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The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
EXAMINE EIGHT-HOUR BILL.
House Lawyers Testing Constitu-
tiOnaIity of Proposed Law,

House Lawyers Testing Csnstitu-
tionRIity of Proposed Law.
Final examination Of the proposed eight
hour law. pending before the House Com
nittee on Labor. TO determine it's con
stitutionality, is now being made by three
lawyers OF the House
By its terms the bin provides not only
that all work for the government shall
be on the eight-hour system, but that the
government shall not be permitted 10 pyr-
chase any material or supplies that have
been produced OF handled by workers
who have been required to put in more
that eight hours a day.
The three lawyers, who viii report to
the committee IN few days on the con-
stitutioHality Of all parts OF the bill, are
Representatives Raskins, Of Vermont;
Norris, of Nebraska, and Rainey, Of
Illinois.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
HOUSE.

In COMMITTEES Of the Whole the House further
considered the sandTy civil appropriation bill.
An amendment offered hy Representative Town
send, which viii greatly facilitate the work Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. was agreed 20.
The District Of Columbia appropriation bill.
With Senate amendments. was sent 10 conference.
At 515 the House took 9 recess until to-day
at 30
The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
sENATE-

With .he exception OF the section relating to
the forestry service the agricultural appropriation
bill vas considered. The remaining section viii
be considered to-day
After an executive session. in which the nom
instions OF a number Of postmasieTs were con
hmed. the Senate. at 4;iO p N. adjourned until
noon to-day.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
WOULD RETAIN FOUNDRY ITEM
Naval Bill COnfeFees Expected 20
Agree on Burkett Amendment

Naval Bill COnferees Expected 20
Agree on Burkett Amendment.
That the BuTkett amendment to the
naval appropriation BILL appropriating
100000 10 begin construction of an addl-
ton 10 the iron and brass foundry at the
Washington Navy Yard, will be retained
In the bill by the conferees. which now
have the bill in charge, is the belief at
the Capitol, although no definite informa-
ton can be secured at present
1t IS realized generally that the i'm
provement is one which commends itself
10 members Of Congress from a humani-
tartan standpoint as well as an economic
one. and Il is not believed that the House
eonferees will oppose It's retention. espe-
cially in view Of the large number of
men who will be benefited by the addi-
tion, which will provide employment for
an increased force at the yard
The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
LITTLE HOPE FOR NEGROES.
Warmers Illness Delays Debate and
Action on Bill Is Improbable.

Senator Lodge. OF Massachusetts. gave
notice in the Senate yesterday for Senator
Warner. Of Missouri. that the latter
would resume his Brownsville speech
next Tuesday, If able
The speech has occupied three DAYS. Mr..
Warner is sick. A request for permission
TO extend his remarks in the Congress
sional Record was denied on Wednesday.
The delay OF Mr.. Warner in completing
his speech is prolonging the Brownsville
debate and rendering less possible any
action by the Senate upon the legislation
proposed by Senator Foraker, looking 10
the restoration to the rolls of the dis
charged negro soldiers.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
GARFIELD DEFIEs SENATOR.
Secretary of Interior and Jen Davis
Have Controversy in Committee.

Senator JEFF Davis and Secretary Gar
field. of the Interior Department. yester-
day had a warm colloquy in the course OF
a meeting of the Committee on Indian
Affairs.
Mr. Garfield declined TO submit to the
committee at the Senator's request Ger.
tain papers which ne claimed were con
fdential and Mr. Davis threatened to
air his refusal on the floor OF the
Senate Mr Garfield somewhat plainly
told him to go ahead and air.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-01

When you have lost or found anything.
telephone an advertisement TO The Wash
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The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
REVISE THEIR PLANS
House Leaders Enlarge Leg
iSlatiVe Programme.
PAYNE HAS IMMIGRATION BILL

offered Several Days Ago, IL Was
Not Brought to Light Until Yes
teFday-Damage for Injured Gov
ernment Employees and Campaign
Publicity Bill on New Schedule.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
PRESIDENT WINS OUT.
House Grants MOneyfOr Rail-
road Inspection.
RESULT OF MORAL sUAs1ON

Executive Calls Republicans Into
Conference snd Request for FuRdS
to Enforce Hepburn Law Provision
Is Acceded To, Although the Full
sum Asked Is Not Allowed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16

Northwest Louisiana has been
swept by a cyclone and the town
of Gulliam has been wiped off
the map.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
The Boom for Johnson.

