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THE CLARION. OPELOUSAS, JULY 28, 1900oo. St. Landry Clarion Co., Lim., Props. RAYMOND BREAUX, Editor sand IBaulnd s alannger. Subscription: $1.oo Per Year In Advance. Entered at the Post-Office at Opelousas, Ia., as second-class matter. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FORt PRESIDENT: WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nebraska. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT: ADLAI E. STEVENSON, of IUl1nois. HOUSE BILL NO. 63. This bill, introduced by ex-Speak or Henry, was the modified bill drawn up by Dr. F. J. Mayer to carry into the law of the State the objects and purposes of the Louisi ana State .Sanitary Association. The Doctor remained in Baton Rouge during the entire session, and carried on one of the hardest fights ever made before a legisla tive body; first, as the measure was an innovation, every member hal'to be instructed In the provi sions of the proposed act. So pop ular did the act become, that in despite of the fierce opposition of the chairman of the committee on appropriations, it passed the House by a vote of 63 to 23. When it reached the Senate it was referred to the Finance Committee, and by them reported back without ac tion. It was then sent to the com mittee on Health and Quarantine, which committee reported it favor ably. It was then recommitted to the Finance Committee, on motion of Senator Smith, of Union, who opposed its passage at every step. After being in the hands of this committee fora week it was re ported favorably, although it was well-known to all its friends that the'Governor would oppose it. It then passed to its third reading. Senator Smith moved to recommit it to the Finance Committee, say ing that he recognized the meri riousness of the measure, but that it was simply a question of "no money." On final passage the vote stood 22 to 6. The New Orleans papers having stated that the law if passed that Dr. Mayer would be appointed com missioner, the latter, fearing that his candidacy might interfere with the passage of the act, declared that he was not a candidate; that the passage of the law was of more import to the welfaie of the State than the aspirations of any individual. The Governor, while recognizing' the merit of the act, declared the limit of appropria tions had been reached and vetoed the measure. The following is the text of the veto: STATE OF LOUISIANA, Executive Department, Baton Rouge, La, July 9, 1900. To the Honorable the opeaker and Members of the House of Represent atives of the State of Louisiana: Geentlemen.-I return, without my ap proval, House Bill No. 13, entitled "An act to create a Commissioner of Hy glene, to prescribe his powers and du ties; to provide for the appointment of said Commissioner; to fix his salry and define his duties and powers to provide for his expenses and the eq p ment of his office.' The demands upon the Treasury of the State for the ensuing two years have been unusually great, and in the proper endeavors to hold the public ex penditures within the revenues, numer ous meritorious requests have been re gretfully refused. This situation clearly suggests the avoidance, at this time, to assume all new obligations which could be de ferred, howevr useful or meritorious such obligation might appear to be. In my opinion, the safe limits of the appropriations have been reached, hence my declination to approve this bill. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, Your obedient servant. W. W. HEARD, Governor. The friends of the measure want ed to make a fight to pass it over the Governor's veto, but the Doctor discountenaieced the idea and left the Capitol, saying that he had ac complished all that could be ex pected, viz: the endorsement of both branches of the General As sombly by handsome majorities at a time when all the public institu tions of the State were having their revenues curtailed. Messrs. Cade and Dario, of Lafa yette; Montgomery, of Madison; Andrepont, of St. Landry; Story, of St. Bernard; Hewes, of Pt. Coupee; Henry, of Cameron; and Wimberly of Rod River, voted against the veto. The Clarion believes the act would have pall for itself a hun. dred fold. 'Trb.. 4 a Quesi.ion. Mr~ ir- You" will please al give an expression on the all ab sorbing topic of to-day. I mean "The Road Question." First of all, I, as chairman on said committee, made the follow ing report. While it is true that the other two members whose names do not figure, because of the fact that the resolution which was submitted in the June meeting did not pass, and though having a mo tion and a second, was unceremo niously tabled indefinitely. Fol lowing is the report: To the President and Members of the Police Jury: Gentlemen.