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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-04


All over tho State persons are
offering themselves a. delegates to
the Constitutional convention, when
they already hold Offices Of eIholu-
ment and profit. The question il
therefore pertinent ~ to whether
under the law they - NJ dsbarred
a delegates. unless the5 resign the
positions they Airesly h0M. Arti-
Gle l59 Of the present roAstitution
provides, that mo person shall
hold or exercise It Tie salne time.
more than one once q trust or
profit, except that Of justice q the
psscs or notary public" This lam
guage is plain and uneqnivocal,
and there is absolutely no warrant
or sanction of the views expressed
by self-interested parties, that
aelecting . delegate to this'conven-
ton does not vacate the Office be
holds at the time of his election
The law provides that mo person"
shall hold two Offices of trust
and profit at the Same time. It il
right and eminently proper thai
the law should contain this provis.
ion. The following communica,
ton, found in an esteemed contem
porary, covers the ground 90 com
pletely, and accords with our view
SO perfectly. that we publish it il
this connection, viz:
Editor Mamsfeld Journal:
A great deal has been said in th'
papers about tho legality of th'
election of a person to the constitu
tional convention who alread,
holds an Office of profit and trust
The true question is not a. to th
LEGALITY of the election of such Of
ficer, but whether by qualifying q
a member Of the constitutions
convention such officer would nc
forfeit the FIRST Office; and, unde
the unsmbiguous emphatic provit
ions of the present constitution,
would seem clear that such forfeit
ure would result ipso tacto froi
the induction into the second d
fee. But, after ell, the prope
question is not 80 much as to th
LEGALITY and constitutionality of
but as to the sound public polio
of it. How can ofice-holders /
trusted to legislate against then
selves, even though the propose
legislation be absolutely necessal
| to the public good? Suppose it
Is question of abolishing an offc
can 4 person holding such ofIie
be trusted to vote for its sbolisl
ment? Suppose II il . question
decreasing the pay OF an Office;
: | it reasonable to suppose that sut
decrease will be favored by OF
Who will BE- directly pinched |
such decrease? Aud there won
BE- the same difficulty - to shol
epinR and limiting terms Of ofic
Thu ofIica holders IN the constit
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-04

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after the fret insertion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-04

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-04


The Democratic executive COM
mittee of Ascension parish proceed
ed in rather an unusual way to
nominate . candidate and elect
delegates to the State convention
The committee selected thirty dele
gates to represent the perish in the
convention at Baton Rouge and
then adjourned to meet again at
Donaldsonville, Dec. 7th, to nomi-
nate candidate for the constitu-
tional convention. These PROPOSE
tious wore all made by Senator Il.
N. Sims, and there have been no
objections or protests made thereto.
The executive committee of Grant
parish, several years ago, when
there was but one candidate in the
district appointed delegates te
represent Grant parish in the Con.
gressional nominating convention
and some of our folks have not go
over kicking about it to this day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-04

tional convention can be trusted TO
look out tor themselves fifst and
the people afterwAfd; and to COM
bine to prevent any Legislation ad-
verse to their interests.
A convention At Office holders
sciH Be a pablo calamity. x.
This correspondent strikes the
key note 70 the controversy. The
office-holders cannot be trusted to
cut down their own salaries. They
cannot be trusted to insert in the
constitution the wholesome meas
ures of economy and retrenchment
that The people desire in the way
OF reduced salaries and Tess paid to
officials. The chronic ofice-seek-
ers and ofiice-holders cannot be
trusted to insert provision insur-
ing the old-time Democratic rule
"of rotation in Office" They cam
not be trusted to provide tnat they
shall step down and out ct the end
of one term of Office, and await an
intervening term before they shall
again offer themselver for election.
For these. and many other weighty
reasons that We could give, it is moi
proper to elect of{ice-holders to the
constitutional convention.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-12-02
MORTGAGE SALE.
First publication Nov. Ill

