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The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22
Signs of The Times.

Jones meets johnson and says.
well Johnson, l hear you have quit
the Democracy?
Jones, No, Smith, there yOu are
mistaken, as | will show you, Dem
Ocracy has left me, its capital has
been absorbed by a newly formed
stock company.
Declpher the handwriting on the
wall, it reads thus:
PlutOcracy, or the combined for
eign capital of the world upheld by
the INSCRIPTIONS legal talent OF
the world, IL subsidized press and
fraudulent election returns. Its
stockholders are limited (; its CAPT
tai is unlimited; its general head
quarters are the national legisla-
tive halls of a free people; its act
ing president, Grover Cleveland ;
active board of directors, U. s.
Cabinet; its State headquarters,
the legislative halls of the peoples
State superintendent, the U. S.
Senators T; its district superintend-
ants, L. s. Congressman; its par
iSh superintendent, campaign lead
ers Its local agents and canvas
sers, the ward bummers, stale jO-
kers and box suffers. The object
of this gigantic combine is to drive
from the land of the free and the
brave, the lifesOf trade competition.
SO you see Smith, democracy has
long since departed from the tenets
of Jefferson and jackson, to fulfill
the prophecy of that grand old
Jackson that the day would come
when centralized capital would
drive from this free land, the life
of trade competition, and | now
say, unless this gigantic scheme is
suppressed, the day will come when
we will ride into the town of our
birth and be compelled to put our
horses in a livery stable run
by a limited Co.; go across the
street and get shave at the ton
serial parlors of a limited Co.; go
and take a drink at a saloon of a
limited Co.; get your dinner at the
hotel of limited Co.; buy your
groceries from limited Co; buy
your dry goods from a limited Co.;
buy your medicines from a limited
Co., at unlimited prices.
Then when you go home take up
the History of Russia, and after
reading it, ask yourself, am | as
good as serf!
Then you cannot say as George
Washington did to his father; l
did it with my little Ratchet.
But you can say, | did it with my
little Ballot.
SO you can see that the policy
of the Democratic and Republican
party for the last thirty years has
been this: when the Republicans
are in they make the Democrats
hold while they skin, and when
the Democrats get in they make
the Republicans hold, while they
skin.
OBSERVER.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22
Thomas Jefferson says IN hi

Thomas Jefferson says IN his
writings:
Corruption of morals in the
mass of cultivators is a phenome-
non of which no age or nation has
ever furnished an example,"
And we will add that the only
hope of this nation to-day is from
her farming classes. Tie popula-
ton of cities and towns are becom-
ing so corrupt, that it is almost
impossible to elect pure men to
office for such places. While the
cultivators of the soil remain pa
triotlc and free from corruption,
this republic will grow and pros
per. If they also should become
corrupt, our country would soon
90 to pieces.-Town Talk.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22
FRIDAY, February %. 1895.
NOTICE To ADVERTISERS.

All defendants in judicial sales
have the right to select the paper
in which the advertisement is to be
inserted, therefore we would ask
our friends to give us a bid before
advertising. The Populist is be-
ing run in the interest of humani-
ty. and it is tie duty of all men to
support it. Also those who enter
homesteads have q right to select
their own paper for advertising.
Don't fail to give us call and we
will treat you well.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22

[ did not realize while | was en-
loving it. but ] can now see what
a fool ! was. | know also that |
took many "a drink because the 81
loon was too handy that | would
not have taken if / had had 10 send
/ &C ftI te liquor. want the 81
loon removed becauseI know there
are others rs weak as |, and |
would help them for the sake of
their helpless families. | know
that crime would decrease If liquor
was removed and if $1,000 was
collected for licenses it proves that
at least $1,000 was spent for liquor
by the drinkers of this parish, that
had much better have been given
to the children so assist their edu-
cation. | have no mems of know
ing the exact amount spent Tor
drink in the parish but know 1t
would be sufficient to give every
child in the parish a three months
school every year and have enough
left over in three years to build a
comfortable school house in every
neighborhood- Yetsome men fear
that a dry parish will injure the
business Of the towns. Oh. the
selfish meanness of man.
One OF THE WEAK ONES.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22
WHAT GENERAL WEAVER
THINKS.
We Are Face to Face With A
Great Crisis.

