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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-11-11
Total
Respectfully submitted,
!. E. MARTIN.


Lafayette, La, Nov. 2, 1899.
The following account was laid over:
DR.. +. w. Courtney, vaccinating SIS 90
The following accounts We're approved:
Waters Pierce Oil Co., oil ............$ 90
A. X. Trahan, parish physician 49,. 90
Moss Pharmacy. vaccine paints, etc. Is ~
s. r. Patterson, insurance premium $50 90
I. A. Broussard, feeding prisoners. 246 60
l. n. Saterfe!d, grading road 50 90
Aymar Guidry, grading and hauling 81 so
Lucien Allemand, extra services ...-. 50 90
Eras,e Broussard, quarantine guard 2s IS
Geo. DcRlanc, coal ....... ....... $500. 90
Geo. Benvenu, 4th ward road duty %
Numa Prejean. 4th ward road duty 81
\. 7. Primeaux, 4th ward road duty 65
V. Primeaux, 4th ward road duty IS
TnO. Price, lumber, $780, - ... ..-. s! 22
Ellis Prejean. guarding smallpox 90
Dupre Melancon, guarding smallpox 7 50
X. Blanchet, road work ....... ..- 50 IS
II. Leblanc, nails .......... .... 1 90
A. Gladu, parish physician pro tenn 50 90
Dr. G. DeLaureal, board of health IL 90
II. ID. Gudry, board of health 5000. 90
l.. G. BreauX. board of health .
D. A. Cochrane, board of health. II 90
O. BrOusSard, board of health. II 90
Il. .. Young board of health ~ 8 90
U. Prejean, board of health ..... -. Ie 90
There being no further business the jury
adjourned. X. G. LANDRY, President.
r. c. GRE1G, Secretary.
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+. Lombard VS.. Auguste Degree
No. 4oII-I7th Judicial Dis
trict-Parish Of Iafa-
fayette, La.

BY virtue of 4 writ of seizure issued by
the Hon. c. Debaillon in the above entitled
and numbered suit and to directed, l.,
the undersigned, have seized and taken into
my possession, and will sell, for cash, to the
last and highest bidder, between Legal sale
hours,
Saturday, Nov. %, 1899,
the following described property to-wit:
Lots eight, nine, ten and eleven in block
sixteen with Improvements.
Lots one and two in block three with
improvements. acquired by deeds No.
I7255 and 1880.
One square acre Of land bounded North
and East by land Of Mrs. r. S. Mudd,
South by land of Mrs. w. d. Huff and
West by public road, with improvements.
1. \. BROUsSARD,
Sheriff of Lafayette Parish.
Oct. FL. 1890.
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There being no further business the Jury
adjourned. X. G. LANDRY, President.
r. G. GREIC, Secretary.
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SHERIFFS SALE.

. G.. GREIG, Secretary.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-05
THURSDAY, OCTOBER S, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
1t Is Ominous.

