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THE CLAIIION. Published Every Saturday by the St. Landry Printing and Publishing Co. (LIMITED.) Official Journal of the Farmers' Unions -OF THE PARIlSH OF. ST. LANDItY. Official Journal of the Town of Opelousas Omeial Journal of St. Landry Parish. ConsolidLdted Union No. 674.-Ovide Guidry president, W. ('. Miller vice-presi dent, Adolphe Guidrv secretary, Benjamin Guidry lecturer, Adelmhna Guidry assistant lecturer. Lymal Domingeau treasurer, Fer dinand Isringhausen chaplain, Auguste Royer doorkeeper. Alcee Potier assistant doorkeeper, Joseph N. Richard sergeant-at -Besolutions Adopted by the Parish Farmers' Union, January 5, 1891. Resolved, that this convention strongly endorses the ST. LA.sOnY ('tAntIOsN and re commend it to the public as a reliable, un subsidized, honest local newspaper, devot ed to the interests of the people and hostile to, all monopiollies; Resolved further. that this convention recommend and advise all the subordinate VUnions in this parish, to officially aid and support the ('r..alo., and use their inllu ence to increase its circulation and patron age. Resolved further, that it be selected as the Official Organ of our Order in this par ish. Whereas, the La. State Lottery is trying at the present time to subvert the wishes of the people of this State, by manldamus, and papers sent out by the Progressive League, and also by a subsidized press owned by men acting for or in the interest of said lottery; therefore, be it Resolved, that the Farmers' Union of the parish of St. Landry, at Turkey ('reek as sembled, do most solemnly reiterate their opposition to to this hydra-headed monster, and afftlirm most positively that we will not suipport any papers in or out of this State, in favor of the Louisiana or any other lot tery, and that we will oppose with all our manhood and energy the election of any man to office in this State, or parish, who is in favor of lotteries. OPEI.OUS AI4. LA.. AUGUST 15. 1801. TO THE PUBITIC. I have not replied to the persistent at tacks made upon me by the pro-lotteri ipress of the town of Opelousas, because do not intend toallow a personal discussiox to divert attention from the lottery issue the sole issue now before our people. Be fore the expiration of my present term o office, whether I shall be a candidate foi re-election or 'not, I will render to3'thi public a full, fair and conplete account ol my admidistration of the office entrusted to me, contrasting it with that of my pre decessor. I will, at the same time, take occasion to show what the OpelousaE Courier has charged and collected from the delinquent tax-payers for advertising tax sales and what extra allowance was made to it for such work by my predeces sor out of parish funds--compensation largely in excess of that now charged by the CLA.aro. Meanwhile, let not public attention be diverted from the lottery question and leave to the pro-lottery press a monopoly of the field of personal poli ".. . X, tp'lh. k- i't r Pittsburgh coal at E. I. Vordenbau Theophile Martel, Opelousas, has newil Honey or saie. The A-tak-a-pa Family and Planta E. H. Vordenhaumen sells pine lum 4L0(n 14 __-. Br ber a8t 1z per of it. See advertisement of Grand Rally at Chiataignieron Aug. 22d. The Weekly New Delta, one of the hest weeklies in the State, will be fur nished with this paper at the low price of $2,76 per year. Now is the time to Su Dacri be. B. F. Ferley, Gin-wright., is now in our midst, will do any work entrusted to him. Any orders left at this office -II I .. - - , _, i- _. " wll be promptly attenaea to. Now is the time to have your sta tionery printed for the boom in the fall trade, and Bodemuller's Job Print ing Office is the place to get it. Good work and city prices. Dray receipts, hills of lading, cotton and rice receipts, weigher's checks, shipping tags, etc., printed to order on short notice and satisfaction guranteed. Mail orders given prompt attention. Your paton age is respectfully solicited. Il. BODEnkuLLan, Printer, According to the ipste dixit of the lottery papers, the ggreement of the Farmers' Union and anti-lotteryites at Lafayette, to unite against the lottery. ites, was a scandalous, disgraceful, dis reputable affair. The way the lottery amendment was carried through the legislature, and the conspiracy of these newspapers and politicians to turn the State over to Morris and his gang, are therefore the quintessence of morality-they can do no wrong; but to resist them and the lottery is very wrong. However, when the Farmers' Union gets control of the Mtate treasury, it can do no worse than the lottervites when they had Mr. Burke in that office. We publish from the Horseman, o Chicago, a historical sketch of the celebrated trotting stallion, Ethai Allen, which will be interesting to thi `owners of the numerous colts of hi! noted grandson, Ethan Allen, Jr., own eI by Mr. J. Mf. Ware of this parish 3ath Warner, the sire of Mr. Ware': horse, was by Ethan Allen, darm Lady .Sontag, a fast trotter of Messenger de siet. Ethan Allen Jr. has produced oiiue3lbtf col$s from very cornm maaoesin and judging from the great superiority.d his eolts to their darns