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SATIJIRDAY, MAR. 10 1900.
Democratic Statq Ticket.
FOR OoVERNOK
W. W. HEARD,
OF UNION.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOe
ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
OF ST. BERNARD.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
JOHN T. MICHEL,
OP ORLEANS.
FOR AUDITOR
W. S. FRAZEE,
OF ST. LANDSY.
FOR TREASURER
LEDOUX E. SMITH,
Or RAPIDES.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
WALTER GUION,
OF ASCENSION.
FOR SUPT. OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
J. V. CALHOUN,
OF ORLEANS.
Democratio Judicial Ticket.
FoR JUDGE OF 20TH, DISTRICT.
L. P. CAILLOUET, of Lafourche.
FoR DISTaICT ATTORNEY, SAME DIeT
W. P. MARTIN, of Lafourche.
Democratic Parish Ticket.
Foa REPRESENTATIVES,
OSCAR ANGELLOZ,
31. DELAUNE. •
Foa SnIERIP.
JAMES BEARY.
F.In (I'LERK OF COURT.
C'!. Il.;1lS J. BARKER.
Fo, CORONER,
Iii:. A. J. PRICE.
Democratic Ward TiQkete.
Fox POLICE JURaos,-Ward 1, J.
.. Basset, Ward 2, J. L. Aucoin,
Ward 3, Charles J. Guedry, Ward 4,
J. P. Bourg, Ward 5, E. U. Morvant.
Ward 6, Lovincyg Hodrigue, Ward 7,
J. Alcide Chauvin, Ward 8, R. M.
Batcher, Ward 9, James Moran,
Ward 10, F. P. Parrsa
FoR JUSTICES OP "'dr PEACE,
Ward 1, A. E. Hoflmann, Ward 2,
C. A. Engerran and Oscar L. Caro,
Ward 3, E. P. Bernard, Ward 4, E.
P. Delanne, Ward 5, J. B. Bourgeois,
Ward 6, Joseph Meyer, Ward 7. H.
L. Youngs, Jr., Ward 8, Marcellin
Boulrgeole, Ward 9, John Lyall, Br.,
Ward 10, Auguste CreUti.
FoR CONSTABLst,-Ward 1, Charles
Brand, Ward 2, Adrien Roger, Max.
Dupr~6, Ward3, Jo. D. Bernard,
Ward 4, Clement Hargis, Ward 5, D.
L. Laperouse, Ward 6, John L.
Rodrigue, Ward 7, Robert L. Askew,
Ward 8, lBud White, Ward 9, J.lohnu
Lyall, Jr., Ward 10, Joseph R6mont
Wbat is the Otdeseion to Our Zltion
JawsP
Of course, little Don Caferv doesn't
know what he is talking about when
he says the force bill would be pre
ferable to our present election sys
tem.
A young man of his years knows
very little of the practical workiogs
of forue bills, and his declaratii n in
favor of the force bill only serves as
an addltional proof of the truth oi
the old saw that a certain class of
Ieopl "rush *bere angls fear to
tread(."
Come to think of it, the "lo)- from
St. Mary" doesn't seem to know
amuch of the laws which he is pleased
to call "trick" laws. The present
election laws are better adapted to
pecure honest elections than any laws
on that subject that we have ever
hadL They were enaotted to msc**
th re free expremion of the will of tie
wAil. people of the State uA the
goverilent of their internal saurs;
pand whatU is the obj-ction to thait T
What ol*jction to that .eas Mr.
Vaffery ? What oblt'ti'Hn has any
white m.ap ?
Stop that
Cough
DR. DAVIS'
Compound Syrup
Wild Cihrry and Ta
Cures Co r:s, Colds,
Asthm-, Cr l. Th~rot and
L.. g A'fectio:.s.
5-c. Cott! . Large Cottle $1.00. I
All do+ IShI and redicine dc'er;.
The law guaranttcs a secret hallot, I
and a secret ballot means a free
ballot; what is the objection to such
a ballot ?
The law frees the voter from all
outside infliences, when making his
ballot and while casting it; who.:
would alter this provision ?
The law guarantees a fair count
and allows l:artics the means to
secure it; who can complain ? Let
those who inveigh against the law,
and grow purple in the fsce'shouting
fraud, fraud, present their bill of
particulars; a blanket indictment
will not answer. Glittering generali
ties prove nothing; specific charges
must be set forth.
The Australian ballot law, our
present law, lb in force, in one form
or another, in nearly all the States of
the Union, and has given satisfaction.
Why condemn it in advance of a fair
trial in this State, simply because it
curtails, in some direction, the possi
bility for trickery and fraud ?
We contend that the law is one in
line with the ballot reform of the
day, and when justly administered,
as we have a right to presunle it will
be, it will greatly tend to secure a
free ballot and a fair count-the
very thing our friends, the enemy,
are shouting for.
