The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-04-03
PUBLIC OPINION
Reflected in the Papers of this
Great State.

"A bill is before the Arkansas leg
islature providing that every intern
perate physician shall be compelled
to surrender his license to practice
and that no license shall be issued
to him in the future. The bill
ought to pass, and a similar one
should DE passed by the legislature
of every State i'm the union.-Mans-
Weld Journal.
The habit of carrying concealed
deadly weapons has caused the
legislators as much trouble as the
drinking habit. A law recently
proposed in South Carolina, how
ever, suggests a method of lessen
ing the harm done by men who per-
sist in being armed at all times.
The-law alluded to would, for ten
dollars, give license to carry
knife pistol or other weapon, but it
would require the name of the per-
son taking out such license to be
published several times in a country
paper. by this method the public
would be forewarned.-Ma
Journal.
There is no question but the in
fuence of the president and the ar
bitrary tactics of Speaker Reed will
easily force the tariff bill through
the lower House, but it will not
have such plain sailing in the Sen
ate While there is every assurance
that it will pass the latter body, the
question of when depends upon
great many things. 1t will pass
whenever the Democrats, silver Re-
publicans and Populists are willing,
and not before. At the present
time their policy is not to delay the
measure beyond a reasonable time.
But whether or not they continue in
this frame of mind depends wholly
upon circustances. If the Republi-
can leaders treat them gently, yield
to them as far as they think proper
and do not attempt to take posses
sion of all the committees and all
the patronage Of the Senate, the OPP
position may stand aside and per-
nit the bill to pass about July L.
Daily States.
The anti-department store bill,
which is really a political emergency
bill, the purpose Of which is to win
the labor vote of Chicago, passed
the Illinois Senate with only four
votes against it, and will go through
the House quite as easily. The
consensus of opinion, however, is
that the law will not stand the con-
stltutlonal tests of the courts, but
should the law be declared constitu-
tional number of large business
houses will be wrecked in which
many millions of dollars are in
vested--Daily States.
There is not a leading coon in
this town but what thinks he is
going to land into a soft and lucra-
tive position, by the grace of M c.
kinley within the next month or
two. Some in the custom-house,
others in the postal department.
Many must necessarily be left out
in the cold and these we advise to
at once seek employment in barber
shops or at shoe-b!acK stands, for
the day of political influence for
them has passed and as long as an
educational test is required the COL
ored leaders occupation will not be
that of a ward rounder or political
NATURALIZATION Rouge Truth.
The Peoples De mands, Populist
paper of Grant parish, is now pub
lished at two different towns en-
tirely under the control of different
parties and is edited by different
editors. Each of the papers has
the same date, volume and number
and each claims f0 he of6ci ol