-Your committee appoint ed to report suggestions looking to the improvement of the system of main taming the public roads beg leave to make the following suggestions: We find that the ordinance adopted by the Police Jury December 5th, 1898, entitled "An ordinance relative to con structing, maintaining and repairing the public roads, providing revenue therefor and the manner of enforcing payment of the same," was carefully considered before being adopted, and contains much that should now be re adopted, though said ordinance was re pealed before the system thereby estab lished was tested. We endorse and ap prove of the following features incorpo rated in said ordinance, namely: Work ing the public roads under the contract system; the levy of a per capita tax up on all personsliable to road duty, and forcing persons who failed to pay the tax to work on the public roads; the leasing of convicts to the contractors; contractors to be required to give bond in double the amount of the contract price. dividing the parish into road dis tricts, each Police Jury. Ward to be a road district, 'the per capita tax paid by the inhabitants of each road district to be expended within the district; a super visor of roads to be appointed for each road district to be paid a salary of dollars, and to be required to perform the duties stated in said ordinance. We find upon investigation and in quiry that the proposition of a vehicle tax does not meet with general favor. It is objected the burden of such a tax would be too unequall" distributed, and it is urged that a direct tax upon all the property tax-payers of the parish would distribute the h urden more uniformly and equally. As such a tax, however, could not be levied without the consent of the tax-payers given at an election ordered for that purpose by the Police Jury, such an election would have to be ordered. A tax of two mills has been suggested, but as it now transpires that one mill of the existing tax cannot be diverted from other purposes to the fund for working the public roads, two mills would not be sufficient even when supplemented by the per capita tax. Therefore, in submitting this question to the vote of the property tax-payers, it would be for a tax of at least two and a half mills. Even in case of the imposition of a tax of two and half mills, and of the collection in addition of the per capita tax, the revenue derived therefrom would not be sufficient, unless the ex penditure of the proceeds from both sources be restricted to the main public thoroughfares. We therefore recom mend that the Police Jury in the new ordinance which it may adopt, specify the public roads which are to be woked under the contract system, and that great care be taken to guard against the expenditure of the public road fund up on any public road other than such as are of public necessity and convenience, otherwise, the system proposed will fail of accomplishing the end in view. In conclusion, therefore, we recom mepd that the road ordinance referred to above be so amended as to conform to the suggestions herein made, and, that as thus amended it be re-enacted to take effect January 1st, 1901. Respectfully submitted, J. KosSUTH SANDOZ, Committee. Now, Mr. Editor, you will bear in mind, that in the first place there would be no cost to the par ish, since we will have an election for the Presidency in November next, whereby a voter can cast his vote in a separate box. In the second. instance, so im. portant a question should be given the right of the constituents to proclaim. As you are aware the funds of the parish treasury is de pleted, and everyone is clamoring for roads and bridges. It is admitted, I believe, by every member of the Pollee Jury, and I think I can safely add the masses of the people, that the present road system is a failure. Something should have been done long before, but the records will show that all that was done was recalled at-subsequent meetings to undo and at considerable cost to the parish. The per capita tax is a good one, but insufficient. The vehicle tax I believe unfair, for the reason: that I do not believe it is equalizing for a man who has a carriage and owns probably $50, 000, and that another who owns his all, a wagon, to be taxed as much. That I believe a 2½ mill tax with the per capita tax, say for a period of three years, would be sufficient. I contend that by designating which are the main thoroughfares and selling them by contract yearly -that each subsequent year would be bid in cheaper-because after being placed in good condition would require less work after. I admit that we are already heavily taxed, but common reasoning, in my opinion, will show" the neces sity of this move, and ifesubmitted to a vote will be carried. I claim that under the old sys tom, it is nevertheless true, that what work has been done was by the poor people. I assert from re liable sources that the poor man has got tired of this and will stand it no longer-and will insist that it is not always his turn for road duty. I wish to add, that if our com mittee.halve erred in judgment, we have at least a consolation and it is this: that North Louisiana as well as other portions of our State have either borrowed or adopted our ideas for their welfare. Do not lose sight of the fact. that we are guided by the constitution which says that all assessments should'be equal. I will say, in conclusion, that so fr as I am individually concerned, FOR A FEW DAYS MORE! -Our entire stock of- A Spring and