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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
This Splendid Man.

Washington Times.
Alone, young, poor and unaided,
William Jennings Bryan pitted him
self against the consolidated forces
of government, wealth, power and
patronage. At the outset he found
nothing in the way Of an army to
lead but the scattered and lately
warning remnants of a great poll
tical organization, which, III the
course of two administrations, it
had been the privilege and pleas
ure Of Grover Cleveland to destroy.
Like a paladln of old, this splendid
man of the people essayed the task
of leading the people to a victory
which he believed 20 be within their
grasp, notwithstanding the fearful
odds against him and them; which
was within their grasp, but which
they did not desire. That has
nothing to do with our present ar
gument.
The progress of this leader-this
only democratic leader, apparent
or existent-through the country
has been one of the surprises of
American politics. Everywhere the
people have rushed IN thousands to
see and greet the champion Of the
constitution and popular rights. If
all the voters who went wild over
Mr.. Bryan had voted for him he
would have been given a National
majority of two millions. AS we
have said, his personal eloquence,
logic, earnestness. aud the conf
dence that the whole country has in
his unse1fshness, honesty and pa
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17

Our brains, our money and our
reputation are all ut stake. all de-.
pending upon the BUCKSKIN
BREECHES for support. We aim
20 make them the best working
pants possible. We guarantee them
to be the best pants made. Won't
you test our sincerity
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"|-N ...1 -
\ s - 1ovor - the F0rtuno3
pralD - Clasaee Asesteas.
: Minocqua, Wis.-Msss Lottie
EAGle. beautiful quarter blood
WiaaebaSo Indian. about eighteen
years Of age. living here, has re-
ee:ved : letter from the London Law
osn Of Tutroch. Pedsen 4 Strolle,
60 the effect that she is heir 10
$3.50, 1000 by the death Of her
Oosher's only brother, Rudolph
Grafton. OF Irving Tree Place,
Englaad.
The bequest IS conditioned that
Miss Eagle shall receive only the
income of the entire amount, based
on s per cent. investment, until she
graduates from Wellesley, Smiths,
or vassar College. in this country,
or Oxford Hall in England.
She 10 then to come into posses
sion Of the entire sum. That which
serves to compl,cate the matter is
that Miss Eagle vas to be married
Thanksgiving evening to a promi-
nent young merchant of ArboI
Vitae, 4 neighboring town. If the
engagement is carried out it will
prevent her entering either Of the
colleges mentioned.
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c.. H. MOUTON.
AT LAW.

OFFICE-Next to Bank of Lafa-
yette, court house square, Lafayette,
La. Will practice in Lafayette, st.
Martin and Acadia parishes.
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METHODIST CHURCH.

METHODIST CHURCH.
c. c. Wier, pastor. Preaching
every Sunday at II a. m. and 1890
p. m. Sunday school 10 a. m. Ep-
worth League, Sunday evening GAS.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday 1890
p. m. Song service, Friday 1890 p.
m.
The stewards elected at the
fourth quarterly conference, Messrs.
T. S. Singleton, VIM. Beadle, Geo.
Beadle, ]. J. Davidson, VIM.
Walker, Jno. L. Kennedy and Prof.
w. A. LeRosen, will be installed
at the Methodist church, by the pas
tor, on Sunday, Nov. 18, at II a. m.
Owing to the illness of Rev.
Sechrest Tuesday and Wednesday
the pulpit of the Presbyterian
church was filed by Rev. Wier.
Last Sunday night Rev c. c.
Wier preached at Arnaudville.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
Church Notices.

There will be services at the
Presbyterian church Sunday at II
a. m. and 1890 p. m.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
Notice.

Notice.
he pub lie is hereby notified that I will
make application for the pardon of my two
sons, John and Sidney Singleton.
ADELAIDE DUGAS,
Nov. 10. 1900.
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Nnnn YEARLY to Christian man I
~0OO or woman to look after our
growing business in this and adjoining I
counties; to act as manager and cor
respondent; work can be done at your I
home. Enclose self-addressed, stamp I
ed envelope for particulars to H. A.
Sherman, General Manager, Corcoran
Building, opposite United States
Treasury, Washington, d. G.
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Sheri6'S Sale.
Sheri6'S Sale.
Lima Locomotive Machine Co. VS..
Gus A. Breaux-No. 4124-
18th Judicial District, Par
ish Of Lafayette, La.