Jn eery instlae,- there is but little b red or fast produced Anti.Lottery Meeting at Leonville. A meeting of the anti-lottery citi zens of Leonville was held Saturday August 8th. The meeting was called to order by M1r. Smith, of Grand Co teau. Louis Lalonde was elected jlresident. Pierre Mistrick, vice-presi dent, and Dr. C. DIurio, of Arnaudville secretary. Addresses were made by Judge E, T. Lewis, Sheriff T. S. Fontenot, E. B. Dubuisson, Esq., and -Henry L. Garland, Jr., Esq. The speakers dealt the lottery some severe blows, and effectively exposed the rascality and rottenness of that foul institution which lives only by bribery and cor ruption. After the speaking was over, Henry L. Garland, Jr., Esq., offered the fol lowing resolutions, which were unani mously adopted : Resolved by the anti-lottery citizens of Leonville and vicinity, in mass meeting assembled : 1st. That we spurn with contempt the proposition submitted by John A. Morris and his associates to bring upon this state the contemptuous ridi cule of mankind. 2nd. That we are unalterably opposed to the use of a lottery to raise the necessary revenue for' our State gov ernment. 3rd. That lotteries being opposed to all principles of political economy as well as being immoral in their na ture, it is not becoming in a christian and enlightened State to employ such an agency for the purpose of raising revenue. That whateverfmay be the views of moralists and writers on political economy on the abstract subject of lotteries, no decent, honorable and honest citizen should support such an institution as the Louisiana Lottery Company which invades the halls of legislation to corrupt the representa tive manhood of the State, and which has sought to corrupt the leaders of the D)emocraric party, and which nakes no secret of its intention to corrupt the electors in the interest of the lottery amendment. 5th. That we regard the contest pending hetwee:4 this company and the worthy people of the State as a life and death struggle for supremacy, and consequently call upon all good citizens to join in our State's deliver ance. 6th. That the Democratic party having in its platform of 1884, an nounced "its opposition to the whole principle of lottery dealing," we are walking in the paths of sound Demo cratic doctrine when we reiterate our opposition to the whole principle of lottery dealing. 7th. That we pledge ourselves to use our best efforts for the defeat of this disgraceful proposition, and for the deliverance of Louisiana from the dangers with which she is menaced. 8th. That a copy of these resolu tions be published in the ST. LANDRY CULARION au ;New uelta. The lottery question is the question of all questions in our next State cam paign. Let no one think he can re main neutral and allow the lottery a new lease of life and remain innocent. It is a question of which shall'rule this State money or principle and the man who remains away from the polls and refuses to do his duty is equally as much a lottery inan as he who casts half a vote for the concern. If you go and vote against it you kill one vote for it, if you remain at home you permit that vote to go on the other side without one on your side to kill it. Do you not see that if your vote is lost by not being cast, your enemy gains one on you ; can you af ford to allow this curse fastened on you ny inaction l- ioette. Some lottery papers abused th: Farmers' Union of this State, for i seeming disposition to go into the third party movement ; now they ar, mad because the State Union at Lafa yette did not do so, but decided th unite with all other anti-lottery Dem ocrats and work inside the Democratic party. Nothing but worshipping the lottery will please them. One citizen : My taxes last year were $2.30, this year they are $2.80, and I am going to vote for the Lottery. Another citizen : There must bE something wrong about that ; 50 centO ought not to be enough to make a man vote for the Lottery. I am going tc vote against it, and an increase in m. taxes will not change my vote. D)on't forget the great land sale in Faquetaique on the 18th inst. See advertisement. See advertisement of trotting rae: between Ethan Allen, Jr., and Milan Wilkes, on September 5th. The police jury has been in sessior most of the week, reviewing assess m1n.ntsn OPELOUSAS POSTOFFICE. Chachere to Succeed Bloch. Washington, D. C., Aug. 9.--War month has recommended Jules I Chaclher. as postmaster at Opelousas vice Bloch, resigned, and his commis sion will be issued in a few days. I will be recalled that there was mucl indignation in Opelousas when Bloci was appointed on account of his being a negro. It appears that this feeling was so intense that he never attemptec to perform the functions of the offici in person, but employed a white mat to look after the business. A postol tice inspector recently went to Opel ousas, and made a report that wonk have probably caused Bloch's remoial so he concluded to resign. Bloch ha: been anti-Warmouth man and onli secured his appointment after makinf terms and promising fealty to the col lector, but it is reported here that he has already fallen back into old politi. cal lines.