St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-02-07
PRESS OPINION.

IL some day the newspaper
man should print the contents OF
This waste basket there probably
would be a riot. There would
certainly be trouble in many
homes, arrests in some directions,
shotguns in others, and trouble
all around. But the patron new
er sees the waste basket. He
only chances at the beautifully
printed pages, complains if one
letter in a thousand is upside
down, growls his disappointment
if one name in five hundred has
happened to go wrong. kicks be-
cause his communication has
been condensed into respectable
English, frowns because the edl-
tor didn't take his advice about
publicity warning his neighbor
against throwing more melons
in the alley, and is generally dis
grunted, and so much at what he
finds as what he fails to find.
He knows his share of the waste
basket, but if he could have one
look at the contributions, made
to that receptacle by his neigh
bors and friends, he would thank
God for the existence of a man
with sufficient intelligence and
courage not to print all he knows,
and to temper even that which
he does print. st. Helena Echo.
Newspapers all over the state
have expressed regret over the
death of the late Thomas II.
Lewis of Opelousas. not that he
had not attained the fullness Of
years, but because a man of his
vigorous mentality and a citizen
of his devotion and single mind
edness for honest government is
bound to be a loss to the state.
Col. Lewis was a Louisianian af-
ter whom all Louisianians would
do well to pattern. In his creed
there was no compromise with
official wrongdoing and no tole-
rance for hypocrisy. During the
fight two years ago for honest
government, which he led sue
c~essfully, the abuse and ridicule
heaped upon him, even by some
who now deplore his death,
troubled him no more than SO.
many grains of dust. He follow
ed the path of duty unfinehing-
", Wheresoever it led. and with
no heed of personal gain or
loss. Lake Charles American
Press.
Jared Sanders has just refused
an offer, and a handsome one,
too, for eight weeks of his time
upon the lecture platform. His
great success as an orator was
attested wherever he lectured in
the north and east last year.
While no one is permitted to
speak for him, several of his
close personal friends would not
be surprised to learn that the
speaking tour he will make will
be through the parishes of Lou
isiana. Lake Chsrles Times.
Shreveport Journal: We are
really glad that Local Weather
Observer Cronk doesn't take his
fo~recasting business as serious
" as did the meteorological ex-
pert at Kagoshima. Just think
how busy the obituary writer's
would be kept if the weather
sharks of this country committed
hari kari every time one of their
predictions went wrong.
These parish fairs are one Of
the best things that could be had
for the upbuilding of the coun-
try. and it is the duty of every
man in this parish to be ON hand
and take an interesting in the
meeting. Gibsland had the repu-
tation of having one of the best
parish fairs in the state, and it
will be very easy to get people
interested in the project from
the outside if we show the prop
er spirit ourselves. Most of the
other parishes of the state now