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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-11-02

0oUD eo0etD without the concurrence
9l two Judges. but any W Of the
judges Of each circuit shall constitute
Q quorum for the transaction Of bu1i-
0ooo.
Section l. Be Il further resolved. etc..
That Article Is Of the Constitution OF
~ State Of Louisiana shall Be. and v
Aareby abrogated.
section & Be Il further resolved, etc..
That Article 100 Of the Constitution Of
the State q Louisiana b amended %
- . rsaA - follows:
Artic3o NJ The sheriff q ~ parish
- which the sessions q ~ court Ars
2o3d, shan attend In peroo0, q ~
1o0uty, % execute The ordess Of said
court, and the clerk e tAe District
oo0st g the parish IN which ths ses-
0Sen q. The Courts q Appeal are held.
oon1 oefve - clesk - IL Court II
ADpea1B and shall attsnA sessions q
0a3l court. either b Derson Or b.
1oDuty, until Otherwise provided BY
- General Assembly. The costs OF
0DDeAl In any 80 appealed to b
OouFtD Of Appeal sAan aot exceed dve
1oolArs. The pslSos jurses q the ".
ssoO parishes q ~ state. In which
u Courts q Appeal ere held. shall
Ogovede suitable rooms fer the holding
- eaid courts - - not to interfere
WITH the sessions e the district -
0ther courts.
Section BE Il further resolved. cts.
That the fourth paragraph Of Article
m Of the Constitution Of the state oe
0DlloWo:
YY~AN >AA>-l~> >A~aAAA H~ 0A- AO
0ppoals within IT. Jurisdiction from the
Furnishes q Orleans. st. James. st. John.
H. Baptist 81. Charles. Jefferson.
1aquemines and 81. Bernard shall b.
roturoable - said court. n the costs
- filing same shall cot exceed five daa-
0asU In each 90
Section Z. Be Il further resolved, etc.
That The foregoing amendments to the
Con0tituteon Of the State shall become
operative On the first day Of January,
~. end al cases pending and III
1utesnnAned IN the Courts Of Appeal -
now coostitutsd shall be transferred -
~ Courts q Appeal - herein organ
0DoA un0er such rules &c may b pCo-
v56od ~ saA eourts.
Ooet3oqJA. - t further resolved. eta,
y0A9 ed preDooea amendment be sub
0eetod - the electors Of the State Of
Iou1Ota1a for tAeif approval o. rejec-
~. - required ~ Article N - ths
Cenotiluttoa q the state Of Louisiana
80 IOaneeaa 1eseeteaN laws o1 this state
q IL Presidential election to - helA
. tAiD eta4e u November. 1SoA
u. 9lgYD0R,
0Doo1sse - ~ Reuse Of Repreoenta-
0VoA.
2. r. LAMBREMoNT.
Rresidea4 pro tenn. Of the Senate.
ADproved July I, ~
NEWTON G. BLANCHARD,
00vernoe q IL 0tAte Of LouisiAna.
4 true COPY:
JOHN Z. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-11-02
ACT NO. l3S.
ACT NO. l39.
BY M. Bailey. House Bill No. Isl.
Joint RESOLUTION.

ACT NO. 1ss.
BY Mr.. Bailey. House Bill No. Isl.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing IN amendment to Article ia
Of the Constitution Of the State Of
louisiana Of 1884 relative to thu fill
ing OF vacancies In the office 3f
Clerks Of the District Court.
Section 1. Be II resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State Of Louis.
lana, two-thirds Of all the members
elected to each House concurring. That
the following amendment to Article 124
Of the Constitution Of the State If
Louisiana be submitted to the electors
Of the State at the next Congressional
election to be holden on the first Tues
day after the first Monday in Novem-
Der. 1904. to-wit: That Article 124 Of the
Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana
be 20 amended as to read a. follows:
Article 124. Clerks Of District Courts
may appoint. with the approval Of the
District Judges, deputies. with such
powers az shall be prescribed by Law:
and the General Assembly shall have
the power to provide for continuing one
or more Of them in office In the event
OF any vacancy In the office Of Clerk,
until his successor shall have been
elected and qualified.
All elections to fiji vacancies occa-
stoned BY death. resignation or removal
shall be for the unexpired term. and
the Governor shall fiji the vacancy until
an election ran be held. Provided, that
the election to fill said vacancy shall
be held within sixty days from the date
that the vacancy occurs, provided Il
such unexpired term II for q shorter
period than one ear. the appointee Of
the Governor, shall hold the office for
said term.
That on the official ballots to be used
at said election, there shall b. plac,d
the words: "For the proposed amend
ment to Article Ia Of the Constitution
Of the State Of Louisiana" and the
words. Against the proposed amend
ment to Article 124 Of the Constitution
of the state Of Louisiana," and each
electoe shall indicate. - provided IN
the general election laws oe the STATE,
whether he votes for Or against the pro-
pose4 amendment.
r II. SNYDER,
Speaker % the House Of Representa-
ttves.
p. n. LANBRENoNT.
President pro TEN. Of the Senate.
Approved July {, A. d. 1904.
: NEWTON C.. BLANCHARD,
Governor Of the state az Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN Z. MICHEL
Secretary ot STATE.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-11-02
ACT NO. l3A