The growing interest in Gov.
John A. Johnson of Minnesota as
a presidential possibility inspires
the question, For what does he
stand?" and his platform may be
briefly stated, that in addition to
the well-known principles OF
Democracy he believes in tariff
revision; as little interference by
federal power with the domestic
affairs of the states, consistent
with efficient national admins
tration; the president not exceed
the powers granted him by the
constitution; regulation not own
ership of railways, no oversee
expansion; the peaceful consoli,
dation of this continent from
Panama to the Arctic Circle; nc
ship subsidies; no great naval es'
adjustment, except in so far as
our navy must keep pace with
the naval activities of other ma
tions; trusts should be opposed
as an evil. He believes in an in
come tax.
Gov. Johnson is a man of the
Lincoln type, carrying his point
without friction. Republican
legislature has done his bidding
in Minnesota, with regard tt
proposed legislation. He Cal
carry Minnesota easily.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
River News.

The Str. Betsy Ann comes
here early now owing to the high
water, so passengers should be
on hand not later than 2 a. m.
Henry Martin is in charge of
the gasoline launch Lizzie 5.
towing timber for the Bayou
Sara Lumber Co.'S big saw mill.
Capt. John J. Thompson, with
his big steam tug Laurel is
still coaling the steam boats and
handling timber for the Lumber
company.
Jas. H. Marsh, the well-known
steamboat man was in charge OF
the engine room of the Str. VIM"
Edenborn at Angola, for last
week.
E. G. Henderson, planter and
timber man, was in town one
day last week shaking hands
with his many friends.
Andrew Szabo is at home on a
visit while his tug the White
Water is laid up at New Orleans.
Capt. Billy Binning, in charge
of the ferryboat Creole Belle, is
still doing business at the old
place. Billy tried to fool his
many friends, but he might as
well send us the invitations.
| Capt. VIM. Mcclellan, the gen
ial master of the transfer steam
er, VIM. Edenborn at Angola
says it is a pleasure to have his
friends from Bayou Sara and st
Francisville come on his boat fol
the round trip and those tina
have made the trip speak so high
ly of the treatment accorded
J them by Capt. Mcclellan and hi.
friendly wife.
Charley Pace, an old Vicks
burg engineer, is now in charg'
of the engine room on the tul
+ Laurel.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
Amending the Primary Law.

There can be no doubt that
something will be done to amend
the primary law at the present
session of the Legislature, par
ticularly as it requires candi-
dates for state offices, other than
the governors Office, to have a
second primary. A plurality
vote is, in general opinion, suffi'
Gent in such cases, and will
probably be so fixed. In other
words, when a governor has
been nominated, a plurality vote
will be considered sufficient fol-
the eight subordinate offices,
This will be a relief from the ex
pense of a second primary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16

it will read well on the statute
books but will be practically as
imperative, Or as unequally ad-
ministered as the concealed
weapons law. The low charac-
ter, who has no friends, will be
punished for cohabiting with ne
groes, but the gay Lothario from
a higher circle will have his ne
gro concubines with impunity.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
May it prove even so.

Some months since the Baton
Rouge State observed: We
want nothing more from Govern
or Sanders than we are entitled
to-"
The public waits with bated
breath to see what it is going to
ask for, that being the valuation
it puts on it's services.
Mrs. Annie Douglas Moreno
of Sewanee, Tenn. has remem-
bered the editor with a copy of
her dainty booklet THE Hun
dredth Lamb" published recent
ly. 1t deals with the tenderness
which the lamb that went astray
meets with in the beyond. Her
old friends wishing copies can
doubtless get them from her at
small cost"
The Ladies' Altar Society of
the Roman Catholic Church is
called to meet next Wednesday,
May 20, at the church 4 p. m.
Business of Importance, and all
mharc AFRO 1rpod tn attend
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
ROgilEOyille Items.

