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JOURNAL OF THE 9 th SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Official Journal of the Parish of Lafourche and the Town of Thibodanx
YOL. xxur.
THIRODAUX, LA., SATURDAY, XOV. 12, 1887.
NO. 15.
0 FI 'ICl A L 1)1 /,' EC TO RY.
State Officers.
Governor: ..S. I>. McF.nery, of Ouachita.
Lieut Gov .( lay Kmddorli, of Lafourehe.
See. of State. <)- -ar A rr<*j o, of Plaquemines.
Aud. Pub- Acet s...O. 15. Steele of Union.
State Treasurer . .E. A. Burke. of Orleans. !
Attorney General......M. .f. Cunningham. !
of Natchitoches j
Supt-of Pub- E t -.W. Easton, of Orleans. !
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Jas. 15. East is,..
R-L.C
.urn;
......of Orb
...... .of Orb
'Mr. Court.
Chief Justice : 1 ■ v.\ Her:.: Velez, of Or! "ins
Associate " 1 I\>cbc, of St. .James.
" C E. l'enner, jof Orleans.
" " JC 15. Todd, of Webster
" " L. 15. Watkins, Ked River.
Circuit Court ok A ■ weals, Fifth Circuit.
E. W. Blake
H. D. Smith
... .of Lafourche.
------of St. Marv.
Conghe-'M vx. 3rd-Congressional Hist.
E. J. Gay.....................of Iberville.
Dist. Judges. 2vth. Jud. ilist.
Taylor Beattie.. ..........V. F. Knohloeh.
Dist. Attorney...........F. A. O'Sullivan.
Pam ii 0utters.
Representatives :...........If. N.
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Coulon. |
........Dr. Wm. Karang.
Coroner... ............Dr. John Gaz».;
Clerk of Court.............I. W r . Knoblocli
i.lido Thibodanx. j
Sheriff..............Tin
Printer and Treasurei.
Assessor..............
Returning Officer.....
F. Sancan
...John M. Walsh,
.... W. C. Ragan,
Police Jurors.
President. II. \. Coulon, Jno. S. Seely
S. T. Grisamore, SosMiftne Folse, M. IV
launo, 1^, Cherami, James Moran. Kami)
ton Ayo, ('has. S. Mathews and L. Krae
iner. Clerk Police Jury, Alfred Engeian.
Road and Levee Jxstectous.
District No. 1................O. J Si-vin
' No. 2.............,Jas. A. Hargis 1
No. J ... .........lames Moran j
No. 4...........Alidor l'itre |
No. .J.........T. Eugene Coulon j
No. (> ......Telesphore Rodrigues 1
No. 7........Svlvoiu Bourgeois!
No. H ..........Luhin Bergeron j
Diu ix ai ; e Com mission k ns.
District No. 1— lb V. Morvaut, J- B. Mire, i
J- E- Coulon
District No. % —O/.eme Naquin, J- C- Brand,
John McCnlla
District No. J—Sosthene Folse. L. J. Cail
louet. Evelien Bourgeois
District No. 4—J. A Claudet, O Tonps
F. Savoie.
District No. , r «—L. A. Troselair. S- Mor
vant. Drozin Cancieine.
District No- (>—.U. lhesteiibach, O- Lepine.
Capt. Hotard.
District No. 7,—thus. S. Mathews, R. Fo
ret, Hamilton Ayo.
District No. 8.—James Moran, J- Foret.
T- Radeaux.
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District No- 9—»E. Cretini, V*. Gnedry.
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E- Savoie
District No. 10—Luliin Bergeron, Leiiffroy
Daigle, O. Tliibodaux
Municipal Offickrs.
Mayor, I. D. Moore, Gouucibnen, P. K.
korio. T. P. Bergeron, Ed. Curtis, James
Wright, E. N. Roth, James Cherault
Treasurer....................F. Sancan.
Town Marshal:................J. Auselet.
" ............Josejili Jones
® ef k..............Henry L. Boudreaux
4ftst Master................li. R. McBride.
Directors or tiik School Board.
8. T. Grisamore. president: Tbos. A.
Badean, superinteudeiit; W. II. Ragan.
J. L. Aiicoin, E. G. Curtis, J. H. Howell
^car L^piue.
