Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1913-08-09

Sunday law enforced, the wishes
of the people should prevail,
There was at that time, and
| there is now, thesame sentiment
in north Louisiana and south
Louisiana. in regard to sugar be-
ing placed on the free list, or on
a protective tariff basis. The
proof Of it is in the Saturday
meeting at New Iberia, where
ten thousand south L0uisianlans,
endorsed cur two senators on
their stand in doing what they
could for sugar. A like meeting
was held sometimes ago in the
northern part of Louisiana de
nouncing those same senators for
not voting for free sugar.
1t is very unfortunate that
Louisiana could not be cut in two,
and form two states, as many
things that seem to satisfy North
Louisiana displease the Southern
part.
Who can solve this problem? |,
for one, know [ cannot. Possibly
the new champion will be sue
cessful.
| This is the reason, as | said be-
fore, that the Sunday law is a
dead letter in this part of the
state. When it became a law,
we had a negro sheriff. He was
unable to enforce the Sunday
law. Then Mr.. VIM. ]. Hart was
sheriff; he also failed to enforce
that law. Now comes your hum
| BILE servant, myself. was cleo
ted and reelected again four
times. The good people of old
| st. John have never held me to
account for not enforcing the
Sunday law, except at one time,
when Governor Blanchard, pas
sing through Garyyille, noticed
the bar-room doors along the
railway tracks wide open and
wrote to me, giving me instruc-
tions to enforce that law. | inn
mediately notified every saloon
man to close on the following
Sunday and that unless they
closed. | would be bound to pre-
fer charges against them.
IL / remember correctly, | pre-
ferred charges against about fif-
teen of them, and If my memory
serves me right, we had the same
districs attorney and the same
Judge and court officers as
they stand to-day. These eases
were put before the grand jury
by the present district attorney.
The result was no true bill, and
| the prosecution failed.
This shows that the people are
supreme, and public sentiment
willprevail and the majority rule.
If there is a change Of front
/ that the naissance" OF 'L'Obser-
vateur. has caused through its
influence, and that the people
want the Sunday law enforced
let the Judge and the district
attorney and a strong delegation
throughout the parish say that
they wish heSunday law enforc-
ed. / am perfectly willing, and ]
wish to assure my little friend,
Mr.. Wallace Lasseigne that he
will have no more trouble, and nc
complaints to make at my
conduit as sheriff in that res.
pect.
The same thing I'll say in re.
gard to the Gay-shattuck law.
There are some features which
are very good in this law, and
j should be enforced, but like tht
! Sunday law no sheriff can see i
enforced to the full extent with
out the assistance of public
sentiment.
As to complaints. especially
! where L'Obser vateur' says tina
Z there are honky tonks, terribl,
affairs. etc, existing in the parisl
E of st. john; why don't he poin
out, give names and places? VII.
/ don't he, as a citizen prefer char
J ges? These are his privileges
The sheriff is not police officer
HHr aSCnionn gives q great dec