Bv virtue of a writ of feri facias, issued
by the 18th Judicial district court in the
above entitled and numbered suit, and to
me directed, I, the undersigned, have
seized and taken into my possession and will
sell, for cash, to the last and highest bidder,
at the front door of the court house, in the
town of Lafayette. between legal sale hours,
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DR.. j. l.. Duhart,

practitioner in the State IS 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.
Consultations from 3 to IL m.
and from 2 20 B .. m.
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Saturday, Nov. "a, 1900.

Saturday., Nov. "a, 1900.
the following described property to-wit:
About two miles of a certain tramroad,
including ties and rails and rights of way,
extending from the Lafayette Sugar Re-
fning to the plantation of the said Gus A.
Breaux in sal d parish; also one engine and
II cars.
I. A. BRoUSSARD,
Sheriff of Lafayette parish.
Nov. 10, 1900.
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Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the city tax
collectors Office is open from a. m. to
IT m. and from p. m. to p. m. and
that the taxpayers are urged to call and
pay their taxes, thereby avoiding costs, etc.
Jos. DUCOTE,
Tax-collector, Corporation of Lafayette.
Nov. ~, 1900.
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THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN 2

It's a toss up of the coin whether
mems shirts should be striped long
tudlonally or crosswise-the fash
on changes with each succeeding
ear. If in doubt, consult
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
LEVY BROS.

where the very latest is always to
be found. Say "ditto" as to col
lars, cuffs, neckties, scarfs and all
side.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03

Nearly half a million people came to
this country, mostly from southern Eu-
rope, during the past fiscal year, divided
as folloWs:
Armenian and Syrian, 5000; Bohemian,
1929; Croatians and Dalmatians, 9,521;
Dutch and Flemish. SIG; English, Scotch
and Welsh, 5,917, against 6,1S7 last year;
Finnish, 6,7S3; French, $50; Germans,
23,S21; Greek, 10, 734; Hebrews, 44,52O;
Irish, %, 200: northern Italy, 16, $50; south
enr Italy, 80, 800, against 3,475 the year
before; Lithunians, $40; Magyars, H.
1853: Polish. $685., against 23,O15 the year
before: Portuguese, 3,779; Ruthenians,
1888: S~candinavians, 2S,S47; Slovaks, 25,-
1872; Spanish, 300; all others, sos.
About two-thirds of the above immi-
grants ought to have been sent back for
the protection Of those who are here.
The immigration laws require modif-
cation from time to time as the character
of the immigration changes.
Senator Lodge introduced a bill at the
last session of congress to restrict the
influx, but it was beaten by democratic
votes, and the result is that all Euprope
is dumping it's undesirable elements, in
Guiding anarchists, ON American shores.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03

f~usionists, and Is wholly dependent on
them for his further political existence;
while the Miner Is an eloquent defender
of all sorts Of deals and dickers with
populists, laborites, alleged republicans,
prohibitionists anybody or anything
thing that gives hope of success. Is a
party with such a record worthy Of the
support of sincere and consistent men?
Can it be trusted with responsibilities? Is
it worthy of the confidence of taxpayers?.
Are it's u~tterances worthy of the slight,
est credence? 1t was only two years ago'
that the Miner editorially printed the
following: ..., Il
When the subject of fusion in Montana.
was first preached. the Miner took a very
decided stand against such a COURSE 1t
was the pioneer of the movement for
democracy. 1t opposed fusion
Tor good and sufficient reasons. lie has
stated those reasons whenever called
to do so. 1t is unnecessary to re-
peat those reasons at his time. Suf1s
Gent to know they have been sufffeidnt..
prevented the democratic party
lending Its aid to the perpetuation 1frthe,
existence of factions of other:
parties which had no excuse for contin-
except the desire for office. = =.
The Miner is justly proud of the VIC
tory Tor straight democracy. It takes
credit to itself for this result. 1t gives
due credit to the other newspapers and
to the able democrats who assisted IN
light.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
IN PARVO,

