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The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-08-30
LIVINGSTON POPULISTs.

SrRINGvILLE, La, Aug. 10, '95.
The Peoples Party Central Com
mittee met on the 10th of August,
1895, with the following members
present: O. G.. Brannon, Chair
man, G.. l.. Minton, l.. L. Martin,
+. L. Landry, L. w. Hoover, l..
T.. Watson and VIM. Mcdonald.
The committee called conyen-
ton to be held at Springville on
Saturday, the 14th of September,
1895, for the purpose of nomina-
ting full parish ticket, also to
elect four delegates to the 18th
Senatorial District convention to
meet at Amite City.
The committee called mass meet
ings to be held in each ward in the
parish at 2 o'clock p. M, Thurs
day, the 10Th of September, 1895,
for the purpose OF electlng four
delegates to the nominating con
vention to meet at SpringviIle on
Saturday, the 14th.
The committee adjourned, sub
iect to call from the Chairman.
o. G. BRANNON,
Z. T. LANDRY, Chairman.
Secretary.
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a CARD.

It having been circulated in the par
i,h that 4 combination Is 10 the ShcriT's
Office had been formed between my
brother q. l.. Trichcl ana myself.
take this method of informing my
friends, that there is no truth in such
report, that the same is false and with
ont any foundation.
Ny brother j. not candidate. and i'm
case am elected, hc will have no con
nection whatever with the Office.
c. Z. TRlCIIEL.
Aur. 70. 1890.
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~. Helena Parish P0pu.isis Nom
ina.e IL Local Ticket.
to In Times- Dcmocrnt.

Special to The Times Democrat.
Grccnshurg, Aug. l4.-Thc Pop
uhtes of this st. Ilclcna) parish
met in convention yesterday and
nominated Il full local ticket, with
\. ID. liarvin for Representative,
+. l.. Watson for sheriff and j. ID.
EaSIcy for clerk. The nominee for
sheriff has twice served the parish
rs clerk of court as Il Democrat.
and ran for that Office at the last
election as Il Democrat.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-08-30

The recent meeting OF the State
Executive Committee of the Sill
yer League was not altogether as
harmonious as it should have been
on account of friends of the Gov
ernor, who are opposed to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver,
getting into that body and intrigu-
ing to work the organization in the
interest of his EXcellency. The
fact aroused the true friends of
silver and they sat down vigorous
ly on Senator Blanchard's choice
and referred the selection of com
mitteeman for Caddo back to the
people. This was right and prop
er, and they should have gone
further. They should have put
others on record and compelled
them to publicly define their posi-
ton on the silver question so that
the people might know what they
mean when they call themselves
silver men.-Capital Item.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-08-30

1t needs no prophet to forctell
your future.
On and after October 1st the
Wall Strectcrs will begin to raid
your Gold Reserve once more.
The Treasury Notes of 1890, is
sued to pay for silver bullion
which bullion the law said should
be coined in sufficient quantities to
redeem said Treasury Notes, will
be carried to the Treasury by the
raiders. They will demand gold
for said Treasury Notes. The law
says they can only demand ''coin."
Cleveland says that coin means
gold, only.
Therefore the men whom the
law contemplated as getting silver
dollars in exchange for the notes
issued to pay for the silver, will
get all gold, and no silver. Then
the Government having paid out
gold where the law contemplated
silver, finds itself short on gold.
The raiders have taken out the
gold with the Silver-purchase
Notes.
The Government having paid
out the gold, must get it back
again else our precious Gold Re
serve would shrink.
A shrinking" of our precious
Gold Reserve cannot be thought of
without shudder "a simultane-
Gus, unanimous, and enthusiastic
shudder.
A shudder of this particular
sort can only be cured with bonds ::
non-taxable, banking-privilege, in
terest-bcaring bonds.
The moment these bonds are is
sued the shudder quits. In fact
we never knew of shudder which
was more amendable to treatment
than the Wall Street shudder about
our Gold Reserve.
It's like thunder and lightning in
a play at the theatre-it'll stop
whenever it is properly requested
so to do.-People's Party Paper.
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The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-08-30