Foster To Catfery.
If Senator Caffery. has read Gov.
Foster's lake Charles speecch, in
which the Senator was roasted to. the
King's taste, we reckon he is sorry
he ever uttered a word in the Wash
ington Artillery meeting. Foster
has knocked the foundation from un.
der Caffery. and left him not so much
as a peg to hang to
And he has done it in true Ches
t rfeldian style, so that Senator Cat.
firy, as strong a master of invective
as he is reputed to be, cannot now
resert to the use of that weapon, in
any attempted reply to Foster, with.
out logerirg himself in the esteem of
thoughtful men.
There is only only one answer
which the Senator can make to the
Governor, and that is, 'o keep a dig.
nified silence. Any other answer
will only involve him in greater
Sdifficulties, lie is already in the
plight of the unfortunate parrot in
the story of the "Parrot and the
,Dog;" he has already talked too
much, and old Tige has done him up.
If the Senator is wise in his day
and generation, he will further imi
State the bird by climbing back into
his roost, and staying there.
Th.earch of Imperialism.
The country is making rapid
strides in the merch of imperalasm;
every day the present federal admin.
i istration takes a few steps in that
direction. The imperialistic policy
has now become the policy of the
Republican party, so far as the
t federal administration can bind that
party.
Last December in his message to
congrems President McKinley said
-our plain duty is to abolish all
'tl nustoms tariffs between the United'
A Bevy of Beauties ...
IS MY LINE OF
TRIMMED HATS.
IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING
Stylish in that line, from the ready to wear Tazm O'Shanter crown
Walking flats with fine eagle quill to the Full Dress Shapes, with
heavy ostrich plumes and finest qual ty trimmings. Tam Crown
Hats with long eagle quills that sell now are all the rage. Velvet
Ribbons, Fancy Feathers and other M4illinery Goods, also fancy
Dress Goods and Capes of all kinds, at prices that will astonish you.
DRESS MAKING A SPECIALTY.4-
)4tNT FOR THE RELAIILE sITTERICK PATTIIIS.
- , C-ALL AB EXRAMINE y ST e0A.
MRS. J. N. WRIGHT, THIBODAUX, LA.
of so! of f t
States ant Pu, rto Rico rt:-1 give hert
products free naccess to our mrrkets."
As the Chicago Timcs-lle:'ad, a
Republican paper, says : ",W!i it
was out plain duty last December is
oaur plain duty to-day. Puerto Rico
is as much entitled to be consid.er.d
a part of the United States as
Alaska."
If a part of the United States. as
sound col,siitutional lawyers think it
is, then the President was emincently
right in saying that it is "our plain
duty to abolish all customs tariffs" as
to Puerto Rico, and to admit her
products free; for the constitution
provides that "all duties, imposts,
and excises shall be uniform through
out the United States." There can
not, therefore, be any discrimination
against Puerto Rico in the matter of
tariff legislation, any more than
there could be against any other
territory ot the United States.
And yet the majority of the Ways
and Means Committee has reported,
with the sanction of the President, it
is charged, that: "The term "United
States" in the provision of the con.
stitution which declares that all
duties, imposts, and excises shall be
uniform throughout the United States
means and is confined to the States
that constitute the federal union, and
does not cover also the territory
belonging to the United States.
"That congress has power to
govern Puerto Rico and the Philip
pines independent of the limitations
of the constitution."
Here is a direct and unequivocal
assertion of unlimited power in con'
gress to do just what it pleases in
the government of the territory of
the United States, regard:ess of any
limitations placed upon it by the very
constiution which gives that body
existence. It wipes out, in a few
I lines, the constitution of the United
States, and places the life. the liberty,
and property of all the inhabitants of
all the territory of the United States,
outside of States, in the absolute
power of congress. to be bartered and
disposed of, without let or hindrance
from any human power. These in
habitants have no rights which con
e gress is bound to respect, if this fin
du siecle doctrine of the imperialists
be sound.
r Now, if congress pos=osses this un
limited power to the gevernment of
b tLe territory of the UTlited States,
outside of States, it may delegate the
power of governing to the President,
. so that, under the new dispensation,
e we .nay have a President, possessed
v of the unlimited power of the Czar
a of Russia as to the territories of the
- United States, and with limited pow
f era as to the States of the federal
union. Under such a condition of
r things, how long could the constitu.
a tion stand the straiu which will bear
on it?
r What power will withstand the
r pressure of the tide of imperialism
e thus injected into our system of gor.
a ernment ?
e Truly, when we view this subject
a in the light of the history of other
. nations which have gone before ours,
vthese questious awalken possibilities
. that are fearful to contemplate. The
a adoption of the imperialistic canon
of construction of the constitution
will mark the beginnuig of the end of
the great Western Republic. It may
for some years to come, remain a
republie in name, after it had ceased
to be one in fact.
