The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
OPELOUSAS, PARISH OF
General Notes,

General Notes.
The St. Charles Hotel, in New Orleans,
is open for business.
| Richard Frotscher, the veteran New
| Orleans scotsman is dead.
Four fifths of the cotton crop of the
world is produced in the United States.
Governor Foster has appointed w.
F. Perkins assessor of Calcasieu parish,
vice c. NJ. Richard, resigned.
Assistant Secretary Of State Uhl has
been appointed and confirmed as Am
bassador to Germany, to succeed Am
bassador Runyon, deceased.
The Legislature should pass a law
forcing the assessor to get the assess-
ments in time and have them printed in
each parish. Then you would see fun to
see how low some have their property.
The poorer You are the more taxes you
pay in proportion to your wealth. Such
is life.-Bayou Sara Democrat.
There is An old saying among farm
ers that no year ending with the figure
has ever been known to make large
cotton crop. And it seems there is
some foundation for this old saw, for
there was short crop Of cotton during
the years 1855. 1879 and 1885. Let us
see what 1895 will do.-Birmingham
State Herald.
The New Orleans States, in a recent
issue presented graphic picture of the
contrast between the Republican rule
OF the early seventies and the Demo-
cratic rule of to- daJ-the fair State of
Louisiana then bankrupt and q ruin,
the prey of political robbers and ad-
venturers, now with restored credit and
prosperity, good schools, good laws and
moderate taxation. The States very
pointedly asks the people if they de-
sire another regime Of the Republican
kind.
Never in the history of Louisiana
have the people witnessed such dis
graceful scramble for spoils as ia shown
by the ,s'hite Republicans and some
Populists.,, And the most refreshing
part of the whole business is, that we
are cooily informed that all these shame
full dickers and combinations of differ
ent elements are made to save the State
from the evil % influences of Democ-
racy. And we are told these things by
such notorious scoundrels as Kellogg,
Warmoth, Cage and Demas.-Gazette.
The Alexandria Democrat says that
Thomas Scott Adams appears to have
constituted himself the especial cham
piOn of the populist and republican
papers by awarding the publication of
the constitutional amendments to them.
1t is true that in giving out these con-
tracts he avoided democratic papers as
far as possible but after all it matters
little. The knowledge that the State
will soon be rid of such an incumbrance
should be worth more to our democrat
ic friends than the publication OF ten
sets OF constitutional amendments
Iberville South.
II all our farmers could say that they
had enough home-raised supplies to last |
them until next fall, our country would |
be Indeed prosperous, and it would not |
matter so much what the price of cot
ton might be. We are aware that We
are treading on dangerous ground, re-
peatiDg, to ssome. a threadbare story |
maybe, but as the time is nearly here |
for planting operations, this ia an op-
perfume occasion for sounding note |
Of warning. and that is that every far:
ner who plants cotton to the neglect Of |
food crops will make a tuistake-one |
that experience tells him WILL be costly. |
Democat- Journal.
-sN&s
We invite attention to the following |
of the Memphis Commercial |
ing Vain Gathering of the Cormer-
ants"
"Who has encouraged their presence |
tlIis year Who has held out any hope |
TO them that they may again have an |
opportunity of battening on the pros
perity Of Louisiana Are there any |
Democrats who are willing to have their |
presence made permanent-a presence |
as disgusting to the sight and smell as
the vultures that perch about the towers
of silence Of Bombay, and as inimical
70 progress as Kellogg's army Of bood-
ers during reconstruction daysf 1t
there are such, then the miseries OF the
past have been in vain and the trium phs
,f patriotism OF no effect. II am going
20 vote against you this time" said one
of Gen. Jackson's constituents to him
,ue day. II have been fighting the bat
lies of the country that you may have
hat right" responded Old Hickory.
Democrats have right, they declare,
20 prove recreant to the party which
,as brought them ont of condition of
vertual serfdom to an exalted plane;
much. There should, in fact, be an OBJ
igation on the part OF every Honest.
nan and patriot to support move
nent for bis country's good and antag-
,nize that which will Cripple its indus-
,ries, corrupt its society, destroy its
commerce., make begRars Of its popu-
ace and put black heels on white
lecks.' No greater villains ever scut-
led ship than those endeavoring aud
loping to get another foothOld iD the
south. But Louisiana will guard her
,wn."