Congressman John G. Sibley, of
Penn, spoke at Cary, eight miles
from Raleigh, to an audience of
two thousand people on the 18th
of August. The occasion was a
meeting of the State Farmers AL
lance. He declared that he was
ready to follow any man who would
lead to free silver.
He said: 81 have lost pride in
party name and party pride. Nor
do i care what party it is that wins
the victory for actual truth" His
speech was enthusiastically receiv-
ed.-EX.
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Gold bugs know good thing
when they see it. Local gold bugs
denounce the Populists of the
State, but the outside goldbus have
confidence in their honesty. Ala
bama four per cent bonds sell in
New York for 81. Louisiana As
for 9S4; Tennessee tours 80. All
these States are under democratic
rule. North Carolina tours sell
for 1O2. Democrats have been
knocked out in North Carolina.
See! If you want your State to
stand well in the world, stand by
the people of your State.-Raleigh
N. G.. Caucasian.
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rEsEDAS, AUGUST 80, 1895.

The Bayou Teche steamer John
d. Scully, was burned at her
wharf at Carrolton, last week.
She was engaged in the Red river
traffic up to a few years ago.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-08-30

The Coming Nation contains no
advertisements, is larger paper
than this one and is warranted to
make Populists out of every one
who has anything left in bis cram
um to build to. That paper and
this one both one year, 81 90 in
advance. If.
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SatuI day, Aug. 81, 1895,

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and continuing on each succeeding day,
until said sales are completed. all i'm
movable property on which taxes are
now due the city of Natchitoches, to
enforce collection of taxes assessed in
the year 1894, together with interest
thereon from EAST day of December
1894. at the rate of two per cent per
month, until paid, and all costs.
Burke, Mrs. X. f. House and Lot. ives
side of st. Denis street, between prop
erty of Kile. House and lot on 2d
street, between property of Ducasse
and Nores. Total valuation $3.50.
City tax, s. so; Railroad tax 9 IS
notice 5c-SS 80.
Billiard, Mrs. Chas. House and lot on
I'd street, between McCray and A.
Katie. Valuation $500. City tax
s. 90; Railroad tax so notice DC.
81 30.
Breda, Elcey Mrs. Lot between Church
and st. Denis streets, between Office of
Chaplin, Breazeale & Chaplin, and
Pythian Lot. Valuation 5000. City
tax 81 90; Railroad tax 1 90; notice
5c.-S3 0j.
zane, AllOTu NdCdnb lOI DciWttn Val
oline Holmes and Dozens Rud. Val
uation S15. City tax 15c.; Railroad
tax &c; notice 5c,-27ic.
Cunningham, NJ. j. Sr., House and lot
on 3rd and 4th street between Texas
and Pavie streets. Interest in office
on west side Second street. Mares,
4 Buggy Valuation 1890, City tax
s13 90; Railroad tax 8 95; notice &C.
500 80.
Cunningham, NJ j. Vacant lot on East
side 18th street. Valuation S25 90.
City tax CSC; Railroad tax lsic.; no.
tice 5c.-424c.
Caspari, Leopold House and lot on I'D
street. between Racial and Pelli.
House and lot on Amulet Bayou, East
of jefferson stseet Vacant lot on
4th street corner Texas street. House
and lot on new second street, corner
Prim Rose Avenue Vacant lot on
Pavie street, between Mrs Datrich
and Hunter. Valuation $3.50. City
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We have received Vol. 1, No. l
of the Silver Knight, published at
Washington, d. c. We X with
pleasure.
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NOTICE.

The Peoples party Executive
Committee for the 10Th Senatorial
District, composed of the parishes
of Natchitoches, Sabine, DeSoto
and Red River, will meet at Sodus
on Thursday, Sept. 9Th, at 10
o'clock a. M, for the purpose of
organizing and preparing for a
nominating convention. Each of
the four parishes must be repre-
scented. The members for Natchi-
toches are j. .. Tanner, j. n.
Burkett. Z. j. Gamble, S. Tanner
and Ii. l.. Brian.
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Campaigning.