Denver, Feb. 5.-In an inter-
view here General James B. Weav-
er declares, eve are, now face to
face with the greatest crisis ever
knewn in the life of this republic.
The president allures the money
power of two hemlspheres to his
standard by openly proposing to
plung the people into endless debt
by destroying their money and by
promises of further grants of cor
porate privileges. He utters his
edict Of outlawry against silver,
the most plentiful money-metal of
the world. He takes counsel of tit
led money changers of Europe,
and coolly advises the American
republic to fall into the procession
behind the despotism of the old
world in the march of "civiliza-
ton. caucasian.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22
WARD No. Q.

Polling place at Chalei's-C0m-
miSsiOnerS Of Election: p + Pru-
dhomme, Alex ClOutier, j b Har-
grove, Edward PrudhOmme, j b
McNaught0n, Henry Walters.
Clerks of election Nat l.. Bird,
\ } O'Quinn.
WARD No. 10.
Polling places at ClOutiervilIe
and Chopin,
Commissioners of Election at
ClOutierville: Chas. Bertrand,
VIM. Robinson, V. 5. Benoist, John
Henry, j. w. Self Jr., w. Ii. Rus.
sell.
Clerks of Election: J. A. Sam
pite, Numa Delouche.
Commissioners of Election at
Chopin: T. +. Bedside, Ed. De-
Lacerda, o. Chopin, w. ii. Scott,
JAS. VI. Johnson, j. III. Morse.
Clerks OF Election: Adolph Lee
NEE, John VI. Sandidge.
In testimony whereof witness
our official signatures, this 18th
day of Feb. y. ID. 1895.
j. l.. BARBEE.
a. Il. SOMPAYRAC.
w. S. GRENEAUx.
Sup. of Election.
ATTEST
III. Nj, Hyams.
q. Il. Trichel.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22

Louis conference are Unconscious OF
having been captured by anybody.
They have very distinct impress
ion that they prevented certain in
fuences from capturing them, but
all who attended will doubtless
learn with surprise that they were
taken into a hostile camp ''unbe-
knowns-" to themselves. Just who
it was that gobbled US is rather
darkly limited at than clearly point
ed out. Some say it was the bank
ers. Others allege it was the sex
tremists Of the party" Still 9TH
ers, and here is where our Wash
ington contingent shows its pow
ers of preternatural deviation, af-
firm with all the positiveness of
their accumulated wisdom that the
socialists are the individuals who
did the business. In consequence
of all this, we are warned that a
new party is to be formed By
whom, when or where is not spec
flied. No names are given, but we
are left to infer that it is by those
who insist that the campaign of '96
must be made on the silver issue
alone. The new party is held out
both as threat and a warning,
also to punish those of us who in
sisted that the Omaha platform
should remain the party chart I'M
til changed by another national
convention.
As far as the Nonconformist is
concerned it has no objection to
anybody forming new party who
wants to do so. In fact we would
be glad to see this take place, es-
pecially if the silver democrats and
republicans are to compose it. We
would like to see these gentlemen
fiocking together under one ban
ner as it would weaken the COM
mon enemy that much If it did no
more. AS for the Nonconformist
it can't be counted in on such a
move. Especially can it not be
tempted off on a wild-goose chase
by little secret meetings in dark
corners at Washington, resembling
both in numbers and assurance the
''Three Tailors of Tooley Street"
Moreover the Nonconformist does
not approve of 's.single plank"
There is much more in this move
ment than free silver and though
we are sincerely for that and have
fought its battle long and earnest
ly, we are for much more than is
embodied in free coinage. 1t is
only one phase even of the finan-
cial question, is equalled in impor-
lance by other planks in our plat
form and completely overshadow-
ed by the main issue. The Non
conformist, in short, stands where
it always stood. 1t can't be coax
ed or frightened into any attack,
open or indirect, upon the Omaha
platform, nor will it join in any
movement, whose effect, whatever
the design, is to disrupt and de-
moralize the party of the people.
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rst insertion; each suts qGeEt insertion 50 cents
ser square,
Local advertisements 10 cents per linz.
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Communications are sriIcrted hut we Will not be
responsible for any vie gs {. rein expressed.
Address all communications 20 the Business
Manager Communications must be sent In by
monday.
Communications intended FOR publication should
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evidence Of good faith On the part vt the writer
a failure TO do 50 will consign them TO the waste
basket.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22
The New Silver Party.

