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The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03
supporslng blanchard.

Some of our people may not
know that vote for either Of the
Democratic nominees for repre-
sentative in this parish, is a vote
for Blanchard.
Mr.. j. H. Caldwell in letter
answering the petition calling him
out, which letter was published in
the Enterprise of January End,
closed same as follows:
Sand in line with these views
shall endeavor to secure the re-
election of Hon. N. c. Blanchard
to the u. S. Senate"
AT same time and under The
same circumstances, Capt. l.. Cas-
pari closed his letter as follows:
"And If elected will endeavor tc
secure by every means in my pow
or, the election of our present Sen
stor, N. C. Blanchard, to succeed
himself"
Vote for Blanchard if you wan,
to, but don't DO deceived.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

HEADQUARTERS PEOPLES PARTY,
Natchitoches, La, Mich. 80, '96.
To Messrs. A. f. Sompayrac, r.
Il. HollingswOrth and L. p.
Brcazeale, Board of Supervisors
of Election for the parish OF
Natchitochcs, State of Louis
lana.
Gentlemen In behalf of the
Peoples party of. the parish of
NatchitOches, the same being a
National party with a National
Platform, presenting to the voters
of Natchitoches parish a ticket
with candidates for State, Parish
and Ward officers, and having an
organization in the parish OF
Natchitoches, we now formally de-
mand representation at each and
all the polling precincts in the par
| ish of Natchitoches at the election
| to be held in this parish on April
21st, 1896.
We will present you with a list
of Commissioners VIC desire mp.
pointed, at any time that will suit
your convenience.
To this demand VIC most respect
fully ask a reply as SOON as posi-
bic.
Respectfully Yours,
s. j. HENRY,
Oh. Peoples Party Executive
Committee.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03
Populists, Notice.

On account OF Small POx and
the consequent quarantine's the
Populist candidates and speakers
for both State and local Offices,
have been unable to FIJI any Of
their appointments in this parish.
Hence it is Of the utmost i'm
portance that all Populist clubs in
the parish meet on Saturday,
April eth, at their respective pla-
ces Of meeting and take charge of
the campaign at their several pre-
cincts, and meet each Saturday
thereafter, and be in good working
order, ready to take mp any work
assigned to them in reference to
the campaign, appointment of com
missioners, watchers of election,
distribution of tickets. etc.
Your work for the last -four
years depends for success on your
prompt, efficient and patriotic &C.
ton, for tho remaining 3 weeks Of
the campaign.
Do not fail.
SNAIL. j. HENRY,
Chairman. Cam. Com.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03
NArCHrrOCHEs, La. !
March 30, 1896. !

To Mr.. l.. p. Breazealc
NatchitOchcs, La.
Perhaps it is impossible for you
to have a meeting of the Board OF
Supervisors at an early date, how
ever, we would be pleased to have
your individual opinion upon the
question of granting Commission
ers to the Populist party.
Hoping for an carly reply,
remain very truly yours,
s. j. HENRY,
Ch. Peoples Party Parish Execu
tive Committee.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

rrsnsieut advertisements. u per square nrst IN.
ssrtjep !: each subsequent insertion 10 cents per
squars. ., .- .,u.r.
arst inssrtIon each subsequent insertion 80 cents
IscaI sAvsrtissments. 10 cents per line.
Idjtorial notices frat insertion. ID cent? Pcr
nns, subsesusntly 10 cents PIT line.
t'enmunpca t1ons are soieited: but We VIII not %
rssponsIbls for any views therein expressed.
Address oil communications IN the busmSss
Gems unies Sionr Intended for publication should
ys accompanied by the real - well ~ the assumed
ssme Of Ire suthor. not for publication but a. N
eviisnes Of god faith On the part Of the writer.
a failure - do 20 viii oonsign them 70 the wasts
baskst-
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

