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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

HenrY Watterson having been
asked by a correspondent what is
sues should be taken up by the
Democratic party in the national
campaign of 1900, replied as fol-
lows:
iFirst-The destruction of combinations
OF capital designed to limit production. to
faise prices and l: to promote monopoly.
Second-Ihe raising of the nublic
moneys by taxes fairly divided between nro-
t nuffi"n t and consumption; beginning with
graded income tax, oppressive to no class or
interest. ~ "
.Ihird-The recovery to the people of
all franchises belonging to the people but
diverted from public to private uses by the
purchase of corporations and individual
corr %PtIy working through State and mum,
g. ourth-Such reorganization and re-
.t. OF our Judicial system as will remove
III courts Iurtner from the influence of the
rich and make them more accessible to the
poor, a result not to be reached by excited
- ana revolutionary menaces, but by
calm conservative action -
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

Gen. Miles is now being trotted
around she circle in New England
by few of his admirers for the
purpose, it is alleged, of bringing
him out for the presidential nomi-
nation on the Democratic ticket in
1900. Ii may be that Miles coward
iY and brutal treatment of Jefferson
Davis in 1865 will win him friends
In New England, but even his
'antl-beef' record will not be able
TO save him in the South. If the
Advocate were forced to the neces-
slty OF choosing between Miles and
Mckinley it would not hesitate a
moment in choosing the latter re-
CARELESS of the platforms upon
which they might run, and we opine
that should Miles, by any artifice
secure the Democratic nomination
millions of Southern Democrats
would find the election day good
time to stay at home The South
-rn Democracy can stand a great
many things, but Miles will never
get their support for the presidency,
Miles and his fool friends had lust
Is well s'ring a little bit off, as the
0utchman would say. - Baton
Rouge Advocate.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08
~ mover and
original offer of
a New Orleans
piano house.

The piano house Of Philip WerleIp,
Ltd. of New Orleans. Is making an
olter that 10 attracting a great deal
OF attention. They offer to send you
II you live in louisiana or Mississippi
piano on approval. If you like 1t
you keep it; II not, they take it back
again and
pay the freight,
Ihey are agents for ten OF the best
pianos made-besides all the best Or
cams. Send for their catalogue and
price lists aud ask about their easy
terms of payment.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08
THE WExZ CAMPAIGM

The next presidential election
will be gigantic struggle by the
unbought manhood of the union to
shuttle off the oppressive yoke of
the money power.
Since the day that Andrew Jack
son reckoned with the United States
bank the country has not seen such
a contest as is about to take place.
Old Hickory had one great trust to
destroy. AS is well-known it was
only through hisd 81. 'less energy and
superb back bone ~ he succeeded
in defeating the bank, which had
among its supporters some of the
ablest men in both houses of Con
gress. In every department of the
government the bank had its agents,
willing and ready at any time to
stoop to all kinds of corruption to
serve their master. But despite all
these Jackson won the fight, and
perhaps saved the Republic.
Andrew Jackson had one power
full combination to fight, but the
man who will lead the people
against the trusts in 1900, will be
confronted bya muititude Of combi-
nations, each as Inscriptions and
powerful as was the United States
= 80 - r. sa-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08


The recent appointment of the
negro, John Webre, to be naval Of
fcer at New Orleans, will cause no
surprise among the people Of this
section. Hanna must pay the
Louisiana negroes for their support
at st. Louis. He is simply carry
ing out his part of the dirty bargain
which gave Mckinley the delegates
from the South. Webre had al
ready been appointed to that Office,
but the Senate refused to confirm
him. 1t seems little strange that
the president should persist in ap-
pointing negroes to Office In the
South when he knows that such
appointments have already been the.
2 = n ~
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08
TO wear baseball mask or get
bryan to ward off the blows.

me people of louisiana stand off and
wa,t-for the slate-makers to put forth their
ickets--Shreveport Progress
that's about it, brother. Some
time during this year, in some Sc
GUIDED spot, somewhere in New
Orleans or Shreveport, or Baton
Rouge, a dozen men with mil
Will meet. They will divide the
best offices among themselves.
agree upon the most available man
tor governor. Then we will hear
great deal about this plorions
government which derives its Just
powers from the consent of the
governed" and the time-honored
principle that the ''maj ority should
rule"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

expressed great love for the white
people Of the South, particularly for
the dead ones, and was heartily
applauded by those VINO believed
him sincere and took him at his
WORD, but there were MANY who
looked upon President Mckinley as
tIme-serving politician and re-
iused 10 accept his proffers of love
and sympathy. 1t is needless to
say mat the latter were correct in
their estimate Of the man.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