we are IN receipt or some curl
Gus letters from Washington. The
writer's have a grievience and their
minds are evidently burdened with
some great state secret, though we
find it difficult to ascertain from
their letters exactly what hurts
them. The burden of their COM
plant is that the socialists captur-
ed the st. Louis conference and
made it do something which, in the
minds of these perturbed Wash
ingtonians, should not have been
done. Morever, these gentlemen
inform us, the same malign infu-
ence dominates the whole Populist
party and prevents it from doing
something which the Washington
contingent is anxious to have done.
Several of the leading Populist pa
pers are criticised in this cOnnec-
ton. Their displeasure is especi-
allydirected at the Wealthmakers,
the Topeka Advocate, the Farm
ers Tribune and the Nonconform-
list. These papers have been act
ing badly, it seems. Just what
they have done to offend is not
specifically pointed out, but so far
as we can gather they committed
an offense by urging the st. Louis
conference to stand by the Omaha
platform and not attemptto change
it or throw cold water on it by
damning it with faint praise. Just
when it became wrong fora popu-
list paper to uphold the Omaha
platform our critics kindly refrain
from pointing out. We were al
ways under the impression that
the supreme test of populism was
the acceptance of that platform and
that any one who rejected it there
by proved that he was no populist.
But it seems that this notion is
now out of date To be a good
populist, especially what these
Washington correspondents of ours
call conservative populists, you
must now go slow on the Omaha
platform. 1t is not good form to
endorse it entirely. The thing to
dois to advocate letting most of it
go and insist on pruning it down
to the ''single silver plank" with
perhaps government issue of mon
ey as an ornamental fringe. Be
cause the st. Louis conference did
not do this is evidence, we are told
that it Yves captured" b. some
body.
Really tits would be amusing if
it were not Put tarth SO solenlnly.
Tha populists who made up the st.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22
Notice.
NatchitOches, La.
Feb. IA. 1895.

There will be a temperance reci-
tation contest for gold medal at
the Baptist church this city on Fri
day evening, Feb. 22d at 7:3O p. m.
The recitations will be delivered
by Young ladies from Marthaville,
Robeline, Provencal and NatchltO-
ches. Admission free.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22

A man said to us this week that
he honestly and sincerely believes
in counting in the nominees OF the
Democratic party, in order that
"the virtue and intelligence OF the
State" may govern. In other words
he believes ii is virtuous to steal
in behalf of rirtue. God save us
from any such 'svirtue!'-Bulletin.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22

Screven county is a populist
county. 1t gave Hines a good
majority in October, and went the
same way in November. But in
the January election for county of
ficers it was counted for the demo-
Gratis. A contest was begun by
the Populists, and trial set for the
25th, when 10! and behold some
good, honest democrat had entered
the clerks Office, opened the ballot
box and extracted the votes of an
entire district. What a cheerful
life our democratic christians must
have in spoligizing for and uphold
ing such rascality. to be sure.
Truly, the old political hacks are
in the ditch. The apologists are
on their last legs. God have mer-
cy on their souls.-Dallas Herald.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22
Commissioners Of Election.
STATE OF LOUISIANA !