There is now a fine Sunday
School at Concord and on Sun
day a large attendance besides
the regular scholars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. J. Simmons
entertained young people of the
community one evening last
week.
Willie Riddle of the End ward
was visiting friends here last
week.
Quite a number from here
went to Jackson Wednesday to
participate in the. decoration of
the soldiers graves in Centenary
Soldiers Cemetery.
The farmers seem to be pro-
crossing nicely with farm work
but cotton is looking badly from
the recent cold snap.
Miss India Phares teacher OF
the Cat Island school is now at
home as the high water necessi-
tated the closing of the school.
Mr.. John P. Spillman visited
relatives in the New Hope neigh,
borhood on Sunday.
Messrs. Joe Peterson and D.
M. Phares were in ST. Francis
vile on business a few days ago.
TIMREH.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16

Two white men, giving their
names as Jack Glass and Leo
Maulder, are under arrest char
ged with robbing the store of W.
S. Slaughter Of Port Hickey,
Sunday night about II o'clock.
They came there several months
ago in a small gasoline boat from
Melville, and have been towing
and catching timber and work
ing at odd jobs at Port Hickey.
Maudler admits he left his home
in West Virginia for some
trouble. Glass was trying to eff
feet an entrance into one store
when caught, and Maudler was
inside the other store.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
MISTAKE IN BEING TOO
DRASTIC.

Pronounced as are our utter
ances against miscegenation, it
may seem a little inconsistent
when we say that the bill, al
ready introduced in the Legisla
ture, against this social evil is
too drastic, in so far as it pro-
vides imprisonment and not fine
for the offense. Not that we do
not think the evil does not de-
serve imprisonment. 1t does
and with solitary confinement as
well.
But laws are imperative when
they are ahead of public opinion,
While miscegenation is widely
recognized as one of the greatest
dangers of the day, to labor,
morals, race purity and civiliza-
ton, it cannot be denied that the
great body of the people do not
show that position to punish it,
that they should. So long as
men will permit their wives and
daughters to be served in bust
ness by men known to be sullied
with intimate association with
women of color; in many in
stances receiving the attentions
of such men in the ball room, or
dining with them at the home
table, it is extremely improba-
BILE that convictions can be Sc.
cured in a court of justice, which
will involve Imprisonment to
these precious miscreants.
Twelve men cannot be found at
any one time in a community,
who will find against the defend
ant to send him to prison when
perhaps he is a friend O and
neighbor U or the young son of
some dear friend.
The proposed law is either too
drastic, or it is too simple. Al
lowing that Imprisonment and
not fine is the proper punish
ment-and such we think is the
case the law should place oner-
Gus charges on the District At
tOrney to prosecute such cases
without any leniency, and to
leave it to a Judge and not a jury
to decide. Indeed such cases
should only be heard in cham.
bers.
Pass the bill as it stands, and
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16

event proves that the bulk Of vo-
ters did we'll to discount them |
heavily, for if such had not been
done, and any large of Demo
Gratis had been won over to. the
white Republicans, they would
be in the position of cheek-by-
jowl with negroes today.
For in the state convention on
Monday, dominated by the re-
doubtable Gov. Warmoth, a ne
gro delegate at large was chosen
to the national convention, and.
Mr.. Pharr was characterized by
Wagmoth as needinga spanking
as a mother gives it's child.
Be it said to Mr.. Pharr's cred
it that he Indignantly repealed
any association with the negro
element of the party and up
braided his colleagues for their
. silence during the campaign
when he was making his negro
disclaiming statements. One
e can we'll imagine the sardonit
e grin on the face of Warmoth anG
others. Pharr found himself
| HELPLESS. He left the hall follow
ed by the delegation from st
Mary and delegates from La
fourche, Assumption, West Fell
ciana, Iberia, Vermilion, Eas
Baton Rouge, Terrebonne ant
y St. Martin.
If he be wise he will leave tn
, party also, for this inciden
~ should convince him, as it un
questionably does other obserV
ers, that there can be no whit
" Republican party in Louisiana
so long as the negro enters as
~ factor into it's politics. Certain
I high-t0ned men can endeavor t.
u raise or rehabilitate the part.
y" all they choose, but to meet wit
IT, failure in the end. No partisa
W can rise higher than his party
W any more than a fountain send
>" it's spray higher than it's source
The Republican party in Louis
=. :" ana cannot change. 1t was cor
ceived in the darkness of Recor
= stinction, and fathered by ne
w. grOphiles. It must and wi
n bear the faint until the negr
he disappears entirely from pol
s. tics. Until then Ephraim i
,s committed TO his idols.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
REPUBLICANS UNCHANGED.