--City Item. Only $2 for the Clarion, one year. STATE FARMERS' UNION. Lafayette Advertiser. In the afternoon President Adam delivered his annual address to th Convention. The following extrac was given the press for publication I It is the key note of the object any - purposes of the Alliance in the presen struggle, and sounds the death knel of the lottery (its requiem will be sun; by the white Democratic voters of Lou isiana at the.election. in April next) "Your declaration of purposes enun ciates clearly that your order is non partisan and non-political. It seem evident that the founders of the alli ance contemplated the participatioi I of politics under our beneficent systen within old established lines, and a they declared the office must seek th man and not the man the office, the; apprehended that a new departur would necessarily lack that obnoxiou - element of strength in the old partie known as 'the cohesive force of publi plunder.' In addition to this the fa thers seemed to realize that if we dii s not have the power to hew our way t, success within the ranks of the domin ant party much less would we have th strength to win success by committinj our bark to untried seas, and do not, I pray you, press the demand for a thin Sparty before the emergency for it arises if, indeed, it ever does, or before al I the parishes of your magnificent or ganization are ready to wheel their un - broken columns into line, for if yor adopt such a policy you not onlý 1 change your front on the eve of battly I in the very presence of your enemy but yvou create dissension in. you I army-a part moving with fife anm I drum to the fray, a part like Achilles 'sulking in their tents.' No man no set of men should arrogantly assume f to dictate a political policy for the I union, for such a policy must come f from a majority vote of its member I ship. Never before in the annals o SILouisiana have the sturdy yeomanr: of our great commonwealth been call Sed upon to perform such herculeai duty; never before have they been re I quired to move with such united bar f monious action. I beseech you to laI I aside prejudice and passion and hob in abeyance all other questions unti f the burning question of the hour-thi Louisiana lottery-is settled, for yo, must know if we form a new party not I our delegates as such will be excluder L from the State Democratic conventio, and as we have declared our uncompro mising opposition to the lottery on. friends who also oppose that iniquiti will be weakened by our absence whilp the advocates of the lottery will be cor respondingly strenthened." Tuesday evening the Conferenci Committee, consisting on the part o the Alliance of Messrs. W. F. W. Norse worthy, A. D. Larfargue, J. E. Burch Waters Ward, and on the part of the "Antis" of Messrs. J. D. Hill, J. C Moise, J. C. Vance, J. W. Bolton an( Judge Robert Perry, met at Mrs. O. J Sp.ole's hotel, but came to no definite agrement. It is difficult to get at the work o the Convention in its political aspect but it is the generally accepted ides that the third party movement is dead and that the Alliance will go into the Democratic State Convention and worn enthusiastically with the "Antis" foi the overthrow of the lottery. The Al liance is firm in its claims for President Adams as the Democratic nominee foi Governor, and this point will no doubi be cheerfully conceded by the "Antis.' While we have no knowledge of the work of the Conference Committee, ii is evident that it was satisfactory t, both sides, and the success of th4 "Anti" cause is assured, ETHAN ALLEN. e The Horseman. e When Ethan Allen was the king D trotting stallions the various contr r vances that help to gait a horse an develop his speed were unknown. r record of 2:25. in 1860 was a long wo from 2:101 in 1890, but when we cor i sider the conditions under which an mals of Ethan Allen's stamp labore, we can readily see that the speed c e entire horses has not increased in wonderful degree in thirty year. Ethan Allen was foaled in 1849, an was sired by Vermnont Black Haw! dam a little flea-bitten gray mare c unknown breeding that also produce Red Leg, a fast horse in his day. Hi first appearance on the turf was in hi three-year-old form at Keeseville, N. Y where he won his maiden race any made a record of 3:20. The followinj year he defeated Rose of Washingtoi over the old Union course and took record of 2:36, the fastest time at tiha date by a four-year old. In 1854 11 was in the stud and in 1855 won astal lion purse at the Cambridge course beating Columbus, Sherman Blacl Hawk and Stockbirdge Chief. Fron 1856 to 1860 he trotted occasionall, and defeated in the interval sucl horses as Hiram Drew, George M. Pat chen, Tacony and Columbus, Jr. Ii 1860 he won five races, beating Prin cess, Brown Dick, Draco and Hecto the pacer. In 1861 he won four races getting a record of 2 :28 in a contes with Brown Dick. He won one racy each in the years 1862 and 1865, and two in 1866, when he became the prop erty of Z. E. Simmons, of New York Back in 1858 and 1859 Ethan witl running mate beat Lantern similarl] hitched in 2:291, and in 1861 defeate, Flora Temple and mate three times When Mr. Simmons got the flying gaited son of Black Hawk he