The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-09-04
THIBoDAUX, LA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1897
STATE PRESS.

When man succeeds in making
himself prominent politically. socially.
er othe, wise. he becomes the target
for the shafts of criticism. They are
diversified, favorable aud hostile.
He can find any s..ade of opinion lie
desires. Like tie Chinamaa huckster
trading his goods, if ''he no lllee, he
no fakee.' How many shades are
there to human opinions, human
passions. human preindices. human
likes and dislikes! s!-Shreveport Times.
That an increase in the pr.ce of
wheat or other staple farm products
cannet in any sense be placed to the
credit ef he Hanna tariff, which is not
Vet operative. rs hv the effects of ii
legged confidence produced by an Us
snraree of such legislation. is seen hv
tie fact thar wages are every where
so ritifully low that great masses of
men are striking or threatening 10
Ga so, because the means of lite have
50 far fallen below even a w,etched
standard of living. Crowley Signal.
THE PROGRESS occupies the same
position If always did 1t is opposed
to the holding of this convention !;
but it our best people. those who are
the thinkers for honest government; !;
who are the taxpayers and have to
defrav the EXPENSES: who are the
contributors and not the recipients nf
its honnties-and they will he mul-
titndInnus mind that-who are the
yeomanrv of State and maintain what
little of honor of Statehood there is
left as by the politicians. then THE
PROGRESS wants il foo. But we shall.
from time tn time tell other objections
or urge these stronger.
Progress.
Many of our fellow citizens believe
that ntotectinn will care all ills. We
shall see. We long TO see Mr.. Wana
makers "Vanished Bird of prosperity"
light on the roof of every hnuse in
the land. The American nennle are
prectical folks. They will give the
new tariff law a chance. But if the
longed for nresperity does not return,
in their might and manhood the army
fvnters will sweep from power the
tariff party. and they will entrust the
affairs of this government to other
hands. Regardless OF party, we want
a return to good times.-Abbeville
Meridional.
Notwithstanding the fact tha:
thousands of men in Ohio. Pennsvl-
vania, Illinois. West Virginia and
other States of the Union are on the
verge of starvation. having been
forced to strike and qnit work be-
cause their Just and reasonable de-
mands for living wages were refused !;
Notwithstanding the tact that thous-
ands of women and children have
been thrown ont of emplovment by
the closing of factories in New York
Massachusetts and Connecticut and
are in dire distress and want. the
republican press throughout the coun-
try are daily chanting of the arrival
cf the long promised Mckinley wave
of prosperity. IF this ia Mckinley
prosperity, it would he interesting to
know what genuine hard times are.-
Iberville South.
The press of the State appears TO
pretty generally concur in the opinion
that the suffrage question is the para
mount issne that will come up for
adjustment before the constitutional
convention, and as a result various
plans have been submitted for consid-
Grafton with that object in view. 1t
is curions to note, however. that those
papers that have objected most siren
uously to what thew term the Zone
man power in this State are the ones
which laud most highly the Mississlp-
nj plan which is the quintescence of
the tone man power" idea. Under
the understanding clause of the
Mississippi constitution all the power
is concentrated in the registrar ct
voters who, if he choose may decline
to register the governor of the State
or the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. We hope our convention will
give us something fairer and letter
than the understanding clause of the
Mississippi constitutional. I. Ad-
vocate.