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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-03-21
ACT NO. %.

ACT NO. %.
BY Mr.. Herman. House Bill No. SO
Chairman of the Joint judiciary Com :.
mittee, A. 4. c. Substitute for
House Bills Nos. ,, 3, and 26.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti.
tuition Of Louisiana relative to tax col.
lectors for the City of New Orleans,
providing for the election of one Tax
Collector for said city, fixing his term
Of office, his compensation and the
clerical and other expenses of his Of
flee and providing for the payment
thereof.
Section /. BE it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana,
swo-.hirds %! the members elected t.
each House concurring. That thtt.
shall be submitted to the qualified cleo
tors of this State the following propo,-
ed amendment 10 the Constitution of
LOui siana, to wit:
That there shall be one State Tax Col
lector for the City of New Orleans who
shall be elected BY the qualified electors
Of said city for the term of four az
years. He shall receive Il salary OF Five
Thousand (S5.O0W Dollars per annum
payable monthly. The fees received
from delinquent taX-debtors, as also the
fee Of 81. 90 charged for tax research
certificates to the persons applying for
same, shall be turned over to the State
Treasury.
The Legislature at its first session.
after this amendment shall have been
submitted to Il vote of the people. as
herein provided, if the same be adopted.
shall appropriate such sum as NAV be
necessary fo- the payment of the clerical
expenses. rent furniture and porteraye
tor the office Of said tax collector: pro-
vided. however, that the total amount of
said appropriation shall not exceed the
sum of $50, 10000. and provided further
that said appropriation shall be bv items
showing the particular use to which such
appropriated funds shall be applied.
Section 2: Be it further enacted, etc,
That this proposed amendment be SUBJ
mitted to the electors of the State for
their approval or rejection as required
by Article 321 of the Constitution Of
Louisiana and the general election laws
Of this State. at the general election to
be held on the Tuesday following the
third Monday in April, 1908.
Section 3. BE it further enacted, etc.
That all properly nominated candidates
For the Office herein provided for shall
be voted for at said general election and
The one elected shall be commissioned in
he same manner, and enter upon the |
discharge OF his Office. at the time when
he terms of Office of the present tax
collectors in said city expire, and he
hall supersede the present tax collec-
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city, town or levee district thereo.
(such bonds to have market value q
least equal to the par value nefeop
equal 70 the estimated average NC
posts Of such authority. as ceeel'
mined b., tine record O1 the year PlH
vious, or shall give bond with . ou.y
authorized surety company as sule.!
for sum not greater than " pet
centum of the capital and surplus ' :.
such surety company. or may aepo ."
bonds aforesaid for part OF Inc Se.i
rity and give surety bond TOR !ls Da sl
ance in such proportion as sald p oanS
or banks may see fit. The sala poa, -
of Liquidation reserves the rlgn' "
reject any and all all bids: o,,rr
JOHN T. MICHEL
Secretary of State.
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ACT. NO. Is.

All. NJ. 10.
By Mr.. Milsaps. Senate Bill No. 9.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment 10 Article 2SS
of the Constitution Of the State of
Louisiana relative to Railroads. Ex-
press. Telephone, Telegraph, Steam
boat and Sleeping Car Commission.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Ger
eral Assembl of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring. that Article 2sS
Of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana. be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows
Article 2SS. The General Assembly
may add to or enlarge the powers and
duties of said Commission, or confer
other powers and duties on them. They
may also provide additional clerical, OF
other assistance that may lie deemed
necessary for the discharge of the duties
Of said Commission, and may add other
mission effective.
1t shall be the duty of the Attorney
General, and the various district attOr-
neys, to aid said commission ia all legal
matters, for which they shall receive
not exceeding % per cent. of all fines
and Iorfeitures collected by them: pro-
vided the commission may employ other
attorneys in lieu of these officers on like
terms.
No person in the service of, or attOr.
neg for, any railway, express. telephone,
telegraph, steamboat or other water
craft. sleeping car company or corpora
tiou nr pecuniariIv interpctp1 in Such
company or corporation. shall hold the
office of commissioner.
The fines collected. aftor paying the
attorneys fees and the costs in suits, in
which the Commission may be cast for
costs, shall be paid into the State Treas
ury.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved etc.
That the foregoing amendment of the
Constitution of the State, shall be sub
mitted to the electors for their approval
or rejection, as required by Article 321
of the Constitution of the State Of Louis
lana and general elections laws of this
State at the General State Election to be
held in this State on the 2lst day of
April, 1908.
J. Y. SANDERS.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
]. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved November 2Sth, 1907.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
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Article 81. The Auditor Of Public Ac-