had f good line on his capacity and matched him against Brown George and mate The race took place at the Fashior course, May 29, 1867, and Brown Geoge and mate were beaten ; best time, 2 :19 Simmons then flew at higher game Dexter was the star of the trottin turf, and the future owner of George Wilkes challenged the son of Hamble tonian to trot in harness against Ethan Allen and mate, and a match was made for $2,500 a side. In the meantime Dan Mace, who drove Ethan, satisfied himself in an early morning trial that Simmons did not exaggerate when he declared Ethan Allen with mate could trot in 2:14. The story of the race is well known. How Simmons paid for feit on the plea that Charlotte F., Ethan's mate, was lame; how a new match for $250 a side was made, that the forty thousand people assembled at the Fashion course the afternoon of June 21, 1867, should not be disap pointed; how Simmons and his friends took all the bets they could get against Ethan Allen, John Morrissey's share of the winnings amounting to $40,00 and how Ethan and the mate of Brom George beat Dexter in straight hea s in 2:15, 2:16, 2:19. Budd Doble, the e a very young man, and even then s t accomplished reinster, drove Dexfe I. and two months after gave him tl d world's best record of 2:174. Eth t and mate afterward defeated Dexter i 1 Morristown. N. J., and that same ye: g beat Honest Allen and mate thrn L- times. Ethan was then eighteen yea old and had earned a long rest. In 1871 he was sold to Sprague I- Akers, proprietors of the Kansas Stt s Farm, where he remained to his deat. i- which occured September 10, 187 n Ethan Allen was a bright hay wit n three white feet, star and streak b s tween the nostrils and stood less the e 15 hands. He was of unusual lengt Y and very symmetrical, carried his hei e high and had.a beautiful neck with s prominent crest. His mane and to s were full and slightly wavy, his liml c were fine, his ears were small and sel L- sitive, and his eyes were large, lustroi d and full of expression. In action I o was low-gaited, with no waste of fore - and a performer as true and consistei e as any that flourished in later days. g As a sire of trotters he left a goc I representation for a horse of his tim Nineteen of his sons sired seventy-oi trotters, and fourteen daughters pr Ll duced fifteen performers. The re greatness of the Black Hawk strain b g-an with him, as he was the first pro LI enitor of note in the family. lv ale AN ANNIVFRSARY. Nur ew Delta, Aug. 8. nd One year ago to-day, after a tv es, days' session, the finest, the most e: or thusiastic and one of the largest, if nm ne the largest, convention that ever a he sembled in Louisiana finally adjourne ne Is it necessary to say that we refer 1 ,r- the Anti-Lottery State Conventio of which was in session in Baton Rout r. Aug. 7 and 8 last year? No man wl ii attended that meeting will ever forge an it if he lives to be as old as Methuselal r Over a thousand of Louisiana's he ar- and foremost citizens, representir a, fifty-six parishes, gathered to devil I ways and means to save her from tl til fate of a slave to a ring of heartless an he unscrupulous gatnbFers. Those tv ou days will ever be memorable in the hi )W tory of the State. For during thi ed session was laid the foundation upc on which has been built that magnificer o- superstructure--the Anti-Lottery Le ur gue. Then was mapped out the pla ty of campaign which has already rest ile ted in alligningmore than three-quar r- ers of the State against the gambler ring. ce At that session was begun the all of ance between the Farmers' Union an .e- the rest of the anti-lotteryites in ti h, State, which was firnnly cemented tl; oe ther day at Lafayette. The Stal C. Farmers' Union was in session at B. id ton Rouge at the time the anti-lotter J. convention met in that city, and man te of the members of that body were als delegates to the anti convention. A of a matter of fact, even before the cor t, vention assembled the farmers had pre ea nounced against the Morris keno game d, and had declared their opposition t ie its recharter. rk It was at that convention that th or Democratic anti-lottery State execs L1- tive committee was created to carry o nt the campaign against this incorporate or iniquity, and wlere given such power bt as were necessary to that end. It wa then that it was determined that Th he New Delta must be made a mornin it paper, and the people of Louisiana (nc to a corrupt gaAnrling monopoly) pledge be the money necessary to accomplis that end. That pledge has been re deemed, and to-day the anti-lotter sentiment in Louisiana has one oul 'poken metripolitan morning journi that cannot be boughtby the gambles of to betray the people into the hands ( ci- their enemies. id Up to the time that that conventio A assembled the keno dealers laughed a ty the idea of any serious opposition t n- them and their scheme in Louisiana li- They actually believed that the oppc d, sition to the sale of the State to then of was confined to a few "religious far a atics" and a handful of politicians on s. of a job. But froin their confidene id of that day they have had a terribl k, awakening. That convention utterer of the