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Evening journal., 1896-07-07

aro IN sympathy.
IL has been developed that the gold mon,
TO mako a show Of fairness in the conven-
tion, will vote to unseat tho Nebraska gold
men seated 10y the national committee and
will ask support in return from tho silver
mon for the Michigan gold mer.
IL has been rumOrod that BOies has
been dickering for the eastern vote and
that few silver states that have had Vice
President Stevenson In mind are also
looking TO Now York and other gold states
for votes. Pennsylvania Is not In this
alleged dicker, remaining faithful to Patti
son. Altgold and senator Jones are most
disturbed and demand a short convention,
but the gold men say that it will DO a
prolonged one.
The gold mon are iuhilant over the faot
that they have dofontod the silver mons
plan for cauous to settle platform for
the candidate and length OF the conven-
tion. Senator Cantor. who Is dolegnte at
large IN place Of United States Senator
Murphy, said "Wo hnvo beaton them in
three things. Thoy cannot get caucus
they cannot limit the convention 20 one
day, and they could not dofeat Hill in tho
national committee.
WHOM the Now York delegation met it
was noticeable that number of men with
Boies badges were In tho room.
When Mr. whitney was told by report
or that he was credited with not heing
ayorSo to bolt, he said "You may deny
that omphaticRny / am not In favor OF
bolt / cont want bolt, and l shall
urge that no such action be takon We
are Democrats. l have not heard of tho
alleged oyertures Of the Boies people to
the gold mon, but 1t Is not impossible, and
there may bo many breaks whom tho silver
mon nnd the arbitrary way IN which the
leaders will try 10 dispose of their booms
William O. Whitney viii be IN dele
gates scat on the floor of the convention
lie has been placed In the s1ss Of A. T..
Fitch OF the Fifteenth New York district
and Will thus be able to take part in the
debate that will follow the silver men S
move. This IS an unexpected thing, he
having not been elected as n delegate from
New York upon his own expressed request
whom the state convention met thore.
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Suggest a Compromise on Hnl.


INDIAN APOIIe. July Tho Democrats
Of this city are impressed with the neces-
sity for a compromise candidate and plat
form at Chicago, and at a conference of
number of party men IL was the unan-
imous sentiment, in the event that Govern
or Matthews proved weak candidate.
that his supporters in the convention
ought to turn TO Senator David B. Hin Of
New York as tho man against whom
Mother the gold men nor the free silver
advocates could bring any valid objection.
They declare that thoy had watched his
course at Chicago and were convinced
that his refusal TO fraternize with the ex-
tromists OF either wing would enable both
to harmonize upon his nomination, no
matter what might bo the declaration Of
the platform on tho money question.
The interviews with the senator that
have been printed here convey the impress
sion that he does not indorso the threaten
ed bolt if a free silver platform is adopted,
and that though a gold man, he would
accept tho nomination on platform that
declares for free coinage Of all silver pro-
duced In this country.
As a result of the conference, the follow
ing telegram was sent to ox-Governor
Flower:
"To Roswell p. Flower, New York Head
quarters, Chicago:
senator HIPS nomination on platform
limiting FREQ coinage TO American product
tho solution of the Chicago problem.
"INDIANAPOLIs DEMOCRATS.
The gentlemen who sent this dispatch
do not want TO be considered as inimical
to Governor Matthews candidacy, but
thov fnol that tho only xvoy In which har-
mony can be secured TO the party is to
adopt FREQ silver platform and place a
conservative gold man upon IL.
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fact that their choice was not satisfactory
to the majority of the convention lie
then said he wanted TO know from the
chairman of the national committed, who
would preside until the temporary chair
man was elected, II be would recognize
silver man TO place in nomination before
the convention "a man Of the silver fac
tion's choice
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The situation From tho Gold viow.