Article 81. The Auditor Of Public Ac-
counts shall receive a salary of Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per
annum. The Treasurer shall receive a
salary of Two Thousand Dollars per an
mum. The Secretary of State shall re-
ceive a salary of Five Thousand Dollars
per annum. Each of the said officers shall
be paid monthly, and no fees, or per-
quisitcs or other compensation, shall be
allowed them; provided, that the fees
now. or which may hereafter be fixed by
!aw to be charged by the Sec. ctary Of
State, shall be collected and paid over
by him monthly to the State Treasurer
10 he placed to the credit Of the General
Fund.
Article 50 Appropriations for the
clerical expenses of the officers named
in the preceding article shall specify
each item Of appropriations; and snail
not exceed in any one year, 1or inc
Treasurer the sum of Two Thousand
Dollars: for the Secretary OF state, the
sum Of Ten Thousand Dollars and the
salary of the Assistant Secretary OF Htate
and ali clerical force OF the insurance
Department and all other expenses OF his
office shall be included in this amount;
and for the Auditor Of Public Accounts.
the sum of Four Thousand Dollars
Section 2. Be il further resolved. ETC.,
That the foregoing amendments OF the
Constitution Of the state, shall be sub
mit,ed to the electors for their approval
or rejection, as required by Article 3s1
of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana and general election laws of this
state at the general State election to be
held in this State on the 2lst day OF
April. 1908.
J Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
J. W. HYAMS.
Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
tives.
Approved November 9th, 1907.
NEWTON e. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State
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CALL FOR FISCAL AGENCY b'O''

Notice is hereby given that, Purs .;cL
to Act % of 1907. the Town OF i ber"' tho
municipal corporation vl!n,n iii
Parish of St. Mary, L Louls louisa tse slst
let out its deposits on Tuesday Wv
day of March, A. D. 1908. :, bids
1t will therefore receive sealeu h,si.
from any bank or banks dolng H. the
ness in the Parish of st Mary ~ ,o;ci.
custody of the funds of SAID nu''
pality. .dorsed
All bids should be sealed, enu p;d >
on the envelope Fiscal Agenv: n the
and addressed to the Secretals, "
Council of the Town OF Ber~iea arod at
Said bids will be publlci! op ~ N he
the meeting of the Town Coul0. IN the
held at the Office Of the May ooo at the
2ith day of March, y. d., lS0'''
hour of 1870 +. NJ. wovor.
G. w. WRIGHT, Secretary.
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ACT NO IL.

BY Mr.. Voegte. Senate Bill 30. 6.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Articles 81
and 82 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana relative to fixing the
salaries of the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, Treasurer and Secretary of
State and providing that all fees re-
ccived by the Secretary Of State under
existing law or laws which may here
after be enacted, shall be covered into
the State Treasury.
Section l. BE il resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana,
two-thirds Of all the members elected 70
each House coacurring. That Articles 81
and 50 of the Constitution of the State
Of Louisiana, be amended 80 as to read
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10
TAFT REPLY To
UNION LABOR:
ISSUES STATEMENT OF HIS
VIEWS REGARDING GRANT.
ING AND ENFORCEMENT OF
STRIKE lNJUNCTiONS.

