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The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24
Nere Evidence.

The Daily Times-Democrat OF
last Saturday gives an account OF
Mr.. c. d. Puckette's report to the
Sugar-planters of his efforts tc
have the PopuIist tate convention
indorsc the Republican ticket.
We have charged that Mr.. Booth
was in collusion with Mr.. Puckette
to accomplish that end, and we
gave last week some evidences of
it.picked up'in the convention by
delegates. Now we wish to give
some evidence from the other side.
In this report to his people, Mr..
Puckctte narrates the principal
events of our convention at Alex
andria, and speaking of Capt.
Pharr's declinatlon, says:
''This brought about still fur
ther decentralization, and as the
had become entirely un
controllable, so far as effectino a
fusion was concerned, he was com
peeled to do the next best thing,
which was to have Booth secure
the nomination himself, with the
that a, resolution
was to be adopted empowering the
Executive Committee to fill vacan-
cies occasioned by resignation or
failure to nominate /; he (Booth) to
come down from the head of the
tickt and accept second place at
the proper time, and thus make
the fusion scheme possible by means
Of ticket that the Executive Com
mittee would place in the field"
Now, we have Mr.. Booths word
to- such men as Howell, Mcfarland,
Benoit and Gamble, that it was his
purpose to resign in favor of the
ougar-planter, and the above state
ment from Mr.. Puckette that he
had Booth to secure the nomina-
ion in the interest of the Sugar
planter ticket, thus completing the
,haln of evidence, which ought to
satisfy the most skeptical that Mr..
Booth has acted in bad faith with
'ur party, and is by no means a
man for the head of our
icket.
All good Populists should at
nee demand Mr.. Booths resigna-
ion from the ticket, and join their
tate Central Committee in making
ticket that will, at least command
ne respect and earnest support of
10 party.
The convention at Alexandria
ould have done this, if Booths
had been discovered ear
er, but the time for adjournment
nd already come, the delegates
ere worn out and exhausted by
70 dilatory tactics which had been
lrsued by Booth, SO that they
d well to catch the traitor before
} had delivered them, as was his
irposc, at that meeting to the
lgar-planters. The convention /
as victorious, however, and made {
lie preparations to have its de- {
ated enemies finally disposed of.
L
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24
Take 1t Easy.

Old Natchitoches was highly
honored by our State convention
for the big vote she polled in the
last election.
Our brilliant, but modest young
Attorney, Samuel j. Henry, was
made permanent Chairman, and
though a stranger to most of the
Populists outside of our parish,
he won the respect and confidence
of the entire convention by his
emincntly fair, but resolute man.
agement of the proceedings.
Mr.. 4, j. Gamble, one of our
most prominent business men, also
came into much favor with the
convention, and was made Chair
man of the most important CON-
mittee, that of Resolutions and
Platform, and the excellent work
he did there gave the convention
great satisfaction and better ac-
quaintance with him.
Both of these gentlemen are
known and appreciated by every
Populist in old Natchitoches, and
we will show the party our appre-
citation of the honors it has SO
worthily bestowed upon our lead
ers.
The Populist editors in this par
ish were not forgotten, as this
quiIl-driver was elected by the con-
vcntion on a fiattering vote as
Chairman of its State Central
Committee for the next four years, |
while Bro. Tets, of Our Battle
Flag, at Robeline, was made Sec
retary of same committee.
These latter promotions, how-
ever, we attribute to our long SER
vice in the party in other parishes,
as well as this, and especially do
we credit ours to old pioneer Winn, |
where we first tackled" the old
parties, and saw their graves. Old
Winu put us in nomination, de-
manded our election, and she got
it, and if we were to betray the}
trust we'd never dare show our
head in that parish again. Long
may Winn and Natchitoches live
and prosper, and may their unre-
lenting efforts never weaken until
pure Democracy has been restored
to the people through the Peoples
party-its only hope.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24

The National Democratic con-
vention will be held in Chicago,
July 7th. While the Republicans
will hold theirs in st. Louis, June
14th.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24