~ highly-serious import is this
~ mornings news relating to the
Transvaal situation. The signs
point to war. England seems not vet
to have official knowledge of Dom
Paurs intentions, it is admitted, how
ever, that the reports respecting his
ultimatum are true-he proposes to act
aggressively.
It may be that Englislmen who are
longtime residents in the Transvaal,
who have property there and who are a
permanent part of the community, have
certain rights which the ultra-c onserva-
tive Beers ought to be compelled to
respect. The American plan is to open
sthe way to citizenship for those who
cast their lot with us; we all can admit
sthat in the Transvaal those whom cir
scumstances attach to the region ought
!; to enjoy certain civil rights. But when
at is proposed-as the government at
3London has proposed-to attack the
sovereignty of the Transvaal and force
"a certain measure of recognition of the
sEnglish governments share in the re-
.public's concerns, a different situation
is presented; it is one that ought not to
be able to command American assent
But our own country has permitted
itself to be placed in an awkward pre-
dicament. On the face of things, as
athe intelligent people of the United
States understand the situation, our
sprotest against coercion on England's
part should be heard speedily. At all
s.times in our history, till within
Etwelvemonth, that protest surely would
ahave been heard. But, as it seems to
the Standard, we are barred now; our
conduct toward the Filipinos forbids
that we enter protest against the course
England threatens to pursue. Indeed,
Britain, in this instance, can give the
better reason; by the testimony of such
sponsors for the president as Mr. Car
ter, our war is merely business propo-
sition-we will force the unwilling Fill
pinos into permanent subsection if we
conclude that such course is paying
standpoint, whereas England can make
the plea that British subjects have
rights which the Beers must respect
and which the government at London
must defend.
To our mind the communication sent
yesterday to New York by Governor
Smith is apt and precisely pertinent.
Hitherto-before our Philippine folly
seized us-we could take account of the
mote in the British eye. We have the
beam in the American eye to deal with
now. And pity it is that this is true.
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in, sought to be officious in the matter
of the Dewey reception. This slur APP
pears to be quite without warrant; the
| fact is that the admiral and the gov
ernor are friends and that the reception
of Roosevelt on board the Olympia was
marked with cordially that attracted
the attention of all who saw the adj
mirals visitors come and so.
OF all men in the world Roosevelt
is the man whom Secretary Long
wouldn't like to let in between himself
and Dewey. This fact stuck right out
at the time the sword was presented.
Secretary Long was the orator on that
occasion. He started his address by
quoting himself; he read the dispatch
in which he announced to Dewey, then
at Hong Kong, that the war had start
ed and in which he instructed Dewey to
get after the Spanish fleet and destroy
it. Thus the ceremony at the east front
of the capitol day before yesterday,
was utilized by Secretary Long as an
opportunity in which to remind Dewey
and the country that Long did it.
There's another claimant. in the pro-
sale person of Senator Proctor of Ver-
mont He has undertaken to let his
light shine, through the newspaper
interview process. Mr.. Proctor gives
dates and names. He says that when
the question of commander for the
Asatic squadron was under discussion,
he went to the white house, that he
urged the selection of Dewey, that the
president discussed the case and that
then and there Mr.. Mckinley addressed
a note to Secretary Long which read:
Assign Dewey to the Asiatic squad
rom" When Proctor reported this to
Dewey, his answer was: Senator, I
will celebrate this--I will give you a
dinner"
So it is. A few days ago Roosevelt
told New York audience why sent
Dewey to Manila Within fortnight
Secretary Long has said in a newspa-
per interview: II made the selection
myself. I had made inquiries about
Dewey and satisfied myself that he
was the right man. More recently
Senator Proctor has again recited his
version, and he says that within a
week, in private conversation. the pres
ident has confirmed it. Everybody
knows what Dewey did; what these
other fellows had to do with it is of
small account with the public. The
popular understanding is that when
Dewey was detailed no human being in
America, in the official circle or out
side of it, dreamed of warfare that
would involve our navy in Asiatic
waters.
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A Dangerous Swing.