Diekctork or TmnoruACx Buidor Co.
I. D. Moore, president; H. W. Tabor,
treasurer; E. G. Curtis, secretary; P. H.
korio, Andrew Price.
Post Drr c«s is the Pahimi.
Qbeeug,-- ; Guedry- Cetiui ; La
fonrche Crossing.-; Loekport. Gus
tava Aliribat. Jr.; Malagay, C. O. Nicolas
Orange City.-; Pugh, A- Augslos;
Barsland, Amudeo r.ejenue; Tliibodaax.
B- McBride.
Railxoa l) SC UK I) CL a.
THIBODAUX branch.
^■nlftATss Thibodaux at 12:60 p. in.
•Hire#............ 3:05 "
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Spirit of Hie State Press.
rm: way the wink grows.
' in leading Reformers of Acadia re
fused to support Robert soil, the 1 b !uu
ci-r; n-nominee. Straws arc very signi
!ic;mt as they show which way ihc
wind Plows. Shreveport Journal.
THEIR REFORM.
I S'.-" Nh-holls speakers think that the
' defeat of McF.nery is ail the r< form w
i cessa-A. They start out with the *!«•
- ekirafion of reform, yet they have not
; suggested any plan of i foriuaiion.
j i he only tiling is todefeat Mi-Hncrv.
Richland Beacon.
what REFORM TS.
! Josh Btikngs said, when hi' son
Risked him what reform was, ••Simp
, you hear it oftener than von see >t
1 you generally hear it loudest before an
! election, but rarely at all afterwards.
In met, relorni is the war cry of tin*
outs against the ins. but alt! Sonny, if
i ever the outs get in the strain on the
i treasury mli be awful great." i'laqne
niines Observer.
r IVORS A THIRD MAX.
j it we cannot seen re the nomination
ot Moncurc there are several otin r
good men upon whom we can rally !>:•
■itlier MeMnei'y or
t<
| tore going over to i
Niehollm We, howi
stand by oar first choice as long as
there is'hope of success. Thuva-v
j 0 ,her men in this StateVsid.s news
paper men and eamjiaign orators who
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have a voice in the selection of a can
didate for guberuatnrial honors, and w o
propose to aequiesee in llu-ir choice,
provided lie is a Democrat. --Bienville
Xem Em.
V.\ LSE ASSERTIONS.
One of the popgun Xicholis speakers
inis advanced the brilliant idea that
the appointees of Gov. A^cEnejy are at
tlie bidding of the governor. Shell
a base assertion can only originate iu
a mind, which if so circumstanced, would
have no opinion of its own. and judges
others from its own little shadow. Tin'
MeEneiy appointees that we know of
are at the bidding of no one. wear no
maiun collar, ami assertions to that of
feet are false. Fortunately tlie fame
of this great speaker will he buried in
the same grave with the ainbirion of
As a sample of Reform DoniocraeJl
in this parish we might cite the fact
that the Mallet precinct, which, sent
his chief.—Marksville Bulletin.
A SAMl'LE OF REFORM.
six delegates to the parish convention
lately called by the Littell executive
Democratic committee, for choosing
delegates to the district Democratic
( o ventii n lately held at Raton Rouge,
gave only two votes for Robertson and
100 for Yoist, while those in Acadia
did no better, as the following dispatch
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from Rayne shows: Ihe ltefonners
showed their hand hero to perfection
and could be seen going around getting
their friends to stay away from tin
polls. As the farmers came in the Re
formers would meet them and urge
them not to vote.—Opelousas Cowner.
NICHOLAS MEETING AT FARMERY I I.LE.
A big Xicholis meeting, on paper,
was held last week at the courthouse.
A chairman and secretary were chosen
and three committees appointed.
Nearly everybody, present and absent,
were appointed on these committees.
They included the uncles, the aunts
and the cousins, many of whom were
not, present.
The joke of the thing is that the full
proceedings were telegraphed to and
published in the New Orleans Pica
yune. We did not know, with the
courthouse in plain view of our otticc,
that a meeting was being held, and
never saw the proceedings until we
read them in the Picayune. —Farmer
villi* Gazette.
NIOHOLLS MEETING AT n.V.vrKOl*.
