Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-06-12
The Perish Printing.

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our eIeetion as I'arist, Printer 50 A. Heart,
really ~neighbof, soi ought not 10 complain
II once Iii b whne we get a lone 70 pick,
especially when the bone has no meat spu
III. We would not grnnlbls II you had b
thousand such bones.
You Hay that the members oil the
Police Jury were aetnated by pattizan
feelings. and that yon were entitled to the
printing. Let ~ see how Ear faeis will
bear you Out, there were present. six
wings and four democrats, a committee
which had been appointed 10 obtain pro.
| posals from the various offices III Baton
Rouge. for tie Parish Printing laid be.
fore the Police Jury three senlsd pro.
posals, one from the Comet Office
proposing 10 publish the proceeding u
tie Poiis Jnty for The sum Of 1926,
One from the Advocate proposing 20 pnb.
hh the proceedings Of the Police Jn,y
for Si77. Aud one from the Gazette Office
proposing to To all the printing for The
Parish uhith might Be reYaired By the
Police Jury for the sum Of $500. The
question naturally presented itself 10 the
members. which IL the cheapest pfoposi.
ton Two Offices simply propose to pub.
lish the proceedings Of the Police Jury.
aud tile third proposes to do all which
may be required of tlieln4-the difference
between the lowest and the one which
proposes to do all the Parish printing Is
500, which Is cheaper not which 10 less
money--a vote was taken to decide the
matter, and seven votes for the Gazette's
and three for the Advocates proposition
was the result. wllerenpon the Gazette
was proclaimed the Parish Paper. We
do not know who voted for or against us,
but this we do know, that ut least one
democrat must have voted for our propdei.
ton, and that one wing from some per.
sonal consideration expressed a determine.
tion to vote for the Advocate, and that he
had still another preference to us
None. better than the Advocate, knows
that the Gazette's proposition was really
The cheapest, for IL Ia very well known,
both to they, aud the public TINT the mere
publication Of The proceedings Of the Po-
lice Jury is but n part Of the work requir-
cd to be done, aud that If the contract for
the Parish Printing be left subject to other
charges the amount to be paid for extra
work would be greater than tie origin.
al contract. The Advocates ,Eery after
spilt milk. Is only for the purpose Of et-
certain elections. to take place.
on next Monday, and as we are not the:
organ Of any Of the candidates, we give:
them the full benefit, but IN justice to the
Police Jurors. both wings aud democratic,
we annot pass tho Advocates attack In
under its bid they were bound to
DO nothing but publish the proceedings OF
Ite Police Jury under our bid. we were
to publish not only the proceedings
but election notices, road and levee ifspee-
notices, aud any other notice which
he Parish might require Of us. After tles
statement the public will Judge how
ar p~artizan feeling Influenced the result. |
The Advocate does not say tina, under their
Did they were bound to do any other
work than the publishing Of the proceed.
ng Of that body, yet claims that they
entitled 10 it aud at once raises the
ny Of prescription" If the wings ARE
o willing to reward their party paper and
0 prescribe the Advocate at any cost to
he public, why did the Police Jury .of
Vest Baton Rongc, the nembers Of
which we believe are all whlgs,) send to
he Advocate for proposals to do the print
ng Of that Parish? why was its ploposi.
ion listened to at all? But we have nj.
eady wasted too much time upon this alb
orb cry Of " prescription" we could not
owever do less than to set the members
{ the Jury right in the matter before the
eople, whose interest we honestly believe
hey first took into consideration. And
thanking the members. We take
ave of the subject. promising to do the
York satisfaotorily--nnd at the end Of she
car, IL the Advocate does not ackndAsl-
lge our bid the cheapest. we will prove
by its " charges. d
THE ARfsTocRAcy OF WEALru.n-