CLEVELANDs O., Jan. 10 I'm
answer to questions propounded by
Sec. Lewis, of the Ohio Federation
of Labor, secretary of War Taft
has issued a statement declaring
that he had no objection to a sta
tute clearly defining limitations un-
der which injunctions may be is
sued; and pronouncing himself in
favor of a return to the old federal
court rule of serving notice on de-
PENDANTS and hearing testimony be-
fore issuing a restraining order,
this provision having especial ref
erence to labor injunctions. Where
an order is issued solely on plain
tiff's affidavits Taft favors limit
of three or four days in which
those enjoined may answer.
He also holds it fair that a Judge
issuing an injunction is not the
proper Judge to decide whether the
same order has been violated, but
finds objections to leaving deci-
sion of such cases to a jury, pre-
ferring another member of the fed
eral bench.
The query was put to Taft in
connection with his candidacy to
succeed Roosevelt.
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MASQUERADE BALL

Grand prize masquerade ball.
given by the Sisters of Herman,
for the benefit of the order. Turn
er's Hall, Jan. II, 1908. Admission
so cents.
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| special Correspondence to The Press
ELY, New, Jan. 1e-What will
daylight look like to men who have
been imprisoned for a month and a
half in mine darkness so impene-
trable, so dense, SO blanket-like
that 1t seemed one could almost
reach out and seize it?
Will they be totally blind? Will
their hair be white and their nerves
shattered?
What will the fresh, invigorating
ozone of the mountains feel like to
lungs that have been weakened and
clogged by sucking In so long the
dust-laden, sitting, befouled air OF
a shut-in cavern 1000 feet beneath
the surface of the earth.
And what will be the reactionary
effect of the absorption of so much
poison from the noxious, fume-
laden atmosphere? Will it be ty-
phoid fever, jaundice or what rack
ing disease?
These are the questions that
stand out first when you consider
the plight of three men entombed
in the most remarkable mine dis
aster of a generation. These men,
R. A. Bailey, ePte Mcdonald and
Fred Brown, were imprisoned by
cave-in Dec. l. They were caught
on the 1,000-foot drift of the Alpha
shaft of the Circus gold mine here
with hundreds of feet Of almost
solid debris above them.
They are still there. There is lit
tie prospect that they will be res
cued before Jan. Is.
Within a few minutes after the
accident Bailey communicated with
the upper level by telephone, CIV
ing instructions that probably
saved their lives. Then the wire
was broken by another cave.
1t was three days before commu-
nication was reopened by means of
a six-inch water pipe.
Imagine the horror Of that des-
perate wait. Imagine If you can
the terrible apprehension which
has enshrouded them ever since,
knowing as they do that at any mo-
ment may come another slipping
of the drift that may crush out
their lives in twinkling. This is
the menace both prisoners and res
cuers fear most.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10
WHAT is JUSTICE?
BY Jessie M. partition

Nearly 1000 years ago the Man
of Galilee repealed the Mosaic law
by a new commandment, Love one
another" Yet, | maintain, the an.
cient code of violence and venge-
ance remains the basis of our mod
ern criminal Jurisprudence.
1t is as though the Son of God
never spoke his message Of Infinite
love and hope to the world.
Because you, in your weak hui
manity, have sinned, we, who have
not sinned, will wipe JOY and peace
and hope out of your life forever
and rob you of your birthright.
Slowly out of the night of ignor-
ance have grown new ideals,
larger conception of life and its
uses, finer sense of our universal
brotherhood. Yet. at the point
where man essays to usurp the
prerogative of his Maker and sit in
judgment upon his fellow man, the
world remains pagan.
Forgive us our trespasses, as
, we. forgive those who trespass
against u.s." we pray, and brand for
all time the wretch who steals our
silver.
Standing in the yard of state
prison one day l watched the con-
victs file by to dinner. They've all
had their chance. and came to
this" said the guard scorntully.
l deny it! They never had a
chance Not their own wills, but
the memorable conditions of society
under which they were born set
those men there.
We take the strength of mind
and body from a million child
slaves who are willing to give up
the honor fight early in life. In
filthy tenements the cities grow
unhuman things who fill our pris-
ons. In the name of the law we
sell the liquor that drives i'll nour-
ished, desperate men and women
crazy, then punish them for the
crimes they commit under its in
fluence. Before the astigmatic vi
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10
HOODLUM NUISANCE ON RIVERSIDE

