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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14
TIE AITACK ON AABAS.
.SA00R BAYARD.

1
AD0R RAX1R0.
Yesterday in the Hoase Of Rep,
resentatives at Washsn&toa Q savage
attack was made ON u. s. Amha.sa
dor Bayard at the Court of Grea,
Britain, and ais Impeachment TO.
high crimes AID misdemeanogs waz
demanded.
The individual who made this
truculent assault ON the distin-
euisled citizen who 20 ably repre-
sents this republic abroad was Con
gresham William F.. Barrett, of
Massachusetts. and the crime which
he imputes to the American states
man was that ia the course Of an
afteE-dinner speech ct banquet Of
the Edinburgh Philosophical So
ciety. whose guest tbs Ambassador
WAS. he said that any system of ua-
t:onal high tariff protection was a
species of State socialism. Philo-
sophically considered, the state
ment is entirely true and reflects en-
nobody, but this newly aedged eca-
gresham felt called upon to Dap his
wings and denounce 81 a traitor and
criminal 4 man Sho stands in honor
and integrity, a. we'll as in state
manshiP, among the first Of his
ccuntrymen.
The House ought to have sat
down upon this uncalled-for assault
upon an absent man, but it did not.
A number Of Republican members
the opportunity to in
du1ge IN . TRADE of abuse against
their ambassador, but the Republi- |
can majority present voted to ex-
punge the demand for impeachment,
and submitted = resolution of in
curry. Just at this time the Vene-
zuela matter and the Nicaragua
Canal question are calling for an
expression of true national senti-
ment from Congress. But the I'M
'eemly attack yesterday on Am5as-
'ador Bavard is only one Of innu-
nerable incidents, which show that
here is no national feeling among
he party politicians of this country.
Everything is for party and self.
they entertain no other interests
md regard no other considerations.
'arty hates and jealousies are the
Inherent and fatal defects in all re- 7
'ublics. .. Picayune, nth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14

A Reward.-A handsome reward
will be given for any information
which may lead to the discovery of
the primaries called for last Wednes-
day by the boilers.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14
EUGENE FIELD.
Brann's Iconoclast.

The American press, that stgrea
public educator" which has devoted
millions of columns to the marriage
of an American parvenu to a worth
less duke, has scarcely mentioned
Eugene Fields death. 1t has delug
ed us with inane gable anent the
Corbet-Fitzsimmons fuke; but has
told little of the man whose e. Mus
swayed the hearts of millions. Jack
Dempsey and Eugene Field died
about the same time. The first was
a second-rate pugilist, the last su-
Perior in every respect to Edgar
Allan Poe; yet we are RECALLED with
long biographies of the pug, while
little is said of the poet. All the
@.great dailies" have given US pic
lures of the duke, before and after
taking. They have filled pages with
portraits of his pug-nosed bride and
the bouquets presented on her we'd
ding day. The counterfeit present.
ment of all the groomsmen and
bridesmaids have been exploited,
and even the ministers who coupled
the giddy young goslings have
smlrked at us from the printed page.
We have been treated to pictures of
Dempsey, of Corbet and FIukesim-
mons, and even Culbe,son has
doomed up in the journalistic rogue's
gallery; but how many of these
journalistic educators have thought
it worth while to familiarize the
public with the face of Eugene
Field? 1t is comfort to reflect
that posterity will do justice to the |
dead poet-that his songs will live
on the lips of love long after all the
peanut politicians and windy pugs,
after all the petty dukes and aspir-
ing Parvenues of the present day
have passed forever from the mem
Dry of mankind. But what will fu
ture antiquarians think Of our boast
ed civilization when they turn to
The musty files of our diurnal press
and find Eugene Fields death dis
missed with dozen lines, while
~6~ "AsSA PoS~ ID OCeOIcO 10 "lnOy
ougilists and the wedding of a de-
cadent duke7
Field was not a poet of the first
lass. He was not the harp of
David or of Homer, that thrills the
blood like trumpets blown for war.
lis song is ever of simple things.
t creeps into the heart and fingers
here, sometimes a pleasure, more ,
pit pain, for his very humor is but
rainbow, born of hope and tears.
'ield wrought in both prose and
oetry, and he wrought we'll. His :
fVoudoo Doctor Sam" and his
Little Boy Blue" may not be Koh-
1oors of purest ray serene; but they
re at least dewdrops shaken from c
lie pure heart of the great white il
ose into literary world reeking d
18th French eroticisms. No one
an read Field without becoming -
etter. drawer, kindlier. His life b
nd labors ssshine like a good deed e
! a naughty world" That is whv s.
lr public educators dismiss him in +,
few lines and hasten back to their ri
lgs and parvenues. F
A gentleman from Acadia told US -
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14

