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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02
BARGAIN WITH THE TRUSTS.
Ten Millions to be Furnished by Wall
Street for Immunity to Rob
the People.

On good authority it is stated that
VIM. G Rockefeller is down for a
millioR-dolllar subscription to the Re
publican campaign fund on behalf of
the Standard Oil and other trusts.
PIcrpont Morgan individually IS, on
the same authority, pledged for n
quarter of 4 million; the Steel Trust is
down for three quarters of million,
the Sugar Trust for similar sum, the
Tobacco Trust for half million, the
Paper Trust for a quarter million, the
Coal Trust and the Pennsylvania Rail.
way for a half million, and various
other wcll-knOwn interests and mo.
nopolics associated with Wall street
for large sums.
Tee total campaign contribution to
be raised from these sources is reliably
put at ten millions. 1t will be the
largest amount Of money ever put into
a political campaign. 1t fairly doub.
les tho last Republican campaign
fund
II means the trial OF the power of
the dollar ms against the power Of the
people 1t means that the old Re
publican bargain with the tariff mo-
nopolics is to be reproduced on n
larger scale with the trusts of to-day.
campaign fund of ten millions
from the trusts means too that the
enemies of the masses are willing to
pay for immunity. 1t illustrates the
profit in the protection which is the
robbery of the many for the benefit
Of the few. 1t is form of absolute
insurance against disturbance of the
the Dinglcy schedules through which
the trusts have enriched themselves,
and against the rigid enforcement Of
the laws of the land as they apply to
monopoly and Illegal combinations.
simultaneously with the news of
Wall streets ten. million. dollar con-
tributon to Mr.. Roosevclt's campaign
fund comes the news that stocks are
strong on Wall street. Wall street
will now endeavor to make back what
1t pays out. Ordinarily Wall Street
makes the people pay its way and the
present instance may be no exception
to the rule.
A tcn-million- dollar contribution to
Mr.. Rooscvelt's campaign comes un-
der the head OF operating expenses on
Wall Street. In sense Il is the pur-
chasing of license from the admins.
tration. II means that the trusts nav
plumber the people undisturbed under
Ding!ey protection and also may ma.
nipulatc the stock marketsas they see
iit--as the steel trust and shipping
trust have done.
Thus, it appears, the people are
caught "going and coming" They
are, as 1t were, made to pay for the
privilege of being robbed. They do
nnquostionably at one time and ano,h-
or pay the campaign assessment which
enables the pursuit OF "the robbery of
the many for the benefit OF the few
st. Louis Republic.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02

An important matter for Demo,
cratic voters to keep in mind dur.
ing this campaign and when they
go to the polls to vote in Novem
Der is the Legislature. A United
States Senator is to be elected b,
the next General Assembly of this
State, and Senator Cockrell, who
has served the people so long and
faithfully, is a candidate for re.
election. There is no man in the
State whom the Democrats would
prefer to honor, and none who
would honor them more or serve
their interests and the party's in.
terests so we'll as Senator Cockrell
They should all work faithfully for
the party's nominees for State Sen
ators and Representatives, for each
one represents a vote for him, and
no personal feeling against any
candidate for these positions should
be allowed to stand in their way
when they come to vote. In this
ounty the Democrats have at the
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02

Governor La Toilette Of Wiscon-
sin delivered an address at the
Clinton lMoD Chautauqua last
Saturday, in which he attacked
railroad corporations for corrupt
meddling with State and National
legislation, and declared that the
failure Of successive Congresses to
cure defects in the interstate COM
mcrcc laws means that represent
alive government has ceased to cX
ist where corporations are on one
side and the people on the other. "
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02
BISMARCK BREVITlES.