For a minority party it must be con-
fessed that the %populists have got away
with more spoils so far in this campaign
than the most experienced politicians
thought possible.
On the state democratic ticket they
captured about half the nominations.
On the Silver Bow county ticket they
secured a larger representation han both
the other parties combined and almost
shut out the democracy in it's own
stronghold.
In the independent democratic conven-
ton yesterday a populist walked off with
the g~overnorship nomination.
In every fusion convention so far held
in the state where the populists have had
a voice they have got away with the
lions share of the nominations. This is
particularly remarkable in view of the
small number of populists and the fact
that they could not alone carry a voting
precinct in the state.
1t is said that on a lark night one
coyote can make the belated traveller
believe that he is being serenaded by a
herd of several thousand of those terribly
ing quadrupeds. 1t seems that the aver
s populist is endowed with the same
extraordinary vocal quality. Half a dozen
populists in a fusion convention will con-
vince the delegates that they constitute
a majority of the entire body. AL they
ave to do is to notify the convention
what they demand as the price of their
support.
It is a great joke on the democrats.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
OF WAGES.


New York (Special.)-Those who be-
lieve that the trusts are responsible for
most of the evils which the citizens of
lis country complain of ought to read
a document prepared under the direc-
tfon of Carroll D. Wright, United States
commissioner of abor.
A reading of this document and an
examination Of the figures and tables
published therein show not only that
h trusts have not thrown laborers out
of employment, but that wherever
several companies or several individual
interests have been combined to form a
trust the combination has employed
many more Of both kinds OF laborers
than were employed before consolidation
took place. Further than that, the docu-
ment shows, and 1t gives the figures to
prove it, that the Increased number of
laborers. both skilled and unskilled.
have received higher wages than were
ever paid by. the ind yidual companies
which united to form the trust.
1t appears that fourteen OF these trusts
were selected at random for the purpose
of Investigating the effect Of the COM
binations of capital upon labor.
ALL WORKERS GAIN.
The result of this investigation brought
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1900.

NO PRUDENT OR LOYAL
DEMOCRAT, NO POPULIST OR SILL
YER REPUBLICAN OF INTELLI-
GENT CONVICTION, CAN EXPECT
THIS GREAT HEROIC PARTY DEM-
OCRATIC TO ABANDON IT'S NAME,
ABDICATE IT'S POWER AND PRES
TIGE, DESTROY IT'S ORGANIZATION,
AND FORFEIT THE WELL-EARNED
CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE BY
ASSUMING THE NAME AND SUB
MITTING TIC THE LEADERSHIP OF
THAT TENTATIVE POLITICAL FUN
GUS CALLED FUSION WHICH
NEVER FAILS TO COMPREHEND IN
NO SMALL DEGREE AMONG IT'S AD-
HERENTS AN AGGREGATION OF
MALCONTENTS UNDISCIPLINED
AND INCORRIGIBLE, WHO ARE
GLAD ENOUGH TO CONCEAL THEIR
identify UNDER THE GUISE OF
MOST ANY POLITICAL MONDE
SCRIPT THAT MEANS NOTHING,
SPEAKS FOR NOBODY, AND Is RE-
sPONsIBLE TO NOBODY. BELIEVE
IN MAINTAINING SEPARATE AND
INDEPENDENT POLITICAL PAR
TIES. y = Joseph K. Toole Helena,
aS9S.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
AMBASSADOR White TO
GERMAN AMERICANS