~ ~. LAmbrsmeat.
Senate Bill No. ~.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
I1opoolng IN amendment to Article
oinety-seven (SD Of the Constitution
q IL state Of louisiana, relative to
- office e Attorney General q Tie
OeaAa.
section I. h e resolved By the 0en-
lral Assembly q the state q Louis
oanA. two-thirds Of an the members
11setsa 70 each House coneurring. That
AStic3e n~insty-seven (SD e the Con-
oe1tution q the state q Louisiana, b
- amsn0sd q - read - fellows:
Article ninety-seven (sD: There shah
- m Attorney General Tor the etata.
~ shah - elected b. tho qualified
eDeetoss q the state It large every four
yoasR He shah b. learned In the Law.
80 SHAH have actually resided ana
Deaet3col law. - licensed attorney.
= ~ otate, for five years prsosdins
~ election. He shall receive . salary
g ~ thouDanA dollars per amman.
oayahle nenthly on hi own warrant
0ooe3.oA - e further resolved, etc.
31a4 tnio peoposed amendment shall b
0u1aD1ttod - ne qualified voters q the
0ea16 IT adoption o. rejection Il the
3sW11outlal ana Congressional election
- - hold IN November. nineteen hun.
1Eo1 ana 1ous. and thai. ~ adopted.
- Same shah take eject . Tie nEUe
~ g January. 1o0g.
!. ooet3enA - Il further resolved. ste..
xAa4 - IL o(fIcial ballots 70 b used
g 81 eDoctien, there shall b placed
Rnnnns ssDnP t1n nrnonnnd amnoA.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-11-02
ACT No. 10.
By Mr. Bailey. Houee En- No 1s5.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

By M. Bailey. HouRe En- Ne. 1s5.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing IN amendment to Article Ia
Of the Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana Of 1Sse relative to the fill
ing q vecancies IN the office Of Dis
trfct ATTORNEY.
Section l. Be It resolved BY the Gen.
sral Assembly Of the State Of LOUIS
iAna. two-thirds Of III the nsombxrs
elected'to each house concurring. That
the following amendment to Article 12s
Of the Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana BE- submitted to the electors
Of. the state At the next Congressional
election. to be holden on the first Tues.
day after the first Monday In 'Novem.
Der. 1904. to-w1t:
That Article 136 Of the Constitution
Of the State OF Louisiana b % amend
ed - to read ~ follows:
Article Ii. There shall BE- 4 District
Attorney for each judicial District In
tho State, who shall ~ electod b tke
0nnli0o1 o1eeeoeo e - Julioia1 Dis
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

the Manhattan and the New York
Athletic Club and many others make
no restriction of this sort.
1t might be supposed from its name
and it's educational requirements that
the atmosphere of the University Club
would be of highly intellectual or
der but 1t isn't, nor are it's members
advocates of any specially high
toned" movements. The sole object OF
the club. apparently, is to furnish it's
members meeting place where the
company will be congenial and where
the creature comforts will be OF the
highest and most satisfactory quality.
Clubs That Boost Socially.
There are some clubs in New York,
clubs with high-sounding names, and
widely advertised philanthropic or
uplifting purposes, which approach
closely to the pharasaical In their at
titude, and their membership is made
up largely Of men who join them for
the purpose OF furthering whatever So
cial ambitions they may possess.
Toward these organizations and
their membership many among the
University Club men sometimes show
q spirit of real hostility. This was
discovered two or three years ago by
the guests at dinner given in one OF
the clubs rooms by a University Club
man for the furtherance of some high
flown object. 1t is in circumstances OF
this sort, and this sort only, that resi-
dent outsiders are allowed inside the
clubhouse. and at least one Of the
guests on this occasion was such an
outsider
'I was somewhat elated over the op-
portunity of getting inside OF the club
house for once. on receiving an invi-
tation to attend that dinner" he con-
fided to the writer the other day, "and
/ thought II very fitting that such a
dinner should be given in such club.
But my self-satisfaction received a se-
we're blow as / passed through the COR
ridor, past the big assembly room, on
my way to the small dining-room
where we were to eat and discuss the
'whichness OF the what.
sitting close 10 the door was a big.
prosperous club man, whose appear
ance betokened personal devotion 10
anything save intellectual things. A
he saw as iiling past he enorted and
chortied most unexpectedly,
"I suppose those fellows are going
70 settle all the dlfiicult problems of
the universe Tonight. he sneered. add
ing two or three short sentences that
were packed full Of vigorous disdain
Tor reformefs and intellectual anthu-
eiaats of every sort"
Duane.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27
WALL STREET FEARFUL OF SCANDALS
TO FOLLOW SULLY'S DOWNFALL
Exposures Involving Prominent Men in the
Street Threatened
BY w. @. NICHOLAS.