CHICAGO, July T. Tho situation ia the
eastern gold standard camp has crystal
lied far enough TO enable one 60 get more
of an idea Of q settled plan than has hith-
erto prevailed The gold men viii not as
a body leave tho convention, and It is
doubtful If any individual members take
that course. The leaders are all against
1t. although it is believed that Mr. William
c. Whitney would be pleased TO see an
other convention, with a gold standard
platform. The most radical action that
the gold standard men will take has prac-
tically been settled and that Is TO follow
tho plan adopted by the Montana dologa-
tiOn in the national Republican oonvon-
tion in St Louis. TO remain in tho Oonven-
tion hall, with the notification that they
viii act in their individual statos as TO
support of the platform and national
ticket as the Democrats Of their states do
sire. But even this lattor proposition is
tempered, and the action may not take
place If the silver majority does not inor-
dinately tramplo upon the rights and
privileges Of the gold minority. In these
resolves the gold men say they are backed
by the unbroken Democratic principles Of
majority rule such Tammany men as
Senator Cantor, Congressman Sulzer and
John c. Sheohnn assert that they Will
abide by what the majority does and will
not bolt or refuse TO vote on any question.
The majority Of the New York delegates
nrcapparently Of the same mind, and Mas
sachusotts and Pennsylvania, the other
two leading states in the gold movement,
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tChairnsn Democratic National Commlttee.)
vention TO nominate. and tho friends Of
any ono candidate can, If the gold men do
not plump their votes to q silver man who
may bo formidable but not the choice of
the majority, prevent an carly nomina-
tion.
This would OF course play into the hands
of those who are maneuyering to bring
forward Teller at the opportune time, or,
II the sentiment Of the convention refused
20 yield to the leader of the St. Louis bolt
ers, into tho hands Of the managers Of a
dark horse
Buck Hinrichsen's poll of the Illinois
delegation, showing a majority for Bland,
was confirmed when the delegation voted
AZ to to support the Missourian. Kan
sas and Texas also fell in line for Bland,
and these acquisitions made Silver Dick S
followers very confident, but the Boies
boom also grew apaoe. Iowa's ex-goyern-
or's managers received assurances OF sup
port from the south which buoyed up their
hopes.
Bland tho Target of the Opposition.
It is a long road to a two-thirds majori-
ty, and Bland has naturally become the
target of the friends Of all other candi-
dates. The dark horses are especially will
ing 70 htlAt biO .NllcSDuflhl NitlN. bii1 nv
IL is possible that eventually Bland may
reach the goal, but the most sagacious po-
ltical observers seem to believe he may
have reached the top of the hill. After he
has been pulled down they expect to see
the Bland cohorts. with their blood
aroused, turn on Boies and destroy him.
Tho Iowa candidate at present has the
support, perhaps unconsciously, SO far os
he is concerned, OF many Of the eastern
gold mon who expect to bow TO the will
Of the majority. Bland they urge as man
Of a single idea In the end the situation
seems to possibly point to an outsider as
the termination of this political strife.
The gold men are without definite
programme. They are practically recon
clled TO defeat, SO far as the platform Is
concerned, but seem to bo possessed of the
Vague hope that something win turn up
which will secure for them an acceptable
candidate. Among some of the radicals
fhore IS still talk OF a bolt. MoDermott,
one OF the delegates at large from New
Jersey, announced that he would wall
out OF the convention, and the contestine
gold delegation from Texas made up theii
minds that they did not want admission
% convention which was, as they ex
pressed it. determined to plant themselves
Evening journal., 1896-07-07
FIRST SHOT FIRED
Selection of Hill For Tempo
rary Chairman.
THE GOLD MEN GAIN A POINT.
Free Coinage Men Give Notice That
They viii Contest.

