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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
THANKS TO EVERY ONE.

Pressure of other matters and not
lack of appreciation has prevented
this paper from voicing thanks in
its own name, and in the name Of
every parent who deprecates any
avoidable break in the school routine,
to the parish teachers who refrained
from attending the Teachers Con-
vention recently held at Alexandria.
ALI of the teachers of the Julius Frey"
han High School remained at their
post of duty, also all other West Fe-
liciana teachers so far as We have
been able to learn. Concerning East
Feliciana teachers, we have less da-
ia, but judge that the exodus was
smaller than usual.
Whatever their motive, the fact
that they refrained from indulgence
in pleasure at the sacrifice of duty
is appreciated by school patrons. Had
we the time We should like to get
up a testimonial numerously signed
as an expression of this appreciation.
ALI parents whom we have asked to
sign such a paper have unhesitating-
ly replied that they would be glad to
do so. But failing to find leisure to
make such testimonial complete,
which fact would have detracted from
its value, we shall have to express
for the school patrons the gratifica'
tion that they feel
Not that any one is opposed to
teachers having such conventions, ID
they use their own time, and not
that which they have already con
tracted to give to school duties. Any
thing that will raise the profession
al tone of teaching is desirable, but
it lis neither professional nor desira
BILE for teachers to leave their pledg'
ed duties for the pursuit of any per
sonal object whatsoever. No physi
clan with a high ethical standard
would leave his patient dangerously
i'll. Teachers should feel the same
way. And we are proud to say that
the noble Feliciana teachers were
ready to answer on this occasion to
the roll-call OF duty: Here"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
IF

If the lookout had had good BIZ
nOcuIars, he could have sighted the
iceberg
If the ship within five miles of the
Titanic had answered the wireless
signal IS. o. S.
If the Titanic had had sufficient
Ife-bOats to save her living freight
If the lust for a higher speed rec
ord had not been paramount
These are some Of the "ifs" now
advanced as possible factors in the
saving of the Titanic or at least Of
the human beings upon the immense
vessel. To advance them now, when
dit fs too late to correct these grieV-
GUS errors would be cruel futility,
did they not give warning to others,
and emphasize with greatest stress,
the necessity for such safeguards in
ocean travel in future. And human
nature, easy going, choosing the path
of least resistance, permitting care
lessness and greed ever to sap the
foundations Of human safety is so
constituted as to need such object
lessons constantly to be aroused from
its inertia. Such object lessons bring
incaIcuIable loss Of life or treasure, or
both, but human nature is fond fool
that will learn in no school save that
Of experience.
Already the Titanic object lesson
is bringing about a more complete
wireless service. Fancy ship like
the Titanic not having wireless Op.
orator on at all hours! The poorest
country telephone exchange does that.
Already a more southerly course, or
"lane" as it is termed, has been or
dered for vessels. One wonders why
this was not done long ago, since
powerful modern steamships are not
so dependent upon currents and
winds, as to have to penetrate into
those regions of fog and iceberg as
of yOre.
Further, if this gigantic disaster
can bring about a controlling public
opinion against speed records where
hundreds of human beings are involv'
ed, some good may be brought ou1
bf this supreme evil. If these hor'
rors can brighten ship owners into
building smaller and more safely
equipped vessels If the public real
ICES the terrible hostage exacted fol
speed and size and grandeur
But this again is the region OF
CTS" a no-man's land, from which
little practical reality proceeds.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
PUBLICITY, AND MORE PUeLlCl
TY NEEDED.