But that canon of construction has
not yet been adopted by the Amnri
can people, and we fervently pray it
will never be.
. The opponents of imperialism
propose es an antidote to the
imperialistic poison the sound doe
d trine of construction : "the constitu.
II tion follows the flag."
d' Wherever the flag waves over
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territory of the United States, there,
under its protctiig fo!d', must the
constitution, with its life-giving priu
ciples and privileges, live and rule.
The flag over territory of the United
States, without the constitution, is
worse than meaningless; it is a
delusion and a snare, the emblem of
force and tyranny, instead of a badge
of freedom.
Let, therefore, "the constitution
follows the flag" be the rallying cry
of all anti imperialists. Wherever it
is inexpedient to establish the reign
of the constitution, pull down the
flag. It has no business to be where
the constitution way not follow.
Senator Caffery's Plight.
The CafTery aggregatior., as the
combine ticket is d&nominated, held
their ratifleation meeting in New Or.
leans last Saturday night,
The Dai y S'trtes says that by act
ual count there were 828 persons 300
of whom were negroes present, when
dMr. Caffery began orating.
The Caff.rys, father awl son, were
among the pak re, and the father
made a most pitiable exhibition of
himself in his attack upon the Demo
cratio party, the party which has
showered unmerited honors upon
him, and gave him all the fame that
he has ever acquired in public life.
Well might the ingrate Senator, in
his de-peration, borrow the ungram
matical inquiry: "Where am I at ?'"
If we thought It would serve any I
useful purpose, we would like to en. t
lighten.- the distinguished Senator. j
But his clise s a desperate one, and
has passed beyond remedy. He will
soon realize, in all its force, the truth
of Josh Billing's saying: when a man
begins to go down hill, it looks as
though every thing had been greased
for the occasion.
The worst of it seems to be that
the distinguished senator h ud no bet
ter sense than to -do the greasing
himself which wdil help him to slide
down hill.
We wonder if it was in a moment
of semi consciousness of the rashness
of his act that he was prompted to
borrow from Tom Watson in making i
the despairing inquiry quoted above.
We really feel sorry for thq erratic
gentleman; he has done some good
in the past, and on that account we
would that lie had been a bit more
discreet, as it became a United
States Senator and a man of his age.
But, then, there are men who al.
ways want to rule, and when and
where they cannot rule, they would
ruin. They have their protot3pe in
the proud lhader of that fallen band
of angels who preferre:l to role in
that bad place, which we don't like to
call by name, than to .-eive in Hearv
en. Such men are often more to be
pitied than to b:ame for their little
weakness. They are not always rese
ponsible for what they do; in the
fury of their wounded pridle, they
strike blindly, and oftener than other
'wise succeed in ijurying only them
seves.
That is about all that Senator Car
fery's attack 'nupon the Dem'mcatic
party will amount to; he will suc
ceed in laying himself out for good
, and forever. He may inveigh and
II
E[VILE J. BR.[ID,
SOLE AGENT.
COIl, MAIN & S'T-PHIIILIPI STS.,
iil Oriers Tromrptly FiL
snort, oratnce and kick as he will,
his d(loom is sealed, and when
the feeble flurry of the present cam.
paign has dicl away, the very men,
who now pat him on the hack and
utilize him in their attempt to pull
the chestnuts out of the fire, will cast
him incontinently aside and contemn
and abu.e him, as they have done in
the past Poor Caffery !
Mr. Don. Cafftcry, Jr., has written a
lettel to the liRepublican Populist out
fit, formally accepting their nomina.
tion for Governor. The letter is
pitiably weak from every point of
vi-w, and is alts'lutely unworthy of a
man of young ('effry's reputed abild
ity. From fir-t to last it is a sickly
whine about fraud, without pointing
out a single instance where fraud'l has
b'een cotmwittel. It does not attack
Gov. Foster's alministration ly ;n
dienti'ig whet, whrc or how it has
comimitted sins,. if oinissi"n or com
missaion No.r does the vonthful
gubernatorial aspirant prosinse any
plan of gove:nmnontal polity whereby
the present exceedingly satisfactory
condition of the State can be better
ed. lie simply sits down on his
haunches aidl howis ' fraud !" Caf'
fery's letter of n 'ceptance will fall
"fiat, stale and unprofitable" upon
th'e people of Louisiana.-~S~,ar
Planter.
O(r list of eustomers ahstill increases,
good sign, isn't it ? If you are not
one, why not ? live us a chance to
please you. ' The Racket Store."
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oflice they insist that this locomotion is
belter than ox carting them forby the
tatter process the inventor often dies
before he gets his patent.
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