To the above we received the
following reply:
Natchitoches, La, March 81, '96.
To Mr.. Sam'l. j. Henry, Oh. p.
p. Ex. Com.
Dear BrOther-in-Law 81 beg
| to acknowledge the receipt Of your
letter of the 3Oth inst, wherein
you subscribe yourself ''Very tru-
| " yours, Sam1. j. Henry, Oh. p.
l. p. Elk. Com"
Now what those cabalistic letters
mean don't know. i have puz-
zled over their meaning since !
received your letter, and l fear
have arrived at no conclusion az
| to their real meaning, and knowing
your propensity to joking on So
rious matters, and approaching
your almost national reputation as
. Sunny man" and ''punster" and
thinking perhaps there was some
hidden meaning in them, l took
your letter around town yesterday
and asked great many of our mu'
tual friends their opinion AZ to
what they thought you meant BY
subscribing yorself ''Cb. p. P. Elk,
ICom." 1t would greatly smust
Won to have heard the various
lopinions expressed. Some of then
Thought it meant the secret pass
WORD of the Malta, that society II
New Orleans of murderers and cut
Ithroats to which the "Henuesey'
murder is due, and which it wa
claimed at the time, O'Malley th.
present controller of the City Item
belonged. By the way, the Cit,
Item, 30 / hear, with all its glOri
Ious reputation as a blackmailer, i
|now advocating the election OF tina
hybrid politician, Pharr.
i Other of your friends though
"P. p" meant ''Phunny PhelIow,
and ably argued in support o
their opinion your great reputa
ton as an imitator, and apeist o
other peoples ideas and acts. This
I of course denied, and pointed on
your great originality, citing il
, support of my contention the uni
que and original position occupi
ed by you in the political affair
of this parish. / told them Of ho,
} some eight or ten years ago wheI
ward 4 claimed You as SHINING
luminary in the bright firmamen
of 'sfresh" politicians. You ha'
taken part in the contest for Mag
istrate when Wade Lowe wa
nominated in the primary election
and then repudiated such action b
organizing and assisting in votin
, for another person at the geners
election, even against the pr0tef
and refusal of that gentlemen
accept the Office, if elected. / the
cited your peculiar position j
! politics in this parish four year
) Iago, when you were an arder
Democrat, where from the stun
| in wards 4and 9, you proclaimed
Stentorian tones your undying a
legiance to Lotteryism and ID
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

The Editor of this paper regrets
very much that Messrs. Breazeale
and Henry have entered into per-
sonalities in this campaign. We
hoped that this would be a cam.
paign conducted on argument. and
are sorry we are compelled to pub
lish the letters of Messrs. Brea.
zeale and Henry. However, Mr..
Breazeale's letter was in reply to an
official communication Of Mr..
Henry, who represented the PEG,
pies party of the parish of Match
itoches, and of course, it was oul
duty to publish same, as the letter
was discourteous to Mr.. Henry
and the Peoples party, We conce'
ded to Mr.. Henry the right in our
columns to answer Mr.. Breazealc,
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

We want a good large desk fol-
our Office. Who has such a one
to dispose of Peoples Party Adj
vocate.
Why, B. j. Montgomery Fur
nlture Co., Ltd, Cor. Camp and
Poydras Streets, New Orleans, il
the only place we know of in Lou
islana that you can got your bill
filed to . 1T"
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

1t took a Shreveport paper to
inform us that NatchitOches would
furnish q democratic majority.
The woods are full of just such
false prophets as he who furnished
the Caucasian that information.
Natchitoches is one parish where
we know no stufing will be done.
We used to live in Natchitoches
and know whereof VIC speak
La. RefOrmer.
Correct Kearney, old boy. The
Democrats haven't voters enough
in this parish to carry one ward
if you would dump them all to-
gether. Natchitoches is down in
the Ph&rr column by a large ma,
or ity. -
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

The Democratic party is to have
an amusing joint debate in Geor'
gia Hoke Smith - to represent
the gold bug side Of Democracy,
and Charles Crisp is to reprssen'
the silver side, and they are tc
tour the State. The Foster, Kel'
logg and Cage show would draw
better GROWS il they could arrangs
to let Blanchard and Cahery carry
. Joint debats.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

A prominent Democrat visited
our ofice 1--WE CAD give the name)
and told us that the Democrats
EN- carry Grant parish with the
1890 vote. How is this fol-
whlte s1pRsnacy !
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

Tho Enterprise says Capt. Pharr
received S186,000 in bounty on
sugar. We think the last item o1
$S7, 900 mentioned by the Enter
prise, Is still in the courts, and has
never been psid. However, this
bounty was paid Capt. Pharr on
the crops of GO small farmers BE-
side h,s own, whose cane he manu-
featured at his refinery, and whose
share of the bounty Capt Pharr
paid in the price he paid for their
cane, which was q 80 per ton.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