Most readers of the daily press are
familiar with the bill that Mr.. Leon
Locke proposes to offer at the COM
ing session of the General Assembly.
1t provides that this body shall az
ter May, 1914, meet annually for thir'
ty days only, and all Legislation Of
fered at one session must be passed
upon at the session following, hence
no bill can become a law in years
Invisible by two, and no bill can be
introduced except in years divisible
by two. Special emergencies are to
be met, as now, by extraordinary ses-
sions of the legislature.
This paper confesses to some dis
taste for Mr.. LOcke's bill, and one
which the general publiC will share
as regards tine sessions of the legis-
lature, since they bring unrest, tur'
MOL, uncertainty, and a necessity for
watchdog vigilance. Even occurring
biennially, the intervals seem short
for a break in the routine of bust
ness stability, and at first blush, Mr..
Locke's proposal to shorten this per-
iod is disturbing to say the least OF
it.
But considering the matter more
closely, and realizing that it is the
uncertainty concerning legislative ac'
ton that produces the general unrest
one can see that Mr.. Locke provides
in his bill a remedy for this uncer'
tainty as follows:
The General Assembly shall, upon
it's convention in 1914, proceed to
take UP such legislation as it may
deem proper, but no bill shall be fin
ally passed and become a law during
that session, nor until the same shall
have been printed under direction Of
the Secretary of State and by him
transmitted or delivered or caused tt
be transmitted or delivered, within
ninety days after the adjournment Of
the said session, in the following
manner, to-wft: Two copies to each
member of the General Assembly ana
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
Distribution IN THE SIXTH
WARD.

A large number of negroes, p0sst-
bly, as many as $50, living in the
Sixth Ward Of West Fe!i.iana, re
calling on the government for ra-
Gons.' F. L.. Johnson, one of their
number, went to Baton Rouge on
Wednesday and made formal request
for help.
The matter has been referred to
Sheriff Clack and he is taking steps
to look into the matter at once, con-
ferring with the white people in
the Cat Island neighborhood That
section is not protected by levee,
and is flooded, and no doubt there
is need among the negroes. The
sheriff has the names of 95 adults
and over a hundred children in one
part of Cat Island that are in need,
and there is every probability that
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
JUDGE PUGH ANNOUNCES.
To the Voters of the Fourth Su
preme District:

To the Voters of the Fourth SUI
preme District:
Under the primary system, candi-
dates are called upon to state to
the electorate the reasons of their
candidates.. My candidacy for the
Associate Judgeship of the Supreme
Court of Louisiana is prompted and
based on the belief that there
should be change in the method
Of reaching decisions by the SUI
preme Court. Be the cause what
it may, it is undeniable that under
the present system, the litigant OBJ
tains the opinion of only one Judge
on the law and the facts, whereas
he is absolutely entitled to the
Judgment of all five. In saying this,
let it be we'll understood that | cast
no reflection on the Court as now
constituted; the evil, however, ex
lists and should be corrected. Ii
further legislation is necessary, ii
should be enacted at once. l trust
my candidacy will direct public at
tention to this state Of affairs and
bring about the desired results In
common with every one of my pro
fessiCn, l have a laudable ambition
to be a member of that distinguish
ed court, and this, perhaps, is ac'
centuated by the fact that shouC
the people see proper to choose me
| will be the third generation of my
family to serve on the bench.
EDWARD NICHOLS PUGH
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
THE "ENDoRslNG" OF JUDGES.

Louisiana exchanges are all more
or less outspoken against the ten
dency shown by the BARN one or
two instances successful-to name, or
nominate judges for the people. The
bar calls it "endorsing' certain can
didates, but the plain people are rath-
err inappreciative Of this sort Of ad-
vice, and are inclined to regard It
as gratuitous, as indeed it is. The
lawyers may be better able to pass
upOn the intellectual qualifications OF
a Judge than the common people are,
and maybe not. AS a rule the latter
are shrewd enough to determine
whether a man knows enough law to
be a good judge, and they are, far
and away, more keen to see the
good red blood that makes a Judge
a. man among men, than can the at
torneys who possibly feel profession
al prejudices for or against col
league.
At any rate, at this time, when
people are claiming larger electoral
privileges rather than yielding those
they now haye, it is distinctly inop-
perfume for the bar to arrogate to it.
self the function of selecting the
peoples judges.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
AS TO GAME WARDENS.

