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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-19
Donaldsonvilie, La, Sept. /, 1908.
To the President and Members of the Police Jury,
parrish of A Ascension.


GentIemen:-I hereby submit the following
bid for the parish printing of the parish OF As
cension: / offer to print and publish in The
Donaldsonvil1e Times all of the regular pro-
ceedings of the police jury, treasurer's and ali
committee and road board reports, budget, all
notices of police jury meetings, all notices OF
ferry sales all notices of contract work, procla-
nations of elections, ETC.. as per call for bids
issued by the finance committee OF your honor
able body, for the ensuing year for the sum and
price of $3.50 for the entire work of said year.
Yours very truly,
TAG Won T
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-19

Fresh arrivals al Cheap Tony s.:
Ladies misses and children e fall and
winter walking hats ready to-Weal
hats: shapes, piumes, tips, wings aud
other new style trimmings for ladies
hats. Cali ard see The very latest
novelties.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-19

Monday on Business
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-19

| Armitage fifth ward; Rosemend Brand sixtz5
ward: Oreal Gonzales, seventh ward; =. 4.
/ Webb, eighth ward. Absent-M. Tobias th1ra
/ ward.
The minutes Of the last preceding meeting
were read and approved
/ A communication from the president and sec
rotary of Protective Hose ConpaayN 70. I. setting
forth that this company was recently organl<t.d
| with membership of fifty and is fully eqnlppsd
and asking the jury for an appropriation etiQat
| in amount to that allowed the other compaa4es
of the Donaldsonville fire department, was Eesa
and received.
! connnun cat on from Parish superintendent
/ D. B. showalter, reporting that at the exs5sss
nation held Aug. u to select beneficiary studen6
to the State Normal School, Miss Jessie Dixon
had obtained percentage of IS, Miss sara ssl1-
shefski So, Hiss Mary Morgan 30, hiss Be8a12ee
| Gonzales r. and Miss Anna Leblanc 81, was
read and received.
A communication from r. Henderson. secse-
tary of the common council of ponaldsonFilie,
requesting the jury TO appoint committee q
three to confer with a like committee named y
the town council relative to the sale OF the rtI
| ferry franchise, was read and received.
4 petition signed by twenty residents and tax
payers of the first ward, and endorsed by Prest
dent Reuss of the police Jury. praying that David
Parker be again placed on the pension roll OF Tbs
parish, was read and received
A communication from v, 7. Canbre Offering
to lease the Port Vincent ferry for four years al
$40 per year. was read and received.
A note from Mr.. Edmund Maurin, requesting
that his bid for the parish printing be returned
to him unopened, read. and the propose
ordered returned.
The following communications were read and
received:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-19

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SIS ian GashoIie church vas ilberaAy
patron zed ard resnlted III al unqual-
ifed success. The gross receipts to-
tailed sl5S4.6D and the expenses sal6s,
Il. leaving net profit Of Bills. As.
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The attention OF our readers is di-
rected to the advertisement OF the
Louisiana State Normal School, which
appears elsewhere in today's ISSUE.
Dr. J. B. Aswell, the efficient presi-
dent or the Institution, says that it is
his ambition to make the Normal
School as good as itcan be made and
to open it's doors to every worthy
youth ia Louisiana who is interested
in the business of teaching. He wishes
to make it unnecessary and undesir-
able to send out OF Louisiana to fill
any good school position, and IN the
accomplishment of this end be solicits
the CO operation OF the public spirited
and patriotic citizens OF the state.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-19

Get our prices on repair work.
Come and look at our line of jewelry.
We are always glad to have you call
and inspec5 orr stock OF diamonds.
watches, clocks, silverware, etc. Will
son. Tobias building.
During the severe rain and cleo
trical storm which prevailed this
morning, lightning struck and set
ire TO the corniee Of one Of the cupolas
on the roof Of the Donaldsonville Ice
Company S factory in Mississippi
street. An alarm was turned IN from
box u and the IRE department re
sponded with its usual degree OF
prompt tude, despite the binding rain
which prevailed as the time, Volnn-
teer Hose Company brought a stream
into action within FIVE minutes after
the sounding of she alarm and the
blaze was eytinEuished in Snort order.
The damage amounted to $50.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26
RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERS.