Capt. Pharr IL . thrifty old
man, used to hard work md close
management, and by such means
he has accumulated some property.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03
FRIDAY, April 3, 1896

Peoples Party Ticket.
roR GOVERNOR.
CAPT. ]. N. PHARR,
Of St. Mary.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
JOHN B. KLlENPETER,
VI East Baton Rouge.
roR-sECRErAKY oFesTATE,
J. w. MCFARLAND,
OF Claiborne.
BOB AUDTDORr
II. P. KERNOCHAN
Of PIaquemine-
FOR rREAsURER,
JOHN PICKETT
W Bossicr.
ron ATTORNEY GENERAL,
LUCIEN F. SUTTON,
Of Terrebonne.
BOZ sUPERmTEND'T or EDUCATION
DIX. g. A. NJ. COOKE.
OF st. Landry.
nan STATE SENATOR'S, 10TH sENA
roRIAL DISTRICT.
d. G. FREEMAN.
OF Red River.
Z. ]. GAMBLE,
OF, Natchitochee-
pcR REPRESENTATIVES,.
DIR. J. NJ. BROWN.
J. A. TETS.
FOE SHERIFF.
JAS. w.. JONES.
FOB CLERK.
o. O. HATHORN.
ZOE coRoNER.
DIR. G. H. PROTHRO.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03
JOB WORK.

JOB WORK.
Job work must be paid for wher
delivered. There is no exception
to this rule. Strictly cash.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

Advertise in the LOUISIANA PoP-
ULIsT.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

1--WE are coming father Pharr,
epe hundred thousand strong"
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

Don't forget to register, If you
haven't done so.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

HOURS To MEMPHIS.
One Hour to New Orleans
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

Through day Coaches each way BE-
tween Fort Worth and Memphis.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars to
st. Louis. Chicago, New Orleans
and Pacific Coast.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

For Tickets and further informstio..
call on or address your nearest ticks
agent. or
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03

ID vicePrcs- Gen. Mgr. Gen. Pas. 4 III. Az
w. A. DASHIi.LL, TRAY
Passenger Ag't..
DALLAS. TEXAS.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-06
THE GOAL IN SIGHT.

The last issue OF the United States In
vestor says: THE last quarter of 1906
opens with business very much reduced in
Volume, as compared with the same period
OF 1885. but. to the one who looks below
the surface of things. with a much more
encouraging outlook than a year ago.
Underneath the apparent prosperity of 1895
was the certainty of recurring monetary
complications. From our present low point
of prosperity we at last see a clear road
TO the goal of sound finance"
The clear road to the goal of sound
finance" means the election of Mckinley.
and every indication points that way at
the present time. The business interests
of the country are crystallizing for the
man from Ohio, and there has never at any
time been a well founded doubt as to the
stand the laboring men will take when the
choice is to be made between free trade
and free silver on the one hand and pro-
lection and honest money on the other.
Every day shows new additions to the
ranks of the sound money forces and a
brighter outlook.
This can be observed here in Kansas City.
Business men are encouraged over the pros
poets and begin to see "a clear road to the
goal of sound finance" and to resultant
good times and prosperity. Confidence is in
the air and general feeling is prevalent
that the free silver craze. with all its con-
comtants OF 6istrust depression and alarm,
has reached its zenith and is now rapidly
on the wane.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-06
THE GENERALS IN KANSAS CITY.

The reception by our citizens to General
Alger and the distinguished party of Union
generals who accompany him was cordial
and sincere. Nearly every old soldier in
the city turned outsto see and hear these
gallant leaders, who are now engaged in a
cause which they deem fraught with re-
suits as momentous as those of the dark
days of the rebellion. The party. including
both Democrats and Republicans, appeal
to their hearers in the name of patriotism
and national honor. No one who heard
them could fail to be impressed with the
earnestness and sincerity of their utter
ances. They are laborng for the cause of
honest money without the hope of fee or
reward, and their influence is necessarily
great. On their remarkable tour these dis
tipguished gentlemen have met great
crowds of veterans at every town-both
Union and Confederate veterans. Their
speeches have been based on the theory
that the war is over, and on the assump-
ton that those who wore the gray stand
as much for the flag as those who wore
the blue. They have not sought to open
old wounds. now healed, but to preach
amty and good will between survivors in
the opposing ranks and to re-enlist them
on the side of common country when q
rev danger assails it. And in this they
are happily meeting with great success.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-06

