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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
Letter From Norman Mack.

In letter expressing his regrets at be-
ing unable 10 attend Mr.. Mack urged
the democrats to get together for the
fall elections. Mr.. Mack said he be-
lieved the party would meet with great
success in the congressional elections
next November. which would aid the
democrats in the national election two
years from that time.
The letter follows:
"BUFFAI.O. January 4. 1910.
Cornelius Roche, secretary of state, JEFF
ferson City, Mo.
Dear SIR.
II regret that | will be unable to join
with YOU democrats of Missouri in your
Jackson bay gathering 1T Kansas City.
this occasion. but now find that | will
be unable to do 50.
81 am glad to see the democrats of your
state are getting together to celebrate
Jackson's anniversary. All about the
country the anniversary is being cele-
brated this year as never before, and this
is a good sign.
Il firmly believe that the year 1910
upon which we are just entering viii be
"A banner year for democracy and that we
will meet with great success in the con-
gressional elections next November 1t is
my belief as well as taat Of other mem
berS of the democratic national commit
tee and members of the congressional
committee that we will control the next
House of Representatives through the
victories which I believe We will win in
the congressional elections this year.
Pave Way to Success in 1912.
1T is some ways to 1872 but success in
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AFTER COIN SHIPPERS
SECRET SERVICE MEN INSPECT
GOTHAM PLATING SHOPS.
Sequel to Discovery of Short Weight
Gold Pieces in Circulation.
Other Abuses.
Special Dispatch TO Tho Star.

Special Dispatch TO Tho Star
NEW YORK. January S-Secret sorry.
Ice agents have visited a number .,
Jewelry and electropIatinr shons in ..a
Maiden Lane district in the last fo,.
days. seeking Information as to "strin-
pers' who remove small quantities OF
gold or silver from coins. which ara
immersed for the purpose i'm acid sol
vents. Inquiries were also made az to
several new kinds Of coin iewelrv. in
Guiding articles made OF Lincoln pen
MES. which are gold plated i'm the
process of manufacture
The inquiry as to coin strippinp w.
started after number of circulating
coins. including $50 gold pieces hal
proved to be short weight The loss
seemed to be more than could be *
planned by the usual wearing away
caused by friction.
suspicious are entertained thai si,,.n
coins have been reduced in wci-bt a..
the stripping process, in which they are
dipped for an hour or two in the pre-
pared liquid, into which an electric cur
rent is turned
Metal Sweated Off.
strength OF the acids are properly reg
ulated, according to the weight of coins
treated, the metal is "sweated" Off the
surface of the coins SO smoothly that
they are not changed in appearance.
Valuable quantities of the precious
metal have been obtained. il IS believed
by stripping a large number of coins.
The separated metal clings to a rcceiy
ing plate. from which il is readily coll
lected by the shippers, who have no
difficulty in selling it for cash, since
there is no suspicion of the method by
which it was obtained. The coins are
passed into circulation at their face
value
Coins have also been stripped, il Is
suspected, by us ng them for short in
tervals In electroplatinS tanks. i'm which
case the metal is deposited at once on
the object TO be plated The platter IN
this way gels his gold free. as the coins
are passed into circulation.
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Plan Which Has Failed.

Such regulations AS these belong to the
middle ages. The Hanseatic League was
organized and struggled for 300 years to
overcome similar ideas. Such laws be-
long properly to that era in the history
of the world when piracy was considered
an honorable occupation.
In order to become first upon the seas
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Increase of the Peerage.