Robert G.. Ingersoll, the brilliant
agnostic, delivered beautiful ora
ton at the grave of his friend, Isaac
ii. Bailey, late editor of the Shoe
and Leather Journal He closed
his eulogy with the following words
on Immortality:
He had no fear of the future-no dread
lie was ready for the end l have often
heard him repeat the words of Epicurus:
Why should | fear death? If an,
death IS not. If death is, am not Whv
should fear that which cannot exist when /
do?''
If there is beyond the veil. bevond the
night called death, another world in which
men carry all the failures and the triu1npl,s
OF this life; If above and over all there be n
God Who loves the right, an honest man has
naught TO fear And if there be another
world IN which sincerity is virtue, in which
all is well with the dear friend whom we
have lost.
But if the grave ends all, if all that was
our friend is dead, the world is better for
the life he lived. Beyond the tomb we can
not see We listen, but from the lips of |
mystery my, there comes no word Darkness
and silence brooding over all. And vet. be-
cause we love we hope. Farewell! And I
yet again. FAREWELL
And will there sometime be another worldp
we have our dream. The idea that inmor-
tality, that like a sea has ebbed and flowed
m the human heart, beating with its count
less waves against the sand and rocks of
time and fate, was not born of any book or
reed 1t was born of affection And II
vail continue TO ebb and flow beneatb The
mis- and clouds of doubt and darkness as
org as love kisses the lips of death.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

lawyers VINO ind everything in the
constitution to help the trusts, and
nothing IN it to protect the people.
But sensible persons will not be sur
prised at this opinion of Mr.. Griggs.
He would not have been put in the
office of acknowledgment if his
opinions in such matters were not
favorable to the trusts. Rich cor
poratlons did not contribute to
Hanna's corruption fund merely for
the fun of it,
The infamous corruption fund
which was gotten together through
the devillsh ingenuity of Mark Ham
ma, who now occupies a purchased
seat in the United States Senate
was the largest of it's kind ever sub
scrlbed by the trusts and corpora
lions, but the fund which will be
collected to bride the voters in 1000
will, from all accounts, be twice as
large. Every citizen of this country
who must clothe himself and must
eat to keep body and soul together
is being made to indirectly contri-
butte toward that fund, because everv
citizen, no matter how poor he NAV
De, is compelled through the venal-
ty OF those whose duty it is to ex
'cute the laws, to pay tribute to
he trusts. By this iniquitous sys- :
EN- every man is made to put I'D |
lis quota to swell the fund which '
to be used for his further en- t
lavement.
No Sonder that Mr.. Griggs fails r
see how the trusts can be re- G
trained. No wonder he does not n
&c anything in the Sherman law by a
men the trusts can be prevented L
ON feecing the people No won K
er that his failure to discover anv
gal barrier in the way of the trusts
as excited but a contemptuous IL
nile from those who look upon the =
resent administration as the cre.. "a
re OF centralized wealth. 1t un-
lestlonably Is TIE policy of the
esent administration to encourage
e organization of trusts, thus g
renRthenIng the chains by which -;
e people are held down and pre- =,
nted from giving free express D
IN OF their will at the polls The -
ore there are trusts and the higger ~
ey are, the better it is for the DO
sal advancement of VIM. Nc G
nley. The larger the earnings of
trusts the larger will be Hanna's
Eruption fund and the easier il
Il be to perpetuate the president fol
power. fri
FOR years these vast aggregations
wealth have had full sway. They s"'
re been doing just as they pleased. uo
ey seem to control every depart 49,
mt of the Federal government. ny
time has come when every pa VIII
tic American, regardless of the
ItIcal principles to which he has Pr
stofore subscribed, should come oes
ether and dislodge from power u'a
men who are rapidly subverting
greatest government on earth
substituting for it the autocra-
.,,le of H. r,;,,; will
won
. aH syn ~hicn cans for the Onl
nPt and active exertion of every stor
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

The Indictment of the East Fell.
ciana Grand Jury against DR.. Sou
chon and the daily bulletins of the
State Board of Health during the
last yellow fever epidemic in New
Orleans will go down into history
as huge jokes.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

When you ask for Dr. Nj. A. Sim
mons Liver Medicine, see that YOU
get it and not some worthless imi-
tation.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08
Clirn attic pianos.