& ONE of our eastern exchanges
90 state that Mr.. Mckinley has in
contemplation another "swins
around the CIRCLE" that he intends to
make tour of the country. ostensibly
to feel the public pulse with reference
to his Philippine policy. but in reality
to strengthen himself for the pres-
dency in 1900. The suggestion also
comes that he has fixed upon Admiral
Dewey as a travelling companion.
That Mr.. Mckinley will do some
swinging during the next few
months is one of the certainties of the
future. He will undoubtedly Swing
around in the usually accepted sense,
and he will also Swing" his policy to
meet the necessities of the political
situation as he finds it. There may be
some doubt of his taking Dewey with
him. Dewey might decline to go, al
though that is hardly probable, for
request from the president would be
practically the same thing as a COM
mand.
The real doubt arises in another quar-
'1i' NOuiu MI ftaTna permit such
combination? The great republican boss
Is already on record with a declaration
1hat 1t is an insult to place Dewey
this man of integrity. stern purpose
| and determination in the ranks of those
shifting aspirants for political honors
who have not the stamina to resist the
fiattery or Establishments of political
schemers."
The essence of this, when closely an
alyzed, is that under the methods now
IN vogue Admiral Dewey is too good a
man TO be presidential candidate. If
that be true, then he is certainly too
| good to be used as a sponsor and ten
der for one who, by Mr.. Hanna's own
statements is a candidate, and of whom
it frequently has been remarked bv
even his political friends, that he has
his ear to the ground all the time"
Mr.. Hannas solicitude for Dewey is
one of the most touching things now
to be observed in the broad field of
American politics; but when in one
breath he declares substantially that to
urge the presidency upon Dewey is to
place him in the ranks of shifting poll
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ticians, and in the next admits that
Mr. Mckinley will be the candidate, he
suggests a difference between the two,
the breadth and depth of which are
probably beyond the real conception of
a man of Mr.. Hannas intellectual and
moral caliber Admiral Dewey is too
good to be a presidential candidate,
but Mckinley is not. All Mark! Did
you fully realize what you We're say
ing? ...
But consideration for Dewey is not
what would lead Mr.. MeKinley's men
tor to lay an interdict upon the plan.
Consistency is not one of Mr.. Hanna's
weaknesses. Anything to win" is his
motto. His objection would be based
upon the palpable fact that Dewey is
now the nations Idol. and If he trav-
eled in company with Mckinley it
would be the admiral and not the presi-
dent who would stand as the star at
traction.
Hanna would care nothing about that
if it did not interfere with McKinley's
success. 1t is the substantial thing
that Mr.. Hanna is after-the pork and
not the glory. But he has sense enough
to know that glory generally means
success, and that history sometimes re-
peats itself. Andrew johnson once
Swung around the circle taking
General Grant with him. The result
was that Johnson passed into obscurity
and Grant became president.
Dewey may go with Mckinley, but we
don't believe it, At all events we may
be certain that no such arrangement
will be made until the great admiral
has given assurance absolutely beyond
recall that under no circumstances
will he be a candidate.
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He Worries Them.

IT would be more to the point if the
| republican organs that jeer at
Bryan's recent speeches would deal
with the statements he makes and
answer them.
Recently, on several occasions, Mr.
Bryan has called attention to the fact
that Mr.. Mckinley himself advocated
the restoration of silver at the ratio
of sixteen to one. and denounced
Grover Cleveland for putting obstacles
in the pathway that led to silvers rec
ognition. MI. Bryan has also called the
attention of large audiences to the fact
that "even in 1896 the republican party
declared against the gold standard
and pledged itself to beg Europe to
help this country let go of it. sending
d commission to Europe to accomplish
this end
That the republicans do not relish
what Mr. Bryan says is natural
enough. He keeps them in hot water:
he is the living exemplar of a live
issue which the republicans had de-
clared was dead; he is the destructive
bull in the eoldbug china shop. These
enemies of free coinage don't like
Bryan little bit. But meanwhile
they are not answering what he
charges or disproving what he asserts
as facts.
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WHY DEWEYS NOMINATION
IS ALTOGETHER IMPROBABLE