The tentative sketch of a game
law, as quoted in another column.
has one fatal defect: it provides that
sheriffs, constables, ETC., shall serve
as game wardens. This is a dis,
tinct drop back. No one favors the
present sort of game warden-indus-
trially do-nothing, politically a
worker-but it does not follow that
al. game wardens are anathema. 1t
is the political chess game in which
they were the paWns, that is repre-
hensible. 1t is the system that is
condemned, not the men.
But if the conservation of game is
made to depend on several execu-
tive officers in each parish, having
other duties, it will be found, as in
the past that "everybody's business
rs nobody's business" To secure
proper game protection it must rest
with a parish officer, whose business
it is to attend to the matter. He
should be an elective officer, and
should draw an adequate salary. Pres
ident Miller's suggestion that only
those should be eligible for the posi-
ton, who can pass an examination
on subjects warden should know,
would insure intelligent service.
In rebelIing against the present
system, the people must beware OF
swinging too far in the opposite di-
rection.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
DEMONSTRATION TRAIN.

The arrival of the Demonstration
Train on Tuesday, the Goth, and the
visitation of the Most Reverend
Auxiliary Bishop to the Catholic
Church will both serve to draw peo-
pie to town on that day, and make
it one to be remembered. These
events will serve to celebrate and
fix upon the mind that this day,
April 80 is, also the centennial an
niversary of the admission Of Louisi-
ana as a State into the Union
Perhaps in no better way could the
mass of the people commemorate
this great anniversary than by an
outpouring to see, hear and learn
more about the practical matters
that will help to make them more
useful and more prosperous citizens
Of the State.
We hope that every one who pos
sibly can, will avail themselves Of
the opportunity to visit the train,
which has been fitted up with a
thousand and one object lessons in
agriculture, sanitation, and school
work. In this small compass will be
seen what would take much travel
and time to become acquainted with
otherwise. And this without men
tion of the great benefit to be de-
rived from the talks of experts on
the subjects enumerated above.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
CONFIRMATION SERVICE.

Under the head of Church No
tices" in another column lis al an
nouncement of great interest to the
Roman Catholics in the community
and to their friends generally, as
it relates to the coming Of the Aux
Hilary Bishop. He will be here or
April 30, and will administer the rite
of confirmation to a class Of about
thirty-five. The services will be
very interesting: Axiiaryhtshop La
val will be assisted by other priests
including the priest in charge: Rev.
H. Van Grinsven. The pubic y in
vited to attend the service.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

so far as practicable, two copies to
each Parish Clerk within the state,
two copies to each circulating library
within the state, and two copies to
each newspaper publisher within the
state"
This strikes at the heart OF the
evil: the lack of publicity, which lack
produces popular unrest. Measures
now are passed which are not fully
known and understood by the people,
and which never could have been en-
acted otherwise. But with an entire
year for press and people to read
and discuss all bills, the liability to
errors of judgment i'm regard to them
is reduced to minimum.
Publicity is needed in legislation
Light and more light. If the Locke
bill can give it, let us have the
Locke bill by all means.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

The Daily Champion of PlaQuemine
says that Geo. J. Reilly of Clinton,
and Postmaster Elwyn J. Barrow of
st. Francisville were much dissatis-
fled with what their Republican breth
rem did at Baton Rouge in support
of President Taft, the two being en-
thusiastic Roosevelt men. Be that
as it may, it strikes us that the
Champion is rather too enthusiastic
about Rooseyels chances" for a
Democratic newspaper to display.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
FOR SALE.

Pure white large ear seed corn at
$3.50 per bu.; Re-cleaned seed oats
75c per bu.; Ground corn cob and
shuck; Ground oats and cotton seed
meal; Sweet potatoes, yams, Csc bu.;
Grade Angora goats, $1.5O; Grade
southdown sheep, $3.50; Registered
Berkshire pigs, $500; Registered Jer.
sey bull calf, SIS; Grade Jersey bull
calf, $500.
w. H. RICHARDSON,
Wilcox, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

Nearly quarter Of century we
have been manufacturing high grade
prepared Paints. The colOrs are per-
manent and the paint proven to be
the most durable ON the market.
We will send free upon request
a handsome booklet, so sample col
ors showing many buildings in COL
ors just as they are painted with
this great paint.
We operate the most modern Paint
Plant in the country. Buy direct
and save money.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

