St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
ii Fair Forth and South Line, Without RsfsF-
ence to Parish Seat. VIII
REMOVE GREAT OPPOSITION
10 the New PARISH. "DIVIsIonists. II Yen De.
sire A New Parish Upon These Terms,
You HAY 0htsIn It"
opelougas, La. April 18th. 1909.

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the last issue of your paper, you give
out an interview with one Of the
diyisionists whereby you say they
may compromise upon the lines after
the parish is created.
This is out Of the question.
The time to rectify the lines is be-
fore the creation Of the parish.
Draw a straight line from North to
South without reference to the pro-
posed parish seat and you remove the
greatest opposition to the new par
ish. The diYisionists drew a line
with reference to making Vile Platte
! the parish seat. Eunice foresaw she
was going to get left SO far as the
parish seat was concerned, if the lines
remained as proposed. She went to
Baton Rouge and insisted upon a
square DEAL" which she obtained by
Strengthening the Southern portion
Of the line whereby Mallet and Plaque
mine Point were embraced in the new
lines To the end that Eunice might
compete for the parish seat, in the
event Of a division. It is currently.
reported, and not denied, that Eunioe.
ID consideration Of this deal was to
make The fight against division. Fail
inR in this, she would be in j position
TO compete for the parish seat. She
did not oppose division, and is now
reaching for the parish seat. Sup
pose she secures it, does any one
with d grain of sense believe she
would give up any portion Of the
adjoining territory whereby the par
ish seat would be taken from her?
Il she lands The plum. it will be
through the votes Of Mallet and
Piaquemine Point, Faquetaique, and
Lower Mamou. None Of this terri
tory she would be willing to surren-
der after having once obtained it.
And Faquetaique and Lover Mamou
having assisted in obtaining the par
ish seat would not desire to yield it.
This thing Of obtaining a two-thirds
vote Of both parishes is next to an
im%possibility.
/ repeat the way to reform the
lines is to do this anterior to the par
ish being created. Draw a straight
line further West and many persons
win not oppose division. Vile Platte
might in this way lose the parish
seat; so might Eunice, but this is Of
no consequence unless the contest
has narrowed down to the parish
seat instead Of a new parish. This
appears to have been the situation
all the time. And it remains I'M
changed. Vile Platte drew the lines
originally with that end in view.
reformed them solely for
this purpose. And the fight is now
% between the two points-neither
of which is the geographical center
81 The proposed new parish.
The writer was in Eunice on Satur-
lay The 9th inst. It was street talk
that Vile Platte had forwarded a
from Chataignier TO solicit
from Eunice its proportion Of ex-
oenses for having obtained anew par
sh. The Euniceites desired 10 know
where they came in. Wanted to
ynoW il they put up, would Chatai-
assist them in getting the par !
sh seat. The Chataignier people |
you'd promise nothing beyond threat
ming to vote for Vile Platts unless !
came across with the long !
.reen. Up to 5 o'clock Of that after ]
.oon nothing had been accomplished. !
Lafeur and Guillaume Ardoin !
III the morning gone to Vile
latte to ascertain what it was she
They will be given to under I
tand Eunice must put up her pro- !
ortion of expenses-failing to do
,hich, the Lord only knows what is {
DING to happen. s
Eunice viii not cough up" She U
eeds all the money she can control. 9
financial panic is now on, and a !
rominent merchant Of that town
.ated I'd me they we're going to hold :
hat little money they had to make s
Ieir fight for the parish seat. And !
iii gentleman further stated to me
ere would never have been any diyi 9
I'll had not Eunice secured territory :
aicient to 90 ia the fight for the