NEWTON, La, Jan. 81, 1896.
Ed. Populist Tho executive
committee and mass meeting of our
party in ward 3, has ordered a
primary election on Saturday, Feb.
1st, to nominate a Police Juror for
this ward.
Red river divides our ward, and
the East side has the nominees for
Magistrate and Constable, and the
thirty good Populists who have IN
dOrsed me for Police Juror think
that the West side is entitled to
name the Police Juror, and are
asking that l be selected, but l
suppose there are others who per-
haps do not agree with us.
Respectfully,
L. r. BURNSIDE.
We know that ward 3 has many
good Populists capable and worthy
of the Office, but we would be glad
to see Mr.. Burnside selected, if it
is agreeable, as then each section
of the ward would be represented
on the ward ticket, and we believe
Mr.. Burnside would make his
ward an excellent Police Juror.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24

The independent man Is one who
thinks for himself.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24
MONROE, La, Jan. 10, 1896.
Mr.. A. B. Booth,

New Orleans, La.
My Dear Sir: After thinking
seriously over the events which
have recently transpired within the
ranks of the Peoples party, l am
more than ever convinced that your
presence upon our State ticket is
and will continue to be an element
of weakness. The tone of the
press generally, must have convinc-
ed you also that we have no chance
to win in April with you as its
standard bearer. But more than
this, we we will not even increase
our vote over that polled for Con-
gressmen in November, 1894. This
would indeed be q calamity which
Populists throughout the country
would regret.
1t is needless for me to tell you
that your strange conduct at the
Alexandria convention has lost you
for all time, the very great esteem
and confidence in which you were
held by Populists especially, and
the people generally.
/ say to you candidly that / can
not now see my way clear to sup
port you, except as a denier resort. |
/ shall second, so far as my hum |
bic influence goes, the efforts of |
the committee to take you off the
ticket, if you adhere to your pub
lished determination not to step
down and out. If you are honest
and earnest, you viii promptly
place your resignation in the hands
of the committee on the 23rd, this
| beg you to do.
Yours truly,
A. BENOIT.
The above is copy of letter
sent Mr.. Booth in the hope of in
ducing him to give up the position
he now occupies by fraud, without
forcing the party to eject him by
main strength.
Hon. A. Benoit's patriotic mo- i
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24
FRIDAY, January az, 1896
Peoples Party Ticket.


FOR STATE SENATORS, 18TH SENA
TORIAL DISTRICT.
d. &. FREEMAN,
Of Red River.
E. j. GAMBLE,
Of Natchitoches.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
DIR. j. M. BROWN.
81. A. TETS.
FOR SHERIFF.
JAS. W. JONES.
FOR CLERK.
q. o. HATHORN.
FOR CORONER.
DIR. G. ii. PROTHRO.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24

OFFICE at Natchitoches Drug Co.,
Corner Front and Church Streets.)
may31-1y.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24
JOB WORK.

Advertise in the LOUISIANA Pop
rrIu uST
Mohave County miner., 1896-12-26
Commercial Loans Negotiated
Upon Fair and Conservative Terms
Invites Your Business.
o. N. FREEMAN. Pare
w. o. RoetNeoN cAss,ss
Come ana see 10.

Every person knowing themselves
indebted to the MoBAvr County MsKH
nust settle their accounts in full before
the first day of January We must have
money and nov ia the time TO bring or
send II in.
II AHsoS III. SMITH.
Mohave County miner., 1896-12-26
Santa Pe, Prescott and Phoenix
Railway Company.
ia effect Friday. November q. 1885.
Mountain Time.

No I aud connect at Jerome Junction with
trains of q. V. a p. Ry. for Jerome
Connecting at Prescott with stage lines for
all principal mining camps; st Congress with
stage lin - for Hargus Hals, stanton and Var.
nell; at Phenix with the ". &P. X. V. Ry. for
points On the :. y Co. sys, also with =. X.
" R.K.
Close connections made at Ash Fork With
santa Fe route fat trains TO all poiuts east aud
West Trains for California leave Ash Fork st
Go aud % p. m, arriving in Loo Angeles
next afternoon al H. 20 anu san Francisco see.
ond morning Of 10 ~. Train for the eat leaves
Ash Fork at 625 q m.
GRO. N, SARGENT,
GenI Pass'r Agt
Prescott, Arix.
X T. WELLS,
Asst Gen'l Mgr,
Prescott. Aria
F.M. MURPHY.
Prest GENT Mg'r,
Prescott, Ariz.
Mohave County miner., 1896-12-26