A very thoughtful man who spoke
from first-hand knowledge Of South
ern farm conditions, remarked to us
the other day that along with agi'
tation for fireless cookers in the
South there should be equal agitation
for the introduction CT washing ma
chimes. Thousands Cf farm women
still do their own washing with the
old back-breaking methods OF tux
and washboard. Any farmer who
uses any sort of labor-saVing nipple
ments in his own work ought to be
ashamed to have his wife and daugh'
ters do the family washing in this
primitive way. And yet washing ma
chine manufacturers often complain
that advertising in farm papers does
not pay. If this is true, it is a Sc
rious reflection on the men on oul
farms. A good washing machine,
good sewing machine, a good range
and a fireIess cooker should be re
garded as a part of the necessary
equipment of every Southern farm
The Progressive Farmer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

Another feature of the proposed
law is that thirty days every year
does not make so great a break in a
mans business, as sixty days every
two years. Therefore many of our
best men who say that they cannot
afford to spare the time for being
a member of the legislature will
find this objection removed, Or great
ly lessened by the proposed bill.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

the others to the full number of 800
are in a similar condition.
Sheriff Clack will most likely put
the distribution of rations into the
hands Of a responsible committee.
The dancing class OF Misses Leila
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27
LITTLE ADS"

FOR SALE-Jersey cow with
young heifer calf-W. T. FORRES-
TER. Apr6tf.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

have sufficiently regained my
health to give all prescription work
my personal attention.
Send me your orders for anything
in the drugs or druggists sundries
line, as we'll as your prescriptions,
and your orders will have prompt
and satisfactory attention.
Respectfully,
l.. p. klLBOURNE.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

Misses Belle Barrow and Leila Col
san will teach class in dancing, be-
ginning Thursday next, April 25, at
4 p. m, Pythian Hall, lessons on
Mondays and Thursdays thereafter,
with soirees every other Friday
night. Admission to soirees, gentle
men 25c, ladies 1Oc. TuitionSof dane
ing pupils $100 per month.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

Golsan and Belle Barrow is getting
along nicely, numbering 81 pupils.
One soiree has been enjoyed also.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-27

FOR RENT-My residence, con
tanning six rooms.-A. w. ARD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
Present Solid Front on Revi-
sion of Chemical Schedule.
IT PASSES BY 178 TO 127
All Democrat Congressman
Vote for the Measure.
Victor Murdock Declares It Is
Revision Upward.

Washington, Feb. 21.-For the first
time since the insurgent Republicans
broke away from the regulars in the
fight on the petroleum duty in the
Payne tariff bill in 1909, the Republi-
cans of the house today presented
practically a solid front against the
passage of a tariff revision bill.
All insurgents voted with the regu-
lar Republican forces against the I'm
derwOod chemical tariff which was
passed however. by vote of 17S to
127.
The insurgents opposed the measure
on the ground that it was revision
upward instead of downward.
This bill has no support from the
cause it is a rank case of upward re-
vision, said Representative Victor
Murdock of Kansas. 1T would take
scores of articles from the free list
and put duties on them. 1t is inde-
fensible." Representative Theron
Akin of New York, who was elected
to congress as an Independent Repub-
lican voted for the measure as also
did Mr. Hanna of North Dakota, a
regular Republican Representative
Berger of Wisconsin, Socialist, voted
against it. All Democratic members
voted for the bill.
With the passage of the chemical re-
vision bill by the house today another
to the senate calendar. The steel bill
is pending in the senate where only a
coalition of progressive Republicans
and Democrats can pass it.
The intention Of the senate finance
committee is to grant ample hearings
to all parties interested in the tariff
bills sent over from the house. The
hearings on the steel bill probably
will be concluded by the end of this
month, being continued with the tes-
-, fuf Of in
terests. The Republican members of
the senate finance committee have
had but one conference They have
not definitely outlined their tariff
program, but it is believed the debate
on the steel and other revision meas
ures will be protracted.
The illness of Senator LaFo11ette has
interfered seriously with the formula
ton of a policy by the progressive Re
publican senator's who hold the bal
ance of power. and so far there have
been no real overtures between them
and the Democratic leaders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
STONE TO Be SPEAKER
General Manager Associated Press to
Address Editors.