ere is great deal Of truth il that
rment. Queen Eliza beth raised the
age from thirty to sixty, and the
rts Increased the list 10 1875 After
revolution OF 16SS there were $50
s. When George came to the throne
!. were lis, and il was then pro-
Id 10 make that number the perma-
maximum. The effect of such a pro-
Il would have been to create a close
oration of the great landholders Of
which, OF course, would not
been permitted to exist many gen.
ions, because the great powers eXer-
lay the house OF lords would have
limited to a comparatively few fam
r. proposed limitation was violently
|Sed in the house Of commons and
10 be abandoned. To make the house
|rds popular body and prevent "A mo-
Wv in the hands a few families. no
than ::ss new peers were created
|IS the reign OF George II. This was
policy OF William Pitt. who selected
from the trading, manufacturing
professional middle classes. This was
knaiSsance. the introduction of new
y. new ability and great wealth into
fcaying nobility. which might have
busted itself and died of decay if it
| not thus been revived.
IRE are now more than GO peers,
only thirty or more can trace their
| &c back of the reformation
premier of the pecrage, the Duke
torfolk. is said 20 trace his Inca &c
ancestor who must have rescmhled
IL til" swiueherd In Ivanhoe and
ttIe dates back 10 1885,. The Towards.
said, got their names from d hog
or pig-keeper In 1852. The title
be Earl of Shrewsbury dates from
that OF Hereford from 1850. that Of
hester from 19Jl. The oldest title
ny peer is that of Hastings, which
from 1854
Duke of Bedford is descended from
hmonger. who kept a shop near
+ Covent Garden market now stands,
hat property. which yields his grace
come of many thousand pounds a
has been in the family ever since.
Duke of Devonshire is said to he
|nded from the valet of Cardinal
ry. The Dukes of Grafton. Rich
and st. Alban are descended from
al sons of Barbara ViIiers, Louise
puaille and Nell Gwynn by his gra-
ma jesty Charles ii. The dukedom
eaufort. also created by Charles III,
SCENTS an honor conferred upon the
fai son of John q: Ghaunt- The
OF Buccleuch is descended from the
cd Monmouth and sits in the house
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Origin of the Peers.

|Ie house of commons owes its origin
the ancient Saxon .Witena gemot. the
emblv of tribes to discuss matters of
fual interest. The house of lords owes
origin to the habit of the king In
~ Norman times to summon large
|iholderS and the abbotS to discuss
Ii him measures of Importance. When
aaron was summoned once there was
least a presumption that he would be
lmoned again. and ultimately the de-
fdants of a man who had been in the
lit of receiving a summons TO parlia-
ht claimed the right to receive q sim
writ; and the lords themselves laid
n and maintained the principle that
'other deed or document or ceremony
| Necessary to create peer. The
bry that the kings writ ennobles
blood was fully established. and
the middle of the fifteenth century
house of lords had become recos-
d as hereditary body.
|snjamin Disrael, who was himself Il
|wly created peer as Lord Beacons-
\. had favorite trick of uttering
hugh the mouths of the leading char
RS of his novels opinions and max
which he would never have dared
ress with his own Tongue, and in that
| often Sdtlf1Zeu ana FId1Culed the
I sacred theories and traditions of
ish society and politics. And. belong
| to the oldest or races, he never at
pied to conceal his contempt for the
ish peerage- The only pedigree Lord
consfield believed in was that of Is
and the only heraldic symbol for
CHI he had any reverence was the lion
he tribe of Judah.
one of his novels he makes his lead
character say: II never heard of a
with an ancient lineage. The real
families of this country are to be
hd among the peasantry. The gentry,
may lay some claim TO old blood,
peer with an ancient lineage is to me
K a novelty. When Henry VII called
first parliament there We're only
nty-nine temporal peers to be found,
even some of them took their seats
ally. for they had been attained. OF
e twenty-nine not five remain. We
the English peerage TO three sources
spoliation of the church, the open
fragrant sale OF honOrs by the elder
rts and the borough monSering of our
times. These are the three main
|ces of the existing peerage of Eng
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the 1910 elections for our party will aid
materially in bringing success to us in
the national election two years from that
time. The failure of the republicans to
revise the tariff downward, as promised,
and the extremely high cost of living
which the people of our country arc eN-
peTicncing under republican rule will go
far toward aiding us in the elections of
1910 and 1872.
II Would urge democrats to get together
in preparation for the fall elections. For
in organization there is strength, and
through early preparation the greater can
our party organization become.
I'm celebrating the recurrence OF ma
tional events sdch this We keep alive
the splendid principles or which the de-
mocracy is founded. Associated almost
equally in our minds we have jefferson,
Jackson and Lincoln. and in no less meas
ure than each of those with whom pos
terty has placed him did Jackson con-
tribute in the elevation Of the people 10
power.
Intrepid. brave and successful in war,
his greatest honors, however, were won
in the field Of statecraft and today the
people of this nation, particularly We of
the democratic faith, pay tribute to his
trumphs of peace.
Not only 10 honor Jackson are You to
assemble, but in IGNORING him 20 draw
TO yourselves and to the pAty we all
cherish some lesson from he life which
may he advanta geouSly emuiated.
"Above all. Jackson was a fighter for
what he believed to be right. Adversely
found him prepared for greater effort:
disappointment only made him the
stronger
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Republicanism in Missouri.