I Summer Goods -will be, sold-- a Below Cost. I Yours For Trade, BENNETT'S Bargai Store, Landry St., near Shalt's it) . Ltore. " A C, ___ while I am greatly interested in good roads, yet it should be under stood that I have a duty to per form of more moment. I mean the responsibility to . account to my. constituents who have placed me as one of their representatives; all of which I respectfully submit. J. Koss.TH SANDOZ, Member Police Jury, 1st Ward. The American athletes at Paris won nearly all the events. The German force at Tien Tain has been reduced to 300 men. McKinley's course in regard to China is adversely criticised in England. Right Rev. Robert W.. Barnwell was consecrated bishop of Ala bama at Selma. Col. J. S. Lanier, registrar of the State land office, died in Baton Rouge suddenly on July 16th. Famine and pestilence are ext pected soon to make their appear ance in the Tien Tsin district. The Booers still have 18;000 men in the field, and say they have no idea of discontinuing the fight. The Texas State Federation of Labor has declared a conditional boycott against the Dallas Fair. The government hospital build ings at Savannah have been sold for $17,100, a fraction of their cost. Eleven men were drowned In the Warrior river near Akron, Ala., July 23rd, by the capsizing of a skiff. It is reported that 10,000 Boers will emigrate to the United States when the South African war is over. Three thousand Chinese officials have been put to death for peti tioning for the protection of for-° signers. Hop. Thomas Reed will not be permitted to speak this campaign under the auspices of the National committee. The President' has appointed Arthur Bailey Blanchard to be third seeretary of the American embassy at Paris. Twenty thousand Christian En deavorers are participating in the world convention at the Alexand ra Palace grounds, London. The Navy Department has adop ted a plan providing submarine. boat protection for every import ant harbor in the United States. Gen. De Wet has again cut Gen. Robert's line of communication, bothby railray and telegraph, and captured 100 of his Highlanders. Several well known physicians of New Orleans have gone to Paris, France, to attend the Internation al Medical Association Conference. The executive committee of the Gold Democrats have unanimous. ly decided against fusion with the anti-imperialists and against put ting a ticket in the field.. The first bale of new crop cotton received in New York was auc tioned at the New York Exchange Tuesday for charity, and brought 16+ cents a pound or $79.26*. Elijah Clark, the Dallas, Ala, negro, who criminally assaulted Miss Priest, was taken from jail by a mob on July 28rd, and lynched. The sheriff attempted to protect his prisoner, but was suffocated with smoke and dragged out of the 1Jail unceaeosous. Lord Salisbutf has notilied Am bassador Choate that England will be'unable 'to dl~cuss any question of meditation until the safety of the legationers Is satisfactorily es tablished. ' The steamiship'Olbia, the vessel thatt brpaght over the recent im Ilg!ants' from Italy, was fined 0l20 -br, carrying too many pas sengers and letting throe of them escape without examination. President Mckinley has accept ed the offer of tlhe Chinese govern ment to meditate between the.im perial government and the powers, but on conditions that must be met by the Chinese government. An imperial edict has bee issued in China saying that in the Con fuciian philosophy it is written that envoys should not be' killed. It. is argued, therefore, that the foreign ministers could not have been killed with the connivance of the govetnment. Medical Department. .Trlane Unalversity of Loulesiasa. Its advantages for practical instruc tion, both in ample laboratories and ab undant hospital materials are unequal led. Free aeeess . given to the great Charity Hospital W th 900 beds and 8, 000patients sun Special instruc tipn is given daily- the bedside of the sick. The next saop begins Novem ber 1st, 1900. For e.atlogue and inform stion, address PBOF. 8. E. CO.4LLLA, M. D, DEAN. P.. O. Drawer 261. New Orleans, La. --on the yaishagt Shady Side. Race Tranc, Sunday, August 5th, 1oo,'6beginning at it M. Sharp. Fosittrely no Lqgtors Sold on Grads Adlliemmi a 35 EY^ S etws . .o. SAL E. . THE ST. IANDUlY -AOro2 OIL- CO. VS. HAOlS BSTTOQN ET At.. No. 18635. 18th )JuiCfa District Court, Par. hSi of Stl. andry, La. f . virtue of a writf seisure and sale is sued out of the Hon. 16th Judicial District OCiurt in and for the parish of St. Landry, in the bove'. entitled and numbered suit, and to me directed, I have seized and will pro. coed to sell at pdbliouitcry. to the last and highest bidder, at the.front door of the courthouse, in Opeloasbs, on Saturday, Sept. -1st, 1900, at 11 o'clock a. m., the following described property, to-wit: A certain tract of lId situated near the town of Opel"asas,-i*h St: Landry Parish; La., containing yve.( } acres, one and two. third acres wide by te acres deep, form Ing part of the prope rorigtnally acquired by the Franklin Col'gd from Andre Las. 