University of Kansas, Feb. 21.-Melville
e stone, general manager of the Asso-
ciated Press will address the Kansas
State Editorial association at its annual
meeting in Lawrence in April This in
formation was received in telegram
from Mr. Stone to Chancellor Strong to-
day. w r. Nelson, of the Kansas City
Star. and Frank P. MacLennan, of the
Topeka state Journal, co-operated with
the university in obtaining Mr.. Stone
Melville E. Stone is the magician who
transformed the Associated Press from a
national news agency to world girdling
institution. To establish news bureaus he
has personally interviewed the president
of rance, the pope, the king of Italy,
Emperor William of Germany, and the
car of Russia
Mr. stones diplomacy in getting the
censorship removed from the news OF
the Russian empire, which had existed
from time immemorial. is still matter of
comment in editorial circles
1.-The censorship is valueless, Mr..
stone told the car, because 1t has built
a wall about your country Men in
Vienna Berlin, and London make hv-
ing bv peddling false and harmful news
about Russia. If you let US send out the
truth uncensored and uninflUenceds Rus
sta must be benefited
The czar finally accepted but asked for
a mild and merely formal censorship
I'm sorry, your excenency," said Mr.
stone hut if we are not absolutely free
we cannot do anything in Russia If our
DISPATCHES are not to pass untouched, we
shall leave Russia and go on getting the
news of Russia from other countries.
Mr. Stone won out and the Russian
censorship of news was abolished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
FIRE IN A TUNNEL.
Prevents Wrecking Crew From Clear
ing Out Debris.

North Adams, Mass. Feb. 21-Fiarce
fire and heavy explosions in the debris
made it impossible for Wrecking crews
to reach the scene of the collision of a
passenger train and a freight on the
Boston and Maine railroad inside the
Hoosac tunnel. Attempts to get to the
burned cars were abandoned until the
fire has burned itself out which may be
Saturday or Sunday. The dead will not
exceed four. it is believed. M. E. Rath-
born, conductor of the freight train
who was thought to have been killed,
is safe.
The dead are members of the train
crews.
The cause of the accident has not
been determined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
It WILL BE
Their BIC DAY
Democrats Will Be Here in
Force Tomorrow.
Already Six Hundred Banquet
Tickets Have Been Sold.
WOODROW WILSON IS COMING
New Jersey Executive the Guest
of Honor.
Program of TOasts Is Short but
High Glass.
WOODROW WILSON is COMING

Secretary j. H. Ulsh of the Kansas
Democratic club said today that over
six hundred tickets had been sold for
the big banquet to be held at the Ma
sonic temple tomorrow night. I'VE will
have all the guests we can take care
Of" declared Mr. U1sh. 1.-The advance
sale of tickets exceeds that OF any
banquet in past years. We can care
for only about seven hundred and hfty
diners with comfort in the big hall. The
interest taken in the Washington
birthday banquet this year by party
men and leaders from all over the state
makes it look to me like a Democratic
year.
1.-The banquet itself will be an elabor-
ate affair with six kinds of meat and
all the fretwork and trimmings for a
feast. The service will be fine. But we
have dispensed with the vocal music
between courses and speeches this yRsar-
I do not believe that the diners care
for it. The program is shorter than
heretofore, and I think that will prove
popular with the guests All in all, I
am looking forward to a big success of
the annual affair."
Wilson Guest of Honor.
The Democrats secured a topliner for
their guest of honor at the banquet this
year in the person of Governor Wood
row Wilson, of New Jersey, Democratic
candidate for president While Champ
Clark of Missouri IS strong in his own
section of the country as a presidential
candidate, yet Wilson is national
figure and has been in the public eye
for more than a year past and in great
demand for speeches all over the coun-
try. Governor Wilson has not spoken
in Kansas before and has a host of ad-
mirers in the sunfiOwer state. In fact,
before Clark got into the Kansas con-
gressional campaigns Wilson was the
favorite in this state for the Demo-
cratic nomination.