First publication Nov. ILL.,
Whereas, Default has been made in the
date the twelfth day of NOvemb Der. A. D. 18as
made executed and delivered by Sarah -.
Freudcnreicha IAN unmarried woman .mortgag-
or, to Charles A. Carlson, mortgag gee. which
said mortgage was duly recorded in the Offic"
of the Register of Deeds in and for Stearns
county, Minnesota, on the 18th day of Novem-
of mortgages. on page 1911; viii CHI said default
consists in the nOnpayment of the sum of
$l2. interest which became due On said mort
gage and the O'e secured thereby 0" the 18th
day of May 1897. which default still continues
and said mort gagee, having as authorized by
said mortgage AID note, declared the whole
and payable, and having elected to fOreclose
said mortgage for the whole principal surr
thereof and the accrued interest, there Is,
therefore, claimed to be due aud is due on
said note and said mortgage the sum Of two
hundred seventy five and 60 100 dollars (S275 COY
at this date, and no action or proceeding at
law OF otherwise having been instituted TO re.
cover said mortgaged debt, or any part thereof.
Now, therefore. Notice is Hereby Given, That
under and by virtue of the power of sale coz
tanned in said mortgage, which has now be-
come operative, and pursuant to the statute in
such case mace and provided the said de-
scribed mortgage will be foreclosed, and the
premises described IN and covered by said
mortgage, to-wit: Lot numbered eleven t1ly.
in block numbered four az, in the original
townsite [now City OF Sauk Centre. in the
county of Stearns and state of Minnesota, ac-
cording to the plat thereof now on file and re-
corded IN the Office of the Register of Deeds in
and for said county of Stearns, will be sold
at public auction 10 the highest BIDDER, for
cash, by the Sheriff of said Stearns county,
Minnesota, at the front door of the post office
in the city of Sank Centre, Stearns county,
Minnesota on the 9th day of December. D.
1897, III ten O'Clock in the forenoon, to pay and
satisfy said mortgage debt and the interest.
and $3.u0 insurance premium paid by said
mortgage on said premises, and the costs and
expenses OF sale, including $500 attorneys
fees, stipulated in and by said mortgage to be
paid in case of foreclosure subject to redemp-
lion as provided 10y law.
Dated November nth. 1897.
CHARLES A. CARLSON.
NJ HOGAN Att orney Mortgagee-
Sauk Genre, Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-12-02
THE GOLD DEMOCRATS.
Working Hard to Keep the Honest Money
Men In Line.

Working Hard to Keep the Honest Money
Men In Line.
The activity which the gold Demo-
Gratis are showing in the states in which
they have tickets in the field has pro-
found significance in it's bearing on
the congressional canvass of 1898 and
the presidential campaign of 1900. Or
dinarily but little interest is taken in
politics in the year Immediately sue
ceeding presidential contest. The ten
sion and excitement of struggle for
president creates an exhaustion which
usually is not overcome until the con-
gressional election two years later.
Thus the elections which occur 10
months after the big contest seldom
arouse general interest throughout the
country. Moreover, the elections in
those years are comparatively few and
unimportant and thus help to augment
the general apathy.
Naturally this apathy hits a third
party-and the gold Democracy, not
withstanding the actual historical con-
tinuity which it holds to the party of
jefferson and jackson, will have to be
called third" party until the MAORI
ty end of it drops Organism and gets
back to it's old ground on the money
issue-harder than it does either Of the
great organizations. The gold Demo-
Gratis, however, in such states as Ohio,
Kentucky, Nebraska and Iowa, in which
they have tickets in the field, are re-
vealing greater earnestness than they
displayed last year and undoubtedly
will poll a larger vote than was given
to Palmer in those states. The gold
Democratic demonstration in the spring
election in Michigan, in which that
element cast five times as many votes as
were given to Palmer in that state half
a year earlier, encouraged it to make a
powerful rally in the fall elections.
A large vote for the gold Democratic
tickets in the elections a few weeks
hence will incite that party to put up
state tickets and congressional candi-
dates in 1898 and will prepare the way
for a vigorous canvass on it's part in
1900. The Bryanites are sure to make a
fight in 1900, and the finance ques-
ton in some phase or other is going to
be involved in the canvass. Probably
the Bryanites will all have dropped to
greenbackism by that time. Bryan has
been stumping Iowa with his fellow
greenbacker, James B. Weaver, who was
the Greenback party's presidential can
didate in 1880 and the standard bearer
of that party's Populist descendants i'll
1892, when Bryan stumped and voted
for him. The Bryan Democrats will
have to get one more crushing defeat
before they drop their financial and So
cial lunacies and follies, and it is to the
country's interest that the Palmer and
Cleveland Democrats maintain their Or
ganizaUion and keep the honest money
men of their party from drifting to Bry-
an.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-12-02
SUMMONS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF STEARNs,
District Court.
Seventh Judicial District.
Jennie oa" ss' Plaintiff summons.
Frank G. Cameron. Defendant.
The State of Minnesota to the above named
Defendant:
You are summoned and required TO answer
the omplaint in this action, which has BEEN
filed with the Clerk of said Court at his Office
in the City of st Cloud, county and state afore
said, and to serve a copy IF your answer to the
said complaint on the subscriber at his office lie
st Cloud, in StearnS County. Minnesota, with
in thirty days after the service of this summons
upon you exclusive of the day of such service,
and if you fail 20 answer the said complaint
within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff In this
action VIII apply to the court for the relief de-
manded therein, together with the costs and
disbursements of this action.
Dated st. Cloud. Mimi, October 9th, 1897
ID. w. BRUCKART,
IT Plaintiff IS Attorney, st. Cloud Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-12-02
All the Time.