The fact that serious accident to the train in which the Republican presidential nominee was riding which might have resulted in his death; the illness of Vice Presidential Nominee sherman; and the death of ex-Presi- dent Grover Cleveland all within a day or two brings sharply to mind the great uncertainty of life even with those who, as leaders of the people, are apt to be looked upon as immune from such mattere because of the very im- portance of their life to the many. But such happenings cannot but tend to emphasize the ever-present fact that those who are born to the purple are, in reality, not their own masters They are in way as responsible to those they lead for their lives and good health, as fo.' their decisions and ac- lcomplishments; and they are equally
 as culpsbe when they endanger the first ss when they endangeI the second It means much to the country in either event and 1t Is incumbent upon them
 to observe the laws of health faithful ly and to protect themselves with every
 safeguard possible.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26
A COOPERATIVE FOURTH.

The Springfield board of aldermen made wise move when they decided that in their city on the Fourth of July this year explosives should only he flr- ed off during certain well prescribed hours composing minor part of. the day; but the Bridgeport fire marshal has showed that he Is up to snuff'' just as much In his decision to issue permits for selling explosives that shall not go into effect until the hour of midnight on July third
 He found that a recent ordinance, enacted by the common council in tho Factory City, grants him the right to Issue permits only for the seven days prior to and including the Fourth. This he took to mean that he may use his own discretion as 10 what part of those seven days he may choose. Tn conse- quence he decided upon the minimum and, inasmuch as the absolute denial of the right to ell.exploslves. if decld ed upon suddenly. would probably bring general howl of disapproval, the par tial denial at this junction Is the one, best move 10 make.
 If the local authorities could Do brought to take similar actions to those mentioned in Springfield and Bridge port, 1t would, perhaps. mean a greater advance toward that longed-for day when the Fourth will be quiet and respectable holiday than the absolute denial of permits to sell explosives and of the right to set them ofY would just at present A partial denial would tend | 10 awaken public sentiment to the ab- surdity of our present celebration oi our national holiday, whereas a total denial would tend to incense that class which is ever ready to jealously guard what 1t believes are It's rights"
 The prohibition experiment in Wor- cester has shown how intellectual must be the attempt to establish a dry city in wet state The result |, that those who want to drink will buy what they want in the outside wet district and bring 1t in with them. Sim ilarly Bridgeport or New Haven canno well succeed in doing away with nois, on the Fourth of July by preventing the selling of explosives within thei
 limits People will go elsewhere to buy their powder. What Is needed Is coop eration by all the cities and the educa ton of the public up to realizing tn, need and the common sense of 1t all Springfield and Bridgeport have led thu way; what of New Haven?
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THE REPUBLICANS RALLY.