Wednesday afternoon for the ''pine
woods" to give the madam and
babies breath of fresh air. and
the boys of the hills few speech
es.
We spent the night very pleas
antly>et the home of f. W. Ted
die. at st. Maurice. Thursday
we dined at our father-in-law's and
there left the madam and little
ones. BY night we were in the
quiet little village of Winfield.
the guest of the editor of the Com
rade.
BY 10 o'clock next day Populists
were gathering from all parts of
the parish, and every ward was
well represented. At II m. over
100 voters assembled in the Court
house and made j. j. Dickerson,
Chairman, who introduced Hon.
b. w. Bailey as one of the speak
ers. Mr.. Bailey made a short but
pointed address of 10 minutes on
the necessity of organization and
unity of action among populists.
This writer was then called for,
and for the first time in life we
made a personal speech, defending
ourself from the false and silly at
tacks of supposed populists in
Grant. We reviewed our political
life in detail before as intelligent
and representative body of men as
ever sat on a jury; called their at
tention to incidents with which
they were familiar, and could bear
testimony to. We compared this
history with that of the men who
had attempted TO tfaduce us and
other honest men in that parish.
For an hour and half the audi
ence was ours, and as we looked
into their honest eyes and saw the
expressions of approval in their
faces, we read their verdict and
asked for no other expression.
Amid rounds of applause we left
the floor, and was followed by DIR.
A. p. Collins, one of the oldest,
truest, and ablest populists in
VIM, who talked in the same vein,
and declared that the people had
been misled by designing Office
seekers.
Sheriff j. III. Crawford followed
in lengthy speech, but long be-
fore had he done we were speeding
away for the railroad behind one
of his fast horses, with b. w. Bal
ley for a companion.
BY 10 the next day Mr.. Bailey
had travelled IS miles by buggy
and AZ by rail, and was speaking
in Poland, Rapides parish, and by
II o'clock we had reached our APP
pointment, 105 miles, II of which
had been made in a buggy.
We found a splendid crowd of
81 intelligent voters gathered at
Hineston in old Rapides. -Four
wards were represented on their
Executive Committee, and after its
business had been finished, we
were called upon and addressed
the meeting for two and a half
hours. We held them in the house,
partly, no doubt, because it was
raining outside. We don't usual
ly burden an audience with such
lengthy talk, but this one seemed
particularly hungry for a speech,
and as we were the only speaker
present and had come such a long
distance to get before them, we
thought they could stand it if we
could.
We spent the night most pleas
antly with an old soldier mate of
our fathers, j. l.. Whitehurst,
who is the Magistrate and one of
the leaders in that community.
We called on DR.. Webster Smith
the next morning and made pleas
ant acquaintance with him.
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The Populists of Rapides parish
assembled in mass meeting in
Hlneston on Saturday, August a,
for the purpose of ratifying the
action of the mass meeting at Pine
Ridge in electing a chairman and
secretary for Populist executive
committee, with the power to ap-
point an executive committee to
serve for the campaign of 1896
The chairman raped the meeting
to order OF 2 O'Clock p. M, and an
nounced the object of the meeting.
The secretary appointed at Pine
Ridge not being present, Mr.. n.
V. Bush was, on motion of Mr..
Tekell, elected secretary pro. TEN.
The Chair then authorized the
secretary to read the list of appoint
ments before the meeting for mem
bers of the committee from the
different wards, which was as fol-
lows
Cotile Ward:-E. NJ. Shackel-
ford, Louis Lacaze, b. NJ. Tekell,
n. V. Bush, +. NJ. Devil.
Lamourie Ward:-G. w. Bruce,
A. Rougeon.
Pineville Ward Frazier Scott,
S. w. Smith, f. n. Holt, &. w.
Christian.
Cheneyville Ward:-Linn Tan
ner, S. +. Birdsong, b. p. Earnest,
A. c. Welsh, Henry Tanner.
Alexandria Ward :. 80.
Rapides Ward: Thornton Brown
Henry Murphy.
Hineston Ward: "A. q. Ward,
Clabe Grissom. T. p. Raines, w.
Ct. NARROW, Steve Holt.
Calcasiue Ward:- ID. Dias, II.
w. Glass, j. l.. Davis, James
Glass, o. j. Merchant.
Rigolett Ward:-..............
Springhill Ward:-J. B. Dove,
Chas. Young, Z. p. Bruce, w. w.
Monroe.
On motion of Mr.. Tekell, the
following resolution was offered
and adopted:
Resolved, that this meeting re-
quest each ward in Rapides par
ish that may not be satisfied with
its members appointed on this COM
mittee, to hold mass meetings in
said ward and make such changes
as may be satisfactory to them,
and that we request each ward not
fully represented with five MEM
bers, and those wards not repre-
sented at all to hold mass meetings
in their respective wards and COM
plete this committee.
On motion of Mr.. Whitehurst,
the name of the secretary pro.
tenn. was placed in nomination for
permanent secretary. and was
unanimously elected.
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CITY OF NATCHlTOCHES
DELINQUENT TAX DEBETORS,
NATCHITOCHES la.