From first to last this callous, self seeking
man (Grover Cleveland) has been the direct
cause, the sole occasion. of all our undoing.-
Henry Watterson.
Yes, from first to last, and every
moment Of the time betwixt and be-
tween. s.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-12-02

Mr.. Ward, her majesty's consul gen.
eral at Hamburg, in report to the for
eign office, mentioned that in 1896 there
was, over 1895, an increase for Ger
many Of l42, 521 tons of shipping, but
for Great Britain decrease of $685.
tons, making the English proportion of
the whole 80 per cent only in 1896. He
also notes that the mercantile marine
of Hamburg increased last year by 80
seagoing ships of 52,812 tons, making
that ports present total 673 ships, rep
resenting shipping Of 712,896 regis
tered tons. Moreover, further 90 ships
Of 245, 900 tons are now being built for
the Hamburg mercantile feet.
There seems to be no doubt, he says
in his report, that the German policy
of substituting and starting lines of
steamers direct from their own ports to
the countries with which they trade
has had an enormous influence on their
commercial development.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-12-02
SUBSCRIBING STEAMERS.
Success of This Plan of Commercial De
velopment In Germany.

velopment In Germany.
The Frankfurter Zeitung Of July l.,
referring to the shipping returns Of
Hamburg in 1896, said that statistical
tables show that in consequence of the
cessation of some English carrying trade
and of the founding of their own direct
lines of steamers, for the first time in
1895, the tonnage Of German ships has
surpassed that of Great Britain. For
merly England possessed, in registered
tonnage, 45 per cent of all flags. But
since 1898 the figures are as follows:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01
WILL NOT OBEY THE LAW.

American Tobacco Company to Further
Test the Iowa Cigarette Statutes.
Dies MONIES, Sept. 29.-The first ses.
sion Of the twenty sixth general assem-.
bly, Of Iowa passed law prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of cigarettes
in this state. A test prosecution was
begun against the American Tobacco
company, and the United States circuit
court decided against the state and for
the cigarettes, holding that prohibition
Of the sale, manufacture or shipping
into the state of the goods in original
packages violated interstate commerce.
The extra session OF the legislature last
year attempted to so amend the law as
to make it effective, adding o $500 tax
or penalty for dealing in the goods. F.
w. Youngerman. wholesale tobacconist
of Des Moines, is in receipt of a letter
from the secretary of the American
Tobacco company of New York direct
ing him that attorneys hold the clause
to be non. effective and not enforceable,
and tobacco dealers will refuse to pay
the tax. e.,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01
MINOR ITEMS OF INTEREST

Nov. has been fixed as the date OF
the sale of the Union Pacific road.
Charles Belmont Davis, United States
consul at Florence, Italy, has resigned.
The interchangeable mileage credit
system will be inaugurated by Western
lines Nov. /.
The grand lodge, K. of p, and the
grand temple, Rathbone Sisters, met
Tuesday at St. Paul. .,
Star Pointer paced mile in 2:CO1a at
Terre Haute, and Joe P..tchen went the
same distance in 2:0114. ,s.a 7s 49,.
The three European cities Of Dublin,
Barcelona and Madrid are, to-. be
equipped with trolley systems.
Josiah Quick, rs years old, and his
wife, Is, were killed at the crossing OF
the Erie railroad at Rankins Station.
N. Y. d
M. Jules Cambon, governor general
of Algeria, it is announced, will sue.
coed NJ. Jules Patenotre as French am.
bassador at Washington.
At Detroit, Mich, Frank Fadelin,
ST., o trunkmaker, killed his son
Frank, shot his wife in the right shout.
der, and killed Joseph Stadelmann, a
contractor.
Captain General Weyler has pub.
ished decree declaring still in
force his prohibition Of the expectation
of leaf tobacco produced in the prov.
inces of Havana and Pinar del Rio.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01
BATTLE OF EXPERTS.
Defense In the Luetgert Case Has . Few
on Hand.

Defense In the Luetgert Case Has . Few
on HAND
CHICAGO, Sept. 2Y.-The battle be.
tween the experts has begun, and from
now on there will be denials thrown at
the evidence of the medical AID chem.
ical wise men who testified for the s. ;l1e
in the Luetgert case. The defense put
its first witness in the expert line on
the stand during the day, and he will
be followed by long string of others.
The first witness was DR.. B. L. Reise,
who boiled two bodies in ca ustic potash
in the vat in Luetgert's sausage factory,
and obtained results different from
those WHO boiled bodies in caustic pot
ash in behalf of the state.
Another witness of the day was al.
madele Opdyke, a peddler, who test
fed that long after the murder is SAIL
to have been committed he saw Mrs.
Luetgert in the neighborhood Of James
vile, Wis. He said that there was no
chance Of his being mistaken, and he
identified the photograph which he was
shown in court III the most positive
manner,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01
Bandits Hold Up a Stage IN
California and Murder One
Of the Passengers.
Escaped With Three Express
Boxes, but Bloodh ounds
Il. Are In Pursuit. s
Defense in the Luetgert Case
Offers Its First Expert
a...5', Testimony.