Lost, Strayed or Stolen.-One
primary election, branded on one
hip, ttbolt;" and on the other,
ttrump." A liberal reward is offered
to the finder.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14

AS the recognized organ of the
''comjte executif de la faction anti
administratif," the Advertiser is re.
specially requested to give an &C
count of the primaries announced
for the nth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14

1t is rumored that instead of hold
ing primaries our esteemed op-
Ponents of the boiling committee
merely held meeting at Rumpville
and appointed delegates. Verify,
they are prolific set.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14

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Is unequalled for Eczema, letter, Salt
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Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granuiated Eye Lids.
For sale BY druggists at rs cents per box.
TO HORSE OWNERS.
For putting q horse in a fine healthy con.
ditlon try DR.: Cady's Condition Powders,
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
ioss OF appetite, relieve constipation, correct
new life to an old or overI,vorked horse. 25
>ents per package. For sale by druggista
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14
Notice.

will be at the city hall from 10 to II a.
m.' and from to p. m. every day for the
purpose OF collecting taxes due the corpora
ton. ID. ]. VEAzEY,
Constable and Collector
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14

If the delegates appointed by the
boilers have the trancendental cheek
to apply for admission at Shreve-
port, The Gazette will ungrudg-
lngly tender to the proverb;al gov
sernmeut mule its sincerest and
shear.feit sympathies.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14

The white Democrats of Lafa-
yette are reminded once more tina:
to-day primaries will be held
throughout the parish.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14

Dollars to doughnuts that the
primaries called for the month of
March will bear a striking resem-
blance to those of last Wednesday.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14
Supposing that the exec

ipposing that the executive
(, <2tnlaitsee elected by the boilers
esEAouid fail to agree on any question
~ minority will NO doub: proceed
bolt and start another branch
{ ee somewhere else. In the
4ssentime the regular committee
tded over by Hon. J: o. Brous-
aeSsd will continue to do business at
.ssfl1e old stand.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14
For Sale

For Sale.
Seven lots of ground in Lafayette
with two house built on them. APP
ply to Henry Church, Lafayette,
La.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14
G. JennarO,
SHOEMAKER.

Makes good, durable shoe. Good fit
guaranteed.
Mr.. Jennaro will also give music lessons
in all kinds of brass instruments and clari
net. Patterson blocL ,.,r dave.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14

A fine Let of Dolls st the Racke,
Store
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-14
Taken UD

Taken Up
mule unbranded, about four vears Ga
Cwner can procure same by proving owner.
ship and paying costs. B. HoFFPAuIs.
Nova.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
THE AvANTs CoURIERs.

