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The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03
The difference.

We propose to make mince-meat
of this Radical Republican Popu-
list combine .-Natchitoches Enter
prise.
If it will do to make mince meat
of, it is of great use to satisfy the
hunger of the taxpayers who have
''smelt the patchin" in making
Fosters bonds SO good.
But the Foster Fitzpatrick COM
bine smells so loud that it Is not
even fit for gumbo.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03

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Communications are soIIcitcd. but we will not be
responsible for any views therein expressed.
Address sll communications to tho Business
Manager. Communications must be sent in by
Monday.
Communications intended for publication should
bs accompanied by the real ~ well 81 the assumed
name Of the author. not for publication but rs an
evidence Of good faith on the part Of the writer.
A failure % do will consign them to the waste
basket
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03
FOR STATE SENATORS, 10TH sENA
ToRIAL DISTRICT.
d. &. FREEMAN,
Of Red River.
E. j. GAMBLE,
Of Natchitoches.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
DR.-J. M. BROWN.
j. A. TETS.
FOR SHERIFF.
JAS. W. JONES.
FOR CLERK.
q. o. HATHORN.
FOR CORONER.
DIR. G.. II. PROTHRO.

The Democratic papers are con-
tinually announcing that the Re-
publicsns are not going to do any
thing in this Congress, which they
control.
Bad as We need something done,
this is, if true, glorious news. Oh,
that the Democrats had done moth
ing (!
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03
St. Landry POpulists.

The Peoples party Executive
Committee of St. Landry parish
met December 9th, with every
ward represented.
After the transaction of other
business, the following delegates
were elected to the Alexandria
convention : Jos. l.. Fontenot, DR..
e. A. M. Cooke, Maj. M. X. Will
son, Thos. McCaffrey, Edgar Du-
pre-, DIR. o. P. Daley. Henry Jou-
bert, Pat Donahay, A. 0. Gull
lory and II. HI. Deshotels.
The committee then adjourned to
meet in the Town Hall at Wash
ington, Monday, January 21st
inst, or subject to call.
D. S. EDWARDS, Sec'y.
Washington, La,
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03

Of course, the Popullsts are all
Office seekers, and you have to run
tho Democrats down with Grey
hounds to thrust an office upon
them, but what's the matter with
SEVEN Democratic candidates for
Sheriff in this parish All volun-
tarily announced In public print
and buying 5000 tickets each, most
of them paying $500 for SAID
tickets to their Democratic paper
when they could get them of US
for $500. Want it bad, don't
theyi
The Shreveport Judge and the
Alexandria Town Talk, will please
mako q note of this, as they We're
20 astonished at the Populists hav-
ing 3 candidates for the same office.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03

MANSFIELD, L., Dee. o., '95.
The Peoples party of DeSoto
parish net in convention at the
Courthouse in Mansfield, on the
above date for the purpose of ma
king nominations for parish Of
ficcrs.
A. T. Hatcher, Chairman of the
parish executive committee called
the convention to order at y
o'clock.
On motion a committee Of four
was appointed on credentials as
follows: G. NJ. Norris, j. l..
Parker, w. F. Nash and w. j.
Griffith, who after few minutes
absence made the following report /:
We your committee on credentials
beg leave to submit this our re-
port. We find that the following
wards are represented with the
following number Of delegates:
Ward 1-6 delegates.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03
How G0ldbusism Kiils DemOc-
racy.

because q little Democratic parish
convention recently met in that
parish and adopted a goldbug res
olution and placed Cleveland on
the same plane with Jackson. We
do not see where the Chronicles
hilarity comes in. The Democrats
in that parish are rs scarce as dol
lars in the pocket Of the average
working man. The Populists have
the parish by big majority, and
the Chronicles goldbug policy is
indirectly the cause.
If the Town Talk had advocated
such an undemooratic measure as
the single gold standard, undoubt
edly Rapides parish would have
had 2300 white Populists instead of
that many good Democrats and no
Populists to amount to anything.
A few years ago Grant was a Dem
ocratic parish.-Town Talk.
Well, if goldbugism kills De-
mocracy, then the Democratic par
ty ought to die in this State, and
we believe it will.
While the Colfax Chronicle has
killed its party at home, it has
done so honestly, by defending its
party and the measures its party
advocates, while the Town Talk
has held the party together only
loosely in its parish by hypocriti
cally advocating Populist doctrines
which it knows will never be ia
ken up by the Democratic party,
rs now controlled.
In the third column from where
we found the above in the Town
Talk, we saw goldbug ticket
which the Town Talk is now sup
porting, but which it assured the
2300 voters would be beaten be-
fore said voters would vote in its
primaries.
Said goldbug ticket is the same
that the Chronicles goldbug reso-
lutions indorsed, and Town Talk,
if it had any political sense, must
have known when it was fooling
those 2300 voters into its prima-
ries, that said goldbug ticket would |
be nominated, and that it would |
then try to persuade them to vote |
said ticket.
This proves that Town Talk is
not only hypocrite, but it is do
ing much better service for the
cause than is the Colfax
Chronicle, because it hold hundreds
of men to the support Of the gold
bug ticket who could not be in
fuenced, by known enemy.
OF the two, we prefer such enc
mics as the Chronicle.
But we will soon have a Popu-
list paper in Alexandria that will
lake up this silver, and all other
Populist issues and push them to
successful issue.
This paper will soon show those
300 voters where the Town Talk
leading them to, and they will
10 just what the intelligent white
'eople of Grant have done-ioin ,
free silver party.
Town Talk is simply doing the I
dirty work, while the {
;hronlcle does the bossing part. G
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03