The Press that Trues at
tenton be called small i'll hammered
about cigar
side for the apparently advertising their lack
of gentlemanly instinct by blowing cgaret smoke
faces and making ill remarks
The matter has been referred The Press aduser
of human insists, meanwhile a
idea the policemen Riverside
in the direction these offenders
they be compelled to conduct themselves such
that and girls passing the
be saved from insult Complaints
Press from and investigation that their
founded earthly
having conditions sort,
little activity the police officers
swinging clubs and keeping close watch pretty faces and
ankles would solve the problem
will will
tails instances, telling Just
officer duty and how far he the
the time
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10
BRIEF CITY NEWS

The Spokane Brotherhood of
Owls has installed officers and
elected the following delegates to
the grand nest in Portland Jan.
1918: H. A. Owen M. c. Conley,
NJ G. Morgan, M. T. Nelson.
Reimer's full military band will
playa special program at the
Princess rink this evening.
A committee headed by F. =.
Goodall was appointed last night
to draft constitution and bylaws
for the New England club. Pla1s
were also suggested for celebrating
Forefathers' day and boosting for
the Inland Empire. A big attend
ance participated in the meeting.
The club meets again Jan. 80.
The remains of Rev. e. A. MI
Kinney, late of Waverly, were
buried at Greenwood this after
noon from Vincent M. E. church.
The deceased minister is survived
by wife and two daughters.
Firemen at Ne. s station on Sher-
man ST. last evening entertained p
number of friends with a dance.
About 20 couples enjoyed the even
ing.
Falls City hive, L. O. T. NJ, is
installing officers this afternoon in
the lodge room at Oliver hall.
The Ladies' Aid society of West
minister Congregational church has
elected the following officers: Mrs.
e. E. Davies, president; Mesdames
G. U. Ham and j. r. Clifford, vice
president; Mrs. F. II. Mason, sec
rotary; Mrs. Will Shaw, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. ]. W.
Thompson, treasurer.
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sion of the underpaid clerk we set
the golden picture of i'll gotten
wealth and shameful luxury.
In police court we deal lightly
with the eternal mysteries of life
and death and call the product JUS
tice. Innconet and guilty go
through the same mill.
A man is arrested, carrolled in a
vile smelling cell with experts in
crime, treated as guilty thing
from the moment of his arrest, al
though the law still presumes him
innocent. If ignorant of language
or custom he is brOwbeaten by a
police prosecutor who is humanity
no whit different from himself.
From the police court the man
who has no money to pay his fine
is thrust into another hopper of
the same mill, the workhouse.
Here he is further Inundated
and degraded. Here he learns the
meaning of the majestic rule
meets violence with violence. The
next time that man is arrested it is
for a graver crime and he goes to
the penitentiary.
The idea engendered with him
is exactly that of a child, punish
ed harshly, who cries, "If | must
be punished anyway, III do some
thing worth while being punished
fort"
Now, this is unfair, both to the
victim and civilization.
There is a system of real justice
operating in a city of the United
States. 1t may be imperfect now,
but it is a long reach toward the
idea 1t gives the criminal a chance
to recover himself. Later on | am
going to contrast it with the condi-
tons | have found in many other
cities and states and ask my read
ers to decide which is right, which
is civilizing, which is Christian. To
me seems like reaching toward
actual justice.
On the next article Miss partition
will discuss the question, rs There
Criminal Glass;
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10

The best progress yet on the fill
ed in mine shaft lying between
their place of refuge and the fever.
ishdly working rescue party has
been only rs feet a day. Over 400
feet of debris remains.
Food is let down to the men
daily through the six-inch water
pipe. A chain of metal tubes in
two-fOot lengths, connected by wire
couplings, is used for this. Food
and water fill the tubes. The tele-
phone is repaired and they talk to
friends and relatives.
The men display wonderfully
good spirits; they joke with their
friends and jibe the rescuers for
their slowness, and Mrs. Bailey
talks hours each day with her hus-
band.
Yet the terrible nervous strain
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10
WIFE'S GHOST SAVED HIM