When that excellent young
gentlemen, Henry N. Pharr of
st Mary, was campaigning for
governor on the Lily White Re-
publican ticket, he asserted
most positively. in which he was
sustained by his fellow cam
paigners, that the negro would
not be recognized as a represen-
tative element in his party; that
the Lily Whites would not ac-
cept seats in the Natiodal Con
vention if the Black-and- Tans
were recognized.
While in no way questioning
the sincerity of Mr.. Pharr in
making these statements, the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
BE JUST.

Our devotion to ST. Francisville
is not to be doubted. We have
shown it through over twenty
years residence here, and over
fifteen in journalistic effort for
it's benefit. Here our property
interests are. And here we
make our livelihood. Therefore
nothing but a desire to see just
ice done prompts US to protest
against the statement sent III by
a local correspondent to a city
paper that St. Francisyil]e had
all to lose and nothing to gain"
by a union with Bayou Sara.
Now cOnceding every one a
right to his own opinion, there
are certain dicta of justice that
demand that so harmful a state
ment to others should not be
made. There is no cOmpulsion
about uniting with Bayou Sara,
St. Francisyille doesn't have to
do it unless it wants to, but to
publish to the world that Bayou
Sara is worthless to st. Francis
vile is very unjust. Bayou Sara
has a debt of $1,000, which is off
set by q possible income under
consolidation of nearly $4,000.
All the local manufacturing in
dustries are there, excepting the
Feliciana Oil Mill. No business
in ST. Francisville employs as
many men as the Bayou Sara
Lumber Co., and the labor comes
largely from st. Francisville.
In addition there are the Bayou
Sara Compress Co., Bayou Sara
Pop Factory, Bayou Sara Ice Co,
Bayou Sara Brick Go. All of
these employ labor, much of
which comes out of ST. Francis
vile, and it makes quite a differ
ence to the landlords and mer-
chants on the hill when these in,
dustries shut down for the sea-
son. That we already have this
advantage from them, and that
some of our people draw divi-
dends from them is beside the
question. Directors should con
slider the effect If these benefits
were withdrawn. A wild rumor
was circulated this week that nc
st. FrancisVille people would be
employed in Bayou Sara. The
CONSERVATION it produced among
the labor class refutes the claim
that st. Francisville has nothing
to gain from Bayou Sara. How
much more then would amalga.
nation mean. Could our town
avail itself of the chance to de.
velop the trade in Pointe Coupee
alone, it would be worth thous,
ands of dollars, which our banks,
merchants, the people generally,
would all profit from. A cOnsoli,
dation is big with so many pos
sibilities for extending CONNER
cial interests that it is unwar-
rantable to publish abroad the
statement to which we refer
above.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16

Mr.. Jim Aubic is having a neat
little cottage erected on his
place Happy Hollow about a
mile from town.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
SATURDAY., NAV 30, 1908

the following property to-wit: One gasoline
boat 'Petrea. said boat can be seen and in
spected at Bayou Sara, La near j. F. Irvine's
Warehouse.
Terms of sale. Cash. with benefit of appraise-
ment
]. H. CLACK,
Sheriff.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16
Sheriff's Sale.

State of Louisiana. Parish of West Feliciana.
John F. Irvine & Son vs. Chris P. Anderson.
No. 1880.
BY virtue of a writ of Fl Fa to me directed
by the Hon. 2lst Jud. District Court and for
the Parish of Pie COupee. La. have seized
and will offer for sale at the front door of the
Court House 10 st. Francisville. La. to the
highest bidder at the hour of II O'Clock a. M
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16

Bayou Sara Lodge No. so, l. O..
O. F. holds a meeting Wednesday
next to elect a treasurer to re-
place W. Fl. Tenney, who is re-
moving from town. Mr.. Tenney
is fine Odd Fellow and has been
a valued officer in every capac-
ity in the gift of Bayou Sara
Lodge.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16

A cotton planter friend writes
US less pessimistically than is
usual to the average agricultur.
ist, saying: 1--WE are having
very unreasonable weather which
causes the cotton plant to look
anything but tlourishing. Itspow-
ers of recuperation are marvel
Gus however and a sweat in eth
er the grass or cold seems to do
it good."
Nav it prove even so.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-05-16