pleasing sort. He has a right to think
well of himself when he is being paid
such extravagant honor. No wonder
Mr.. Sully was carried off his feet. No
wonder his head went into the clouds.
There are few newcomers, and for
that matter, few seasoned veterans in
Wall street who would not feel fiatter-
ed to be the recipients of marked per-
sonal favors of presidents of great
banking institutions and of those who
had become famous the world over in
railroad and Industrial enterprise, as
well as in commerce.
One great banker who has world
wide reorganization as the financial rep
resentative of one of the most power
full interest in Wall street to-day, sin
gled out Sully as the object of his per-
sonal attention. He was frequent
visitor at Sully's office and on many
occasions invited him to his club or
took him to lunch. 1t was this man
who played a very active part in
bringing the Sully career to an in
glorious end.
1t was he who discovered" or pre-
tended to discover, that Sully's CO.
partners in speculative pools were play
ing him false and who, while assum-
ing to act with him, were In reality
operating against him and overwhelm-
ing the cotton market with offerings
of futures when they should have been
giving him support on the bull side.
It may be that this individual was
and is Sully's friend, but Wall street
will have to have proof before sub
scribing unqualifiedly to the afilrma-
tive theory. He has been accused re-
peatedly OF getting into the good graces
OF ambitious interests and then load
ing them up with money for the pur-
poses OF eventually breaking them and
eliminating them from the field Of
large action.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27
SWELL NEW YORK CLUB UP IN ARMS
over the Imputations Cast Upon II by District
Attorney Jerome

New York, March 26.--Special.-It is
more than a week now that the Univer-
sity Club has been boiling and stew
ing under the imputation made by Dis
trict Attorney Jerome. that one Of It's
members is acting as tout for Rich
ard Garfield, the big gambler. among
the other members.
This imputation has brought the
club, It's general affairs. its member
ship and it's standing in the communi-
ty, into the white light Of public
scrutiny.
The University Club is one OF the
most exclusive organizations In New
York. It's social requirements are
more severe than those Of many other
clubs, even Of high grade, and, back
Of these, there In further requirement,
which IL never waived, that the candi-
date must be a graduate Of some
regular institution Of the higher learn
ing. In this respect II differs from
the university clubs In many cities.
IN a certain near neighbor 0f New
York, for instance, attendance a.
college or university for some time,
even II there was no graduation, "a
often considered q sufficient qualiiiea.
ton for University club memberehip
ard N some cities, though not, per-
heps, in that one, the line is drawn
sth more loosely Ia ens Instance .
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27
Trade Conditions Improving.

With the opening of spring reports
are coming into the street of improved
business conditions everywhere. This
is conspicuously true of the iron and
steel trade. although there are indica-
tions of expansiveness in every quar-
ter. Business conditions are brighter
now than they have been for eighteen
months. In the stock market values
are admittedly at or near bedrock. Sc
curities have undergone tremendous
shrinkage all along the line. The de-
probation has been general and even
ly distributed. Apparently there is lit
tie reason why they should go lower
and there are many reasons to look
for improvement.
The crop year starts off under fairly
favorable auspices, and even winter
wheat which had a trying fall and
winter seems TO be coming on reason
ably well. There is increasing realiza-
ton that the losses which have been
incurred are mainly the disappearance
of paper profits or inability to discount
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

the future too far ahead. There has
been no important curtaiment in the
rate of increase of actual wealth.
10O4's business Prospects.
1t may be said in truth and almost
without qualification that the business
year of 1904 starts In well and that the
prospects are bright The general situa-
tion may be described as healthy and
legitimate conditions as wholesome.
Workingmen everywhere are con-
fronted with the promise of full en-
ployment at living wages, while on the
other hand constructive enterprise is
measureably relieved from extortionate
demands by misguided persons tenn
porariIy in control Of labor organiza-
tions. The whole population seems to
be settling down to policy of live and
let live. This augurs well for the
stock market, for manufacturing and
mercantile enterprise. There is small
liability Of wild or imprudent specula-
tion in any direction. The blood is
cooled sufficiently to give insurance
against that sort of calamity.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