The Nicholls gathering of five which
assembled in Judge Ellis' office last
| week to m^ke arrangements for the re
ception of Gen. Nicholls and his cara
van, appointed some of Gov. McEnery's
strongest supporters on the several
committees, and that too, we are in
clined to believe, without their know
ledge or consent.
In fact Air. Naff
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us mat ui
of the eon;
in the leas
name was placed on,
lnittees without his 1,
consulted about it.
It is well, perhaps,
supjmrters ivm plates
tees without their e u;.
hatl refused t,
would have h<
as three or four men would havs
■o s'*rve on all tin- committee.
hat MiThn ry's
>u the eonmsit
nt. for if they
■■■ rve, 1 'no Nielioils mini
a in a sad predicament.
hml
and
that would
is they* v
tees, dotted
!n ;e and
i-ihs!'.- man.
-Moreho
DAL!-".!;!
"()ld st. \
i iu is
S'-'id a solid
delegati
iceu too had. .Vs it
■ymetallic eommit
icre with a >'i
e Sentinel.
Si
tin' >;
over
Car
midi.
ans iroio
lb
one
i icrai ;e candidates. * j ;s
11 known fact tin: m. Martin is
of the strongest Republican pu
risiies in the State (having polled only
(>24 votes for ('lowland); while West
Carrol! is nothing more than an Africa
nized spot of the Stare, the colored
i poop!
1 v,
! arouudGeu.Xicholis because of his mii
j itury reeord by such politicians a
i Senator Gibson, Representative Blnu
I chard and Col. Hollingsworth, who. for
j the accomplishment of their oavji cik^s,
j have virtually forced Gen. Xicholis
from retirement and deluded him- witli
tile bollet that lie is the Moses specially
pointed out by Providence to lead tlie
fait,lfal ont of worse than Egyy
l * ilu nomlage. 1 liese politicians care
I 01 ' * '''ii- Xicholis personnally,
mg .tiiuosi loiiv to one :n tlie
majority. S(in purislies. that in
reality never vote for the Democratic
camudates, are hentlded la-fove the
eounlry as s ual for XichoJ!*., when in
trui Ii they are solid for ihe Repuitlie u
eniniidates at all tiines and under all
conditions.— 1 ake Cluries Echo.
THEY (ARE N.iTIHM, iWR -,KN.
MCHOI.I.S.
.V calm review of th ■ political records
of Gov. McKn.vy and of Gov.
Niiiiaiis must force th.-- conviction liini
■-he tunnel* is. by long odds, more in
accord with the s.qmnwnt of the State
than Gen. Xicholis ha< siiown liimself
to lie. I ins position cannot lie .success
fully gainsaid : cannot be obscured
by tlie glamour attempted to be thrown
and not a gn at deal for the good of the
State if such good stands in the way of
the accomplishment of their own de
signs.—Shreveport Jour mil.
NICHOLES MEETING AT SUALTA.
Arriving there about 12 in., we
heard speaking going on in the court
house, and were informed that Dr.
\\ ebb had been speaking about an
hour; therefore, concluding the meet
ing would soon adjourn, did not go up,
but rather regret not doing so, as we
j subsequently learned that Air. Howell
had made a strong appeal to the peo
ple. not to take part in the hitter, per
sonal and factional contest, being wa
ged in this State, to the injury of those
who hold the party above individual
interests.
The fact was, it appears, that tlie iu
tended Xicholis meeting -was captured
by the noil-factional or .Moncure men:
aud we were glad to see that the gen
eral disposition on the part of the citi
zens who attended the meeting was to
depreea.te, the personal contest being
waged between tlie two extreme wings
of the party, although the meeting was
composed of men of different opinions
as to personal preference; aud all of
them with whom we conversed said
they would support the nominee of the
Democratic convention, no matter who
lie was.—Bienville AVir Era.
HOW REFORMERS DERIVED THEIR IM
rORTANCE.
Early in tlie present campaign the
reformers iplicated that they intended
to pursue a proscriptive policy and
support no man for any position unless
he was prepared to surrender his inde
pendence and throw up his hat for the
apostle of reform.
