The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
Our Parish Printer.

~ tno iasC Gays OF January, H, Bode
e Euiier proprietor of a job printing of
ICE mere who is also the lessee and pub
llsner OF the st. Landry Clarion news
paPer, was elected parish printer. All
eD:oeu 10 0tner matters, we have up t,
tnls time failed to felicitate him npo,
us I eiecCion and to commend the Polio,
'ury LOT the eminent fitness of it's choice
ne people OF this parish are entitled
to know Something about the lifa ane
~antecedents of their new public servant
ana to be made acquainted with tn.
signal services he has performed fo,
the success of Democracy which hav.
emitted him to all the patronage in thu
me OF printing at the disposal of The
parry 10 this parish ; and as he is tor
nGdest TO %enIlghten them in this regard
q orlet sketch covering these noints
seems to be demanded,
Mr.. Bodemuller is a native of tbis
place, where he learned the p,1otino
business, but he removed to an adioin.
ing parish a number of years ago, where
ne continued to labor earnestly. fear
lessly and most efficiently for the snc-
cess OF the Democratic party as a TYNE
setter and general printer employed on
q country newspaper. Conscious that
nls sphere OF usefulness was TOO res
trlcted-that no .''pent-up Utica" should
restrain or impede or limit his noble ef-
tofts Tor democratic successive came
oack 70 Opelousas in 1890 and establish
60 Jo6 printing Office. In this larger
neiu' Iuiier scope was given to his bril-
liant abilities and greater onnortun;-
ties were placed within his reacL for
further promoting the interests and
welfare OF the grand old party which
now has the peerless Grover at its head.
Despite the bitter strife which then pre-
saiied W the warning Democratic
factions in st. Landry, he unhesitating e.
~ began at once printing ball posters.
6iil heads, letter heads, &C., for ali
democrats who called on him, regard
less OF past or present factional affilia-
lions, his broad and catholic party love
and: spirit p%recluding his taking n
note of such differences. His bold and
fearless stand upon the burning uues-
lions which divided the party in those
days won for him the patronage Of men
on both sides, and he soon built up a
ho1rlshlng business.
lime wore on, fortune land Demo-
Gratis of both factions) continued to
smile upon him, and last year he be-
came the lessee and publisher of the
CLARION, a position he yet holds. No
D needs to DO reminded of the pa
trlotlc course OF that paper since he be-
came it's publisher ; of it's gallant fight
for ballot reform and the publication of
u politics; of its ~fervent appeals to
tue powers that be for fair and consid-
crate treatment for the Democrats of
the opposing faction /; of it's eeaseIess
warfare upon the enemies Of the party
and against the lawlessness which at
time cursed the parish ; and of it's
strenuous efforts to bring about the en-
Of the law as it stands npop
the statute books. Ofcourse, being mere
ly the publisher Of the paper, he mod
estly disclaims being entitled to credit
for it's able and brilliant editorials
popularity, by-the-by which has ever
characterized all the writers for that
paper-but discerning readers have all
along recognized them as the product
of bis t%renchant yet graceful pen.
With this proud record of eminent
aud unselfsh services and conspicuous
sacrifices in behalf of the party, the Po-
lice Jury had no difficulty 10 singing
out as pre-eminently entitled to
every recompense and reward within its
gift, and unhesitatingly bestowed upon
law allowed-all the parish printing at
80 cents a square-although a few chron-
ic and unreasonable and unappreciative
in that body ungraciously at
to have the fees cut down,
averring that inasIpuch as he was doing
some of the town printing at eight cents
! square and the balance Of it for no.
the parish printing might also be
lone at somewhat reduced rates. But
he majority stoutly land very property
that such yeoman services |
:or the party as he had been SO unset
ishly performing for years, and such a
bold, open, fearless and uncompromis- |
.ng course as he had uDfinchingly fol-
owed were deserving of all the donors
and emoluments) in their power to be-
stow and incontinently thrust them up
him. And thus It is that in politics,
Is we'll as in the ordinary affairs of life,
7irtue ever reaps it's just reward.
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