No better evidence could be offered this year of the potential strength of the republican national party than the concerted support that is being developed for the presidential nominee among the very men who aspired to the honor which the latter so over whelmngly attained at the Chicago convention.
 If Mir. Taft would have been strong with Governor Hughes as his running mate, he is to-day scarcely less strong with the governor as his hearty sup porter. and incidentally the republi- can party will be much better off in the empire state for having an avail able man for reelection as governor who cannot fall to sweep his states vote Into his lap as the gamblers he decries sweep their gains into their money-bags
 Says the New York Tribune of him:
 He Is the party's greatest asset in the state and his continuance In public life means much for the state Ills renomination will be as useful to the party as to the state, and that is say ing a great deal"
 Governor Hughes has a powerful in huence upon a greater number of sob er-minded people throughout the length and breadth of this country than may be suspected. As President Roosevelt impersonates the popular idea of a leader who accomplishes re- suits in n spectacular way, Governor Hughes may be said to be increasingly the popular conception of leader who aecomplishes things equally as commendable in comparison. but In a quiet and sober fashion. Above all things, he keeps faith unwaverinely He is willing to yield to no one in his admiration of Mir. Taft" and he a man who can inspire that same ad- miration in the breasts of others.
 The announcement is now made that Senator Foraker, another candl. date for the coveted honor which Mir Taft secured, is to go on the stump for the latter, giving his attention more especially to the negro vote witt which. it must not be denied. his In. nuence is great, owing largely to hi. continued interest in the negro side ol the Brownsville affair. The senator can do much for the Taft cause in th, state of Ohio where 1t Is said that should even 50 or 75 per cent. of tht negro vote stay at home on eleetior day and not vote. the republican ticke fin Ohio might be jeopardlzed.
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abused, It is the penalty of right do- ing and right acting to meet abuse, It is nevertheless humilating to remem- Der that the support which was so necessary to the achievement of his noble purposes was withheld by men of power in both political parties not because he was advocating principles of doubtful value, but because the more cunning of them knew that If his views prevailed unfair advantage, which was enjoyed by tho few, would be destroyed. Nothing has been more irritating to the patient supporters of Mr. Cleveland and his policies than the reckless and demagogic charge that he was not the friend of the toiling masses. Not since the days of Abraham Lincoln have the toiling masses, the men who work in the sweat of their brow, had such a champion and no one of the younger leaders approaches so near to the simple hearted and aspiring idealism in this respect as does William How ard Taft, The two men have more in common than any other two men have had since the war ended. MT, Black of Scotland would find 1t a hard task indeed to determine which was the greater democratf even with MT. Taft's definition of democracy ln mind--"a mere historic description.
 If the lesson of temperate judgment and decorous speech can be drawn
 from the life of Mir Cleveland and
 the career he made, and 1t can be i'm
 pressed upon our public men to be remembered during the campaign
 which is impending, 1t may be said
 some day that Grover Cleveland died
 at the psychological moment.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26
LACKING CHARITY.

With the whole world a-tune to the praises of the dead Grover Cleveland, with eulogies and page-long accounts of his life filling every print from Maine to California 1t seems most incongruous that the prohibition party of this state, in convention at South Manchester should fail to recognize the sterling worth of this man who stood in the fore-rank of the many very remarkable men that the democratic party has pro- duced and who has been spoken of abroad as the greatest president we have produced since Washington. The prohbitionists do this simply because he did not look at the temperance ques- tion in exactly the same light that they do. They lack charity and. especially at a time such as this. their criticism of Grover Cleveland's views Is particular ly ill-timed.
 According to the press accounts. a resolution relating to the death of President Cleveland was presented to the prohibition convention for approval by Manchester clergyman. Tn 1t he was spoken of as a statesman. Evident ly the convention believed that no man could be a great statesman who did not antasonlze the liquor traffic. At \ any rate, o. w. Stewart of Chicago arose to say that the prohibitionists had always maintained that President Cleveland was a friend of the liquor traffic, both in his capacity as governor of New York state and as president4o oi the United States. ITO pass resolutions now declaring him a statesman would be inconsistent" MT. Stewart said. and upon that basis the resolution was de. 1 feated
 Even the membets of our grand army who fought with their life's blood for the principles they upheld, have been more charitable than this. With the war over and conditions changed, Gen. eral Lee, who headed the Confederate army, was honored by north and soutf alike during the later years of his life Cannot political factions do as much Do our prohibitionist friends believe that MT Cleveland was not sincere IT what he did7 If he was, If hc worked sincerely with all his energies and abil ities for the best welfare of the peopl he had been chosen to lead, he wa; truly statsman, for sincerity Is tn, statesman's first requisite.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26
THE BOAT RACE.

