The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-15

being, they are the natural enc
mics of every one no would lead
others to higher, purer and
healthier life.
! "To have q good, popular gov
ernment we must first of all and
before all else have good citizens.
Burke's well-known words have
often been quoted, but we cannot
too steadily remember that, as he
said, There never was long cor
rupt government of virtuous
people, When we find any self
governing community afflicted
with mis-goyernment we can safe
y and fairly believe that it does
not deserve a better fate. 1t may
indeed wish to be we'll governed,
but it does not wish hard enough
for good government to make bad
government impossible. The ques-
tion of good government in Amer
lea is essent tally a moral and only
incidentally q spolitical one; this
is also true of all governments,
and more clearly and emphatical
ly of popular government than of
any other. | mean by this that
the friends of good government
in America, and especially of Am
erica today, have to do much less
to devise methods for the efficient
and economical administration of
economical affairs than to clearly
and frequently set forth and to
constantly and forcibly impress
on the attention of their fellow
citizens the true and admitted
ends and principles of govern
ment and the daily manifest and
grievous derelictions of duty on
the part of public officers and Of
the voters.
"Our aim is to spare Americans
shame at the government Of their
country; to rescue the noblest
work of our politics from its bas-
est hands; to roat out national
vices which threaten to make us
a political Sodom among Chris
tian peoples; he who sees such a.
goal before him can we'll fight on
with cool confidence that any
temporary reverse, any individual
apostacy, any seeming injustice
of public opinion, are but newt
able incidents of so momentous a
struggle, but fitting preludes to
glorious victory.''
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Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen,
Town of Opelousns.
Opeousas. La. July S. 1905.
To the Hon. Members of the Board OF Alder
Gentiemen-There will be meeting of your
| board tonight at p. IN: for the purpose OF
transacting the business of the regular meeting
of the month, which failed OWING to Its being
'oeai C. F. 'Gs,.i'fy BArfEr, Clerk 5. a. LIrrELL,
| Mayor.
tEndorsed)
| Received the above notice on the 9Th day
| of July 1905, and on the same day andS date
| I notified Messrs. J. g. Evans. Homer Ventre,
| F. L. sandoz and DIR. F. j. Pulford in person.
was unable to notify Mr.. l.. C. soileau, as he
Isigned) G. L. HAYES, Marshal
OpelOusas, La. July IL, 1865
To the Hon. Members of the Board Of Alder
/ Gentlemen-There will be meeting of your
| board tonight at p. m. for the purpose OF
| transacting the business OF the call meeting ol
date July 5th, 1906 which failed on account OF
there sfeaaf: n1t being qo0rnm ReInpeetfny nsesan1
C. F. BAILEY, Clerk. b. A. LITTELL,
| Mayor.
| tEndorsed)
| Received the above notice on the 12th day OF
July, 1905, and on the same day and date no
tihed Messrs. Fl. Ventre, J. 8. Evans, F. l.
Sandoz, L. G. Snieau and DR.. F. J. Puford in
person. Signed. G. l.. HAYES,
The Board of Aldermen met this day IN ac
cordance with the above call, with the follow
ing members present:
B. A. Littell, Mayor, presiding; j. s. Evans
Homer Ventre, and F. l.. SandOz.
Absent, J.. G. soilean and F. j. Pulford.
Quorum present.
Minutes adopted "a read.
c. L.Hayes, tax collector, makes the follow
ing report:
| Opelousas, La, July 8, 1905.
TO the Hon. Mayor and Members of the Board
| of Aldermen: @
Gentlemen-I herewith tender you my repor,
of collections for month ending July A. 1905
as follows:
Corporation Tax, 1902. 2.....S1 is o.
| Waterworks ' So .-..... s.
Corporation 1903 ........-..-.. 16 O
interest ...--...........-...--. 3 s.
WaterWorks Tax, 1908. .... go
Corporation 1904 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 45 8
WaterWorks ' - ..........-..--..--. % 8
| MafhSE dues $ho w
Less ianitors salary s 90 IS