VIM, TumbleSon is on the sick list
James Legrand was in town Tues
day.
II. e. Wallcn made trip to Sprott
Monday.
II +. Robinson visited home folk
here Sunday.
John Tucker is closing cdrt hi, stock
Of goods here.
Rev. l.. II Davis Of BcIIcyirw wa.
in town Monday.
John Stevens aud wife made trip
to Caledonia Tuesday.
Dr. j. l.. Eaton has been ON the
sick list for a few days
Miss Stella Falchctt returned Satur.
day from visit to ST. Louis
Born, on the 23d of August, to Mr.,
and Mrs. j. II, Shaner, II girl.
Born, on the 2Gth of August, to Mr.
and Mrs. II. l.. Girdcr, girl,
Frank and otto LuciuS left Tuesday
to attend school at Quincy, Ill.
The infant grand. child of MIR. and
Mrs. John Whitworth is very i'll.
+. NJ. Sinclair is confined to hi,
room by nm attack Of rheumatism.
NJ Bisplinghoh contemplatcs rent.
ing his farm property and moving IL
town.
Quite number OF our town people
attended the picnic at Alum Cave lasI
Saturday.
A new sidewalk is being built by
the town around the Union Church
property.
O. o. Tcmplcton will begin the cree.
ton Of new dwelling in the west part
of town soon.
James Thompson OF Pennington wa,
in town Monday Mr.. 7 has a posi-
ton in the Elvins Bank
Misses Della ard Lucy Mcdowell
| came down on the excursion train sun.
day and visited friends here.
Mrs. +. + Beard aud children de-
parted Tuesday morning for st. Louis,
where they will make their future
home,
Among those who are visiting tho
Worlds Fair this week are MIR. and
Mrs Bushong, Miss Mamie Bcrthold
and Jacob S. Barges.
On the night OF Angus, % W. L.
Buffers store was again burglarized
and several dozen pairs Of pants and
other clothing aud quantity OF car.
pet warp we're stolen. A few days
later number of vests and part of the
carpet were found in the railroad
yards,
On the 25th Of August, 1904, John
W, Steele died, aged So years.
months and 4 days. Deceased has
been in i'll health for q long time, and
leaves wife and six children, two
girls and four boys, to whom is ex-
tended the sympathy Of the people.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. j. T.. Martin from the home,
and the remains we're laid to rest in
the |. O. o. +. cemetery.
Aug. 80. Owl.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02

head of their ticket Joseph II D..
Duuklin, who has served them one
term as Representative. and proven
himself to be Il clean and honorable
public servant His majority this
year should he increased, and every
Democrat who has the success Of
his party all along the line at heart
will use his influence and east has
vote for him.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02

Representative government has
ceased to exist where corporations
are on one side and the people on
the other says Governor La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin. On the side of
which political party are the cor
porationS! The ten million dollar
campaign fund to be furnished the
Republican party by Wall street
and the big trust magnates is suf-
iiclent answer. Unless this dan
gerous combination is overcome by
the people at the polls, it will prove
that the power of the corporations
of the country is greater than that
of the people or that the people are
willing to submit to government by
the corporations.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02
UNIVERSAL OINTMENT

Is guaranteed To cure piles. letter,
eczema, nasal catarrh, pimplcs, sore,
and cruplions of any kind 2jc pei
box. Manufactured solely by
T., NJ. LAAKMAS, Druggist,
Pennington, Mo.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02
MeCARVER FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
IN FIRST DEGREE.
The Jury Out About Two Hours
and a Half When They Re.
turned a Verdict Of Muir
der in First Degree.
THE CASE WILL BE APPEALED,