UK1AH, Cal, Sept. 29.-Two masked
highwaymen held up the Bonneville
stage and J. r. Barnett. . passenger.
was shot and instantly killed by one OF
the robbers. AS the stage was passing
. thickly wooded part of the road seven
miles from here the bandits suddenly
appeared and ordered the driver to stop.
Barnett, who was seated in the rear OF
the stage, heard the order and plunged
his hand into his pocket to secure his
purse. The robber thought Barnett
was about to draw his pistol and fired,
the bullet striking Barnett in the neck,
killing him instantly. The robbers
then secured three express boxes and
disappeared. Barnett was resident of
the county and a prominent citizen.
The sheriff is now trailing the outlaws
with bloodhOunds.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01

cried down when he essayed to present
Lows name. None of the defeated
Low men, however, expressed an inten.
ton to bolt the regular ticket. The
Citizens Union several days ago IN.
nounced that the withdrawal of Low
Was Out of the Question
and the Republican committee at the
same time presented an ultimatum to
the effect that Low was not accepta BILE
to the Republican organization. Ne
gotiations were then discontinued and
were not resumed, although the Brook
lyn committee of fifty and the Purroy
Democracy, both supporting Low, made
q last appeal to the Republican leaders
in Lows behalf. These organizations.
it is said, are still for Low. Ashbel F..
Fitch. a Gold Democrat, was nominated
for comptroller by reclamation and r
Ross: Appleton for president Of 5the conn-
81 rs -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01
ICzAR's LIFE: IN DANGER.
Only Accident Prevented an Attempt ut
- ~ II Assassination. Et5

Only Accident Prevented an Attempt at
r. H. Assassination.
!. WARSAW, Sept. 29:-Though an off.
oial denial will be forthcoming, it has
leaked out from official circles in such
manner as leaves no room for doubt
that there was deliberate and deter.
mined plot against Emperor Nicholas
at the time of his recent visit to this
city. Its success was only frustrated
by accident. Several weeks before the
arrival Of the imperial party a number
Of persons supposed to belong to the
German socialist party undermined
Norvy Swat, the principal street in
Warsaw, between the governor gen.
erals palace and the royal castle. AS
the tunnel, which had been undertaken
from the cellar of beerhouse ap.
preached completion, the conspiratora
became. apprehensive Of collapse Of
the roadway ard called in several Pol
ish masons to build supports. The
masons, whose suspicious were aroused,
notified the police and 1870 arrests fol.
lowed. Among those in custody are
four disguised German officers.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01
VICTIMS OF BLACK DAMP.

Five Men Lose Their Lives in Mine
Near Rsndham, Pa. f,..
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 29.-Five men
met horrible death from black damp,
the after-accumulation of a fire, in the
Jermyn No. mine near Rendhanl.
The dead are Isaac Watkins, William
Tompkins, Joseph Smith, John Gal
lagher and William Franklin.
The bodies of the men were discov-
cred by q gang of men who went down
into the mine with supplies for COM
batting the fire. Since last Tuesday
the fire has been raging in the mine.
The men who lost their lives repre-
sented one shift. They went on duty
at 8 o'clock aud nobody knew Of their
death until the discovery Of the ifeless
bodies, @&#
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-01
WILLIAMS FOR GOVERNOR.
The Noted Silverite Heads the Massa
chusetts State Ticket. g5s&

Tho Noted silverite Heads the Massa-
chusetts State Ticket. sss$&
WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 90
George Fred Williams of Dedham was
nominated for governor Of Massachu.
setts by the Democratic state conven-
ton on q platform that squarely in
dorses that adopted by the national
convention at Chicago last summer.
The other nominees are: Lieutenant
governor, Christopher L. Callahan,
Holyoke; secretary, q. D. Nash, Whit.
man; attorney general, John A.
O'Keefe, Lynn; treasurer and receiver
general, T. A. Watson, Boston; auditor,
]. L. Challfoux, Lowell.
+ The convention was SO disorderly at
times as almost to require the interven-
ton Of the police. George Fed Will
Jams was the principal figure in the
gathering. There was no opposition to
his nomination for governor, but his in.
sistence on the turning down of old
party leaders who were lukewarm in
support of himself and Bryan last fall
created tumult at the outset and it
was some time before order was re.
stored. ~ .alEss:. ST. t., +.