REMITTANCEs may be made by Kingman, or
other chects, express, or postofHcs
money order or currency by express
The record-union., 1896-01-31

not palmed off as Californian. It ought
to be possible to ascertain the facts
and TO make them public. California
cannot afford to suffer under any libels
regarding her horticultural produc-
tfons
What will fruit exhibits at Atlanta
and other points, or permanent exposi-
tions at the East, of our products avail
US if the Eastern public receives the
impression that we put on show only
selected specimens, and do not hesitate
to palm off Indifferent fruit when it
comes to sale day? We would wish
to believe that the Sun is mistaken;
that it has been influenced to put too
much stress upon the complaint, but
whatever the facts the matter is one
the State Board of Horticulture may
well inquire into. California cannot
afford to ruin its own market. We have
enemies enough to do it injury.
The record-union., 1896-01-31

San Francisco and Charles F. Gompertz
of Alameda as directors.
The Hexter Gold Mining Company.
Principal place of business. San Fran
cisco. Capital stock, $30,00O,O00 with
81, ,050000 subscribed, and F. w Page
of Berkeley. A. B. Moulder, J. NJ Duke,
c T. Hamilton and f. C. Jennings of
San Francisco as directors.
The Eureka Grading Company. Prin-
cipa1 place of business, Yuba City. Cap
ital stock, S50,000 all subscribed. with
George NJ. Wallace, A. ]. Hatch, Will
lam Sanders, James E. Orr of Yuba
City and J. C. Ray of Sutter City as
directors.
The Behre Photo Process Company.
Principal place of business. Los Ange-
les. Capital stock, $25, 600, with $50
subscribed and Fred j. Behre, George
Rhorer. r. Y. Templeton, w. H. Gowen
and w. J. Dow of Los Angeles as di-
rectors.
The Golden Crown Mining and MILL
ing Company of Los Angeles, Califor-
MIA. Principal place of business, Los
Angeles. Capital stock, $4,000, 900,
with $500 subscribed, and George G.
Mullins, W. V. Hedges. c. L. Hedges,
Ben Goodrich and Thomas S. Fuller of
Los Angeles as directors.
The Reed & Burt Abstract Company.
Principal place of business, San Diego.
Capital stock, S5O,000 all subscribed.
with D. C. Reed, John P. Burt, R. J.
Blair, G. S. Burt and Oliver c. Reed of
San Diego as directors.
The Orestimba Land Company. Prin-
cipal place of business, San Francisco.
Capital stock, $250.000, all subscribed,
and Theo. Reichert, c. D. Crossman,
Leon Samuels and John H. Roberts of
San Francisco and w. K. Slack of
Berkeley as directors.
The Globe Review Publishing Com
pany. Principal place of business, San
Francisco. Capital stock, $500 600, with
$500 subscribed, and James Kip, Ray
mond Duncan, George w. Blum of San
Francisco, Jesse S. Halstead of Oak
land and James L. Fields of Alameda as
directors
The record-union., 1896-01-31
THOSE FORTY THOUSAND COLO
NISTS.


1t has been stated in the English
press, and even semi-oficial utterance
has voiced the assertion, that there are
in the territory in dispute between Eng
land and Venezuela 10000 British colon
lists, and that of all these, were a vote
taken, not fifty would cast ballots in
favor of Venezuelan domination.
This leads the editor of the Review
of Reviews" to assert that the simple
truth is that these 10000 colonists are
10000 myths. that there is practically
no British immigration into British
Guiana and that there has been none for
many decades. He adds:
The total population of British Guiana
is approximately 100000. Considerably
more than 100000 of these people are
negroes, while a much greater number,
constituting almost the entire effective
labor population, is made UP of East
Indian and Chinese coolies. The number
of these coolies now approaches 10000.
The total number of people of European
birth in the whole of British Guiana at
the last census was 2,533. We might
guess that the 2, 500are in British Guiana
proper, and the 33 (instead of the 100000
are in the disputed area. The importa-
tion of coolie laborers has been an Off
cial policy, and it has been managed
at much expense through Government
agents sent to Calcutta, Canton and
elsewhere in India and China. These
laborers are brought out under con-
tract, and are held practically as slaves
under five-year indenture terms. AS
for the forty thousand British voters
in the disputed district alone" until a
comparatively recent date the entire
number of voters in the whole of British
Guiana was less than 500. Owing to a
considerable recent extension of the
franchise, there were, according to last
years returns, 2,SSS voters in the whole
country. 1t must not be supposed that
these are all people of British descent;
for in British Guiana, as in the British
West Indies, the negroes and half
breeds are becoming voters and prop
erty holders; and, moreover, there are
numerous Dutch descendants of the
original colonists, Portuguese immi-
grants, Spanish-Americans Canary Is
landers, and men of various other races,
included in the 2,3SS people who are in
telligent and responsible enough to be
permitted to exercise the right of suf-
frage.
Such being the facts, where does the
claim of England come in that she is in
Producing into the territory English civ
ilization and reclaiming the country
from semi-barbarism? Assuming the
facts to be as Mr.. Small states them,
consideration are not hopeful for civili-
zation, but on the contrary are, as he
we'll says, they have long been active
only in concentrating in a small terri
torial area the lowest and most de-
graded population to be found upon the
continent of South America.
The record-union., 1896-01-31
NJURING OUR FRUIT MARKET.