trumpet-peal that roused then ud from their dream of security. Ani is when those earnest vows to defeni is their State from Athe assaults of vie and crime, uttered at Baton Rouge d rang out over the hills and valleys c g Louisiana, and the response came bacl n fromlher people in, toaies of thindem a the lottery chieftains began, to see tha it the enslavement of a free people wa ie not the easy task that they had imag 1- ined it to be. a, That convention taught them tha k there were things that money coub n not buy; that there were principle y above purchase and men above price h Until that cpnvention .wls held met t- were afraii to speak their minds upoi n this lottery question, and each little 1- group of anti-lotteryites in the State r thought they were almost alone in thei s, opposition to the Morris ring. Bu ;t when that mighty gathering assemble< e men then saw things in their trtelighl d and knew that Morris and his sattelite - did not yet own the Pelican State r. They saw that in every town, village b and hanilet in the.Stateein every settle y ment, in every neighborood there was d bitter, deep, uncompromising opposi u. tion tothelottery. Thby saw that the3 -wouild not stand singly and alone ir a their fight against this anaconda whicl d was endeavoring to envelope the State . in its deadly coils, and they took heari n of grace and declared themselves its foe e That convention was second in im I. portance to none that ever sat in the .State of Louisiaa before, and it is g doubtful if its equal will sit within the e life of any whosaw thia one assemble The men who.atterided it were there for r principle. There were no offices to be a distributed, nO spoils to be divided, a There was only their State to be served, I her honor to protect, their liberties to t be defended, and they were there to do a it. How well they have prepared to I do that task the history of the past s year vlll tell, and hQW Well they will - do it ithe 'stor.- of the next 3fea? -ill set ,forth. One thing is certain; the earn Sest men who composed the convention t of Aug. 7 and 8, 1890, are as determin i ed to-day as they were then, and as Sdeeply resolved that their beloved State - shall not become the purchased wanton Sof an alien gambler. " Subscribe to the Clarion. LOTTERY SUPREMACY. s Lafayette Advertiser. a A stranger to our people and ot i State, who should happen to read onl papers published here and controllE e or hired by the lottery company, woul a form the opinion that Louisiana is t "rotten" State, and her people an ij r norant, thriftless and worthless popi e lation; and that itlis the sole aim an s desire of the Louisiana Lottery to li them from this'degraded conditic e and set them on a plane with the pe I ple of other States; and the moi i, forcibly to impress this idea the; i. hireling papers do not hesitate to pe i vert facts and supplement with derv gation. They assert that we have n a leveesto be relied upon. The face published show that Louisiana has tL I finest system of levees in the Unioi a and the test of the recent high watE 1 proves that they are in better cond s tion than ever before. They say w. have no schools, and they can not urg s immigrants to come here becau: e their children must grow up in igno ance. The last census shows that tl t increase in the enrollment of schos children, in proportion to the increar I in population, was greater in Louisii na than in any Southern State excel a Virginia. They say we have no ad quate accommodation for our insan 1 and they are confined like beasts i parish prisons. The fact is that Loui iana has as good an insane asylum an cares for her insane as well as an State in the South. ' But why enumel ate, it is the same through the whol category-belittling our State and ii institutions, and distorting the ills n have to bear, to make a compariso with the imaginary happiness an prosperity to flow from the benig protection of the almighty lotter; The only word of hope or encourage ° ment they ever have to offer is, "Ta.l John A. Morris' money, and you'll i e all right !" Do they ever tell you the Louisiana is the richest in lands an t the variety of its productions , all the Southern States; that wit t the peace and harmony restored i the Democratic party and white si premacy assured her prosperity an advancement in the next decade woul be unparallelled? -(And right her we will say that the lottery and whit supremacy can never march hand i hand. The lottery recognizes an a upholds no supremacy save lotter supremacy. It is a soulless monopol, - and to maintain its supremacy woul raise itself upon a pedestal of th - bodies of white and black intermir gled.) Do these papers ever tell yoi that Louisiana has a far brighter prof pect ahead now than any Souther State had at the close of the war, an encourage you by your ambition, thril and energy to work for her disenthral ment without the aid of a disgraceft and crushing gambling monopoly, a - other States have done? No; the gis of their argument is that we can d nothing for ourselves, and are depend dent upon the lottery for our salvatior What a sentiment to inculcate in th rising generation, and what a pictur to unveil to the