DY virtue of the authority vested in
ID me ly the Constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana ! will sell at the
principal door of the Court House. in
which the civil district court of said
parish is held. within the legal hours for
judicial sales, beginning at IL O'Clock a.
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Subscribe for and read the Lou
IsIANA PoPUHST, 81 a year, in ad-
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Send in your Job work. We
viii do it neat and cheap.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-28
s, MAY BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Work Done on Wisconsin Reap
portionment Bill Useless.

- MADISON, Wis, Nov. Platter
all the trouble taken by Secretary
j. H. Turner in drafting the new
apportionment bill the chances are
it is unconstitutional. In his argu-
ment before the committee yesterday
afternoon Col. J. l.. Rusk, of Chip
pewa Falls, limited strongly that he
believed there was a possibility the
bill was unconstitutional. Today he
went further and declared he was
certain of the fact, and gave these
points as the ones in which it vio-
lated the apportionment rule as laid
down by the supreme court: First,
that in making up his representation
Mr.. Turner had increased the num-
Der of assemblymen in districts
where there was but one senator,
but where their population was
larger than the number required for
a senator, in order to equalize the
lond, because the assembly districts
were not arranged first and the SEN
ate districts apportioned on them.
Senator Spensely agreed with Mr..
Rusk, and so firm were these gen.
tlemen in their point that it was
finally agreed to submit the bill to
Senator Spooner. This was done this
afternoon, but Mr. Spooner only had
time to make cursory examination
Of it. His off-hand opinion was,
however, that it was unconstitution-
al. In order to give the senator fur
ther time on the subject the COM
mittee adjourned until Thursday,
Dec. 5, when an opinoin will be pre-
sented by Senator Spooner and 9TH
er lawyers. The arguments before
the committee today were unimpor-
tant, being confined to the question
of the division of Sauk county.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-28
MENDENHALL QUESTIONED.
No Sensational Testimony in the
Duluth Case.

DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. I'm the
Mendenhall divorce case today the
PLAINTIFFS attorney, Mr.. Washburn,
called the defendant to the stand. He
sat with his hands in his pockets and
his head jammed down between his
shoulders, and did not appear to en-
joy his position Mr.. Washburn
brought out that he was president of
a number of big concerns, director in
several others and stockholder in
others, evidently for the purpose of
showing that defendant had very little
time for simply making ordinary calls
at the school.
Testimony was introduced by two
teachers to show that this scandal
was causing trouble back in 1892, and
that Miss Hardy knew all about it.
Mrs. Schroeder, now of Chicago, teach
er of German from 1890 to 1892, and
Miss Southworth, now of Minneapolis,
who taught mathematics, sciences and
Latin in 1891 and 1892, testified to meet
ing Mendenhall and Miss Hardy at Su-
perior street one evening just after
Miss Hardy had returned from a trip
about 10 p. m. They saw them in
car, and later in the evening at the
school. Mendenhall was still there
when they retired. One time Mrs.
Schroeder knocked at Miss Hardg's
door, and the latter came to it dressed
in a red wrapper Mendenhall was in
the room, and Miss Hardy would not
let her in. Witness on one coca sion
demonstrated with Miss Hardy. Mrs.
Southworth had heard Miss Hardy
complain that there was a scandal.
Six teachers left in 1892 on account of
the scandal. Mendenhall was the only
director she ever saw at the school.
1t was brought out by both witnesses
that W. K. Rogers and Miss Hardy
were together much of the time unN
the present building place was taken
by Mendenhall. Rogers was private
secretary to President Hayes in the
White house.
Arthur G. Otis. of ST. Paul. who is
one of the plaintiffs lawyers, is close
ly watching every development of the
case in the interest of his client.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-28
Do WELL TO SCORE.
ChicagO's Chances With Ann Ar
boris Football Eleven.