The dispatches say that this morning
the New York. sun will editorially
warn California that it must ship no
more low grade oranges to the Eastern
market That the market of New York
'is now full of oranges from California
that are a diseredit to the State and a
grief to consumers" Tt is added that
it viii never do for California to go on
this way year after year.
Of course not. But who is shipping
indifferent oranges to the East? They
do not come from Northern California,
for the crop Of this section was picked
and marketed more than month ago,
and not word of complaint concern
tng it came from the East. On the con-
tRary, it was received with praise and
expressions of satisfaction.
AS Northern California raises as yet
only a small part OF the orange crop of
the State, and as the southern crop is
now being marketed, the warning and
charge of the Sun" must apply TO our
brethren in the south. It is no secret
THAI a very considerable portion of the
orange crop of some southern counties
was badly touched by frost and freez-
ing. On top of that came drenching
rains. which still more injured the FROST
ed fruit The southern papers have been
unanimous in warning the growers to
allow none Of this damaged fruit to go
Hast, and in some cases commercial
bodies have acted TO prevent such
shipments.
But we must conclude that greed has
led some growers to send on touched
fruit from the south. If this is true,
and we must credit the sun" with sin
cerity. a grevious injury has been done
best of opportunities to make its orange
product a special favorite in the East,
and when a reputation for it could
have been builded that would have
been permanent for good. for the Flor
ida crop was almost a total failure. and
the East naturally looked to California
to improve her opportunity.
OF course. if the thing has been done,
but one thing remains, and that is for
the growers associations and CONNER
oial bodies in the southern counties to
make a frank statement to the people
of the East, disavow the acts Of those
who sent on frosted and Indifferent
fruit and denounee them in fitting
terms, in the hope that Eastern con-
sumers win not visit discredit upon the
whole State
The charge is made also that last
year a good deal of poor and very in
different deciduous fruit was marketed
at the East as from California and that
as a result Eastern consumers are
losing faith in US. Such fruit, Of course,
came most largely from our section,
provided that poor Eastern fruit was
The record-union., 1896-01-31
DEATH TO TERMINAL POINTS.
What Government Ownership of Rail-
roads Would Do.
CFrom the Marysville Democrat.)

(From the Marysville Democrat.)
The Democrat has from the first
taken what may be termed a local or
personal view of the question. The
more we examine the points presented
the more we believe people are moved
by personal considerations in the de-
mand for Government ownership of the
Pacific roads. There is no demand for
such legislation in any large city in the
United States other than San Francisco,
nor do we hear of mass meetings and
protests being manipulated in the towns
and cities Of this State other than San
Francisco. The people of the great
cities of Chicago, st. Louis and New
York are not shouting for Government
ownership of the Pacific roads, yet they
have the same general interest in the
debt owing to the United States as have
the people of San Francisco.
A through line owned by the United
States which would be operated by the
Government officers. which as matters
now stand would be under the direction
of the Secretary of the Interior, would
be a grand political machine during a
general election, to say nothing of the
offices it would provide for the relatives
diII 1IlGAQS u L1G 0GCICldIy. oQl Ce1A
Fracisco would be the only terminal
point in California for the through
trunk line until the Government would
buy connecting lines. The other lines
would take advantage of Uncle Sam
and refuse to give his road an even di-
vide in the traffic, therefore to save
loss the connecting lines would be
bought. OF course the process of bleed
ing would be resorted to and Congress,
in the usual liberal way Of dealing,
would vote a large amount of money
to pay for road which, perhaps, would
exceed it's worth or cost. These are
some of the beauties of Government
ownership that would grow yearly un-
til the United States would own a num-
Der of worthless roads, where travel
and traffic had been diverted to other
and better routes. But San Francisco
would not care for that while the peo-
pie of Marysville and other interior
towns were shut out of terminal IA
cilities and obliged to depend upon that
city for goods, or pay an additional
freight rate.
The record-union., 1896-01-31
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SENTI-
MENT.