After the denial of Il writ OF ous-
ter against Judge Davis by the STU.
preme Court, on application of the
defense, as related in last week S
TIMES, the case OF the State against
O. =. MCCarver. indicted on a
charge OF murder in the first de-
gree for the killing OF Harry Lett
on the l4th day of November last,
was again called by Judge Davis
last Thursday afternoon, and the
Sheriff ordered to summon sixty
qualified citizens from which, to-
gethcr with the regular panel OF
twenty-four jurors, to select twelve
jurors before whom to try the case,
and to report Saturday morning al
9 o clock. Saturday morning court
met and forty men out oi the mum
Der were qualified. The defense
was then given until one O'Clock
Monday to make challenges.
AT one o clock Monday afternoon
court again convened and the fol
lowing twelve men were selected
out Of the forty to try the case:
| 7. II. Coke. J. d. Webb, Kirby |.
Smith. f. l.. Mcfarland, G., 5.
Gibson, Thomas NJ Bell, S. o,
Nethcrington, G.. A. &. Gibson,
| K. ii. Avcnz, j &. Walsh, Thos
bcdbctter aud John Burns. About
three clock the taking of tcsti .
mOny in this the second trial Of
McCarvcr was begun. Prosecuting
Attorney Marhury, assisted by
Walter l.. Hcnsley and K. c. Tuck
cr, conducted the trial on the part
of the State, and W. S. Anthony
%. A. Alternately aud Jasper n
Burks appeared for the defendant
The case was stubbornly contested
for two days, the taking of test,
mony closing Wednesday after.
noon. About three O'Clock the ar
gumcnts OF the attorneys opened
each side being allowed three
hours, closing at ll:i2 Thursday
morning, when the case was given
to the jury.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02
THE STATES THEORY.

NV '''St WYNN '''S '''N We = ''N'
to the jury.
THE STATES THEORY.
From State $ testimony and the
cross examination, the following
appears to be the theory of the
prosecution
That O. p. McCarver was an
gered at Leo and Harry Lett; that
he went TO Ryan * Bentley's sa-
loon, where he knew Harry Lett
was working; that Harry Lett and
Leo Lett were in the saloon al sep
arate times and left at scpa-
rate times while McCarvcr was
there, McCarvcr remaining in; that
the Lett 5 afterwards entered the
saloon together that MCCarver had
pistol in his pocket; that he
asked the Let's, in Bcntley's 50 p
loon, to take drink with him, in
face OF the fact that he had been
abusing Leo Lett, in Harry Lett $
presence, all evening; that he
asked the Lett 5 TO drink with him,
knowing they would not, for the
purpose OF raising a racket; on the
Let's refusing, he began to grow
angry, and to use vile and vulgar
language with oaths; that when
Harry Lett told McCarver that he,
McCarver, was just the same for
the second time, MCCarver shot
and as he turned he said, Il don t
allow any man to call me - - -
unless | kill him. " That Gordon
and Bigg, two OF the witnesses for
the defense, committed perjury,
and that Bodell, another witness,
fatty cOntradicted himself; that
McCarver sought out the Let's at
their usual loafng haunts, to kill
one or both of them.
THE DEFENDANT THEORY.
From the cross. examination Of
the States witness by the defend.
ants attorneys, and the testimony
OF the defendants witnesses, we
conclude that the following is the
theory, as presented and as argued:
That there existed between Har-
ry Lett and Leo Lett on the one
side, aud o. =. McCarver on the
other, very bitter feeling, and that
this was engendered by reason Of
Leo Lett borrowing horse from
McCarver some weeks before the
killing; that after McCarver had
brought Leo Lett TO task about the
horse, Leo and Harry Lett became
bitter enemies of McCarver; that at
various times between this horse
incident and the killing, Leo and
Harry Lett had made threats
against the life of McCarver, some
Of which were communicated and
some were not; that on the night
Of the killing Leo and Harry Lett
were in Bentley & Ryan's saloon,
and finding McCarver very much
inder the influence OF liquor,
Ormed a conspiracy to kill McCar-
yer; that to carry this out, Leo
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02
JOflS j, MILBtEN.
JUDGE PARKER'S REPLY.

Roscmount, Esopus, n Y,
Aug. -, 1904 My Dear Mr..
Milburn: You are entirely right
in assuming that as | employed the
phrase, self government it was
intended to he identical with indie
pendcncc, political and territorial &.
After noting the criticism referred
to by you, nm still unable to un-
derstand how it can be said that n
people enjoy sclf-govcrnment.
Will, another nation may in any
degree whatever control their ac
ton. But to take away all posi-.
blc opportunity for conjecture, it
shall bc made clear in the letter of
acceptance that | am in hearty ac.
cord with that plank in the Demo
cratic platform which advocates
treating the FilipinOs precisely as
we did the Cubans, and also fla
yor making the promise to them
now To- take such action rs soon as
1t can be prudently done.
Thanking you for your letter,
and with best wishes for You al
ways ! am, very sincerely yours,
ALTOS h PARKER.
In his address accepting the
| Democratic nomination for presi.
dent, Judge Parker said:
The accident of war brought
/ the Philippines into our poss ession
and we are not at liberty to disre.
/ gard the responsibility which thus
came to us, but that responsibility
will be best subserved by prepar
ing the islanders as rapidly as pos
slblc for self government, and
/ giving to them the assurances that
/ It will come as soon as they are
reasonably prepared for it. "
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-02
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE
Judge Parker Makes His Position Plain
on the Question Of Philippine
independence