DR.. Parkyn, the fullback of the Min
nesota university football eleven, has
the following to say regarding the
chances which the Chicago will have
of scoring from the Ann Arbor eleven
against whom the Minnesota boys were
pitted last Saturday with such dis
aStrous results:
The Chicago team will do we'll if
it scores in the game Thanksgiving
day" said Parkyn. There never was
a time when we had a chance to win
our game with the Wolverines. Buck
their line was like running against a
stone wall. We could not break
through and our lines couldn't hold
them. We didn't score and we never
were near it."
Athletic Instructor Stagg, Of the Uni
versity of Chicago, was in Detroit
watching the game and picking up
what information he could that would
be valuable for his team. He realizes
that the Chicago varsity has a tough
contract on hand, and pronounced the
Michigan eleven nothing less than "a
wonder"
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-28
HIS FRIENDS DENY THECHARGE
MADE AGAINST
HIM.
FLAMES AT RUSH CITY.
VALUABLE EQUINES CREMATED
AND BARNS In
ASHES.
MEARs, HABEAs CORPUS CASE.
It Develops Features Which
Make Continuance for Ar
gument Necessary.

CHEROKEE, To-, Nov. 27.-Word was
received here today that Henry Roddis
left Fulda for Cherokee. He has not
been in hiding, as stated in dispatches,
but attending to business. This city is
in a fever of excitement over the
charges which have been made against
Roddis and which have been hereto
fore published in the G o e.
George 3. RoddiS, the eldest son, was
seen by reporter today and he fatty
denied everything, saying that it was
the elimination of an unsuccessful at
tempt to blackmail his father. The
RoddiS side of the story runs about as
follows: About a year ago a grizzly
looking sort of an individual, whose
appearance would suggest that he had
spent most of his days in a brewery,
called upon Mr.. Roddis at his office in
Cherokee, and, as politely as possible,
informed him that he was a lawyer
and that he represented Mrs. Roddis
No. l, of Milwaukee; that she had dis
covered his whereabouts, after suppos-
ing him dead for years, and was going
to wage war; that he had come as
peace maker, and intimated that about
$4,000 would ignite the pipe Of peace
and all would be we'll, and in case set
tlement was reached the affair would
be kept a secret. Supposing that the
man was crazy, Mr.. Roddis kept at
safe distance, lest he might fall vic
tim to the prowess of maniac, and
when the opportunity presented itself
he excused himself under the preteXt
that his office work was crowding him.
AS the strange Individual left the office
he saluted the bust of Shakespeare,
which adorns the front Of the Opera
House block, and cast a wiStful glance
at short-order sign across the street
as he shackled off towards the depot.
However, he did not leave the city, but
called upon Mr.. Roddis the next day
and informed him that through SYM
pathy he had concluded to reduce the
blood money to $4,000, and would grant
him thirty hours grace in which to
raise the amount, but before leaving
the office, after an urgent request made
| by Mr.. Roddis for him to do so, he
was willing to accept s., 200 and say no
more about it, and that if the money
was not Forthcoming he would publish
him to the world. The demand was re-
| fused and the individual left the city.
! LII q SllOIt lilllt 1SSCifOo q
! communication from Milwaukee from
which an inference could be taken that
any money consideration would be ac-
ceptable.
Mr.. Roddis now realized that he was
being made the victim of an attempted
blackmailing scheme and paid no atten-
| ton whatever to any Of the above-men-
toned accusations or communications,
the author of which, having failed at
an attempt Of extortion, has made use
of the public press, as threatened by
him, in an effort to ruin the reputation
of highly respected citizen and an
| honorable and upright man.
| The friends of Mr.. Roddis say that
if his accusers have any case against
him their place to prosecute him is in
the courts and not in the newspapers.