There is only one make of pianos
that is built especially for a damp
climate. That Ia the famous Mathu-
shak. Climate has NO effect ON it's
strong. sweet tones.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

*, Inc personal abuse being heaped
uFcn each other by the two sena-
5 ttorlal candidates in Mississippi
/, would Indicate that neither man is
& big enough to fill the position to
which he, aspires.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

Jeanerette wants the industrial
school and SO does New Iberia.
Lafayette does not seem to care if
the school goes to Malolos.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

In the dawn of the twentieth century this
nation rises as bright morning star for op-
pressed and dos~n-trodden peoples.-Crow-
-v4eyi Signalsx il, -.
fse. iIiPinos, who are being
gshs s g ownsrwhile fighting for indie
s Pendences Will shardi.. win
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08
The BUCKSKIN BREECHEs

The BUCKSKIN BREECHES
are nice, comfortable looking pants
SO much for appearance. They
are strong in seams, pockets and
buttons. The best help money will
hire isn't too good for us to employ
in our factory. The result is this
the best working pants made at the
same price as common goods.
DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medi-
cine Clears the Complexion. gives
Buoyancy to the Mind. cases Head
ache, Regulates Stomach, Bowels
and Liver.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08

Capt. John Stewart, formerly a
resident of Tensas, parish, La.
was killed in the Philippines on the
24th of March. Captain Stewart
was at the head of a Colorado com
pany.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-08
DR.. j. L. Duhart.

A practitioners in the State rs years and
IN Lafayette parish IS years. Specialties:
Chronic Bronchites, Catarrh, Liver and Kid
ney diseases. New treatment for Consump-
tives external and INTERNALLY also for deaf
ness.
and from 2 to ID. m.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-05
IMPORTANT DECiSiON.
RESPECTING WAIVER OF HOME
STEADS IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS
(By Telegraph to virginian-pilot)

Wy lSlcSEifH 10 ' rgifiln- illDt)
Macon, Ga. Aug. i.--Judge Emory
Speer in the, United States District
Court rendered al this place to-day Il
decision of great Importance. II affects
the immense volume of ndcbt cdncss
upon written promises to pay where the
debtors waive the benefit of the home
stead and exemption authorized by the
law of the state. and the private credit
secured thereby. \ number of bank
rupts who had executed such debts
with waiver of homestead. caused their
exemptions 10 he Sc; apart In bank
ruptcy. and sought their discharges.
whcroupun counsel fpr the creditors
| filed plonary proceedings in the nature
of bills in equity seeking TO stay the
discharges until the creditors holding
waiver notes could put their claims i'm
Judgment. either in the state court or
in the United states Court. this being
the method by which ihN stipuln lion OF
waiver could be made effective rs y
lien binding upon Tho bankruDts' OK
cmptions These bills were d"murrcd to
upon the ground tia; the Initcd States
Court did not have jurisdiction To dc
termipc claims against tho hanlirupis
cXcm ntion.
The case wa heard on tho demurrer.
Judge Spoer. differing from Judge New
man of the Nnrtheru District OF Geor-
ga. held that the United States Court
Nau jurisdiction 10 enforce ny Sulth 81"
dccrccs the waiver notes against the
exemption sci apart 10 the bankrupt.
He stayed the DISCHARGES until credi-
tors Of this class could have their
claims definitely settled and directed in
The eases before the court that DEGREES
b. entered making the exemptions liable
for the debts due on The notes waiNirg
homestead and exemption. Otherwise.
the discharge i'm bankruptcy would
have barred proceedings on all claims
OF this class. and where they had nOt
previously been reduced II Judgment in
the States courts. would have defeated
the rights Of the creditors inurinS un-
der the constitution Of the State which
makes debt containing waiver Of
homestead binding upon the property
cXemninl ihnrnhN.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-05
THE GAR ASDiCATiOM.
FRANCE WOULD DIsSIrNDE HIM
FROM DOING so.
lEy I'elegrapn u NrgInlan-riio.N

ley Telegraph 10 Virglnian- Fiiot)
London. Aug. 5.-M. de Blowitz. the
Paris correspondent of the Times. gives
an extraordinary explanation of NJ
Delcasses present mission 10 Russia.
He asserts that it was decided upon
quite suddenly for a reason which adj
mitted OF no delay" ana then gives the
story. which he says he has from "a
source 10 which I am bound to attach
Importance" This is the explanation:
Emperor Nicholas is disappointed
and tired OF the throne. The absence
Of an heir cXcitcs his supcrstitious
feelings. ana h connects himself with
a Russian legend. according to which
an heiress car is In bc succeeded by
Car Michael. prcdcsiincd 10 occupy
Constantinoplc.
The death Of the Czarcwitcn and the
failure of The conference at The Hague
led him to decide 10 abdcate on the
occasion Of his coming visit to Darn
stadt ON this becoming known in
Paris. NJ. Delcasse was sent in no,
haste 20 diesuaie him from carrying
out his Intention"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-05
Lady thurchilI Not Engaged.
(By Telegraph to virglnian-pllot.)