The Peoples Party Tribune is q
splendid new paper started at
Washington, La, with Jno. H.
Humble, as Editor and Manager.
1t is q 7-column folio, intended as
an organ for st. Landry Populists,
and ably does it fill its mission.
We congratulate both Bro. Hum
bic and his readers on their sue
cess.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03

1896 is upon us, and the United
States is ablaze with the reform
movement.
This is the year that will see the
two old parties finally blended and
the Peoples party to the second, if
not the first place in the politics of
the nation.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03

"Sixtecn to one," in this parish
means Is officers to one family.
We have some families here large
enough to I'll every Office we have,
and there's nothing short of their
ambition.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03

| O-Z ueleVateS.
q" lip delegates.
Respectfully submitted.
| On motion, the report was re-
ceived and committee discharged.
On motion, the election of per-
msnent chairman was ordered, and
L. j. Guice was elected, and or
motion, W. l.. Parker WAS elected
secretary.
7. j. Guice accepted the chair
with thanks.
On motion, committee of three
was appointed on resolutions,
which made the following report /:
We, the Peoples party of De-
Soto parish, in convention assem-
bled, do reafiirm our allegiance to
the ! maha Platform, believing
that the financial policy adopted by
that platform be enacted into law,
that to day, we would not be suf-
fering from the financial evils that
now exist.
Be it further Resolved that we
condemn fusion with any political
party. We recommend a full
fledged Populist ticket for our
parish, and that we stand by our
ticket regardless of past dlfferen-
ces. Live or die; survive or per-
ish.
BE it further Resolved, that We
support no man for Office who is
not in favor of the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the
present legal radio of 16 to /. But
is also IN favor Of the government
issue of money direct to the beo-
pie without the Intervention of
National Banks.
Be it further Resolved, that we
favor an amendment to the con-
stitution, giving us a better Homo
stead law.
Be it further Resolved, that VIC
denounce the present suffrage
Respectfully submitted.
A. A. Green.
j. l.. Parker.
j. I. Webster.
Committee.
On motion, a committee on nom-
nations was appointed by the chair
rs follows R. j. Parker, K. +.
Jones and j. L. Webster, who
made the following report
We recommend for Representa-
ives A. T. Hatcher and G. M.
Norris for Sheriff, w. H. Story Il
ior Clerk, E. R. Best. The two
candidates for representatives de-
lined the nomination, and w. L.
Parker and w. j. Griffith was
by acclamation.
On motion, 7. J. Guice, A. T.
Hatcher, w. j. Griffith and G.. M.
Norris, was elected delegates to
he State convention and instruct
d to cast half vote each, or each
ne to cast the entitled vote.
There being no other business
be convention adjourned sine die.
T. j. GUICE,
V. L. PARKER, Chairman.
Secretary.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03
Carpef-Esag POpuiists.