ings. says Mr.. Bryan. with pleasing
sense Of power in having the best of the
argument, but all human beings are hui
man."
Right there the whole free silver Gues-
ton was clinched and riveted in manner
that makes the goldbug gnash his teeth
in irpotent rage. Our government Is ad-
miEistered by human beings and all hui
man beings are human What could be
palmer than this simple axiom now first
made known through the medium of Will
ia n Bryan's thrilling eloquence? 1t is SUCH
burning. crushing. pulverizing truths as
this that the champion of the human race
is hurling with the force of a bellows into
ears of the struggling masses from day to
day and yet the goldbug press irsinuates
that Bryan's speeches are not making
votes,
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-06
Major Hnndy's Point of View.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
William Mckinley will not only have a
large majority in the electoral college, but
will receive more ballots for president and
have larger majority on the popular vote
than any man who ever ran for the pres
idency.
At present Grant, with the candidacy of
1877, has the plurality record. and Grover
Cleveland has the distinction of having
received the largest vote ever given pres
idential candidate. These records will be
broken this year, in my opinion, for l ex-
pect Mckinley to have 100000 votes and a
plurality of at least 100000 In fact. Nc
kinleys plurality will be larger than the
entire number of votes cast for any presi-
Dental candidate prior to and perhaps in
cluding 1910. when William Henry Harri-
son was successful with poll of 1,275, oil,
against 1,12s1O2 for Martin Van Buren,.
Cleveland's vote In 1892 was 5,556 91S, and
Harrisons 5l76,02S. McKinleys vote this
year. calculated on basis of the Maine
percentage of Republican increase and
Democratic loss. would be nearly 1000, 900,
while Bryan would barely pass the 100000
mark. 1t is not to be expected. however,
that the Maine precedent will hold in states
where there is large Populistic vote and
where Popocratic fusion is perfect. On
the other hand. there is an immense ad-
vantage for Mckinley in the fact that his
victory will be overwhelming and unpre-
cedented in extent in the most populous
states of the Cnion
Developments of the last fortnight prac-
ticaly assure the electoral votes of the
great states Of the Central West to Nc
kinley. and If the situation shall remain
as II is to-day the only unsolved question
remaining on the 3rd of November will be
the measure of Mckinleys majority. have
never known such a steadying of. the lines
as the result of a campaign of education.
In July every one of these states was
doubtful.
/ look now to see them give Mckinley
majorfties about as follows. with a plural
ty favoring higher figures in each case:
Ohio. 75.0o0: Indiana. $4,000: Michigan. 3O.
600: Illinois. 100000: Wisconsin, 10000; Iowa,
10000; Minnesota, 5000. These. 1 repeat
are conservative estimates. They are based
on a revision and discount Of Republican
claims, and these in turn based upon re-
ports fairly samplins public opinion, urban
and rural.
The doubtful states to-day outside of the
South are Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas,
Wyoming and Montana, but in every one
of these the effects of the Republican re-
action is felt. and should not be surprised
to see every one OF them fall into line for
Mckinley.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-06
WORDS TnAT LIVE AND nURy.

Some pearls of wisdom fell from the
lips of Candidate Bryan Saturday night
when he mounted the stump for the sec
ond time in st. Louis. The occasion was
arsp;cious. The dispatches announce that
Mr.. Bryan had been hurried to his hotel
ir closed cab Immediately after his ar
rival in the city; that he at once ordered
a frugal dinner, consisting of a pla n teak
n Sai-ed potato and cup of coffee, ard
having thus fortified the inner man with
the pabulum of the plain people was ready
10 resume his great work of talking fer
votes. Being in ST. Louis, he selected
Thomas jefferson as his theme-for rea-
sons best known to himself-and with i'm
pressive earnestness expatiated upon the
virtues of that departed statesman.
i, The first proposition MIR. Bryan laid
down shows his ability to get at the bo-
rock of things. He declared with due
soemnity that '.in all the history of the
race there has never been but one Thomas
Jefferson" This statement came as a rev.
elation to the ears of the St Louis Bou.-
Ions and was received with a magnifi-
cent burst of applause. Tney had never
heard anything like it. The audience was
full of enthusiasm. but Mr. Bryan himself
was unmoved as he proceeded to set his
jaw for the second great proposition in hi
argument. This. like the first, is undoubt-
edly original with the boy orator and
deserves to be handed down to PCS
terity as one of the brightest gems in his
oratcrical crown of thorns. He said: Cur
government is administered by human be-
irgs." Novel thought! This admission
shows the candor and chartableness of
Mr.. Bryans nature. For as the govern
ment is being conducted mainly by pluto
Gratis, corporations and minions of the
money power, and is under the blighting
curse OF gold generally. to admit that Its
managers are human beings shows that
in spite Of his impending defeat Mr.. Bry-
ans milk OF human kindness has not
tGrned entirely to clabber. Not only is
the government conducted y human be-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-06