Referring to political conventions in
Missouri, the speaker said that while To-
Gusts come every seventeen years. re-
publican governor of Missouri appears
only every forty years. and that Gov
Hadley is the last republican governor of
Missouri that most of us will ever see
Continuing. Mr.. Clarke said:
Il stand for the supremacy and soil
darity OF the democratic party in Mis-
souri, and fer its supremacy opposed
to the personal interest and ambition OF
any man set of men. including my
own personal interests and ambitious
The welfare of the party is paramount
to the welfare of any man or coterie OF
men.
This great midwnter meeting Of
Missouri democrats augurs well for the
future. Unity of purpose and unity of
action should be our shibboleth in the
impending campaign and through all the
years that stretch before us. AS proved
by the vote of 1908, on representatives in
Congress and upon all state officers be-
low lieutenant governor. Missouri is a
democratic state. and it is one Of the
anomalies of our politics that she now
has a republican GOVERNOR a republican
lieutenant governor, one republican
United States senator and six republican
ra,, n in,
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NOW IS THE TIME
FOR ALL GOOD MEN"
Continued from First Page.)

might very much improve his own
speeches by adopting as a part Of them
Manns speech against the conference
report on the Payne-Aldrich bill
by the way. why did not Mr.. Speaker
Cannon read Brother Mann out Of the
party along with Senator Cummins.
Senator La Toilette ct i'll omne genus ?
Perhaps lie holds that 'insurg'ng agains
the rules is more henious crime than
insurging' against the Payne-Aldrich-
Smoot tariff bill
Mr.. Clark said among other things that
a democratic House should be elected so
as to thoroughly and honestly investi-
gate the sugar frauds and other frauds
(which are a stencil in the nostrils OF
the whole people
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Call to Battle Loudest.

Never was there time in the history
of political parties when the call for an
aggressive. fighting democracy. a Jack
son democracy was more urgent than to-
day. My conception of democracys high
est aim is to insure 10 the Individual citi-
zen the highest possible benefit of popu-
lar government.
when class privilege and favor in
trench themselves factors in the OPP
Grafton of that government surely those
Of US who are democrats have our work
cut out, We may differ among ourselves
as to tine best way to go about our task
but the traditions of the party established
by Jefferson and by Jackson have made
it possible to have a policy on which We
can all agree.
kindly permit me in this way to ex-
tend to the militant democracy of Mis-
souri, my deep appreciation of the honor
of the invitation to be one of your speak
crs on this occasion.
'WishiIg the democrats of Missouri the
compliments of the season. I remain.
Very cordially and sincerely yours.
.NOplIAN
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30
A Suggestion to Help Sustain
Corn Prices

In the recent resort to extensive
corn raising in Louisiana, owing to
the invasion of the boil weeyil, and
the wonderful success attendant upon
this adjustment, there is apt to be
such q stimulus t production Of corn
as TO materially lower its price, be-
cause local or nearby demand is not
sufficient to accept corn at remuner-
alive prices.
This suggests the wisdom Of adj
justing ourselves TO this production
Of q corn surplus. Sooner OF later
land probably very soon) we are to
be confronted with this dilemma.
How shall we meet it? One of the
best ways is for large raisers to com
bine and erect corr meal mills TO
grind their corn, and put it in shape
Tor sale to Che general public. Ii is
quite likely that this proposition may
meet with more or less disfaYor from
local merchants, who sell corn meal
brought from distant cities, where it
is manufactured to sell to the public.
But, that would soon be broken up BY
q welI-fnanced and wisely administer
ed mercantile corn meal mill. The
local merchants from public spirit
and from financial considerations,
would be found taking stock in such
a concern, and the corn raisers could
find 9 fine investment and i ready
market for their corn crops By taking
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30
Notice

