The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-04-11
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Hauia enable all persons "a come fog
ward and register, who bad been ina
properly rejected by former boards 0
registry, last year. In this, if we are I,
Judge 81 al the Parishes of tla,s Stat
by our own, we are sorry to say that ",
4 were sadly mistaken. We hear that ap
pieants who were formerly refused
registration, have come forward and
again made application to register, with
/ the decisions Of the late Commanding
General ia hand, overriding decisions
Of reflections ia cases perfectly similar
to their own, and who were ooolly in
formed that these registers had made q
report, il their return, Of all Che cases
Of rejected applications, none Of which
had been specially overruled, and that
they could not change or review their
former decisions, in these cases; il. legal
parlance that those decisions had &C.
quired the force Of res jstdicatq, the Re-
jeoted applicants not having appealed
from the decisions within tile legal de-
lay. no wonder our Chairnnan of the
board Of registers should be, as We are
informed he is, a candidate for Parish
Judge He has been in the Parish at
least ten days and has the smack 7f Ie-
gal nicities about him. Quere9 When
he gets on the bench, as he undoubtedly
viii under this system Of ostracism-
Special Order No. IS, Article WIN, to
.he contrary Notwithstanding whether
he wisdom Of the past as oironicled III
he reports Of the decisions Of our eIu-
'reme Court, win be admitted as good
ny, and Interpretation, By his honor,
be cases not having been decided On
ppeals from his own Court.
Il appears, by the ruling Of the chair
IAN Of the board in the case reported :
us, that these registers have nothiner
40 with the rulings Of other boards
registry throughout this Military 2
istrict, which were decided On appeal 7
the Commanding General, although s
attracting points precisely similar AN b
has not received special orders ID !
at effect, he says he can take 10 cog
zanoe Of them Tt is but fair to rel :
ark in this connexion that the fose
r8 OF the chairman is paramount III P
these questions and, to do them ius. a
g, the two other members Of tbe j
ARD seem disposed to place much
'rellberal construction on the law and 4
decisions. But to no avail. Ii The q
2 before us the chairman was asked W
question ''F'or whose benefit then re
you suppose, and for what purpose p
: the registry Lists reopened g8 ID
ion the following unqualified answer
'or those who have not before applied lu
registry, and also chose who have to
uirad residence ia the Parish since
registry, under the ten days clause al
Je0 III IA9 race "a these facts, MIR. ~,
'rnan, will probably again rise from y
seat in the United States Congress Tia
ten the world that the people of the
th have nobody to blame hnt than j
es, and their stubbornness, If they M
not registered
q the ediacation Of our brethren Of N,
North we give few Of tho cases
cted Those who have served as
IF before the war Commissioners
lections before the war, and mem.
of Police Jury Sellers Of ur,brand. ed
Attle Cen office created by the police UNI
Ct this Parish and for which no del
q Office is required 0verseers Of " I
y (again no oath required j Attor- trle
at Law licenoed before the war ira
many other similar cases which We no'
Of now cali to mind. tna