with and pursuant To the sOlu-
ton passed by the police jury OF
this parish, we the undersigned
Supervisors of Election in and for
the parish of NatchitOches, duly
qualified, met at the courthouse, in
said parish and did then and there
on SAID day and pursuant to said
resolution designate and appoint
the following named persons to
serve at the several polling places
designated by us and hereinafter
named, as commissioners and
clerks of election at the election to
be held in said parish, on the Doth
day of February 1895 on the ques-
ton of prohibition pursuant to
law:
WARD /.
Polling place, at Courthouse
Commissioners of election: Chas.
\. Billiard, Adolph L. GODDARD,
Richard l.. Caspari, Geo. w. Adj
ans, Sam ID. Kearney, Elijah s..
Pharis.
Clerks of election: Norwood L.
Smith, z. L. Lemee.
WARD .
Polling places at Lake Village
and Evergreen
Commissioners of election Lake
Village X Chestnut j NJ Walk
er w Hathorn Marshall Walker
w T Walker and B s EdgertOn.
Clerks of election: II T HOLMAN
VIC Pullig.
Commissioners of election at Ev-
green-E T Harris j NJ Golding NJ
o Gunter Riley Il Quarles + r
LATTER John Beale.
Clerks of election: John NJ JON
es Henry Jones'
Ward 3.
Polling place at Grapes Bluff
Commissioners of election: L l.
Grape A n Timon III I'll Oliver FL
p Bowers j w Brown w & Davis.
Clerks of election: A j Lawson L.
II Bernside
Ward 4.
Polling place at Willow-Com-
missisners of election: j w Free
man j NJ Sompayrac Blount Brea-
zeale Howard Raphiel Gilbert
Trichel j b LandreOux. Clerks of
elections: &c Henry NJ E Barba-
rouse.
Ward ).
Polling places at Marthaville,
Beulah and Ia ms.
Commissioners of election at
Marthaville: A A Whitlock Sr,
w b PattisOn Kiale BOwden Z j
Jackson Sam Crump j WatsnO.
Clerks of election: ID g Keegan
Cbas Berry.
Commissioners of election of cleo
ton at Tanners C Sibley j o
Tanner j b Fleming j L Martin III
BOwdeu w q Henderson.
Clerks of election- Geo Megason
j III Walker
Commissioners of election at
Beulah: j w Fleming w Mai
lett jr A S James G f Mccartney
John Mccartney A j Massey.
Clerks of election: VIM Jen-
nings j III james.
Ward No. 6.
Polling place at Robeline-Com-
missiOnOrs of Election: l. B Gay,
j. Hewett, w o Carter, j Il Kee-
gan, j A Tets, G w Bales.
Clerk of Election j III Cald-
well, M F Buvens.
WARD No. z.
Polling places at PrOvencal aud
Presley's school house,
Commissioners of Election at
PrOvencal: j L Carson, Tom Smith
j III Stephens, j b Treadway, Jas.
Meadows, g G Sanders.
Clerks of Election j ID Salter,
L w Hawthorne.
Commissioners of Election, Pres
ley's school house: j III Sparks, J
j A Gibbs, N Singletary, Simeon
Moss, b b Boswell, w o Bates.
Clerks Of election: W ID Jack.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-22
ATTEST
III. Nj, HyamS.
G. Il. Trichel.

We agree with our neighbOr, the
Enterprise, that it is bad thing
for the aohiskey men or any one else
to endeavor to draw our colOred
people back into politics, in this or
any other campaign, for the rea-
son that they will only become the
victims of designing politicians and
ballot-bOx suffers.
We hope that Populists all over
the parish, whether they arein favor
of prohibition or not, will decline
to encourage cOlored people in go
ing to the polls.
But we most sincerely trust hat
POpulist commissioners and others
will not, on election day, stoop to
the old methods of bulldOzing, or
otherwise preventing any colored
man from voting when entitled to
do so, nor in any way assist in the
manipulation of votes, or stuffing
of ballot-boxes. POpulists must be
consistent and practice what they
preach about fair elections.
Let us have free vote aud q
fair count, aud let the fall blame
of using the colOred vote rest on
those who are guilty of it.
HOke Smith and his man Friday,
alias Claude Bennett, got quite
little snub Monday.
Heretofore the Secretary Of the
Interior has been allowed a PIT
vate Secretary, as a sort of per-
sOnal laquey,-at the expense OF
the tax payers.
Mr.. Smith installed the said
Claude into that position, and
promptly called on Congress to
raise the salary.
There is no law authorizing this
Office at all.
This fact is admitted, but up to the
present time the salary has been
paid out of the tax money of the
people Gas a courtesy to the Sec
retary."
1t so happened that Mr.. Smith
and his gorgeous private Secretary
have made many personal enemies,
and hence it CHANGED that when
the bill appropriating money for
the expenses of the Interior De-
partment came around, at this ses-
sion, Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma
moved to strike out the $4,000 sal
airy, on the ground that there was
no law authorizing the expendf-
ture.
The point was of course sustain
cd, and out the item went.
Does that mean that Claude will
not get the money or that Smith
will have it to pay!
Not at all.
1t simply means that Hoke Smith
must come down off his high horse,
mollify Delegate Flynn by acced-
ing to some demand heretofore re-
fused, and that then, when the two
politicians have adjusted their diff
ferences, the $4,000 item will be re-
stored to its usual place in the bill.
Just wait, and see if it dosen't
turn out that way.
Bless you, we've been there and
seen how they do it.
GAS a courtesy"
Just think of $4,000 paid every
year, without warrant OF law, "as
a courtesy to a Democratic or Re-
publican Office-hOlder.
Of course one such courtesy"
becomes a precedent for hundreds
of others, and in this polite man.
ner the taxpayers are looted of
millions of dollars every year,
! E. Watson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-15
Blacixie and the Magician.