Cowes. Isle OF Wight. Angus. A.
Lieutenant Winston Leonard Spencer
Churchill. the son of Lady Randolph
Churchill. asks The Associated Press TO
deny the reported engagement OF his
mother 10 Lieutenant G. T.. VI. Corn
wallis West. brother OF Princess Hen
ry Of Pless.
The matter continues 10 be the sub
Ject or much conversation among their
friends. Neither Lady Churchin nor
Lieutenant Cornwallis-Wes has been
seen since the engagement VAS re-
ported
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-05
The CAMPAIGN
TO The VALLEY
Richmond Interest Centered on
Gov. Tyler's Moves.
SITUATION CHANGING
SITUATION
..Poitticinn>" arc Bccomiug Aware
by Long Odds-Priyntc Syndicate
Wants Richmond GnA Works SnIo
of Richmond street Halfway flow
tho Quarantine .BcncGtpKichmoud
(spcclal 10 NIreln!an.rNotD

Richmond Va. Aug. 1.-THE absence
Of Governor Tyler from the city creates
u iul in the political situation and
transfers the Interest; in The campaign
TO the valley. where his progress has
been a continual greeting and hand
shaking.
Tho Martin people make few moves
until they find ont where Governor ry-
Ter is directing his attention. and then
their best efforts are put forth.
To SAY that there has beeii- an change
in the situation would not be the truth.
but the change has been slowly COM
Ing like an awakening. ana Governor
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-05
THE FLORIDA STORM.
TT DID OVER 81 100000 DAMAGE TC
PROPERTY.
Gly Telcsrnph 10 virg:nlan.'lion

Giy Telegraph TO v;rG:nlan-Pnon
River Junction. Fla. Aug. i.-rhc
most disastrous cyclone tina, ever Wis
tied this section of Florida completely
nnnihilated ClrIahelIs, Mcintyre and
Lanark I'M SOUTH II f1src1. Wednesday,
At Carrahelle only nine houses re.
main of Il once beautiful and prosper
Gus town. Communicative from the
Mayer state that two hundred families
arc without homes or shelter and many
are completely destitute.
or Mcintyre only two mill boilers
mark the site of the town.
lanark Inn. the famous summer re-
sort. was blown into the Gulf
The tarrahcllo. Tallahassee and
Georgia railroad is washed away for -
distanc" Of thirty miles. \ messenger
train was blown from the track more
than ono hundred yards. Mann pnsscn-
gers were injured, but their names are
unohtainahlc
Mary Williams. colorcd. was killed Il,
carrabell". Numerous others had legs
and arms Ar1lcu. Daniel Noel If
Aralnchicola, had his back broken aud
is not expected to recover. No fatalities:
ar" reported from Mcintyre and Lam
ark.
Fifteen ships lying a, anchor in Dog
Island Cave and rupcr anchorage are
now all hgh ana dry on ST. GEORGES
and Dog islands. Twelve were loaded
with lumber and ready for sen. No
ihTHg remains II 7rTv77T r------ -
Wrcckagc.
Three pilot boats and steamers lola
aud captola. and forty boats under
twenty tons were lost; SIX lumber
lighters. loaded. arc gone Not one Of
the entire fleet can be saved
Five unidentified bodies were ror ~
cred to-day. supposed 80 h. sailors.
TuGhodiS have gone ~ rescue others.
Fifty destitute sailors were brnurh;
here to-day. and are being cared for
mass meeting Of citizens is being
held here Tonight. and all possible aid
Will be given the Carrabcllc destitute.
One million dollars VIII not cover the
lose. Thc insurance is smal.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-05
SOUTH ERICAN ALLIANCE.
SENIOR ASPIROZE DOES NOT
CREDIT THE EUMOK.
By Telograph . VirgIniAn-pllot)