Red Beach. East River, Conn.
Aug. 20, 1904 My Dear Judge
Parker have noticed in some
quarters n disposition to crlticise
the words self, government used
by you in connection with the flu
turc of the Philippine Islands, as
meaning something less than indie
pcndence, and venture to ask you
if am not right in assuming that
self-government,' as you used the
phrase, is identical with independ
cnrc, political and territorial
With my warmest regards, | am,
very sincerely yours,
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1904-09-10

from the of the meeting of the Board OF Dec
Opeousas Gulf Northeastern Railway Company held
Wednesday, August 3D. 1904:
Resolved That special meeting of the stockholders OF the
Opeousas Gulf Northeastern Railway Co. be convened at the
Hook Ladder Hail. in the of Opelousas the first Tuesday
of October 1904 at the hour of p for the purpose OF
consideration and deciding certain proposed to
the charter viz granting stock to the for the amount
they aid of the construction of the proposed rail-
providing that there shall be privileged
erred stock ssued reducing the shares of the capital stock from
prohibiting transfer assignment or
franchises of the stock
holders special election duly called for that purposes
providing that of the taxes paid by the taxpayers OF the
the parish of ST. Landry shall be paid to THIS
until the completion of that portion OF the road
railroad paraeg that road and providing that portion OF the
levied and collected other ward wards shall be pa
this corporation until the completion of the road through such
ward wards respectively providing that the taxes collected
banking company paying interest deposits and
1ng that the paid by the of the several wards
shall be them with the accumulated interest should the
between the Texas Pacific Railway parallel road
voting within years from January L. 1905 providing that
for the of aid OF the construction OF
said railroad transferred by the other bona
fde holder his blank endorsement the raneree to be entitled
the Stock providing that holders owners OF
shall be entitled to receive stock therefor by presenting
sufficient make the requisite amount for stock GER
cae provided that the receipts be presented the
this be converted into stock by the h OF April
of the following the date at which they coecabe pro-
vng that transfer assignment of stock receipts shall
be made nonompeng railroad corporation directly or
indirectly through lnerpoed for that pu
pose such transfer assignment if made shall be NULL
void and of noneec and providing that directors shall
of all business of the Board OF
Directors. - . - .
A true extract THOS H. LEWIS President
GEO. T. EDWARDS, Secretary.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1904-09-10
Look Before You Leap.

The Vaudeville Wave makes
the following suggestion to the
voters of this State:
Voters will have a chance at the
approaching presidential election
to express their sentiments for or
against number of amendments
to the State Constitution proposed
by the Legislature recently in ses-
sion, and it will be we'll for them
to study carefully these suggested
changes in the organic law before
casting their votes. Some other
wise dutiful citizens consider
themselves obligated to favor any
legislation that bears the term
democratic" without the least
inquiry into its virtues or provis-
ions. To this may be attributed
the enactment Of laws that prove
mischievous in the end and ulti-
mately require repeating. Others
give themselves little concern as
to the laws of the land, under the
erroneous impression that their
execution does not affect them,
but are vigorous in denunciation
when they finally become its VIC
Tins. All this can be obviated by
a timely and thorough scrutiny.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1904-09-10
Remove the Nuisance.