Senator Daniel the Candidate of the White
Metal Advocates For Temporary Pre-
siding omcer-BIand sim Leads In the
Race For the Presidency Men
Looking to New York For votes--HnI
Suggested as a Possible Compromise.
Standing OF the Delegates on tho Finan-
ciaI Plank of the Platform-The COM
mittees Named Convention Comment.
CHICAGO, July 1.--At the opening Of
the Democratic national convention at
tho Coliseum on the lake front all is con-
fusion. Only ono thing looms up like
searchlight in the fog that hangs over tho
situation and obsoures the vision Of the
wisest and most farsoeing of the leaders
that is the convention will be for silver at
16 to /.
As for candidates, the convention is still
cropping In tho murk The din of the
Bland and Boios boomers is deafening and
SO infectious at times that it almost car
RIGS tho public off its feet Bland is un-
quostionably in tho lead so far as actual
votes are concerned, his strength approx
mating 250, a liberal estimate, with Boies
moving along at his heels with about 200,
but neither is able to demonstrate as yot
how no cnn win.
In this chaotic condition Of affairs Cos
sip and speculation casts about for dark
horses. William J. Bryan, the boy orator
of the Platte; Vice President Adlai e.
Stevenson John r. Mclean, the Ohio
journalist; the blue grass orator, Senator
Joe Blackburn Of Kentucky; Senator
White Of California-an share tho distinc-
tion Of being canvassed. Even Senator
Hill Of New York is talked Of and his
famous Elmira speech of 1898 is recalled
rs an evidence that he is a bimetallist and
would make a strong compromise candi-
date. Tho name of Ex-Governor James n.
Campbell Of Ohio is also heard. The PEN
noyer boom from Oregon has been form
ally launched, and ex-Congressman Joe
Sibloy of Pennsylvania announced his
candidacy. At work in the background
is the moyement for Senator Teller with
tho free silver Republicans and their al
lies, the Populist leaders straining every
nerve TO impress on the convention the adj
visibility of nominating the Colorado man.
With all these silver forces struggling
against each other, with the gold men sol
id and compact ready to obey orders, il
Is a shrewd political prophet who can point
the way out
Lack of Discipline.
The silver leaders now reluctantly ad-
nit that their two-thirds majority is an
undisciplined mass. running hither and
thither. possibly to be stampeded in the
ond They started out with the announced
intontion Of getting together and arrang-
ing a programme to be put through by
the sheer force OF their majority They
wcro 20 abrogato tho two-thirds rule and
select their candidate in caucus of silver
mon. Both these projects were put aside,
and they are now, at the opening Of tho
convention, with the question Of a candi-
date undecided and deadlock probable.
1t will require every silver vote In the con-
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on the idea But under the advice OF
Whitney and Hill the fear of bolt Of any
proportion Is being dispellod, aud some
Of the gold men who were heretofore ex-
ceedingly bitter are more composed and
ready to accept the situation. Shonld there
be a withdrawal from the convention,
however it IS likely that the boilers viii
later place ticket in the field.
A Poll of the States.
AS the delegates now stand there are
617 silver votes in the makeup Of tho CON
vention. This is three short Of a two
thirds majority. There are s1S gold votes,
and the states and their standing are
shown in the following table:
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L'Exposition de 1900.