d}y TELEGRAPH - Virginian-Plot)
Manchester. Mass. .Nug 4-Scnor
Aspiro2c, the Mexican minister 10 the
United states, who is spending the
summer here. was much Interested in
last nights news dispatches. which re-
ported the departure OF President Roca,
OF the Argentine Republic. with the
Minister OF Foreign Affairs and thirty
Senator'S from Huenos Ayrcs for Brazil.
Senior Aspiroze said he had not learn
cd OF such Il movement. He gave Ii as
his opinion that there could be no coun-
dation in fact for the report that an
alliance was contemplated between the
South American Republics against the
United States and 10 bear him out in
his opinion referred 10 the movement
started by Brazil with a contribution
OF s25O.Oo0 for the purpose Of establish
ing steamer line between that coun-
try and the United States.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-05
Successful HAM by nurr,.r.
tBy Telegraph to vIrginIan.pl,ot 7

Wellsburg, w. Va. Aug. t.-FouS
masked burglars forced their way into
the lonely farm house OF DR.. Joseph
Parkinson some time during the night
ana after biindfolding, binding and
SagSing the inmates. who were all wo-
men careful search for vaiuables was
MADE. me robbers secured Goverus9
ment bonds valued at no 500. s75 in
money. and Il lot OF slverware ana
1ewelry. They then locked the women
in an upstairs room and hastily drove
away. There is no clue to their ldent.,
ity.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-05
AN INVITATION
DECLINED.
Canadian Officials VIII NOT Vlslt
the United States.
a CHILLY REcEFrlHM
CHILLY REcEFTl6N
sir Wiifrid Explains Why tho Cove
ernor General Cannot witpess
Laying or Corner Stone or ChIs
Cages Grcas Post Once Buildinr-s'
He Favors ArbItrating she AInska
ON boundary nIspuso-wns Rea.
consider tIis Deciihasiens

(By Telegraph TO Virgtnian.PM6tJ
Washington. August 5.-Mn 4. W.
Fitzpatrick, OF the Treasury Depaft-
ment. has just returned to Washing
ION from Ottawa. where he went Mt the
instance OF the committee of citizens
! of Chicago IN charge Of the ceremonies
of the laying of the corner stone Of
that city's great postofIice building next
October by President Mckinley to ar.
range for the formal invitation and ex-
recied acceptance of an invitation from
Ch'cagos citizens to the Governor Gem
eral and cabinet of Canada to particle
pate in the festivities.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick Is tho Assistant
United states architect. under Archil
tcct Henry Ives Cobb for theS Chicago
building.
CHILLY RECEPTION.
To an Associated Press representaa
tive he admitted that his official recep-
ton was slightly chilly, Sir WilfriL
Laurler very candidly telling him that
under the present conditions it would
be impossible for him TO accept or even
consider any social invitations to this
side OF the border.
WHAT SIR wILFRID SAID.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick says that in sub.
'''tN'S OH w voluntary gt1teA
ments and answers to queries were as
follows:
IA u friend. In whom I am deeplH
Interested. l am very glad to see your
but. frankly. as a representative of thJ
Federal or any local government in the
United states. your visit could not have
been more untimey. When I received
your first letter I took UP the matter
with His xcellcncy. the Governor.
General. and he expressed n sincere de-
sire to visit Chicago. and seemed as
dhN'ous 10 accept the invitation as
was. We would have been delighted to-
go. and We're looking forward to the
Day with much anticipation. But sine.
then the tone OF your press has become
so marsh In dealing with the Alaskan
boundary question. such miSrepresenta,
tons have been made about our Gov.
crhment, and particularly about mo
mat 1t would be undisnifled for us to
VISIT YOU. and cannot advise His TCx.
cellency 10 CO."
WHAT HE FEARS.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick said that Sir v,l,r,5
lnumpted that in the present stats or
pubic feeling in the United States no
ihdlcaied in the press. II would not ha
cnLrcly safe for the Governor Gcnera1
ana himself to visit Chicago, as he
ieafed that they might. lin great
EAthe'ng or such II character as tho
chicago ceremony. be subjected to SONS
nnpleasantness OF indignity by thought
less persons.
FAVORS ARBITRATION.
Sir WIlfrid expressed himself as
sWonSiy IN favor OF arbitratng tho
Aiaskan boundary dispute and con-
Guided the Interview ns follows:
80 much as 1 regret it. could NOT
60 TO Chicago under present confI,-
ions ana must. however painful a dutv
may bc' advise His EXcelency to de-
cline the invitation thar know and 80
has :so kindly been extended to us bv
the city of Chicago"
Mr. Fitzpatrick secured Sir wilfrid.s
promise however, to reconsider the
matter. Nv