The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-24

Harlequin.
4 TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT,

write about, They are "out o
sosp." Hence all thu shot a,r'
about the Niger postmIstress n
Indianola, Miss. There are lot4 O
things IN this world Of more import
ance tn the Sou'herh people and
other wrongs demanding redress
1t The people Of Ind,suoa don'l re-!
l-h negro p"s'msstsrs they should
import q live Yankee from Main OF
Kansas and he would soon skin the
nigger ont Of his job. The big
New Orleans dallles might turn
Roosevelt loose a few minutes aud
ask the District Attorney when be
will try the Newmans for stealing
Gotten. Try 1t for change The
Neridional
Which reminds the: A "merrie
b rrister" met me on the street the
other day. A good friend Of mine.
He swapped sides with the qu'd in
his mouth aud asked me question
solici,ous of my business heath.
Then be swapred the qud again,
after | had to the best ni my ab,ii.
y snswsred him, and he asked me
no, t. Ego out of my wav IN this
Newman natter" | answered hln.
what il may be timely to rrit, rate
here--that HARLEQUIN is not a nt1os-
paper that only 'bo extraoriinary
silence Of the news press IF New
Orleans over one of the most sen
satsonal exposes Of sw'ndIing by
r,ch men induced HARLEQUIN to
take the matter up q, hr-t: and
that II The Department Of Justice
Of the State of Louisiana would do
it's duty, HARLEqvIN would he very
glad indeed TO turn to merrier sub
]ec,s: that HARLEQUIN has not in
past "gone out of itr way aud did
not propose tom future, But GER
tainly wheo sn allegation OF sw'nd
ling ~ substantlated bY The re.,m.
bursement of many thousands OF
dollars, 1t could not be deemed OF
less Importance than the plliferlng
of the cbickenthief we send very
promptly to pay society bis debt 10
it.
| trust make myself utterly
clear.
l trust / make myself equally
clear when ! saw do not give
we'll, a stewed.prune for anyone
on this blessed planet who does no,
stand pat with me on this PROPOSE
uon.
l do not hesitate to sav, in reply
TO what some Of nv Gentle friends
have had to suggest, that there ,s
| not an honorable Jew IN. New Or
Jeans, in Louisiana, or on the face
Of the earth who does not stand pa,
with me on this proposition; and
! that anyone who does not insist on
Justice IN so dagrant . case, but
argues it religious persecution ia
lacking in the first element Of good
c,,,zensh,p--ordinsry honesty.
| I deem it but fair TO state that IL
liz a woefully wrong tack TO try 10
make HARLEQUIN believe this com.
munrty has 80 little intelligence
that It can be 30 imposed upon and
40 blinded ss to the issue-wbioh il
Its own decency and sacred sense Of
i justice and Of right.
i And l desire further to say ths'
f,hi. my-,er'ous hin.ing that thu
case, "if prosecuted, ia going 70
lead 10 no end of trouble for Other
brokers, and some of them, Gen
tiles, cuts ~ ll,tls ice As the isl'g
tious ''racket"
In the name of heaven, it there
be any more such robbers OF sh'
cotton-plan,er here in New Orleans
let us get at them. More labor il
stripes for the state.
Il beg to assure these 'inhnences
that j, will make no 'd,fferencefe
HARLEQUIN whotbdR the crooks b
fJews or Gentiles---and ! do not b
lieve 1t will to any other honest an
I honorable Jew Or Gent,le.
Don't seek to confuse the issu'
gentlemen !
). This gigantic, lopg'pursued %
Z sensational swind,e--ths concl
ave nature of which seems TO mo
!, tai mind ,rrevocably to be atteste
K By the reimbursement of THOUSAND