X will introduce at the next meeting
Of the Parish Board of School Directors
or st. Landry parish resolution for the
creation of a School District Num-
Der Two of the Sixth Police Jury Ward
and to be described and bounded us fol-
lows, to-wit:
Beginning at the Southeast eorner of
section SO, Township 8, south of Range
i. east, La. Mers and running east on
township line TO the southeast corner
OF section 81, township 8 south of range
two east; thence north on section line
tonoFth-west corner of section 81. IT 2.
south Of range east ;thence in a north
westerly direction 30 the northwest
corner Of section 10, t. 2 south Of range
thence north on section line to
northearst corner of section s; thence
south on section Inns to the township
line dividing townships 2 and 8, s.;
thence east on township line to the
northeast corner OF Pine Prairie High
school District; thence south on the
east boundary of the Pine Prairie High
school District 10 the place OF starting,
making an area Of hfty-seven and a half
square miles.
ii. L. ERLICH,
Director Of 6th. Ward.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30

with hickory chips, made from razor
back hogs. Well, north Louisiana
has . chance here, we discovered,
when writing up the drouth referred
to above. We will tell Of it later in
connection with The renowned Smith
field ham"
We hope some one will act on our
suggestions as to uses for our home
raised corn crop. The Modern Sugar
Planter.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30


BY virtue OF a writ of nerl facias
issued out of the Hon. the 18th Judicial
District Court of the state Of Louisiana, In
and for the Parish of st. Landry. in the
above numbered and entitled suit, and 70
me directed, I have seized and Will offer
for sale, for cash. at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, at the front door
ofstne Court House Of ST. Landry Parish, at
OpeIousas, La, on
Saturday, Aug. 6, 1910,
at IL O'Clock a: M, the following described
property tO-WIts
A certain tract of land situated in the
parish OF St. Landry, Louisiana, o. the
west side of the northwest quarter of sec
tion II In township four south, range i've
east, La. Mer.,~ containing fifty acres, as per
plat of land attached to and made a part
OF Act NO. 5l0Tz duly recorded In Convey
ance Book No.4 page 466 and 1853 of the
Recorders office of the parish of st. Lam
dry; satd fifty acres are bounded north by
Alphonse Goudeau, south by the Sylvester
plantation. east By Alphonse GOudeau and
west by AlcOtts b is indicated on the
aforesaid mai within tile red lines.
July2-6t Mt. il. SWORDS, sheriff.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30
Notice.

Parties owning land located on the
Opelousas, Gulf & Northeastern Rail-
way, who wish to dispose Of their
land, will please send me a list giving
description, price and terms. I viii
endeavor to put those who wish to
sell land in touch with prospective
purchasers.
]. n. JORDAN,
General Freight and Passenger Agent.
.inly Is IF
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30
THE STATES new FISH
Law IN CONDENSED
FORM.
Regarded AS A Great Improve
ment Over the Old One. And
Equal to Any States
Regulations.