New York, Sept. 2S.-The German
American Mckinley and Roosevelt
league, r.Twenty-first assembly district
branch. held a mass meeting tonight at
which Arthur Won Briesen read a letter
from Andrew D. White, United States
minister to Germany. Mr.. White extolled
President Mckinley and his policy, say
ing:
His defeat and the election of Mr..
Bryan would not only bring confusion
and distress upon the business interests
of the especially including the
interests of labor. but it would disgrace
us in the eyes of every lover of liberty
in the old world and rejoice the hearts
of reactionaries of every sort. who see
in the success of republican institutions
a menace to their cherished ideas.
LAS your meeting is mainly under the
direction of our fellow citizens of Ger
man birth, l may perhaps be allowed to
say that of all the calumn1es ever uttered
in a heated political campaign n of the
most unjuStitiable, in my opinion, is that
which attributes to the present admins
tration hostile feelings toward Germany.
If any one has had occasion to know the
feelings of the administration in that
respect I can surely claim to be that
person, and 1 can testify most fully on
my ono that from the beginning of
my stay in Germany all my instructions
from the present administration have
been to promote kindly feelings between
the two countries by every means in my
power.
A a result of this policy we have had
the settlement of various questions left
by former administrations to hIs-for
example, the Samoan question. the insur-
ance question, the reciprocity feature in
the commercial question, and rio
other matters which in days gone by
aroused some feeling between the two
countries. Moreover, l may add tha evil
dence OF a kind feeling may also be seen
in the personal letter Of President Nc
kinley to the king of Saxony on his fif-
tieth anniversary, and the very kindly
treatment of President Harrison by the
present German emperor, as we'll as va
rious cordial messages which have passed
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
A SUFFERING POpULIsT.

There seems to be some doubt as to
the residence and occupation of the man
nominated for congress by the regular
democrats. His name has not been
mentioned anywhere since it was stuck
on the ticket to fill a hole and there is
naturally some curiosity about his iden-
tity.
Caldwell Edwards, many years ago,
called himself a republican. D'sappoint-
ed several times in his political ambi-
ton he became converted to the soulful
and patriotic doctrines of the populists,
including g~reenbackism, the referendum
and free trade.
Since then he has reposed in thu tomb
of oblivion.
He was not dead, but sleeping. With
out waking him up the democrats at the
Helena convention nominated him for
congress.
In his waking moments, Caldwell Ed
wards does business at Salesvil!e. Gala
tin county, where he dispenses the ardent
fuid now to the democra " as tangle-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03

by telegraph n otherwise between the
heads of the two countries.
while the commercial and manufact-
uring rivalry between he two nations has
been, and remains, continuous and
strong. there is no reason why ill-feeling
should exist any more than that they
should exist between two merchants or
manufacturers in the same line of bust
ness in either country.
My belief is that the relations between
the two nations are steadily improving
and that the great cause of this improve
ment is frank and friendly feeling shown
oW'ar Germany by the present admin
Etration. which has been cordially recip-
rocated by the present German govern
ment.
Nor rave these friendly relations oeen
obtained by amy sacrifice of the rights or
interests of American citizens of German
birth or descent. Never has an adminis-
tration been more watchful over such
rights and interests than has Mr.. Nc
kinley's."
Mr.. White then reviewed in a general
way the political situation, aging that
for fifty years the German-Americans
had stood by the republican party and its
principles, financial and otherwise, and
he could not believe that the democrats
had now Won over these voters to their
side, as has been claimed. In this con-
nection he writes:
l 'UelleVe NJ a calumny TO state that
citizens of German origin who remember
wildly the gret military establishments
of the old world-vast standing armies
of hundreds of thousands Of soldiers
raised by the CONSUMPTION Of able-bodied
- be scared from their allegiance
to republican principles by the fact that
the United States finds it necessary, for
a brief space of time, to add to the gall
liant little regular army a body Of 40, 900
to $4,000 volunteers. And i also believe
1t a calumny to assert that German re-
publicans are likely to TURN their backs
upon their old party, which they have
SO long and vigorously supported, simply
because the United States is protecting
a great population of men, women and
children whom the fortune of war has
placed under our protection, from muir
der and pillage by an infamous banditti."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
IT'S NO GOOD.

There is little about the Montana de-
mocracy that is c~ommendable. and this
is true both Of the Independent and reg
ular faction. It's principles are wrong.
Should either faction carry the state the
result would be advertised as a demo-
cratic victory i~ncalculable harm
would follow. Governor Smith would
claim that his administration had been
lndorsed. The state would be out of
line with the progress Of the age.
Capitalists would view investments here
askance, and put their money somewhere
else. Montana would be out of sympathy
with the national administration and our
congressman would be regarded in WASH
ington as a curiosity.
Neither of the democratic platforms
represents intelligent public opinion on
national issues. The first omits all ref
erence to the issue which the national
n the second largely concerns itself
with a row which the people have heard
of before IL which they propose to rele-
gate to the political back yard for settle
ment. The only party in the state whose
record is clean and whose purposes relate
to the prosperity of the people is that of
which David +. Folsom is the standard
bearer. and the best way to get rid of
the democratic ruction n r~uctionists
is to vote the republican ticket straight.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
to light the following facts:

to light the following facts:
Under the trusts the number of labor
ers receiving from IS to SIS was de-
creased, while the number receiving
from $15 to $25 a week was nearly
doubled, and al extraordinary increase
was shown in the number of employees
receiving from $35 to $40 a week. The in.
V~estigatfon also showed that the I'M.
skilled laborers retained by the TRUSTS
under investigation received an average
increase In their wages of 1899 per cent,
whlle the Individual companies were
ohiy aoie TO increase the wages of the
same men for a similar period of time
1857 per cent.
According to the bulletin the trusts
were able to make even a better Show
ing with their skilled labor. The average
rate of increase in the wages of these
men since they ave been employed by
the trusts has been 1917 per cent, while
the individual companies were only able
TO increase the wages of their skilled
laDorers for a similar period by 1925 per
cent.
The comparison of the lumber of la
oorers, both skilled and unskilleu. en-
pIoyed by the companies which formed
the trusts. is even more interesting. It
was ound that the total number or
skilled laborers employed by the COM
panies which formed the fourteen trusts
was SS,637. After consolidation the conn
brnations were able to give employment
to 4O,217 skilled laborers. ~
by way Of showing what Individual
companies have been doing with refer
ence to wages from 1897 to and includ-
ing 1899, three instances were taken. In
1897 these three companies employed H.
O7 skilled laborers, and 1899 they en-
pioyed 1859: OF unskilled laborers the
same companies employed in 1897 10, 500.
and In 1899, 1850. This, Of course. shows
an INCREASE in the number Of men en-
ployed by the trusts during the same
period and also thai tn percentage Of
increase was much greater with the
combination thar with the Individual
companies.
INCREASE IN VARIOUS CRAFTS.
In the following crafts the following
increases of wages have been made since
1897:
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03

DR.. William Everett. who ought to be
a high authority. and who evidently
knows Bryan, sizes him up this way:
He has tried to set section against
section, state against state, class against
class. and nation against nation. There
never was a man whose utterances and
whose measures breathed more of a spirit
or rivalry and antagonism, and of that
kind of civil war, the war of class and
sections. which is worse for us than any
external war.
There never was a better picture OF
Bryan than that. His election would be
a national calamity. 1t would turn back
Me wheels of progress and cause. more
general regret and self-reproach than the
election of Grover Cleveland the second
time did Bryan is the most dangerous
man h has been in public life in this
country during the past, quarter. of a
century. The people are prosperous and
contented. He would make them poor
and dissatisfied.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03

1t is feared in democratic circles tina
the nomination of Thomas Hogan will
have a very bad effect on the delicate
constitution of Hon. Joseph K. Toole.
There is no doubt that if he could only
convention he would decline once more
to make the race. The Inter Mountains
publication of his denunciation of popu-
lists and f%usionists only two years ago
has raised a storm about his ears that
will not be quieted until he shall be
politically Ear and buried, as he will be
early in November when ths republican
marty shall come into nossassion ~ A..
own.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
FOREST RESERVE LAW APLICA-
TON.

Notice. is hereby given that A. B. HAM
mond has filed his application in the
United States Land Office at Helena.
Montana, to select under the Act of June
4th, 1897, the following described lands.
to wit:
Lot 2 sec. Is and thu southeast quarter
Of the southeast quarter section nine (9)
and the southwest quarter o fthe SOUTH
west quarter of section ten {1D) unsur-
veyed, both in township one a. south
range nine (9) west OF , the Montana
principal meridian.
Within the neXt thirty days from the
date of the first publication of notice.
protests or contest against thes selection.
on the ground that the land described is
more valuable for mineral than for ag-
r%icultural purposes. will be received at
the Helena. Montana Land Office and
noted for report to the Commissioner OF
the General Land Office.
(Signed) GEORGE D. GREENE,
Register.
Sept. 20, 1900.