LIE projet do rExposition %univer-
selled 1900 a Paris va entrer dams la
periodic d'execution.
Les depenses de construction, de
bien sup6rieures a celles de 1889, sont
evaluees i 100 millions. Files ne Sc
ron supporters que pour une fable
part, par le budget de l'Etat; 20 mil
lions settlement serout fournis par re-
tat; 90 millions par la Vile de Paris,
ct le surplus est demande au public au
moyen dune emission de BOns 4 lots.
Cette emission qui a esS11e confi6e a
cling grands Establishments de Credit E:
le Credit Foncier, 10 Compton DIES
compile, Ia Societ6 Generate, Credit
Lyonnais ct le Credit Industriel.
offre une combinaison %financiere DIES
plus ingenieases ct des plus attray-
antes pour lie public.
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II y u lei une assez forte opposition d
radoption defnitive du bill Meistier,
regularisant les henres du ira
vail sur les lignes de chemins de fer
urbsins. L'ancien president de lasso-
citation des employees de chemins de fer
favour du bill ; nMis les employees eux-
m6mes ne sont pas tres anxieux de le
voir promuIguer. lis vivent mainte-
ant ell bonnie intelligence ave- les d.
rectenrs des %compagnies. CONNIE ills
travailIent a lheure,u ne reduction dams
le temps du travail produirait une re-
daction correspondence dams les sa-
laires. La question Ell est Ia. LIE bill
a etc vote par Ia chambre c'est main
tenant le tour du senat de dire son
mot. o.
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La dix-septieme convention nation
ale du parti democratic s'est ouverte
mardi q Chicago. Les circumstances
dams lesquelles cette convention s'est
r6unie FONT forc6e q q departir des an
ciens usages du parti ct So premiere
action a etc de rOmpre avec l'habitude
d'accepter CONNIE chairman provisoire
rhomme que designe d%'ordinaire le
comit6 national. NJ. D. B. Hill, de
New York, p6tat cette fois, mails il est
partisan de la monnaie dor ct la grande
majorit6 de la convention, qui est COM
pos6e d'argentistes, ma pas vonlu Fac
cepteriet n choisi en- place lie s6nateur
John w. Danniel de la Vi,ginie. 81
les argentistes 6taient I'm peu plus
nombreux ills auraient la majorit6 des
denx tiers qui leur permettrait de de-
signer le canidat qni leur conyfent,
pourvu toutefois, qu'ils soient c~apables
de s'entendre sur ce caDdidat. LIE
plus avanc6 semble 6tre Bland, le par
tisan avou6 de pargent; mails beau
coup pr6tendent qu'en donors de son
ambition de voir largent librement
monay6, il ne comprend rien aux
grandes questions qui interressent lie
pays; il y en- a d'autre encore, ce nest
pas CO qni manQue, mails lis ont chacun
I'm cote fable. La convention nestle
dams Sos procedures ct a perdu les
deux premieres journ6es a debiter des
platitudes.
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La white Supremacy" ct le moyen
de l'6tablir.

Monsieur lie r6dacteur:
Permettez i un de vOs abODnes de
SO servir de votre journal pour lancer
une idee qui peut-etre serait le moyen
honn6te ct juste de regler la question 81
scrabeuse d'etablir IL ''White suprem-
acy."
Tous les blancs sont d'accord pour
admettre Ia supremacie de leur race.
Mails comment rGtablir dams la politi-
que sans Sc METRE en- c~ontraveutiOn
avec la constitution DIES Etats- Unis9
Voici mon idee: Immense majorit6
DIES gems de c%onleur SO compose d'ouvri-
ers engages par les proprietaires blancs,
soft sur les tcr,es il cn!tiver, soft dams
les tabriques, manufactures, sucreries
on ateliers, soft dams les m%aisons pri-
wees.
La minolite DIES gems de couleur SC
compose de ceux lui ont su Sc Greer une
position independence.
En- bieil Ia premiere chose d obteDir
c1est @l'union des blancs, lis devra!ent
tous METRE leu,s opinions politiques de
cote pour emreclier autant que possible
lie noir d'airivrr aux urnes electorales ;
pour celia je prpaGse uno Union DIES
biancs, ct denX articles a observer:
Art. ler.-Iout mrmbre de l'Union
s'engase a lie pas occuper de gems de
coulenr a mOlns que cenx-ci IL renOn-
cent All dloit de voter.
Art. 2i'-Tout mtnihre de fUnion
quI ne mett,a pas a execution Fart. Ter,
CONNIE aussi tout blanc dc n'impolte
quelle opinion roIltique que &C soft. qui
sollicitera les s~ntfragcs de ses citoyens
poar un office ~quelconque sans Ienoncer
p~lGalab!eIneut an suffrage des noi.s, Sc
Ia mis- dc cote aux conventions numl
natives DIES caudidatS
Par Particle Ter t4i arlivera d elimi-
ner Immense maiolite DIES gems de
conIeur, qni pour gaguer lenr pain quo
tidien, "renonceront an druit de voter.
Chaque blanc p,opri6teire pent etre
regulateur de cette facon-la dams sa
propriet6 ct celia sans o~tfenser la justice.
ii est viai qn'ii restera la minO,ite
composte DIES gems de couleur qui ont su
SO Greer n position independence.
..Ceux-lA, rien n'einpecllerait de les lais-
Ser voter. II y en- "a 81 peu, que leurs
votes n'~intlnraieut gnere sur lie resultat
DIES electious.
De plus lis Sc la%sseraient wife d'aller
voter 81 les blancs avaient le bon sens
de ne lenr otfrir nj argent, ri benefce
anx elections.
Par Particle .. les electeurs blancs
he suppo,tant par leurs suffrages que
ecu a'eEtre-eu qui renOnceraient 4
s'appnyer SUI 10 vote des gems de cOu-
lenr, il arrivera que Ia White Suprem-
acy legnera en- Louisiana. K
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La legislature dc la Louisiana s'es
ajouru6e ieudi soir. Tant mienx?

