St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-04
MORE SENTIMENT IS
EXPRESSED AGAINST
DIVISION.
0pelousas, La, Dec. 1st, 1909.

Opelousas, La, Dec. 1st, 1909.
10 the Editor of the Clarion:
Here's another. Of course you
have evidence of its genuineness from
having read the original. Every ese
Of the letters heretofore publieAed,
Al does the present one kGaa.@
that our brothers cSt Vest have
enough Of PGiL eisision, and are
wiling - ssnaaia il Old S., Landry
IS here ataaa.
SNgs GTuiy.
GILBERT T. DUPRE.
Beass4. La, Nov. SSsE, 1909.
Nsssgs. DEprs & Dubuieson,
0pelousas, Louisiana.
Gentlemen: Please allow me a
moment Of your valuable time in
which to consider my feelings and
understanding, and also that of many
others Of the people of the Western
add Northwestern portion of the
Egangeline Parish, in the matter of
Division and Court House PROPOSE
lions, which come before the people
Tor their consideration, to-Wit:
The object of division, according
to the understanding Of the best peo-
pe Of Evsugeline, was to locate the
Court House at a place where it
would be in reach OF and for the best
interests Of most of the people of
the new Eyangeline, who had always
been at a disadvantage in distance,
from the Court House in Old st. Lam
dry Opelousas). With that under
standing, the good people Of the
East (now Old st. Landry voted for
Division, and when we failed to place
the Court House as near the centre
Of Ryangeline as practicable, we have
simply obtained Division under false
pstenses, and I am sure that the
best people Of Evangeline do not
want to be guilty of any such rot, so
We now ask that Division be defeat
cd and let US all go back to Old st.
Landry, until we can be able to ask
your good people for a thing that is
right and fair; ask for Division with
the understanding that a straight and
fair line between st. Landry and
hVangeIine be established and a
Court House centrally located in
EFangeline Parish; that we live up to
what We have asked you to do for
Us, and not until then.
Vile Platte preached to the voters
That the credit for Division was due
II and therefore it asked the people
for the Court House to be located at
That place. Now, if Vile Platte
would have had the peoples interest
Ct heart when asking for Division, it
would have first tried to organize a
D~ilslonists Club at each election
Precinct throughout the new Parish,
llt my idea is that it could not think
q the interests of the people for
Thinking Of its own. All it could
llInk Of was the Court House, and
We whole credit for having obtained
Division, so as to claim the Parish
eeat from the voters of Evangeline
q compensation for what it thought
u lad done for them. But Old Vile
rate ought to know that we are
aet all geese and swallow that kind
ta1g. Some Of the Vile Platte
uoosters even had the gall to tell the
losefs that it would cost the tax pay
sss less money to run the Civil and
slllllaal Courts at that place than at
aslloa, for the reason it was more
0sttally located in both distance
saa population. What a bare-faced
you know what!
segeral Of the Eunice leaders, be-
w those who invested money in She
amen townaite some twelve months
" ald advocate, advertise and pic
Hnleur as being the most suit
pace in every respect to locate
Court House in the new Parish,
nth that understanding and
ledge the people of that place