turn all the gold into the pockets
of the bankers, and declare that
nothing but gold is money. We
have seen it tinker with the tariff
and repeal the law permitting the
coinage of silver under pretense
of increasing wages and relieving
the money pressure, until cotton
went down to four cents or less,
and labor to nothing. Overpro-
duction they exclaimed! and we
echo yes, an overproduction of dis
honest men in Office.
In the management of State and
parish finances, the hunger of the
masses is Knocked by extravagant
and wasteful expenditure of the
money extorted from them. In
this parish the police jury built
new bridges and a Courthouse
where the old would have answer
ed for years. Worse than this, it
has given money to the. Shreveport
Fair, and to the Normal School at
Natchitoches, with both of which
the poor people of this parish have
as little to do as with the cotton
presses of New Orleans. And to
have donated money to said cotton
presses would have been just as
honest and faithful application of
the peoples means as it was to put
it into that school and that fair.
Fellow-citizens, is it not about