Gen. Nettleton is reinforced by Col.
Ingersoll, sometimes styled Pope
Bob" who advises the country in
his character of a dissector Of the
mistakes of Moses and other states
men that "the nomina ton in 80 will
go to an advocate of free silver, and
that no candidate of a single stand
ard could hope to be successful"
Thus one by one the avants cour-
iers of the party point the way; the
straws float in the prevailing cur
rent and point it's direction.
We have been of the opinion that
the Republicans in their national
convention would execute two eIab-
crate straddles, one on protection
and the other on silver. But the cur
rents are changing SO rapidly that
it is now apparent that there will be
no straddle, but a vigorous declara-
ton for protection and another one
not quite SO pronounced for free
coinage. Their relative Importance
will shift on geographic lines. In
the East the orators will dwell loudly
on the virtues of protection, the ruin
that followed its modification and the
imperative need of it's restoration,
dropping into whispers to talk of
silver. 1t will be in the West and
South that the silver-tongued orator
will be at his best, and he will serve
with his loudest tones and most
lurid rhetoric the topic his Eastern
partner in the bunco game mentions
under his breath. He will descant
on the foul conspiracy Of '73, rake
the gold bugs, score the money pow
err, point to cheap wheat and wool
and tell how falling silver has
dragged down these staples with it,
as Samson pulled down the pillars
of the temple. 1t will be Protection
in caps in the East, with free coinage
in lower case, and Free Silver in cap
italics in the West, with protection
in lower case agate.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
Thousands Uutaugbt

am sorry to notice that opposition
is developing to a compulsory educa-
tlon Dill now pending in your Ieeis-
iature, said J. F. Dunbar of Phila-
delphla. Mr.. Dunbar is deeply in
terested in educational matters. and
is as well Informed on the subject as
any man. He has been a teacher and
superintendent in years past, and has
never ceased to study the problem of
how best to educate the cbiJdren of
the poor.
Official returns in my own state of
Pennsylvania" he said, "prove thai
fully 100000 children of school age are
receiving no education, or practically
none. Just think of what that means
III THESE boys and girls are allowed to
grow up in ignorance and vicious
ness. Ny observation during a long
series of years has convinced me that
proper education of the young has a
most decided effect in softening VIC
1ous dispositions and in encoura gine
self-respect and manliness. Ignorance
is dangerous, and L would much rather
hear the educated poor man talking
socialism than to see the ignorant one
going blindly into anarchism and des
tfuctlon Sad indeed must be the
heart of any true and loyal citizen who
loves his country, when he considers
that our free school system has yet
much to achieve, and is falling far
short of its possibilities. Better force
the children into schools now than
take the chances of allowing disre-
spect for our institutions and treason
to the national life to develop later on.
when it will be too late to rectify the
mistake. A good compulsory educa-
ton law ought to have the support of
every citizen
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
FurIOng's Hard Task.

The Democratic member from Mower
county, Hon. ]. ]. Furlong, is at work
on a bill that will be of particular i'm
portance to the country districts of
Minnesota, if it shall be passed. Every
effort thus far made to put money into
the road and bridge fund, or the in
ternal Improvement fund, has resulted
in failure Appropriations already
made are far ahead of avilable funds,
and from every part of the state comes
an urgent demand that something
be done to remedy this condition of
AFFAIRS. Chairman TorSon, of the COM
m1ttee on roads and bridges of the
house, has probably two score of bills
that have been introduced, appropriate
ing anywhere from $500 to S., 900 each
These will all be given favorable
recommendation and sent to the COM
mittee On appropriations. There is
not much probability that this latter
committee can see its way clear to
providing necessary funds; and the
farmer members realize this.
But action is imperative; and the
feeling also prevails, as voiced by that
level-headed business man, Represent
ative Parker, of Washington county.
that the state could not do better than
to put some of it's surplus money
into circulation in the rural districts
at this time of general financial strin-l
Sency. Other strong men in the
house agree with Mr.. Parker. and
Furlong has undertaken to prepare
and introduce a measure that will
submit to the people an amendment
to the constitution that shall get
around the recent opinion of Attorney.
General Childs. The idea is that if.
this matter is allowed to rest as it is
at present; several years viii elapsef
before appropriations can be realized
10 avoid this it is thought best to-
get action at the next election and put
lt:in the power of the legislature of '97
to provide at least 100000 a year for
roads and bridges in the rural dis
tr1cts. The best legal advice will be
taken on the bill to be introduced. and
IL 1t can be properly framed to meet
constitutional objections it will I'M
doubtedly pass.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
M'ARTHUR OBJECTS
To the Passage of the Municipal
Court Bill.