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I'hey indicated their policy in i n
open letter published over the signa
ture ef Col. Hollingsworth. of Caddo,
and addressed to lion. !?. F. Jonas, a
to til
:i ve created
it * 1 i'iicf ionai
lev b
•\ er wavered ii
his 11
k-Tnorratv pa
■t \, and
supported the
• ominee
rty.
a stinging it
bake t«e
inls ino; ratir tit
maud of
!-• derive thei
iiiiiioi
dis<c.';-.'ons wli
ich tl;ey
hin the party ;
hi which they
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in' regular I >; mos-r.:< y.
Monroe, supplement al
>y a -Si' ring adi
Ii ess in
ot f:n tion a ul
f it ion
liner well eule:
dated to
minds tc. a r<
tilzntion
••to which the r
•formel's
to place tlie I
i-iiiih ia
!<' State, and
:o id.ice
e j iivocal at
itllde.-
Sent'vie 1 .
K1 KINDLY TO
ri;:: i \
r.ast r ■ iCi.iu:
EIE DID NOT T
Kills.
A principle <>! Demix rucv viiieu wo
wi.-h lo remind to our readers. one
which we think Gov. VicholG ins
paid but little attention to. is {hat the
will'of the majority should govern es
p:v,.t!iy among Democrats in a
strong Democratic parish like Union.
An explanation to our citizens hr Gov.
Xicholis will l»e iu order, why their
' , .!! was disregarded in lNfs in Ins re
''-is::I to appoint Mr. Ja-;. ('. Montgom
ery tax collector. The following a vi
tae facts well known to our eiiizeus :
la l>7,s Mr. das. r. MontgoineiA.
now deputy sheriff and tax e ftieetor.
was an applicant for the place of
collector of Union pavisli. At the pri
mary cleciioii held :n (letobev of I hat
year Mr. Montgomery received a hand
some indorsement at The polls by the
Democrats of the parish. After the
election was held Mr. Montgomerv
V,as intormed that Gov. Xicholis did
not take kindly to primaries selecting
men to apnointive jio.sitions. lie
then obtained several hundred names
t >apetition reeomuiendingliis iqipoint
ment, and this petition was presented
to Gov. Xicholis, and this petition can
be produced on reasonable notice;
but the petition was insufficient. The
will of Democrats expressed at tin
polls and their will expressed by peti
tion were both ignored. The Governor
either "pretended to greater wisdom
and virtue than the people who elected
him" or'"personalism*' controlled the
appointment subsequently made.—
Faruierville Gazette.
AN EXPLANATION NEEDED.
Of Gen. Xicholis proposed visit to
•Faruierville, the Home Advocate says:
As Gen. Xicholis has stated that he
has no ambition to satisfy, but simply
in order to save the State, is willing to
accept the nomination for governor if
it is tendered to him liy the Democra
tic convention, it is somewhat difficult
to understand the object of his visit,
unless it be one of a purely social
character. He certainly is not coming
for the purpose of persuading the peo
ple to tender him the nomination.
That would not be considered in very
good taste, for the tender of a favor is
understood to mean a voluntary, unso
licited offer. Besides, if he has no am
bition to gratify, we scarcely believe
that Union parish Democrats can be
brought to consider that they ought to
force the neminatiou upon him, espe
cially in view of the fact that he, in
company with several prominent Re
formers—who are apparently anxious
to see to it that tlie people tender their
chieftain the nomination to' the end
that they may be "reformed" into
office—lias for more than a month been
parading through tiie State lieaping
abuse and vituperation upon a Demo
cratic administration, and further, in
view of the fact that lie bolted the
party at a time of imminent danger and
announced his willingness to "unite
with all honest men, regardless of race
or politics," to defeat au administra
tion created by the same Democrats
he proposes .to address on political
questions.
T IE VERY REST THE' CAN PROMISE.
I lie canvass vliisdi' lias been made
: by Gen. N'ieln M • and ids followers has
not thus far he n at all Democratic
and ]>as
not 1 m on
the intei
< -he Do
< iaretid no
dysi 4 of t !i<'
dre-s deli-,
ii :ri v Ii
if ' ft'l
Hu- :i\.c>hK
admit exp.
::nai!ui: oi'
coining's «>j
tlMM'X-yov.i
to be in
;i' MM {]
vague, ge
: r.' 1 chilli^
adi i ii :
i O ? O ■ V!l
hro:' i H
)»ion sit s.