| This is a new title which OuI
neighbor, the Enterprise, applies
TO us in the hope that it will take
the place of argument, which can
not be adduced against our poll
tics.
The Enterprise used very bad
grammar, or else it intended the
article for this editor alone, and
cndeavored to hide in a plural
noun, the personality shown in a
singular verb.
''They come to acquire place and
pelf," says the Enterprise, and yet
it knows that we are not eligible to
any Office, and have asked for none
also, that we are making less wages
on this paper than the poorest
printer on the Enterprise gets.
The Enterprise has a bone with
lots of meat on It, and not having
received it from the people of this
parish, is so afraid of losing it,
that it growls and snarlcs every
time a hungry cur passes in sight.
'They own no property, pay no
taxes, and have no interest IN the
community save their own aggran-
disement," continues the Enter
prise. How does it know that we
own no property9 There's been
no investigation made. Its Demo
cratic Assessor, nor any of his de-
puties, has never called on us. We
have the best claim on about $1,000
worth of property subject to taxa
ton, in this parish, and would have
already paid the taxes on same, but
for Democratic official negligence.
Guess the Enterprise needed an
argument and the Assessor was
obliging enough to neglect his du-
ty to furnish it. We've been told
that he's very obliging man
that he assessed the Katie store on
Front Street, at $4,000, when it
cost about $4,000.
We are almost persuaded from
this article that the Enterprise be-
lieves our Creator unable to make
man alone, and requires property"
complete his citizenship. Acting
on that belief, the Democratic par
ty demands the passage of the suf-
frage amendment, and consequent
destruction of manhood suffrage.
But against its present stand for
property, the Enterprise and its
party, no longer than 1892, dis
franchised whole families of the
largest property holders in this
parish by ''doctoring" the poll
books, because, forsooth, these
families did not intend to vote
with the Enterprise and its faction /;
md to-day, we are told that at
east two of the Enterprises can
1idates for prominent Offices do not
OWN dollars worth of property
n their own name, but have snug
yled it behind some one else's
,ame.
Thus we find that it is not our
ack of property which is giving
he Enterprise the nightmare,
,ut because we do not intend to
-ote for it to continue to ''acquire
,lace and pelf."
We wish to say to the Enterprise
hat we started life $40 in hand
nd $50 IN debt, total assets 800,
ave had as much and as good to :
at and wear as any honest man
ould want, have never charged a {
ian interest, have donated several ,
undred dollars to debtors Who'll 8
ould not pay without suffering,
nd are to-day worth more in g
roperty than the Enterprise has {
YER earned outside of official pat
mage.
As to being carpet bagger from
ok of Identification or birth wei
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03
JOB WORK.

JOB WORK.
Job work must be paid for when
delivered. There is no exception
to this rule. Strictly cash.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03

A Democratic primary is no
place for you if you are a Popu-
list keep away from them by all
means
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03

If you have a stray dollar, re-
member the PoPUI.IsT.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-03
JUDGMENT.

jamie G. Graham VS.. l.. X. Burnside
10th District Court, Parish of Natchito-
ches, State OF Louisiana. No. 11741
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07
WANTS LOWER ASSESSMENT
Receiver of Topeka Water Company
Trying to Reduce Taxes.

The receiver of the Topeka Water
company is in Topeka with a tale of
woe. He thinks that the plant Of the
water company is assessed too high
and he wants it lowered
The valuation of the plant on the
city assessors rolls is $137 600, and the
receiver thinks that too much. He ap-
peared before the board Of county
commissioners and requested that the
assessment be lowered, but he received
small comfort from the county board.
Another thing that worries Receiver
Summerfeld is that the plant is now
on the city roll. He manipulated a
scheme two years ago and had the as
sessment changed to Topeka town
ship, and thus avoided the payment
of a large share of the taxes, and he
does not understand why it is not as
sessed there now
City Attorney Bird and County At
torney Stafford both told him that they
are satisfied that the plant is assessa-
bic in the city, and Mr.. Summer1feld
says he will test the matter in the
courts.
The suit for the forfeiture Of the
franchise of the company will not be
tried until later il the season, but City
Attorney Bird says it will be reached
this summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07
REFRIGERATION RESTRICTION.

In order that the country may under
stand just what progress was made by
the last session of congress in the di-
reetion of restriction OF immigration
the immigration Restriction league has
sent out the following history of the
various bills introduced for that pur-
pose:
On December 8, 1895, Samuel W Nc
Call of Massachusetts, introduced into
the house OF representatives a bill pro-
posed by the immigration Restriction
league, adding to the classes at present
excluded from this country the follow
ing. viz:
sAII persons between the ages of IA
and SO who cannot both read and write
the English language or some other
language" This became house bill
No. 9.
on December 4. 1895, Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massac husetts, introduced the
same bill into the United States senate,
where it was known as senate bill
No. SO1.
On February Is, 1896, the senate com
Tnittee on immigration reported to the
senate (in lieu of senate bill 301 and or
other bills also referred to it,, a bill
(senate Pad excluding "All persons
over IA years of age who cannot read
and write the language Of their native
country or some other language, ex-
cept that an aged person not so able to
read and write who is the parent or
grandparent of an admissible immi-
grant may accompany or be sent for
by such immigrant" In addition, in
order to test the immigrants ability to
read and write, the senate bill provides
that every immigrant shall be obliged
to read five lines of the constitution of
the United States in any language he
may prefer, and then write out the
same five lines,
On Apri! ., the house committee on
Immigration reported to the mousse, lin
lieu of house bill No. 8 a bill, III r.
1850 excluding "Al male persons be-
tween 16 and so years of age who can
not both read and write the English
language or some other language. But
no parent or person now living in, or
hereafter admitted to this country
shall be excluded because OF his inabil-
ity to read and write"
On May 20, the house of representa-
tives, by a non-partisan vote of 1876 to
26, passed the bill reported by the house
committee on immigration (see preced-
ing paragraph with some amendments
directed against Canadians who work
in the United States while retaining
their residence in Canada.
For this bill, as passed by the house,
the senate committe on immigration
substituted the original bill reported by
that committee SENATE PAD, with the
addition of the above mentioned
amendment. The latter measure was
considered in the senate on June and
s. but owing to adjournment no vote
was reached. It was left as 'unfnish-
ed business on the senate calendar
and will therefore come up for consid-
Grafton in the short session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

The gold men say that our gold dol
lar is good for its face anywhere in
Europe while our silver dollar is not.
The silver dollar, however, is good for
100 cents worth of European exchange
at any bank in the country. What more
do they want2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07
Low Excursion Rates to the East Wis
Burlington Route
HALF RATES.