civilized world ! Wil Louisianians endorse and verify th course or- Te iorrtery press a rute polls. he WATCH THEM. ui- New Delta. on There is one trick of the lottery ed against which we desire to warn our trs friends. It is an attempt to steal par as ishqs that it can not carry by any he other means. We have had communi ng cated to us facts that appear to us to ot make it necessary to put our friends ed upon their guard. The scheme, as it sh has been communicated to us, is to e- have some of their lottery strikers ry figure as.antis of the most violent des ct- cription and as such procure their el ial ection to the parish convention or, ,rs better to the State convention. Once of in the parish convention they will vote for the election of lottery men to )n the State convention; or chosen to at the State convention they will proceed to to turn the State over to Morris and ,a. his gang of gamblers. o- In localities where this scheme can m not be worked the game is to pick out n- some weak-kneed anti and by promises, it orperformances, if necessary, make a ce secret lottery man out of him. Then ,le in this disguise have him elected to jd the convention. We know of at least m two cases where this has been at id tempted. Fortunately in both cases Id the lottery agent tackled the wrong ee man. In one case the bait held out e, was the office of superintendent of of public education, in the other it was ,k the square, downright offer of pay r, $500 and a pair of mules to work his at farm with the next year, if he would as fall in with the scheme and deceive g- his neighbors and the people who trusted him, for the lottery. at Because they failed in these two Id cases there is no ground for believing es that they intend to abandon the ef e. fort. It is sure to be attempted in ,n other localities, and our friends want n to be on the lookout for it. Let the le man who is approached by a lottery te agent with this vile offer to tell out ir flis friends and neighbors and the men it who trust him, report the fact ,to us, ,d with the name of the man who makes it the offer and the offer he makes, and as we will give that lotteryite the" benefit e. of a little free advertising that he will e not want. We will puldish all the e- facts, with the, name of the man who is is trying to buy his neighbor for this 1- wheel of fortune and who must have y sold himself before he started out to n buy other men. h In the cases we have cited the puir :e chasing agent is a man who has stood .t well with his people, and has been e. honored by them with responible posi I- tions. We are endeavoring to per. a suade the men he approached to per is mit us to publish his and their names, .e with the offer he made them and the g. work he wanted them to do, and as soon ºr as their consent is obtained we will e give his name to the world. But in I. the meantime let our people be on I, their guard against this new dodge of a o the keno bank, and be -prepared to a o meet it. If you are not for the lot o tery, see to it that you are not sold to t it by a Judas. Let anymanwho wants 1 to go to the convention pledge himself I ,t in writing on the lottery question and I all matters incidental thereto, and see a to it that he keeps that pledge. In these days, and considering the maeg I s nitude of the matter involved, no man i e who means well is going to refuse I i this pledge, and especially when we a tell them that there are traitors in the I ranks who are ready to sell them. 3t us take every precation; - President Adams, the Farmers' Uni1 And the Antis. r mWebster Signal. JY Having failed to mislead the peoo ed by false argument, the lottery press Id striving, at the last resort, to create a division in the ranks of the anti-k g- teryites in order to secure the Sta - officers in the next convention. Th id claim that the alliance is nothii ft more or less than a third party moi )n ment, seeking to swallow ui the Deo b- ocratic party, and warn the other a re tis not to be carried away by sup se fanaticism, but cling to their par r- principles. They urge that their i - dorsement of Adams for Governor 1 o0 the Alliance is a clear evidence th ts he will be pulled out of the Den he cratic ranks and be forced to bear t6 U, third party standard in the approac er ing campaign. Ii- All this is sheer nonesense, never i ve tended to bear any relation to trut e and should be viewed and measur se in its true light, simply as an arti Or- subterfuge gotten up to endanger fi ie tional discord in order that the Sta ol offices may in the future be filled I se the hirelings of t Louisiana Sta a- Lottery. It is pu y else about Ih pt Adams being a d party man. I L has always a staunch and of ie, spoken De crat, and no man hi in a right to deny or even doubt his si is cerity. In defense of this we reps d duce a clipping of ai? editorial frb 3' the Southern Watchman, a strol r- Democratic journal, published le Clinton, Mr. Adams' home : "All who know Hon. Thomas Scc SAdams know that he bears an u d swerving allegianc to the Democral party and its noble principles. EI friends intend to present his nar Y before the Democratic convention e Governor, and press him for nomir tion on the