It was Tom Reed of Maine, who said that the uncertainties of life made life worth living That i.i brief is the story of yesterdays race between Yale and Harvard on the river. Thames, Yale re- grets that the uncertainties of life came in to cripple her at a critical mo- ment and that unforeseen circum- stances compelled her to limp over the course, but she does not close her eyes to the fact that everything counts in a race on the river and that the vic- tory goes to the contestant arriving at the finish first. Beyond question Har- yard would have preferred race with out accident either to man or oar. Yale lost but In losing she recalls with in creaslng pride the nerve of the men who, heart broken and depressed, brought the boat to the finishing line. Yale can die in struggle for mastery, but she always dies game. She has no excuses to offer for the hard luck which overlook her The victory is Harvard's 8. A long cheer for the university which Is the Mother of Men.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26
THE LIGHTS ON THE GREEN.

Now that the graduates have left town and New Haven begins. as annu- ally to hybernate for the summer, one |cannot but wonder why 1t is that the electricians are only now beginning to get their strings of lights in position festooned from the big flag pole in ev- cry direction It Is to late this year to cry over spilled milk but the time when New Haven should look its best Is when 1t has present the greatest number of visitors
 The lights, we are told, are to re- main in place on the green for some time. They will be ready for use on the Fourth and will not be taken down until well Into September During the intervening period they will be lighted for number of different conventions to be held In this city, Against this thero can be no objection But 1t is safe to say trat at none of these conven- tons will the,c be as many visitors in New Haven of an evening as there were on Monday md Tuesday nights of this week. Furthermore. not one of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26
THE VOTING MACHINE.

Mayor Martin waited until the last moment and then vetoed the vote of the aldermen providing for the pur- chase of voting machines As his reasons for the official act do not ac- company the note sent the city clerk, 1t Is impossible to comment on the important incident It Is a bit sur prising, however, to hear in advance of the meeting of the aldermen, that they will not override the executive veto. Possibly 1t should be sustained, but there Is no possible way of de- termining that point until the alder men learn what prompted the mayor to interpose an objection to move ment, which has been discussed from every conceivable point of view and approved by the representatives of the people
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26
THE PRESIDENT REBukED.

President Roosevelt must keenly re- gret the opportunity he forced upon the venerable president of Harvard university to administer him a stern rebuke for neddling in university af- fairs at critical moment. Not since his levatlon to the high office he occupies has MT. Roosevelt brought down upon his head such a scorchng or what he would call "a corking' punishment, made the more ntolerable by the quietness of the dic- ton employed
 The facts In the case arc these. After the Harvard crew reached their headquarters at New London, tho nn- nouncement was made of change in
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26

the organizations to meet here means as much to New Haven as does Yale,
 To say that the lighting of the bulbs on the Green would tend to make much disorder among the graduates who would be drawn to that quarter, seems uncalled for. There never was a year in the history of Yale reunions when there was less disorder among Yale men than this year, Such is the universal opinion ol all who have been in way to observe such celebrations for many years, The tendency every year Is In that direction, An Hum mated Green would have been happy and appropriate way for New Haven to have shown its local pride in Yale When the time comes next year to put the lights up, let it be before the re- unions.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26
A nrynn Echo.
Does Bryan fear to tread the path
 Which he himself has picked, And meet the regnant c O. P