The can
■MS: IMS 11 ' t
the i; s ;
of the ]
measure <
f i
velf.uc p
rouiKr
.ID St d Of i
vm.i imivd'
the camp
ins.
The ver
■ iJ. v. i)iet t
eus bet a aide premi
Niu!, \U :
noniinai !.
<!•* v.vl!
as Gpv. M
y* ;hly tloi
e. This ji
v"'d against
of inriiicient
:;i r'base of
'■•en math' in
ojile : ..ml no
aBeding the
■ aggre; a ion
is that Gen.
• -'u.-ily inadf. In,; e--i -• iiii-li could not,
and c ;n>\ ■■krmns'iur.ces over which
; the Reformer.- have any control, be
tnliilh-d. I'iicre is wan! mg the e-wn
• i ial eapaoilit v !
The Hireling Unit was recently held
i at Monroe, under ih<* anspi.-es of tlie
i Democratic party, to which every
Democrat was invited* and which was
' attended by tin most prominent men
i hi t!:e Suite, irrespective of personal
I pref-rei;-.-.-; tor gubernatorial honors,
can:cd di-unay to tin* hearts of the
■band ot t:e-tif.-;i-..-.ts. The broad pi in
i ci pies of the proud State of Louisiana
aid the weltare of her people were
tin nu-' on which .-.'ddrerses of such elo
quence w oi<-delivered that the w.tils
o! luctienel peV.s:>!ia5i;..ll of the Xieliolls
.! ■- dvvir.ilied into insigniticau; -sob:-,
and will soon be hushed in peaceful
slumber—I'laquemim s O'oacrrcr.
MORE WORK FOR JUDGE WHITE.
No. I. Vfliy did Gov. Xicholis, at a
time when the liberty of more than a
hundred Democratic citizens of Tensas
was at stake, say to the (.tenoral As
s' nib!y of this State that the Tensas
movement was, in hi-- opinion, "utterly
wrong and unjustifiable?"
No. 2. If "wrong and unjustifiable"
in Tensas, why was the Jftli of Septem
ber, 1S74 movement right and justifia
ble in New Orleans, and particularly
so Alien it is remembered that in New
Orleans, on that glorious day, there
wore thousands of Democrats to main
tain a holy war against comparatively
H small number, and in Tensas there
were only a few hundreds to contend
against thousands who opposed us?
No. 3. If so "wrong and unjustifia
| hie" in Tensas, how does it happen
i that almost the entire Democracy of
! the South has applauded and approved
• similar movements in this State and
] every other State in the South ?
No. 4. Why was it that after the in
auguration of Gov. Nicholls lie ap
pointed so many Republicans to office
in this parish ? If through a bargain
to that effect w ith Republicau mem
bers of the Legislature, who was the
{lower behind the throne so far as Teu
! «as was concerned ? Was it J. Ross
Stewart ?
No. o. If these appointments were
made because there was a Republican
majority from Tensas in 1876, how did
it happen that after the redemption of
the parish in 1878, the Democracy here
could not secure tlie appointment of
officials recommended by them ?
No. 6. Is is not a fact that Gov. Xi
cliolls refused to make an appointment
in I eusas for the sole reason that the
gentlemen whose appointment was"
sought had been prominently identified
with the "bulldozing" here ?
No. 7. When the Tensas prisoners
were in New Orleans, under indict
ment by the Federal court on charges
! connected with the "Tensas affair,"
, did Gen. Nicholls by word or deed
manifest any sympathy with them, or
did he in any way, manner, or form,
contribute toward bringing about tlieir
release * If so, please explain fully.
No. 8. What did Gen. Xicholis at
the time, and what does he now think
j of the political movements in Caddo,
Xatfhitoches, Ouachita, the Feliciana*,
at Coushatta and Colfax ? Were they
"wrong and unjustifiable ?*'
Xo. 9. What does Gen. Nicholls
think of "bulldozing" in the Democra
tic acceptance of the word ?
j One more general inquiry and we
| have don*.
j "Will Gen. Xicholis and his suppor
j ters unhesitatingly support the nomi
nees of the Democratic nominating
j convention that meets iu Baton Rouge
1 on the 10th day of January, 1888 ?
Teusas Gazette.