'trapes,, thenm :olows: North by scl-ol l nls, sOIthbyi bool lands, W. R. Lewlis ndB1. tman,.l b;y ight of way now in possessionof organ's .La. & Texas ,i. R. * i. Co., k ean west byschool land. Terms Cash. , , . .' Jy'r e6t Sheriff. St. Landry Parish. 'In: ThyStud: . The Paelit Stallion by ' Nuthurst" 2:-2" The best bred, best producing, and thirti fItest -son of "Nut wod4" 4:18. Sire g "Manager" 2:06, '.'Lockheart" -:0 'aniid 152-more in 2:10, which is more than was ever slred by any horse, but one. Hls'-first dam is "'Enter prise," the. dam of .(n.3:s0 llst, by "On. ward" 2:25;'sire of 'Bdtehetta" 2:06, "Pearl Onward" 2:07 and 3-:more in 2:30 list, makitg him the best producing son of the gret "Qeo. Wilkes" r2.. His next three ntas In the famous brood mare list, makes "Bena B." the best -aS_ horse ever in St. Landry Parish. He is. a natural pacer :wueirti hobbler, bo6ts nor weights, and the fift time he ever pd harness an, as a yearfi .fnwent an - Ath . 23 seconds, a 3:04 galt.i At thi timehe tlILkickedhby another hoi'se angd was nop hltched-again until a 2. year.oldt When-the 6th time hooked and the 1st time to a sulky, he went a t in 41 see. onds, a 2:44 gait.. I then. began-working a 2-year-old for another party, and have not worked "Ben' '-kincer'[. consider hit the Best Bro, Bost. B aest; ae Fastest colt for his chances I hayi ever seen, and I think Will get a record this year better than 2:30. He isa rich eortee, with four white coronets and a splail st., 1S8s hands high and very stylsh. Owig to his age (three years) he willonly be alowed- a few eares at$1500wlth return vivledge. Season to close July 1t, after whichhe will be cam paigned. For furthert infornmaton address orcall on -OE"J. 5?OicMS, SOpelousas. La. C dp ANNOUNCEMENT SALE Our 1-2 Price Sale still continues, and we have on Shand about 100 Suits left. We are Anxious to have you Ecall to see them. . . . -4 We have just made a deal on Colored and White s -. M.... ORGANDIE " - . We haw also just reeed an Elegant line of S....EMBROIDERIES dW d ranging in Price up to 50 cents a, yard, and we Challenge any line outside of Now Orleans to - We are Positively going to sell at a ANo PFer Cent Discount d, Off the Regular Price-in other words: S$L.. Ones for ....... ......................... ....$Lý -4 -$.00 Ones for.................................................. . ..... . .. *9.50 Ones for...... ........................... *$.00 Ones for.......... ................................... $0.40 - We do this as a Sure Means of selling it out Entirely. e-We have a few pairs of Haman's left at.........................S$. -·. ON- h S ome Stetson's worth $6 at ............. .................... .. 4 o- All $4 Mlen's Nhoes .................................................... I -All 2.50 loMen's Shoes... . ...... .. ........... 5 Have You Seen Our Line --of -4 l. rLADIES' SHIRT WAISTS? All Grades, Colored or White, Pleated Balks, Prices from 2 c SCt o. 5 Do You Need. ... LINEN ýCLOTH! To make a nice suit? We can Boast on our line, and would T take pleasure i4 either Showing or Submitting you Sarp ,. oesem e m monunnmoniae*mono mo· s mmo fat we send samples of anything. ilOUCiTS Il TLY, E 1 M4WWWWMe rePoitveM oiWWMWel s rM-- . I. .I.. Wholesale and Retail Liquor Dealer. . . MURRAY, :HILL : CLUB and all the Celebrated Brands of Liquors Al ways on Hand. Largest and Finest 84Zoon -tn Town. Jag ,ad Iqttlo Trad & Spdeiall. COLORID SALOON IN Connection.. S HERIFF'S SALif. WASUINGTON STATE BANK VS. THOS. 5. ISAACS. No. 16212,16th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry. La. By virtue of writs of Ster faclas is* sued out of the iHon, 15th Judicial Dist Court in and for the parish of St. Landry, in the above entitled and numbered suit, and to me directed, I have seized and will proceed to sell at public auction to the last and highest- bidder, at the front door of the courthouse at Opelousas, on Saturday, Aug. 18th, 1900, at 11 o'clock a. m., the following des cribed property, to-wit: A certain tract of land situated in Prairie Mamonu, parish of St. Landry, Louisiana, and measuring elghty-three. 27-100 acres, and-being the southwest quarter of south west quarter and northwest quarter of southwest quarter of section thirty-eight in _wnship four South Range One West, LoWisiaa Meridian. Terae-Oash. .M.. , sWORDS, Jel-Et Sherit, St. Landr} parish. Successor to Downs & Newman. -MANUPAOTUIuBR F- . Marble ead Stone Monuments, Ad.. De.ler Io IT MONUMEi'T m.,a Nas eMsceg. J Shrevep, : : IuniaI . eIi J. T. STEWART; --.DEALER IN- SThe Most Complete Stock of ... Lumber i Building Material ... In The Parish... Selling Best Grades at Lowest Cash Pries. ALWAYs mSLItInoRa Al As MaiI. OPELOUSAS ICE & BOTTLING WORKS, OPELOUSAS, LA. -MANUPA1IUFArI OFP Ice and Carbonated Drinks From pure distilled Artesian water is ready to fill all orders in any quantities desired. Prices furnished on application. Correspondence solicited. . . . . A. MORESI, PRESIDENT. (Successor to WHITE & BKILES;) -: DEALER IN: ROOHA IN IIR8 EEDIP5II SDPE' SBtkagig es, th Ihsa, BaUS~, Inlite. Orders Taken and 8hipped to all Points on Ralfroad. 4arload Ordeir; Espetoali~y !oi #q. avg iU Wylr ;, t·.r~