The dispatches report that through
out all recent official utterances in Eng
land there is a clear vein of desire for
union between the United States and
Great Britain in the interest of sup
pressing the Armenian outrages. This
is taken to indicate that the English
Cabinet is well advised that the deal
between Russia and Turkey, recently
reported, has indeed been made.
The speech of Secretary Joseph
Chamberlain at Birmingham was too
plain to be mistaken, when he said
that he wished he could count on hearty
and powerful American cooperation
with England in an effort to stay the
tyranny in Turkey. Here, too, we have
leading London newspapers saying that
it is not longer to be concealed that the
European Powers are either unable or
unwilling to handle the question of the
outrages in Armenia, and suggesting
that an English fleet sent to the Dar-
danelles supported by and cooperating
with American ships of war might be
able to effect some good without the
necessity of fighting. The St James
Gazette" and the Westminster Ca
zette" are quite free spoken concern
ing the good that might be accom-
plished if Great Britain and the United
states would unite in demand upon
Turkey backed by showing.
From all which there may be taken
warrant for the belief that not only
do the English regard US more kindly
than we have been led to suppose, but
that England is desirous Of forming
closer relations with the United States.
Why not? Even if it is conceded that
in commercial directions she is shrewd,
grasping and pushing, it will be our
fault if we are outwitted by her. This
is a day for the fttest. But why there
should not be peace and content, and to
large extent progressive agreement. be-
tween the two English-speaking ma
tions, it is difficult to understand.
Just now we are exasperated at Eng
land. and we are fond of talking of a
desire to have q 'set- to- with that ma
ton. But when first excitement has
ycrn off and Americans settle down to
sober thinking, we doubt very much
if there win be many who viii really
honestly welcome a war between the
two nations. Assuredly, wisdom die
tates to us policy that will cement
peace between the people of America
and of England. The sentiment of
mother country and "a common
tongue" has no weight with US. Whether
we speak a common language or not
makes no difference in weighing the ad-
vantages of strong bonds between Great
Britain and the American Republic.
But why would not q closer union for all
that is progressive, humane and civil
izing be the most effectual way-sinee
we are able to maintain our ideas and
The record-union., 1896-01-31
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE AND
THE FUNDING BILL.

The National Board Of Trade at its
annual session in washington yester-
day passed expressions of judgment
that there should not be Government
ownership of railroads, and that the
bill for funding the debt of the overland
railroads ought to be passed. In our
dispatches the full action Of the board
viii be found.
This is precisely what was to have
been expected from a conservative body
Of practical business men gathered
from all sections of the great CONNER
ciaI and progressive East. The board
is a body in which red-letter Sutro can
exercise no influence; in which dema-
gogy would be stripped to the bare skin;
in which heat, passion, prejudice and
wild-eyed rage of disappointed men
would have no countenance.
This body has spoken the cold, prac-
teal, common-sense thought of the peo-
pie of the East It ought to call the
people to a sense of their error who are
raging in this section about the Gov
ernment taking and operating an iso-
lated road, without feeders or connec-
tions it can control. 1t ought to call
a halt to the unwisdom of the radical
and unthinking people who shout fore
close and take" without pausing to
discover that to do as they demand viii
be to plunge the nation into greater
debt, forfeit the security the Govern
ment now has, and lose the last possi-
bic chance of the Government to re-
cover its just dues.
The record-union., 1896-01-31

The State Board of Examiners an
nounces it's intention to look into al
legged extravaganees at the Whittier
School Good. That is right. If there
are extravagances in that administra-
ton let them be shown up and cut off.
But in overhauling the salary list the
board should remember that if reduc-
tons are made it is better to make them
in the Iessening of the number Of at
taches rather than in horizontal reduc-
tions of the wages of those retained
For the efficiency of the institution as
q preventive of crime, since it's scheme
is to check the making of criminals out
of unfortunate children, those whose
environment has started them on the
road to a criminal life, depends upon
the SKILL and patience, and humanity,
and knowledge of human nature on
the part of those who have the children
in the school in charge. To secure such
the State must pay fair wages.
Cheap" custodians of criminally in
clined youth are not of necessity cheap.
1t costs the State less to prevent the
making of criminals than to punish
crime and pursue offenders.