Many years ago "the Wizard Of tho
North" gave some performances in Ed.
inburgh, and Professor Blackie was one
of the crowd who went to see them. As
he was making his way i'll he felt some
thing at his coattail, and putting his
hand into his pocket he found an egg.
This he took out ard most adroitly
transferred it to the pocket Of a young
man just in front of him, q person as
unlike himself as can well be imagined.
Arrived in tho hall, he remarked where
this Young man placed himself and
chose his own seat in a corner as remote
as possible. When the time camo for
Wizard" Anderson to trouble" him
for the egg, he arose and explained that
he had nothing of the sort in his pocket.
but that he believed THAT gentleman"
could produce it. pointing to the aston
isheG young man, whose surprise, how
ever, by no means equa!od that Of the
wizard.-M a. in London News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-15
PASTOR AND PEOPLE.
Rev. Ira W. Allen rendered . Receptions
at the Central.

Rev. Ir. W. Allen rendered . Reception
at the Central.
The young people of the Central
Presbyterian church rendered the
newly elected pastor, Rev. Ira W.
Allen and Mrs. Allen reception at
the church parlors last evening. The
affair was pleasant one in all re-
spects, the parlors having been
prettily and tastefully decorated. and
nothing omitted that would lend a
cheering and welcoming aspect, not
only to the pastor and his wife, but
to all others who called. The soft.
sweet strains of mandolin music, ex-
ecuted by Prot. Bowlby's orchestra.
added to the features ofthe occasion.
and during the evening Mrs. Lieut..
Ruthers sang delightfully."- Neidling-
er's ..Serenade" and Tell Her l Love
Her So" The honors Of the even
ing were gracefully discharged by a
committee of young ladies. and
the event proved in point OF
sociability a most happy means OF
bringing the pastor and his family
nearer to those among whom he is
to labor.
Refreshments were served in sea-
son by the young people of the
church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-15
formalities leading to the removal of
the head camp are all disposed Of.

formslities leading to the removal Of
the head camp are all disposed OF.
Fred Skinner, OF Eureka college,
formerly assistant secretary Of the
Y. NJ. c. A. in this city, will lead
the young mems meeting tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50. There will be
good singing. and all young men are
invited.
The will OF the late DR.. Calvin
Truesdale. which was executed at
Minneapolis some months ago, was
filed for probate in the county court
yesterday. The doctor first provides
for the payment of all debts, be-
queaths his surgical instruments and
medical library to Calvin Truesdale,
Of Chicago, and provides that the
remainder of the estate shall 60 to
his widow, Mrs. Charlotte s.. Trues-
dale, who is made executrix OF the
will.
County Superintendent OF Schools
McKeever opens his first county in
stitute at the Rock Island High
school Monday. The instructors
will be: Prof. W. n. Halsey, of
Plattsmouth, Neb., the recently
elected principal of the Rock Island
High school, who will fill the place
Of Superintendent-elec Ament, first
chosen, but who is in the east; Prof
W. j. Cox, of the Moline High school;
Mrs. Dorothy Gorham, of the Rock
Island High school, and Miss Nellie
Moore, of Defiance, Ohio.
Funeral services for the late Anne
liza Schmid were held at her home.
s2l Twentieth street, yesterday af-
ternoon at o'clock, Rev. w. S. Mar
quis, Of the Broadway church, Off
ciating. The choir sang three selec-
tions in accordance with the wish of
the deceased before her death. A
large number Of friends paid their
last respects. and in token of love
and affection left many beautiful
floral designs and offerings. The
pail bearers were: John Stewart,
Will Thompson. George Steelman,
Matt Mccarthy. Joe Huntoon and
Martain Schillinger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-15

William Klunder was gathered in
by Officer Simmon last night for
carrying too much booze. He was
taxed IS and costs this morning.
Robert Reuth was assessed So and
costs by Magistrate Schroeder yes
terday afternoon on a charge Of as.
sault and battery instituted by Au.
gust Littig. lad formerly employed
at the defendants grocery store.
The case against William Clark
the A. Z. A. lecturer, for causing the
disturbance on Market square two
weeks ago tomorrow night. is still
having preliminary hearing at the
court house. Nothing additional
10 the facts given at the time ha.
been developed.