| To the Editor of the Globe.
| One of the meanest and most fool
ish of the products of local legisla-
| ton thus far realized in the state
! capitol is presented to view in the
measure which was recommended
| for passage in the senate March q d,
| virtually abolishing the municipal
court of this city, as it is now Or
| gaDiZed. To our senatorial delega-
| ton is this action due in the first
| instance.
| This is the sacrifice which our
| grave and reverend senators have
felt called upon to offer on the altar
of partisan greed of place. 1t needs
but a superficial knowledge of local
politics to recall how the demand Of
the Republican politicians for ere
| form" found expression some short
| time since in a disgraceful raid made
on the incumbency of the office of
! clerk OF the court in question. Not
having their hunger and thirst for
office allayed on the occasion in
| question, they have engaged them
selves in the present raid.
While it is hard to understand
now such deliberate perversion of
legislative duties would have been
possible to the four gentlemen who
represent the local Republican party
in the senate, it is still more difficult
Ito comprehend how they can con-
scientiously make a demand to re-
| duce the force of a court which dis
| poses annually of the amount of
business done by our municipal
court Three of these gentlemen are
lawyers and they are all residents
| OF this city Yet while the senators
from the adjacent city are endeayor-
ing to secure the services of three
Judges on the bench of the munich
pal court of Minneapolis, these gen
tlemen, engaged whether conscien-
tiously or otherwise) in the pursuit
OF political blackmail, are ready to
proclaim to the people of the state
and county that there is no more
business in the municipal court of
81. Paul than can be disposed of by
one judge. What wonder that the
people of Minneapolis should seek
TO give currency to the statement
that the population of this city is
disappearing when it's own Iegisla-
tive representatives urge the pas
sage of such a measure as this, Civ
ing virtual confirmation to the worst
imputations of it's enemies.
L do not believe that there exists
I the remotest possibility that this dis
reputable transaction will ever find
contamination. Yet the interests of
public and even of partisan morality
seem to demand it's denunciation. as
embodying in itself the falsity of the
pretensions put forward from time tn
time by politicians in this vicinity that
they are primarily animated in their
public conduct by desire to advance
the public welfare.
whether regarded from the stand
point of state legislation or the less
elevated one of mere political scbem-
ing, the transaction merits the con-
domination of all who do not believe
that the public and representa- tive
position should be prostituted to the
qualification of political disapno,nt-
ment and ill will.
A. M'ARTHUR.
Court RIOrLx
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25

the total cost being $127. 66S. This
he asked congress to abolish, except
a small appropriation enabling him
to experiment with new and valuable
seeds. Congress turned a deaf ear
to the appeal, much to the surprise
of every one, and made the regular
appropriation for the ensuing year.
The secretary evidently was SuS-
picious that in thus squandering the,
peoples money congressman we're
not moved by purely pro bono pub
leo motives. He set himself to dis
cover if this was so or not. He had
heard that congressman sold their
quota Of seeds outright, pecketing
the money as one of the perquiSites
Of office. He sent an agent to one
of these members with a proposition
to buy his seeds for the department.
The bargain was readily struck. The
value of the members share, the
actual cost to the department of it,
was $240. The member agreed to ac-
cept SIS for it. The agent took his
order for his quota, paid him in a
e department draft, payable to the
members order, which he Endorsed
and cashed, thus putting the full proof
of the transaction in the secretary's
hands, and he promises to embody
the whole transaction, with the name
of the member, in his next annual
report
We have faith in the sturdiness
OF the secretary to resist the pres
sure and pleadings to which he will
now be subjected by this discom-
nted and entrapped member and his
friends to suppress the transaction,
and we trust that the effect will be
the cessation of this wasteful and
useless squandering of the public
FUNDS. A proper use of money would
De In the line suggested in the secre-
tafys report, the procuring of the
seeds of valuable products of other
countries and experimentation with
them to determine their adaptability
to our soils and climates. if. indeed.
1t Is deemed essential that the gov
eminent shall supplant private en-
terprlse, but this buying and send
ing out vast quantities of squash.
beet and turnip seeds is gross and
1nexcusable abuse, an interference
with private industries, and, as in
The case of this thrifty member, a
source of downright fraud.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
A HOPE TO BE BLASTED.