are hereafter to be conducted along
lines of mutual interest by methods
which cannot be constructed as often
sive to public policy of statutory regu-
lations. This is long step in open
recognition of the power of the law.
The lesson taught to Wall street by
the merger litigation and by the final
rulings of the Supreme Court thereon
has been salutary. 1t has cut the claws
Of over weening ambition and has Civ
en- a Jar to those who were disposed to
look upon themselves as above the law
and as constituting a privileged class
upon whom devolved the guardianship
of the rest of the world. The many are
recognized as being superior to the
few.
short Interest in Stocks.
The advance in the market during
the past week disclosed the existence
of a much larger short interest in
stocks than had been estimated. For
weeks and months the popular thing
has been to sell the market short. and
the professional and professional
element did this to an undreamed or
extent. The short interest in Union
Pacific, Pennsylvania, New York Cen
trail, st. Paul, Rock Island, southern
Pacific, and in fact all the active is
sues. amounted in the aggregate to a
great many hundred thousand shares.
The short selling was kept up right to
the turning point, and the confidence
of the bears. as to the correctness of
their position. was almost fatalistic.
Nothing good could be seen in any
quarter, and plummets could not be
found which would sound the depths
to which values were going to descend.
In an incredibly short period of time
speculative sentiment was reversed.
The merger decision more than any
other one agency is given credit for
having wrought this transformation in
opinion. 1t has eliminated the over
shadowing sense Of uncertainty, which,
according to the new lights, acted as
a pail and handicap, and in the place
thereof, has substituted certainty ana
confidence. 1t is now believed by men
who were previously full of fears, lest
an adverse decision might spell ruin 20
railroad stocks. that the public was in
greater fear Of capitalistic aggrandize-
ment than OF a ruling defining bounds
beyond which combinations could not
go.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

man who was popular with the Unit
versty Club membership was able to
qualify by securing an honorary de-
gree from one of the minor colleges
to be found scattered here and there
over the country, that are not over
particular as to whom they decorate
with honorary degrees.
The University Club.
The New York University Club is
one OF the largest in town, it's mem
bershlp being above 1900, and its
club house is one OF the most comfort
able. not 10 say most luxurious, TO be
found either here or anywhere else.
It's initiation fees and yearly dues
are very high also ranking well up IN
the scale with the swell clubs that do
not make intellectual achievement
qualification for membership. Were
II not for the clubs heavy financial
requirements, It's membership would
undoubtedly be much larger than Il
Is.
Its excluelvsness extends even 10 its
guests, for no one not a member iiv-
ing either ia New York or within
nifty miles of its boundaries IL ~.
lowed under any ordinary eireum-
sfanceH ~ PASS Within ita portals. ~
this n resembles the Union League
club and q very few N the other
awellesf ORGANIZATIONS, though fhe
Players Club, ths DemseFafie ciub.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27
And Fixings.

This is the time of all the year that
the little fellows take the most delight
in new clothes, Bring or send them
here with equal assurance of their be-
ing the best clothed boys on the streets
Easter morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27
An old wall street Trick.

About a year and half ago he
induced a large brokerage house to
borrow the uttermost limit of its
credit and then when the turn came
he got on the firms back and crowd
ed it remorselessly. The firm in ques-
ton was credited with having bor-
rowed $50.00O,O00 during the few weeks
preceding the elimination of the last
great bull movement, eighteen months
ago. Liquidation for account of this
firm was one of the reasons for the
sharp collapse in the market at that
time. 1t is an old Wall street trick
to break a man by inducing him to
over-extend himself.
Whether or not he was maliciously
induced to do this 1t is unquestionably
a fact that Sully did over-extend him
self and when the time came that he
needed help his banking and specula-
tive friends left him to his fate. The
investigation which has been started
into his affairs may furnish proof of
spectacular duplicity In more quarters
than one. 1t may put the brand of
"welcher' on men whose names have
not as yet been mentioned in connec-
ton with the collapse. The situation
is one which has aroused the interest
of Wall street and those who are alive
as to what is going on in that quar-
ter.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

odors
channg u not az drugsa send 2s to aton
appIca aon satisfied
sPEGIErs Commercial seaboard Air Lae Railway
Greenyile, g. G. -. .,--. . 49,
'4' LIPFsfAS
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