CALDWELL, n. j., Jan. 10.-C.
H. Durand, a farmer, says that
while driving a few evenings ago
a ghostly figure of his dead wife
told him not to go home as danger
awaited him there. Durand heed
ed the warning and did not return
home until morning. He found a
string in the door and when he
pulled it with him umbrella shot
was fired from a revolver, which
the string discharged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10

THEY'VE ALL HAD THEIR
CHANCE, AND COME TO THIS"
SAID THE GUARD SCORN-
FULLY.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10
MINISTER'S WIFE AND
SON KILLED

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10
Mrs. Boyd, wife of Rev. A. p.
Boyd, of Sellwood M, E. church,
Portland, and their son, were kill
ed in Southern Pacific wreck last
night at Rucker station. An UNI
identified tramp was also killed,
and William Ferguson, probably IA
tally injured. The engine and six
coaches went into the ditch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10
TRAIN BURGLARS CAUGHT

A negro giving the name of Ed
Johnson, who with a companion
boarded N. P. train No. 3 at Spo-
kane, stole several hundred dollars
from berths in the tourist sleeper
between Lind and Spokane. He
left the train at the latter station
but was arrested on a description
telegraphed back by Conductor
Smith. The other negro was ar
rested at Pasco.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10
Orr Great Half Price
White Sale Ends Tomorrow

If you have not attended this
wonderful bargain event in Under
and Embroideries come to
the Whitehouse tomorrow, sure
Your money will go twice as far as
at any other time. $50
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10
TO ENFORCE RAILROAD LAW

HELENA, Jan. 10.-Suits have
been begun in this state against
the Northern Pacific for violating
the railroad eight hour law and
other regulations designed for the
benefit of trainmen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-10

CIRCUS NINE, NEVADA, AND
DIAGRAMS SHOWING PLIGHT
OF THREE MINERS.
must tell; the horrible uncertainty,
that day and night fear, ever pres
ent, that something may happen at
at last moment.
What sort of men will they be
when rescue comes?
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-10
BRUTAL TREATMENT.
Alleged by Wife Who Claims Husband
& and Hired Man Threw Her Out
@ Glad in Night Gown.
westhope Standard :

Westhope Standard: Mrs. John
Coulter. living south OF here came to
town the first of the week and swore
out a warrant before Magistrate Craw-
ford against her husband John CouI-
ter, and his hired man, Henry Larson,
for, assault and battery The prelimin- !
ary hearing in Larson's case was held
last evening, and the story told by
Mrs. Coulter was about as follows:
She said that the two men came
home quite late Saturday night pretty
drunk, and dragging her from her bed,
threw her out doors in the snow, clad
only in a thin night dress, and then
kicked and cuffed her and threw snow
over her. Mr.. Coulter and Larson
denied the story, saying that they did
not touch the women. G. w. Baker
appeared for the defendant and E. c..
Bowen for the state.
AS. the evidence was two to one
Judge Crawford was obliged to dis
charge Larson. The preliminary hear
ing In Coulter's case will be held next
Monday night .
This is the second time Mrs Coulter
has brought in a complaint like this
one, once last winter, but she refused
to appear against her husband when
the trial came of.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-10
ROOSEVELT WILL
PAY The FREIGHT

/ = le y ! ~
Z Washington, Dec 1O,it President
Roosevelt ewill get nothing from the
government !. bat :wilH give much of
value to the government ON his African
trip according to a. statement given
out blythe Smithsonian Institute. The
statement says:
mr.. Roosevelt will pay. all the ex-
penses of himself and his son Kermit
In. connection with the proposed trip,
Including outf1tting and transporta-
ton.
The expenses Of the three natural
lists sent out from the Smithsonian In
stithte will be paid out OF funds pro-
vided for the purpose, no part of which
Is derived from any government ap-
preparation or from the ipcome Of the
Smithsonian fund
Mr.. Roosevelt VIII not receive, one
penny of the fund, for hts own or his
sons use or expenses. On the Con-
trary he makes d gift to the govern
ment OF specimens worth many thou
sands or dollars, and possibly Of a
value that can hardly be Expressed.
He will getsmothing from the govern
nents ne will give mulch ST value to
the governrnenty the a0vernment's 8
share win be limited 70 reCeiving the
giftp