LIE DR.. Glenn Wilkinson resterait-iI
medecin de la %quarantaine Certaincs
en- doutent. LIE DR.. Hayes
postale la place ct il est fortement APP
puye. II a, dit Cd, rendu de grande
services au parti democratic, dams la pa.
roisse PlaqueDines. OH il await a utter
contre Influence de Warmoth.
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NOTICE.

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opelonaas, Sept. 1G, 1895. s
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:" The great advantages already reaped by
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+. j. ESTILETTE,
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On salt que d'apres n loi qui Went
d'etre vot6e ct sera promnlgu6e, les sa-
laires des gardens nomme par les con-
stables sont considerablemept 'eduits,
a so cents par jour. A ce prix il sera
difficile aux constables de trouve des
gardens. Les planteurs dams la com
pagtfe patent plus cher leurs travail
leurS.
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FOR RENT.

A desirable and we'll improved town property
being the late residence OF Mr.. W. L. Truman.
embracing about two acres Of ground: consist.
ing OF a very comfortable little cottage. with
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Apply to JAS. H. HOUSTON.
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NOTICE

My wife. Mathilde Collins, having left my
bed and board without cause, notice is hereby
given that l will not be responsible for any
debts she may contract in my name.
JOSEPH GUILLORY, JR.
OPELOUsAs, La, June 20, 1896, I'm.
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Tn jour 10 bon Dieu voulut bonner
une fete dams son palais d'azur.
Toutes les vertus furent invites,
les vertus %seules. II en- vint bean
coup de grandes ct de petites. Les
petites vertus 6taient plus agr6ables ct
plus aimables que les grandes, mails
tontes semblaient tres c%ontentes ct con-
versaient gaiement entire Giles CONNIE
il convent aux personnes intimes ct
Memes %parentes!
Mais voial que lie bon Dieux remar-
qua deux bellies danes qui semblaient
ne pas Sc connaftre.
LIE maftre de la maison prit nne
de ces danes par la main ct la mena
vers rautre ala "reminiscences" dit-il,
en- d6signaDt la premiere Re-
connaissance," ajouta l'aotre. Les
deux vertus furent indiciblement
6tonn6es. Depuis que le monde est
monde, ct il y u loDgtemps de celia,
Giles SO rencontraient pour la premiere
fois.
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NOTICE.

Office st. Landry Homestead and Loan Assn,l
Opelousas, March Z. 1895.
The holders of shares in series A are hereby
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LIE MALT Calino en- a ASSET ; il yent en-
1Dir ayec Id vie.
Il arme son pistolet ct le prague sur
% tempe gauche.
Mails, an moment de presser sur la
d6tente, il r6f6chit ct dit
-Je veux bien MOURN, mails je ne
ve0x pas me rendre criminel.
Et il p0se parme.
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Respectfully submitted,
RTHUR DEJEAN,
Town Tax Collector.
O~PELOUSAS, La, July 6, 1896.
To the President and Members of the Board
of Police:
Gentlemen.-I herewith tender you my
report as Treasurer, as follows:
For quarter ending June 30, 1896.
Balance on hand as per last repOrt....S S.
Tax 1894. SO. 95
Tax 1895. ....- 3.U1
License 1885. .............. ..........-.. D.U
License 1896, ......... 24O. 90
Market ..... $50. 90
Fines .. ....-... 51.25
Balance School Fund as per last
School Tax 1895. ............... 1873
school tax 1s94e...... .... l.G