HALF RATES.
N e. A meeting, Buffalo, N. z,
July eth to 18th.
Christian Endeavor meeting, Wash
ington, July 18th to 18th.
Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America, Milwaukee, July 10th to 18th
National Republican league, MfIwau-
kee Aug. 25th to 9th.
Democratic convention, Chicago, Ju-
~ 7th
Ask ticket agent for tickets via Yes
tibuled Eli to Chicago, and via Yes
tibuled Limited to St Louis.
Both trains supplied with the most
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L. w WAKELEY,
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

Henry Clews predicts that the first
thing that would happen after opening
our minis, would be that Europe would
exchange its 800 millions presumably
dollars though Henry doesn't say-of
silver for our gold. Since not even Mr..
Clews pretends that silver will go be-
low so cents on the dollar and we
haven't over 500 million dollars in gold,
this doesn't look like an Objectionable
trade One 100 cent dollar for three SO
cent dollars isn't bad. There would be
no law though to force the Kansas
farmer and the Santa Fe section hand
to hand over his gold at this rate If he
felt unwilling to do so. "A. gold bug is
so amusing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

If all the penitentiary convicts in the
United States were set at work con
structing good roads, Coxey's occupa-
ton would be gone and there would
soon be the finest system of highways
in the world. Besides convict labor
would no longer come in competition
with honest labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

The only campaign literature the
free silver men will need this year can
be found in the utterances of Cleveland.
Carlisle, Holze Smith, Eckels and Hen
ry Clews. All that is necessary is to
publish and distribute them. They con-
tain all the gold standard argument
there is and answer themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

years; weight, 1924 pounds: height 5
feet So inches. Prepared at Hopkins
Grammar school and Poughkeepsie
Military academy.
No. 2-AIexander Brown, Jr., '96; age
% years; weight, ITO pounds; height,
feet and II inch. Prepared at StPaul's
school
No. flames H. Simpson, '97; age, %
years months; weight $50 pounds;
height, feet II inches. Prepared at
St. Pauls school.
Coxswain-T. L. Clarke. ,97.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07
Suit Against L z. McGrew.

Hannah S. Shaddington has COM
menced foreclosure proceedings in the
district court against I. E McGrew and
others to recover $500 and interest on
promissOry note secured by mortgage
on lots 1872 and 1874 on Van Buren
street in Curtis addition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

The wisdom of the gold men in try
ing to make the tariff the issue is ap-
parent when they attempt to defend
the gold standard. The more they say
on the subject the more the silver SEN
timent grows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

In estimating that in the event Of the
opening of our minis to silver Europe
would at once bring over 1900 millions
Of silver and make US take it for our
little dab of gold, Henry Clews proba-
bly, forgot to leave England out of the
calculation. The Englishman would
have no call to bring any silver coin of
the realm, he might possess, over here.
He can take it TO the Bank of England
and get gold for it when he so desires.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

It will take heroic measures on the
part of the Democrats to regain the
ground they have lost under Cleve-
lands leadership. He has not only
wrecked the party but the country as
well
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07
SANTA FE ROUTE.
The Home Route.

Home-seekers' excursion, one fare
for round trip, plus $500, to points in
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Texas and
louisiana. Tickets sold July to Il,
good twenty days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

The sound currency committee of
the Reform club. in it's periodical issue
Of Sound Money literature has
reached volume three, number IA. It
material since the last issue contains
speech on the money question delivered
by Hol1e Smith. The next number will
probably be given up to Eckles and
that would seem to end it, They will
then have reached the limit of worth
lessness in the way of argument in
support of the gold standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07

b Totals. 2s2. 1876 2s4. $50 2s2, 875
, Sunday; no issue.
The total number of copies printed in
the six months named above, 1,657. $40,
divided by 1856, the number OF issues
shows the average to be 10, 625. This is
a correct report of the issues of the
TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL,
for the six months as stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-07
PopuIist National Convention

At St Louis, July ed. tickets sold by
the Santa Fe Route-the home road
July 10, 20 and q, at one fare (s9.50) for
round trip.
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six 90 Ricvcle &c.

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