New York, March 26.-The downfall
Of Sully, the cotton king, is likely to
be followed by an ugly scandal which
will involve the names of number
of men who have been conspicuous in
Wall street affairs during the last Few
years. MIR. Sully was unfortunate IN
tieing up with several whose standing
has for good while been under sus-
picion. They are now in danger OF open
exposure as "Welchers."
The term "welcher" has the same
meaning in Wall street that it has on
the race track and attaches to those
who 'lay down" or repudiate obliga-
tions of honor.
Fell Victim of Financial Courtiers.
Sully fell an easy victim to the
courtiers of the financial district. he
knew the game tolerably well before
he came into Wall street, and should
have been strong enough to resist the
batteries and Establishments or the ad-
venturers who make business OF at
taching themselves to newcomers VINO
may happen to achieve unusual sue
cess. Sully kept his head until his
good fortune had run him into the
millions. 1t was at this stage that he
attracted the attention Of the big ad-
venturers of the street and ne mas
fallen by the wayside. Men who would
have turned him away without eXpla-
nation or apology year before looked
him up, invited him into their circles,
made conftdentes of him, consulted MIN
in reference to large affairs and gave
fattering evidence that they looked
upon him as a man of extraordinary
Judgment and sagacity-as a specula-
tive and business marvel. His cooper
alton was invited on all hands, and
he was taken into big deals by arch
manipulatorE OF finance and the spe-
cialtIes thereof. He was enthroned as
king of the cotton market. and was
given pages OF ad1ulation In the news
paporH.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

The salary ~ fhe Lord Mayor cf
Dublin 10 % be reduced from fase1o -
1850,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

Timely Suggestions.
LADIES' NECKWEAR.

LADIES' NECKWEAR.
Ali kinds of neat Stocks zoe to S $50
Plain and Persian Turn
overs ...-.............. 1oc to 90
Collar and Cuff Sets s..... 15c to $50
Fancy Silk Bows ..... 25c to 125
All Over Lace Collars. .$1.OO to $50
LADIES' BEL rs.
Tailored Silk Belts ...... 25c to S $50
| Crusned Leather Belts. 25c to 500
( Kaiser Washable Belts. 25c to SOC
LADIES' HANDKERCHTEFS
Piasn Linen Hdkfs. ...... 15c to SOC
Hen1sfd Emb'd Hdkfs... 25c to S 200
Scahoped Emb'd Hdk'fs 25c to $50
AI4@ce Frsumed Hdk' fs... 25c to 1900
LADIES' HOSIERY.
All kinds Of Plain Hose 25c to S $50
En1t5d Lace Hose. $3.50. 25c to SOC
Silk and Lisle Lace Hose 25c to $50
Brown and Tan Hose. Csc to SOC
MISSES HOSIERY.
Plain and Lace Hose in
Write, black and colors 25c to SOC
RIBBED Hose in black,
wka6e, tan and red. .12%c to 35c
FANCY HANDLE UMBRELLAS.
We have laid in an extra supply and
an unusual variety in combination size
for Easter ............... .$169 to S16.50
BAGS-New shapes and sizes in
Purses. Grip Bags, Auto Bags, Shop
ping Bags. etc ........... ..25c to $500
FINE FANS.
We are just in receipt of full, large
line of fine Imported Fans, with carved
wood, bone and pearl sticks, elegantly
mounted .................$1.0 90 to $500
FABRIC GLOVES.
Wrist lengths in silk or Isle, white,
black, modes and grays......50c to $1.O0
Elbow lengths in white or black silk,
dorbie finger tips ..........75c to $1.OO
UNDERMUSLNS.
Drawers, Corset Covers, Chemise,
Gowns, Long and Short Skirts suita-
bic summer materials, tastily trimmed
with select patterns, lace and embroid-
cry,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

Wall Street Adjusting Itself.
The Supreme Court of the United
States having defined the limits beyond
which ambitious financiers may not go
in their schemes of merger the great
banking combinations of Wall street
are making haste to adjust themselves
to existing conditions. Next to being
given unlicensed freedom of action it
is important to know what cannot be
done and just how far within the law
combinations may be effected. This in
formation was given clearly and un-
qualifiedly in the decision of the SUI
preme Court in the merger case and
the big people of Wall street are gov
erning themselves accordingly.
They are not disposed TO fly in the
face OF public opinion or proceed fur
ther In seeming effort to evade or cir
cumvent the law.
The grand and glorious principle Of
Harmony OF interests" is 10 be re-
substituted In the place Of unlawful
merger. Trans-continental railroads