Mrs. Szaboi is having her house
repaired.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-25
MOTHER KILLS CHILD.
American Wife of Chicago Chinaman
Throws Herself Under Train After
Stabbing Daughter.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 21.-The Amer
lean wife of George Ah-Wong, a Chi
nese restaurant proprietor of Plano,
used desperate and partly successful
means of ending the lives of herself and
four children early today. She gave her
four children wood alcohol and one of
them, Ida, years old, she stabbed. Ida
died today and the mother, said by a
coroner's jury to have been temporarily
insane, after drinking some of the poi
son, threw herself under Burlington
train. Her mangled body was found
shortly afterward
Further search led to the discovery of
the dead child and her suffering, but not
fatally drugged, brothers and sisters.
This note was found: THANK God, it is
over. 1t was horrible. l can't go on
with the rest, but no one will lead my
girl the life of misery l have led. [
shall not depend on the poison. The
way must be sure"
Il can't go on" is supposed to have
referred to her inability to undergo the
horror of executing all her children as
she had little Ida. Mrs. Ah-Wong is said
to have been the daughter of reputable
Chicago parents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-25

big game in Africa or that he had an
invitation to join President Roosevelt
somewhere west of Mombassa. 1T is
true / shall pass within few hundred
miles of Mombassa' said Mr. AIDE, but
no lions and elephants for me this trip.
You see. | have been in Japan and
China. and got an idea l should like
to see what the world looked like be-
tween Suez and Hong Kong. This time
| expect to do India and Ceylon if the
the inhabitants, of those coral strands
don't see me first No | do not know
whether / shall annex them for musical
comedy purposes. l am merely travel
ing for recreation"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-25
VAN HISE RAPS PRESS.
University President Scores Student Cor
respondents Who Send Out "Hot
Stuff" About Alma Mater.

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 1S.-[Special.l
President c. r. Van Hise of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin scored university
students who are reporting on state pa
pers for sending out what he terms hot
stuff" concerning the university. The
president told the student conference
committee that these reporters should be
actuated by a love for the university
rather than by love for money. He stat
ed that they would never be able to get
employment on reputable newspapers
and would soon find themselves working
at very low salaries with no prospects
of advancement. 1t is believed that the
president has taken up arms against the
reporters because of the stories which
have been sent out concerning the al
legged student graft in the sale of fresh
man class caps, and because of the re-
ports concerning the action of the ath-
Ietic council in giving out its proceed
ings through the university press bu-
reau.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-25
FRANCIS ". MOVES
DIES At HIS HOME
STROKE OF PARALYSIS SUFFERED
YEAR AGO HAS FATAL RE
SUITS,
Death of Three Sons Within Brief
Period Brings on Fatal
Illness.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec IS, 1905
Francis w. Noyes died this morning
1t his residence, $40 Cambridge avenue,
1t the age of "a years, after brief i'll
less with bronchial asthma, succeeding
paralytic stroke nearly a year ago.
The funeral will be held Monday after
aoon at o'clock. The honorary pail
bearers will be l.. J. Petit, A. X. Ham
ilton, A. J. Aikens, DR.. A. G. Richter, S.
r. Bell, Charles l.. Blanchard and A. G.
Bridges. The active pallbearers will be
members of the staff of the Singer Manu-
featuring company, with which Mr..
Noyes had been identified as general
manager for many years, as follows:
M. NJ. Tatrou, Chicago; w. II. Merrick,
st. Paul; l.. B. Coe, Chicago; ]. B.
Southmayd, Milwaukee; G.. O. Phillips,
MilwaLkee; Henry Towne, Waupun. He
is survived by his widow, Mrs Carrie 10.
Moves, and a daughter, Mrs. Charles w.
Hamilton of this city.
Lost Three Sons Recently.
Within three and half years Mr..
Noyes lost three sons by death-F. w.
Noyes, Jr., DR.. George K. Noyes and
Grant Noyes. The shock of his sons
death brought a paralytic stroke upon
the father on January 2 last, though
later he became able to walk and drive
put A few days ago he was attacked
by bronchial asthma, and on Saturday
ne took to his bed.
Francis w. Noyes was born March 10,
1884, in Pulaski, n. Y. and was the son
IF Helon Fay Noyes. Coming west, he
went first to Saltwater, Mimi, and came