When Mr.. Carter made his argu-
ment to the supreme court in sup
port of the income tax law he
branched off into political economy
and an advocacy of free trade with
the resultant of a direct taxation.
This, we are told by the news agent
Of the Associated Press, who can't
divest himself of his partisanry
even in narrating facts, has given
rise to a feeling that the court will
hold the tax unconstitutional be-
cause a majority of the court are
Republicans, ard when Mr.. Carter
opened their eyes to the possible
outcome Of an income tax the chron-
icler noted that they perked up, that
is, the Republican judges did, and
gave him closer attention, indicat-
ing that they perceived the danger
to the American system cloaked by
the new tax. The agent of the asso-
citation allowed his wish to faith
er his thought. The history of
the court, with only the ex-
ception of the electoral commission
case, since Republican ascendency
in it, has been strikingly non-par-
tisan in it's decisions. One after an
other Republican court overthrow
the acts of congress passed during
reconstruction times, designed to
fasten the grip Of that party on pow
er, and it's decision in the Tupelo
case iS q standing mOnI1mant fo IFS
superiority to party policy. The
court will sustain the tax, we pre-
dict, even if assured that it would
result in the destruction of the pro-
tectiYe system
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
GONE TO SEED.

Some congressman. with or with
out an eX, is having series of very
bad quarter hours, and all because
congress spurned the recommended
ton of Secretary Morton that not
cent be appropriated for the distri-
button of seeds. IF the suggestion
had been adopted this congressman,
and no one knows how many more,
would not now be trembling in their
boots at the fate that awaits them.
In the secretary's report last
year he details the distribution
of seeds by his department, the PRO
portions of which may be seen by the
aggregate, amounting to 1855, 318
packages in the last fiscal year. He
showed that the seed cost $50, 1858,
and that it cost $60,.;22 for the labor
OF putting it up ami sending it out.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
CAPITOL AND CORRIDOR.

One of the Democrats who sticks to
the eternal principles of Democracy
under all circumstances is Hon. w. F..
Kelso, of Kittson county. He is a self
reliant and a successful farmer in the
Red River valley, and trusted leader
among his people. Equally at home as
a delegate in convention or leading a
forlorn hope as a candidate for COM
gress, Mr.. Kelso's views on any sub
ject are worthy of attention. He was
in st. Paul on business the past week,
and in conversation expressed the opin-
ion that a new party, based upon the
silver side of the financial question: is
very likely to be formed before the
next national campaign opens. But
it is in relation to the great agricait-
ural interests of the valley that he
speaks most enthusiastically.
Immigration to our section is going
to be lively this year, he said, ''and
we know Of several parties that are COM
ing our way. While ours is naturally
wheat country, I have followed the
plan of sowing to something else be-
sides wheat every third year. Even if
corn fails to mature, 1 consider the
stalks most excellent food for cattle.
and raise it for that purpose. I be-
lieve strongly in summer following,
and find the yield is increased so per
cent when this is done. Better roads
and an improved system of drainage
are what we most need in the Red river
valley. Production would be vastly
increased, and we could get to the
markets much more readily These
things are necessities, because agri-
culture must always be our reliance
We can never hope to see large cities
up our way, and 1 cannot favor dairy
Ing, because settlers are too widely
scattered. Nor am 1 an enthusiast for
more railroads; the fewer we have prob
ably the better it will be for u.s.
Regarding the proposed law for tax
alton of railroad lands, Mr.. Kelso as
serts it will be of great benefit to the
northern part of the state. If the people
favor it at the polls. This would be
particularly true in the building Of
roads, bridges and schools, he thinks
Thus present drawbacks would be
eliminated, and settlers would be at
tracted.