Democratic platform. t the convention should decide agai, d him, he and his friends will abide 1 of the nomination, and, rally roitd tl bh flag and the foremost in the fight I in the ov rthrow of the gamblers ai and their gambling corporation." d It is true that Mr. Adams is in ft Id sympathy with the State allian< r which in turn indorses him as lead te of the movement, but it does not 1 in any means follow from these facts th id either Mr. Adams or the allian ,. wishes to be alienated from the Denr cratic party. Id To the farmers we would say, th ie however great may be your anxiety n- press Mr. Adams before the conve u tion, do not let your plan of indort ,s, ment be of such a character as to i .n dicate a third party spirit. You, w id need every vote that you can possib ft get to nominate your choice, and y4 Ie1- an not afford to make enemies el your friends. s We say this simply as a word of en st tion and nothing more; for we are n Lo among those who pretend to beliei . that this political effrontery of tl n. alliance is a forecast of a new party, 4 e that the antis who are nonIalliani e men will take any great offense at ti il steps that are now being taken in tl te gubernational race. L .t all antis stand and fight toget] er. Let no man deter us hi of course. No discord must a.ise; I must be a unit. Let us say boIrd y that we will not be blindly IT ir away by any subsidized press, thi r- we are inexorable in our determian Y tion to defeat the lotteryg d that a mean to (o it. COLORED _PRXU " I0 The ColoredFai ers' Aisa]ie i. at the courthouse at Qpeipusas, , August 8, 1891, for the purpose organizing the Parish Allince,, .of ,l Landry. The meeting was called order by Bro. W:C. Golemfan.- Distri Dfeputy, and stated that Bro. L. Lawrant,. the. State ýSuperintendai was present, and would preside oi meeting. Bro. Lawrant teook -t chair, and stated that the fiest jth;i in order was to appoint a eonmdist on credentials, and on motion of =Bi J. C. Smith a committee of t-hree appointed. The State Superintende then introduced Bro. J. B. Lafargt of Alexandria, who was received w`O applause. Bro. F. Mack nihtifed t meeting that the cormmittee of- ci dential were ready to repd! 11 alliances was representqd. as follows : WUahington.-. : . Matt Allen. Plaisanrice.-1. Nelanid Opelousas,-S. S. Tilsobn... Bellevue.-: . Chapman a.d . ; bin s. Little Tech.--F. Mack. On motion of J. C. Smith, thef eh tion officers was next isn order. , Smith waselected parish. superiute dant, N. E. Jackson, seeretarv; I Thomas, parish treasurer,- and Skinner, parish lecturer;. after, whk deputy organizer Coleman gave a-. tal which was duly received and accept. afterward State -Superintendant Las rant spoke onthe Sub-Treasury Bill received with applause-and also Br. J. B, Iefargue, of Alexaisdria, gaive grand and instructive leeture on ti Sub-Treasury: Bi ; it was receiv+ with great appiause. Some of the -whte alliance brothe were pre .st , cei " ed with " grei eCor'tesiy. - Owonimtiotd. of·i '`romas, a :voi of th aniW 'i: "exitended the shetd SpinT. T 8. Fq.itenpi, for his kind he pitality toward us. (in motion, ."Committee of then iat alppoiontfd oi resolutions: Whereas, the Farmers' Union of s Landry has adopted the Wilson iest ution condemning any white man thi would recomendt a colored masn fi oflce;: therefore, Be it resolved, That we will not sui port any nm n fr office t a favors tI Wilson Resolution. Resolved, That weasre under lastii obligations to the Citizens and friend f Opelousas for their many' eourtai med hospitalities. -Resolved further, That the alliapi is specially indebted to Mr. Presto Brown a resident merehant for inun berless courtesies and; prvileges ji tended them in their efforts to of panize an alliance order at this plae Resolved, That we re. opposed t the rechartering of the La. State Loi ery, and look upon the latter propos: Lion as being dangerous aidi' hnfmors nd an insult to the dignity of tB eople. W. C. -Coze ., P. H. Crnss , Secretary, SA National Event. 1 The holding of the World's Fair in a city scarcely fifty years old will be a remarkable event, but whether it will ereally benefit this nation as much as is the discovery of the Restorative Ner vine by Dr. Franklin Miles is doubt t ful. This is just what the American te people need to cure their excessive nervousness, dyspepsia, headache, diz ziness, sleeplessness, neuralgia, nervous g debility, dullness, confusion of mind, etc. It acts like a charm. Trial bot tles and fine book on "Nervous and h Ieart Diseases," with unequaled testi Smonials, free at F. E. Bailey's drug store. It is warranted to contain no ) opium, morphine or dangerous drugs. at Alive to Their Interest. We found the brethren in North Louisiana thoroughly alive to their interests and well posted on the issues of the day. A lottery man is as hard h to find-when you get outside of the saloon men-as a wild duck in sum ul mer. We found only one Union man who is a lottery man, and seemed to feel like he had got into the wrong ) place. A Union man who is a lottery man is about like a white black-bird, a. monopolistic anti-monopolist.-.-Vi. it- Remarkable Faets. 