Editor Opelousas COURIER:
Will no one raise his voice in
protest against the expressed in-
tention of some members of the
Police Jury to place the new jail
on our beautiful Court House
Square? Surely the good people
of Opelousas, if they have the
least pride in the future develop
ment and advancement of our
town, will not permit this desc
Grafton.
Let us get together and register
our solemn protest, and if neces'
sary raise a fund by public sub.
scription and purchase for our
impoverished Police Jury another
site. CITIZEN.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1904-09-10

cession for period Of ninety-nine years, to
contract in its corporate name, and likewise 70
sue and be sued, to purchase, reserve, hold,
mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or convey prop
erty, both real and personal, to employ mana
gers agents, directors, or other officers, as may
be deemed necessary, and from time to time 10
make and adopt such bylaws and rules and
regulations as may be necessary or exped1ent;
as also to have and use corporate seal.
The original subscribers to the stock OF this
Association, to wit:
Finegan Hams. five shares. Lawrence
G. Simon five shares, E. W. Renty, i've
shares, P. L. 6ilas, five shares, Lewis j. Camp
bell, five shares, Richard B. Bradley, Two
shares, J. L. Davis. two shares, Andrew Ad-
kins, two shares, WIN. johnson. two shares.
Sarah A. Hills, four shares, Clara James, Two
shares, Virginia Cosey, two shares. Elizabeth
Lewis two shares. Mrs. Mary Hardy. Two
shares, Lawrence Balque, two shares, II. u.
Jones, two shares, Moses BOrdelon, five shares,
Cenhas Hayes, two shares, Allen Niekies, TWO
shares, David 8. Locks, three shares, George
Hawkins, one share, George johnson, Two
shares N. G. Carr, one share, Frank jackson,
| two shares, Calvin Moss, two shares, Henry
| White, three shares, Edgar Foot, two shares,
JEFF Davis, two shares, Felix Mack: sr., three
shares JEFF Bowman, one share, Henderson
| Young, two shares, Charlie WilRerson. one
share, Howard Washington. one share, Clifton
Lemons, one share, Lewis Lemon, one SNARE
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1904-09-10

The "oficial journal" of the
parish of st. Landry, the town
of Opelousas, the parish school
board, the Atehafalaya levee dis
trict, ETC., ETC., has evidently got
q bad case Of indigestion on hand
"a surfeit of official pap. For
months it has failed to come out
on time, frequently making its
appearance three and four days
behind time. Last Saturdays is
sue had not shown up on Friday
morningsix days after. II the
public officials who are paying out
good money for this sort of SER
vice will not have it done by re-
sponsible and reliable newspaper,
they ought at least to exact that
their contracts with the official
journal should be honestly carried
out. Much Of the publications in
that paper have been clearly iHe-
gal, not having been done accord
ing to law, and the taxpayers and
Others concerned may be put to
much trouble and expense through
this inexcusable neglect.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1904-09-10
Letter to j. X. SandOz & Bro.
OPELOUsAS.

Dear Sir: cit costs as much to
put-on poor paint as good'-a
common saying and true-it costs
much more to put-on poor paint;
more gallons.
Poor paint is paint and barytes
Or paint and sand or paint and
lime or paint and chalk or paint
and benzine OF paint and water;
these are the usual cheats; there
are others.
1t takes more gallons of paint
and-a-cheat than of honest paint !;
and the cost of the labor of paint
ing is so much a gallon-one gal
lon costs as much as another, for
labor.
This is the way to reckon your
costs for this year; but how about
next year?
Paint Devoe, and next year costs
nothing; year after next the same;
the same for several years.
Paint anything else, and your
costs recur according to what you
paint-with. Some Of the mixtures
wear one year; some two; some
three.
1t costs twice, three times, four
times, FIVE times, as much to paint
with a cheat as to paint with Devoe
Yours truly
f W DEvoE & Co
50 New York
PSI B Sandoz sells our paint
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1904-09-10

The cotton planters of Louis
lana should look at the situation
sensibly, size up the condition for
themselves, decide upon a fair
valuation for their crop, and at
tempt to get every fraction of a
cent the market will pay. They
should not be stampeded into
selling the first of September be-
cause of reports sent out by spec
ulators that the crop will amount
to 100000 bales, when the
probabilities are that thirty or
sixty days thereafter his crop will
be worth from $5 to $40 more
bale,-B. r. Times.