The gist Of the new fish law, which
goes into effect this month, is given
by the Picayune as follows:
The new fish law which becomes
effective during the present month is
probably the nest up-to-date Of any
state in the Union, and will meet
with the approval Of the fishermen,
as it embodies several suggestions
that they made that were not incor-
porated in the old law. The new law
is modelled on what is best il every
other state law, and it is claimed
that its enforcement, which is left
to the State Game Commission, will
go q long way towards replenishing
the depleted streams Of the state.
In the first place, the fisherman
with rod, hook and line Is not amena-
bic to the law except in two partic-
ulars. He cannot sell his catch dur
ling the closed season, neither may he
catch in enc day fifty black bass,
commonly called green trout; or
white and yellow bass, commonly
called striped bass or barish; or
crapple, commonly called sacalait, or
white trout. He pays no license.
No amateur fishermen may use any
kind Of a seine except for the pur-
pose Of catching minnows Or shrimp
for bait. and the seine so used must
be small.
Fishermen engaged in commercial
fishing must buy i license from The
Game and Fish Commission at the
rate Of SIS for trotlines, b%ushlines,
throWlines Or hoopnets; $25 for all
seines under 200 feet in length, and
$50 for seines over 200 feet in
length. This applies TO seines used
il salt water as we'll as to those
used IN fresh water.
Such fishermen may not catch any
species Of fresh water fish between
the first day Of April and the first
day Of June, nor any saltwater fish
between The fifteenth day Of May
and the first day Of August.
No black bass, green trout, bar
fish, sacalait or other species Of
fresh-Water fish may be sold between
the first day Of March and the first
day Of June.
No unlicensed seines may be used,
and all trammeled nets, fyke nets
and gill nets found by any warden
are 60 be destroyed on sight.
The Game and Fish Commission il
empowered to build and operate fish
hatcheries, but are limited to certain
specified amounts for such expendi
lures.
On She request Of the police jury
Of any parish the commissioners must
stop all %seining in the waters Of said
parish.
Tbs law provides for che establish
ment Of private fish preserves, and
the ownership Of the fish grown
therein, but they may not be sold in
the closed seasons for such fish.
Fishermen who draw seines must
not beat or pound the waters in or
der to force the fish into their seines.
All persons who use water for ir-
rigation purposes Except those living
along the Mississippi must have
their intake" pipes screened in or
der to keep fish from being drawn
therein.
No person may build any rack or
screen IN any baYou, lake or river to
prevent the passage of fish therein
The fishermen who asked about the
law seemed % think it was
9 very good one that would work for
al parties concerned.
]. 3. Sandnz 0nalnnana.I
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30

]. 3. Sandoz, 0pelousas, La, has
for sale 9 full line of medium and
high grade buggies and carriages:
also the well known Studebaker and
Old Hickey wagons. Cane mills,
Charter Oak stove; furniture of all
descriptions, at attractive prices.
july @ St.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30
4. !. Land once at new orleans. La.

TT. s. Land OMEGA New Orleans, La.
June 90, 1910.
Notice Is hereby given that Doctor b. Yield.
ing, of Bayou 0hicot, La, who, on May IL,
1905, made Homestead entry Number
26sSs, Serial No. OIa6i, for fractional sly or
lots 3 and and wig of swA, section A, town
ship 3 south, range / east, Louisiana Merf-
Final Five Year Proof, TO establish claim to
the land above described, before Clerk OF
Court at 0~pelousas, La, on the twenty
sixth day of July 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: J.. e.
Miller, George Yielding, stephen Casper
ecz, Elias E, Yielding all of Bayou Chicor,
r. LA.
WALTER l.. COHEN,
june25-5t Register.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30

Notice is hereby given that the as
sessment rolls are completed and
ready for inspection.
Those desiring to make corrections,
on inspect their assessments, are
notified to come forward and do SO
ait once. d. Id. F0NTEN0T,
june4 Assessor.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30

Why not write Is for your Tally
Gards7 We will send you j nice ss-
sortnnent By mail, post paid. for lie
each. Jacobs News Depot Co, One
ionsas. IL. july % 2-t.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30
sHERlFF's SALE.
JOSEPH D. SULLIVAN.

KRoTZ sPKING MINERAL WATER CO.,
No. 1890, Civil Docket, Sixteenth Judicial
District Court, Parish OF st. Landry, La.
By virtue OF d writ Of feri facias. issued
on the 18th day of June, 1910,
out Of the Hon. Sixteenth Judicial District
Court, in nj for the parish OF st. Landry,
In the aboye entitled n numbered suit,
and to me directed, / have seized and will
offer for sale, for cash, al public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House of st. Landry, Par
ish, at 0pelousas. La, on
saturday. July 23d, 1910.
at II O'Clock a. M, the following described
property to-wit:
i4g bottles Is gallon carboys9 in wooden
cases,
IA wicker jugs Is gallon demidohns1,
IS empty cases, for . gal, carboys,
Terms-Cash.
5uIya-3t NJ. i. SWORDS, Sheriff.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30

no those who have horses, mules,
or other animals, needing medical at
tention, DIR. j. o. Richardson, D. ".
s., offers his services.
Office and residence on Landry
street, near Mercantile Co. Phone
258.
Prompt attention. Skilled service.
DR.. y. o. RICHARDSON.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-30

5 81 6 doses 1855" will cure any
cases of Chill and Fever. Price 25c.
june 4 3-mo.