the democracy had been casting about
for a suitable nominee, and the as
sembling of the delegates did not help
to solve the problem. In the midst
of this cropping, Bryan made his Won
derful speech. He appeared as the
apostle and expounder of the idea up
permost in every mind. He was the
mouthpieee of every unspoken thought.
He stood like Jove forging thunder
bolt. and dwarfed all the recognized
aspirants. The powerful magnet of
his oratory drew all minds to his, and
held them with exceeding tenacity.
The party managers, who had their
own plans, adjourned the convention
in the hope that the enthusiasm would
die away. The conferences of an ex-
citing night, however, failed to pro-
duce rival, and the leaders were
compelled to accept the verdict of the
captivated delegates.
Bryan, therefore, stampeded con-
vention. It will be impossible for
Dewey or Dewey's friends to execute
a similar coup, for several reasons.
If the nominations were to be made
tomorrow. with the wave of Dewey
emotion sweeping across the country,
it might be possible to charm the con-
vention with the magic Of his name.
Several months must yet elapse, how
ever, before the delegates will assem-
BILE, and by next June, Dewey, while
still gratefully remembered. will not
be the popular idol, Historically wor-
shipped, that he is to-day. In the mean
time, the Bryan managers, who con-
troll the organization in nearly every
state, will see to it that the county,
district and state conventions elect
Bryan delegates, pledged, instructed.
and riveted to the Nebraska candidate.
They will see that the state represent
tatives finally chosen will be men
whose loyalty cannot be impeached
and who will not be swept from their
feet by any spasmodic movement.
There will be, beyond all-even II
the Dewey spasm lasts until next
June, which is doubtful-a serious
doubt in the democratic minds as to
whether Dewey stands for any of the
principles which are certain to be in
corporated in the platform. His nom
nation under these circumstances
would be so clearly a piece Of politl-
cal clap-trap as to excite suspicion and
ridicule.
From the republican point of view,
Dewey can be considered as a presi-
Dental possibility only in the event of
democratic victory in Ohio Should
this occur, the anti-McKinley repub-
licans, who are not numerous, would
at once question the advisability of
nominating a candidate who could not
carry his own state.
The Dewey spasm in politics will
not last. 1t will probably be given it's
quietus by Dewey himself. Even if
he should not make positive declar-
ation, neither democratic nor republic
can convention will be stampeded for
him. Bryan can only remove himself
from the certainty of nomination by his
voluntary self-effacement, which is not
likely, and the Mckinley organization
is already so complete in every state
that it cannot be overthrown.
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A Hard Position.

~ HOSE republican newspapers llldL
until recently were SO strongly
advocating the silver cause, and
are now casting about and inventing all
manner Of flimsy excuses to get back
into close companionship with the great
gold party of the country, are not hav
ing a real pleasant time Of it.
Not only are their motives assailed
by their former silver associates, but
even the straight republican press re-
ceives them with sneers and SCOTS.
They are regarded as repentant sin
ners returning to their fathers house,
but the treatment accorded to the prod
igal son involves principles to which
the average gold republican is total
stranger. Instead of welcoming the
penitents with open arms they are quite
generally looked upon as wild-eyed
heretics or arrant knaves, wandering
back to the fold merely because they
are hungry, and not because they have
experienced an honest change of heart.
OF course, we are not referring to the
Montana contingent, for these papers
are not attempting to discuss the silver
question at all. They are simply shout
ing for Mckinley and Imperialism. But
the Salt Lake Tribune presents a case
Well in point. Probably no publication
in the whole inter- mountain region has
welded a more powerful influence in
building up and educating the silver
sentiment of the West than has that
able paper. It's present position is such
that it is virtually at war with both
the silver men and the goldtes. 1t is
fighting desperately to convince the
people of Utah that the silver cause
should be abandoned, and at the same
time working just as hard to show its
goldbug party associates that the silver
cause was a just and holy one.
Recently the Springfield Republican
commented sneeringly upon the Tri-
bune's argument that the increased
supply Of gold was the cause of the i'm
proved business conditions, and said:
THE Tribune is the paper that for ten
years has been fairly blue in the face
denouncing eastern gold men as a bru-
tai, greedy, ignorant lot"
To this the Tribune indignantly re-
plies: well, what of it? Did the east
ern gold men have anything to do to-
ward increasing the gold supply? Did
they not insist upon holding the gold
standard upon the country until prop
erty deprecated in value fifty per cent.
all the way between the seas?" And
much more the Tribune says along the
same line, all Of which is true and fully
deserved
And yet there stands the Tribune
cheek by jowl with the very men who,
it declares, destroyed one-half of the
property values of the country "all the
way between the seas and who have
done literally nothing to atone for the
monstrous wrong. The increase of gold
seems almost like a divine interpos-
ton to prevent the absolute ruin Of
the country through the gold standard
policy of the republican party. Never
theless, the Tribune is now exerting all
of its great ability to convince the peo-
pie of Utah that they should once more
cast their fortunes with the party
which came so near running the country
and was only prevented from doing so
by the providence of God. 1t is hard
position to defend.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-05
The Claims They Make.