1 as Heart disease is usually supposed to n- be incurable, but when properly treat o- ed a large proportion of cases can be m cured. Thus Mrs. Elmira Hatch, of ig Elkhart, Ind., and Mrs. Mary L. Baker, at of OvidMich., were cured after suffer ing 20 years. S. C. Linburger, drug tt gist at San Jose, Ill., says that 'Dr. - Miles' New Heart Cure, which cured i the former, "worked wonders for his is wife." Levi Iogan, of, Buchanan, e Mich., who had heart disease for 30 pr years, says two bottles made him "feel a- like a new man." Dr. Miles' New If Heart Cure is sold and guaranteed at st F. E. Bailey's drugstore. Book of mnnrlnlrld sentianiole f..6. e Morris' papers have invented a new d trick. They opy red-hot pro-lottery matter from pro-lottery papers, and then state that those papers see anti ill lottery, and are samples of what are 'e, even the antis think of their cause. sr Such schemes may catch a few' idiots, TY but the average, voters who will be it fooled by such proceedings are few e and far between.-American. Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills. to Act on a new principle--regulating n. tfr liver, stomach and bowels through e. th nerves. A new discovery. Dr. n. IMiles' Pills speedily cure biliousness, ill bad taste, torpid liver, piles, constipa Iv Lion. Unequaled for men, women, children. Smallest, mildest, surest f :50 dd6es, l25, Samples Free, at F. E. A A FKillmore county farmer sent this mixed order to a village merchant: r "Send me a sack of floir, five pound of , coffee and a pound of tea, My` wife Sgave birth to a big baby-boy last night, e ,ai ve pounds of coirstarch, a screw SI r ab a fly trap. It weighed ten pio ous and a straw Bhat."-Housaton bh zr At the meeting held in Monrze. last SSaturday .der tbhe auspices of the ,Farmers' "tion .of Ouaehita. paish, the following resolutions were adopte4d Re that the lottery ,amend e is` "an: inrsut o to te ople' of n i, and its ton 'orild ip jrr e the material inti~ ; ~ leato Z the moral d egradation and 'irýlt t In the ., a pol ~tIal servitude.i.ttely worse of tlian radIllsisitseslf. t. ResolveR That -we: condemn said ýo lottery amendmesnt froim .ver , stand t ;point and pledge ouirselives to vote and . work ainst`its a. tion. with. all our t, asel, s i ap ; -Iy,in order to ar save our; i iead T.State and children ee It dl A WTI JIA,. Y. t . tiver tih lotter question u I inpe i tohat state; And tTrin of thiugs in ifb -t lleetpingthatistodeide L tottey -Uoinpany'7s renewed for i penod of S coitsiidcation of the -the sur oft $i,2ff oiO a year ury of the State by that com e" division of putlbc opinion stion. ,political lines are dis az ..d. the opposi ng Parties are e thenam Pros anr t and Th. arg.smt.f making by far the greatest 40 They are wellorganized - qout the' Stot, andhavean sapec: lystronk saoeclation in New Orleans. ` .e --ablest of the Demtocratic hiEadci of Louistana including Governor ec- 4c , are 4 on their ide., ,The oergy of a are ·aited against the lot.try; .. 5,t46 p ieets and Protestant ministers have s s.dde by ide.and made speeches t. ` -at nti-lottery demnsttations. The far L. Rats'alia i E.e of Lesisiana have put an S.ant otte plank in theirplatform for the 1k, pai -t in tbe ruralpnneariges a large irto, of -the voters are pledgtd "'to od; whti.Ihe bitterend the hoide of gam rw-g ad bribers of thaLotteryCempane." ' apt -lottpery -pasermeetltiag 2 umerous and earnest, one ro. eingecently held l. Ort n a Prebyterian lergyman became ned in his denunciation as to y shat ifthe. Iitery, were not erushed ,Je election, it, would have to be des r.yied bty revolution." S-Meanwrhile the pro-lottery faction are .ia 9uetly., under the direetion of tte tcians, who have the asaistance f hundreds, if not thousands,, of ithe tie oof the Lottery Company. They qf, holddup the great suibsidy that the com y ff the State Treasury for a re uewalof its charter. They pint out the f'ae tat lotteries are authorized by sev el era European Governments, have for merlv been chartered in various States' of the Union, and have long existed in Louis Lti iana. They make use of all the stock ar ol- gument in favor of lotteries. They are' at es ally successful In influencing the colored people, very many of whom li.k to'"play lottery" and to get the prizes that are sometimes drawn. Theyare also able p. to secure the support of a large body of the white people of the State, including That the Pros and Antis are cale1ý on ig .thebeiot ry eaapaipn by which te Pelican do Stael sdrred u inm an extraordina wag A.dheree eaad but a few. w At thelecetinii that is to be held, the voters at Inmflsiinan ought to cast their ballots as fait the. renewal of the htaey'eba iw. m n- Therue sons of Louisiana hae. taren the stump in denunciation of thpr oosed sale of our State to a gambling dorjoratlot.. t- Where is any recognized leader of public e. sentiment who will dre to openly advo cate the gambling scheme probsed by" Borris and his si~ unknown?-~elta. 6i McGinnie-Your overcoat is awful dirty. rrl ,ilhooly--Yes, I dropped it intothe mud he last night when I was coming home from. the lodge. How did you happen to let go of it? I didn't let go of it. Iwas inside of it. when it fell in the mad.--8fSfting,