The American working people are good
consumers when they have employment and
wages. When business Is depressed and
employment scarce they are forced 10 econ
on.ize; they buy less of necessaries and
comforts. ana producers suffer from a gut-
ted market. Open the factories and mills
ami mines. give the people work that they
may obtain money with which TO buy. and
there viii bc no scarcity OF currency in
circulation. Bald up the home market by
giving Jobs to idle workinemcn. and pro-
dEccrs will find safe for their products
The real money question in This country is
not question of getting more bullion
Through the minis. hut OF getting more Of
the money already minted into circulation
among the people. Give The industrial in
forests protection that will enable them 10
pay American wages and have sufficient
left for living profit, and there Will be
no money question.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-06
ALL OVER MISSOURI.

Pumpkin pie socials and persimmon pic
MICS are in vogue in Joplin.
Joplin and Carthage Epworth Leazuers
exchange visits by way OF trolley parties.
The value of the lead and zinc dig-up in
the interstate district last week aggregated
81. .2S4.
Linn county Republicans are proud of
their candidate for lieutenant governor, DR..
Pettijohn and will give him a tremendous
vote.
AS an unerring Indication Of its growth
and progress. Brookfield points to the fact
that it's new city directory contains nearly
200 pages.
Major Warner talked to $500 appreciative
and enthusiastic listeners at the picnic Of
the Old Soldiers Mckinley Club in
Carthage the other day.
John f. Whitley. '97 and Lucien Smith.
'ss. will represent Drury college. OF Spring.
field. in the Missouri oratorical contest in
Kansas City next Monday night.
Undoubtedly the luckiest man in the
state this campaign is the Springfield Re-
publican who found sucker who bet him
81 600 to $500 that Bryan would be elected.
Brookfield still has a few dollars left for
a worthy cause. Notwithstanding the hard
times. The sum Of $50 was thrown into the
hat at Y. NJ. c. A. benefit meeting there
Sunday afternoon.
The Santa Fe excursionists from Marce-
line and adjacent stations to Canton will
be back this afternoon. after particularly
pleasant and satisfactory trip. The rail-
road fare was but $3.50.
The two big hay trains shipped south
from Rockville Saturday comprised to-
gether forty-six cars and contained 1l,50O
bales. Another similar trainload will be
forwarded in about two weeks.
Slabs of slicate from two to five feet in
length are being taken from the Converse
shaft, where the biggest strike of that
mineral in the Joplin district was made
not long ago a solid sheet of the ore hav-
ing been found at a depth of twenty feet.
The most active campaign ever made in
the Sixth congressional district is the one
now in progress. and the beneficial effects
are already becoming apparent. recent
poll of the seven counties showing large
Republican gains in nearly every school
district.
The News tells of a recent Joplin achieve
ment in the chicken raising line in the
shape Of Brahma rooster 3ls months
old that weighs nearly eight pounds and
stands two and one-haif feet high, 80 tall.
In fact, that by rubber necking' little
1t can eat corn from the top of a flour
barrel.
The president OF one OF the largest lumber
companies in Southeast Missouri. life
long Democrat, wrote to friend in Breek-
field the other day to the effect that he
and the company are now confident OF NC
Kiniey's election and will at once start
their men on full time in the positive be-
lief of an assured and prosperous business.
This bulletin has been posted in the uni
versities and in the various schools and
colleges throughout the state: The super
intendent OF public schools requests that
Wednesday. 4th of November. 1885, be OBJ
served in the schools of the state as Field
day with exercises In memory of Eugene
Field. and that contributions be taken to
assist In erecting on the campus Of, the
university a suitable marble shaft"