~HERE was good deal of method
in Secretary Longs arrange
ment of the words in which he
addressed Admiral Dewey at last
Tuesdays sword-presenting ceremony,
The admirars recent arrival from Ma
mia has started the discussion of the
question, who discovered Dewey?
There are many claimants; most Of
them have set forth in print the
grounds on which they base their title
to the discovery.
On this score, Governor Roosevelt
was one of the first of the men who
have been heard from. In speeches,
and particularly in a recent contribu-
ton to one of the magazines, Roosevelt
directed public attention to certain
little matters that happened at the
time, prior to the war with Spain,
when Dewey was assigned to the COM
mand of the Asiatic squadron. At that
time Governor Roosevelt was assist
ant secretary of the navy in the Nc
Kinley cabinet. To be sure, the gov
ernor does not assert in so many words
Hhat he alone is responsible for the as
signment that gave to Dewey his mag
nificent opportunity. At the same time,
the Roosevelt testimony is to the eff
feet that he had more or less to do
with the business and that he is proud
of it.
BY the way, in several instances. re-
cent newspaper comment has been to
the effect that Governor Roosevelt,
even to the extent Of crowding himself
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-05
From the Washington Post.

FROM the washington POST.
Altogether remote is the probability
that Admiral Dewey will be the NOM
inee OF any party for the presidency.
He does not favor the idea. In fact,
all his utterances have been against
the consideration of his name. Il am
sailor" he says. land not a politi-
clan, and I shall be content with my
present station until l die"
Perhaps, in view of these declara-
tons, it is not worth while to treat
the suggestion seriously. At the same
time, it cannot be denied that Dewey's
chances for the presidency are being
universally discussed. and the specu-
lation which surrounds the question is
of a most interesting character. 1t
may yet become necessary for Dewey
to say, as General Sherman once said,
that he will not be a candidate, and
that if nominated and elected, he will
not serve. One leading illustrated
weekly has gone so far as to suggest
the wisdom of Dewey's nomination
by both parties, on the ground that he
is satisfactory to the entire country
and that all the turmoil. expense and
uncertainty of hard fought presiden-
tial campaign would be avoided. 1t
would, indeed, be strange to see Dewey
in the position of a second Washing
ton, receiving the unanimous suffrage
of a grateful people. 1t is spectacle
not likely, however. to be witnessed.
Even Andrew Jackson, fresh from the
great victory over the British at New
Orleans was not elected to the presi-
dency without opposition. Since that
time the lines between political parties
have grown more and more distinct.
and they are not likely to be wiped out
in these closing days of the century.
There is much talk of "stampeding"
the convention. But which conven-
ton? Curiosly enough. no definite an
swer can be given to this simple ques-
ton. Some democrats appear to re-
gard Dewey as an available candidate,
while republicans are certain that his
name at the head of their ticket will
assure victory beyond the shadow of
doubt. 1t is generally supposed that
Dewey, being a Vermonter, is a re-
publican, and there is some hazy evil
depce to the effect that he once voted
for a republican president. His life in
tlC navy has, lo"SNtl, bSCll ulNolSCu
from politics, and the uncertainty
which even now attaches to his politi-
cal belief indicates that he has never
been a partisan. So, perhaps, after
all, he might be an available candi-
date for either party. This being con-
coded for the sake of the argument,
is there a probability that any con-
vention will be stampeded for him?
Only once within the knowledge of
the present generation has a candidate
been nominated on a wave of popular
enthusiasm. Bryan is the one con-
spicuous instance. The circumstances
under which he was selected were,
however, unique, and are not likely
to be repeated. In the first place, the
democratic party, gathered in conven-
ton at Chicago, lacked a leader. There
was no avowed candidate who seemed
to possess in large degree the essential
chara cteristics. For months. weeks
and days previous to the convention