Does Bryan fear to tread the path Which he himself has picked, And meet the regnant c, 0. P. To lick or to be licked?
 Echo-be licked. Why does he hang on like a leech And work his we'll worn bluf. Two times loser In the race, Is not that quite enough7
 Echo-enough. Observe the smile upon his face, Put there to meet the scoff And seorn of genuine democrats The smile that won't come oM.
 Echo-come of He says that he alone has strength To pull the party through, And any one opposing him To party Is not true.
 Echo-not true. Oh, hear him speak upon the stump, His accents rising high. Behold In me the peoples own: 1 am Nox Popuii"
 Echo--ull. "I want to run; ought 10 run, Because, dear friends, you see, It's nothing more than right and wha The delegates owe me
 Echo-oh me. With Bryan at the front once more, The Matchless Leader, brave Say, will the party follow him To glory or the grave7
 -Echo-the grave.
 New York World.
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the boat by the removal of two vet eran oarsmen Later 1t was found out that these men had broken the university rules in secretly taking from the library book which they had no right to take, and carried 1t with them to New London, This struck President Roosevelt and As- slstant Secretary of State Bacon two Harvard men as severe punishment, in view of the likelihood of the lnno- cent being made to suffer with the guilty, The absence of the men from the boat might give Yale the victory In the race They appealed to Presi- dent Eliot on these grounds Presi- dent Eliot reminded the president that the act was "dishonorahle" one; that graduates of the university should not urge university officials to condone "scurvy things, on the ground of giving pleasure to others, Says President Eliot One violated in his private interest and in a crooked way rule made in the common in- terest, while the other gave a false name and did not take subsequent op- portunity to give his own"
 ppaAtIant !, President Roosevelt that he should be the last alumnus of Harvard to advo- cate the suspension of rules especial l ly designed for the enforcement of "the square deal,' and for the pur- pose of escaping defeat at the hands of rivals. That in the judgment of the venerable university president Is not "a sure and keen sense of honor. T It Is quite likely that the punishment more than fits the crime, which is ob- yiously President Roosevelt's conten- ton, but il is nevertheless A punish ment agreed upon by the university officials. It being understood by the students, the deliberate risk involved in defying 1t could be, In the last anaylsis, met in but one way. upor mature reflection we are sure tha' President Roosevelt will conclude that some of the judgments he ha, slammed off lack the justification tho Eliot judgment possesses So far q! President Eliot Is concerned we car we'll believe the incident Is closed.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-26
CLEVELAND EULOGIES.

The tributes which are being paid the memory of Grover Cleveland and the implied pride of the American people in his remarkable achieve ments in public life, are many and touching. From every quarter comes the acknowledgement that one of Americas nobleman has surrendered to the grim and impartial reaper; from every quarter comes the encour- aging analysis of true character, from which is altogether absent the harsh note of partisan suspicion. Even Will liam J. Bryan adds his measure of understanding none the less welcome under all of the circumstances be- cause a trifie beiated.
 In a proclamation directing that all flags on federal buildings be displayed at half mast, President Roosevelt re- fers to MT. Cleveland as formerly ''one of its (the country's) greatest citi- zens," a man who enjoyed "a long, varied and honorable career" one who possessed courage that quailed before no hostility and finally one whose private life was marked by Simplicity, dignity and uprightness !" At the annual commencement dinner at Yale, President Hadley, who ad- mired and supported the man In his public service, paid his memory a touching tribute. Secretary of War Taft, the republican candidate for the presidency, said of him: He was great man and great president. He had the highest civic ideals and rug ged honesty. He had high cour- age that now makes him happy in his death, revered, respected and loved by all his countrymen." In directing the lowering of flags on the state buildings of New York Governor Hughes referred to him in these sal tent words: Firm, resolute and in- corruptible, unseduced by flattery and unshaken by fear, just and tenacious of conviction, he enriched the nation with a noble example of strength and fidelity" Others, occupying less con spicuous positions but estimating ac- curately the splendid character of the man, add their whole hearted tri- butes to his memory, until it can truthfully be said that the American nation mourns at the bier of this great advocate of equal and exact justice fol all, the original official critic of mod ern tendencies of selfish thought and action.
 While all this is grateful to the life. long friends of Mr. Cleveland, mer who understood him long before he became known of all, 1t nevertheless touches tragic note. The meritet praise is none the less welcome be. cause it comes at the last stroke ot the bell in the tower of life, but | cannot help but impress the more thoughtful of the cruelty involved IT nasty and ill-considered speech wher men in places devote themselves tt the welfare of the nation It wa! human that MT. Cleveland, when witt that rugged honesty" which secre tary Taft so well understands and val ues, he was advocating Improvements in the administration and legislation of the country which ran counter tt the selfish plans of the privileged should have been abused ss he wa!