The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-02-09

D. ing money to the officer to induce him
desist and say nothing about it. And
securely has be secre:ed said Dearing sine
that the officers of the law have not been ab
to find him.
o. During my first trial before the Fir
District Court one--was in the Par;
frlson, under sentence to the peniteptiar
When his lawyer applied to Gov. Warmoi
tohave his sentence committed from impriso,
ment in the penitsntisry to imprisonment
the Parish Prison, he demanded $1,000
money and that the criminal should swe,
TO certain things which he would tell hi,
against u. NJ. Wickiiffe, as the condition
upon which he would comfy with the pri.
oner's request. The attorney, being a
honorable man and Christian. would nc
aliow his client to comply with such infamou
Z; The law prescribing the duties of th
Auditor OF Puolic Accounts. declares :ha
1.-THE Auditor shall reside at the seat of gov
ernment, and shall keep his office in th,
state House." srsyre being no provisio,
/. maze oy la" forsI~y staying longer at tn,
ONCE where 1 had been located during tn,
year IN obedience to the law governing my
. office. moved into the the State House. an;
nndlng suitable rooms, proceeded to oper
my ofhce. The Governor, finding that hai
!, done so, immediately gathered his Praetoriar
, guard OF police and stopped me from convey.
ing up anything more, threw the books, pa.
pers and archives of the State into the
street. drove me out of my Office in open
violation of the orders of the Sixth District
Court, refused to allow me to re-enter nv
Office and throwing the property of the State
into wagons, in his hurry to accomplish his
purpose before the Sheriff could stop him.
caused great damage to the furniture and
archives of the Office and the loss of many
valuable portions Of the same.
=. Whilst thus busy in attempting to
accomplish his pretended desire to punish
corrupt official. as isl his excuse for bis high
handed outrages against law and justice. he
was not unmindful of personal gain, and was
daily guilty Of the most fragrant acts of COR
ruption. At the last session of your honor
able body he successfully manipulated sun.
dry bills, SO as to delay their passage till
tie very last moments of the session, thus
securing the power to sighn them at his
leisure during the balance Of the year, after
he had squeezed the last dollar out of the
parties interested in securing bis signature.
Among many such acts of corruption of
which this official is guilty Ienumerate the
following:
9. For his signature to the bin incorpora-
ting the Slaughter House Company he cor
ruptly demanded ard received three -thir-
teenths OF one-half OF all the capital stock,
amounting to 23OO shares, or $3.50, 1000.
lO. de corruptly received large sum of
money, as we'll as promises of political assist
ance, to veto the Shin Island Canal bill, and, |
Immediately after vetoing the samr, he went
into the Legislature and did all in his over |
to pass the bill over his veto, for which he |
was paid BY the Ship Island Canal Company, |
thus receiving pay from both sides.
ii. The General Assembly having passed
bill for the relief of j. C. Kathman (see |
Act 2l3 of 1868 sppropiating for that pur-
pose SllO6 20. he refused to sign that bill
patti Pa1I a II taf R 't asssas
Mr.. Kathman of that amount, which War
moth corruptly demanded and received for
his signature.
IL. He coruptly demanded of Patrick
Fritzel six levee bonds, amounting to $1,000.
before he would sign the bill giving said
Fritzel extra compensation for loss on con-
tract, and because said Fritzel would not
pay his exorbitant price. he vetoed the bill,
which your honorable body passed over his
veto by an overwhelming majority Of both
houses.
In short, his conduct in this respect is SO
notorious that 1t can be proved that he never
signed bill ofpecuniary benefit to any one |
that he 0id not demand and receive money or
other consideration for his signature.
l3. For his signature to bill No. l27, of
session of 1869. he showed more conclusively
than ever the iafamy of his nature by de-
manding for his signature the sacrifice to his
lust of the virture of young and beautiful
lady who had interceded in its behalf.
ID. He, assisted by others. defrauded the
State of over $4,000 in their manipulation
of the 81. .5s6, 200 worth of levee bonds dis
posed ofin New York at 5l3 cents, when
they were offered 81 cents for them in this
city to ne gotiate them.
Is. He corruptly received $50 900 from P.
J. Kennedy, for bis signature to the bill
authorizing tho construction of levees.
l6. He defrauded the State of sl42,74O by
cutting of overdue coupons from the levee
bonds disposed of by him and his committee,
and never accounting for the same.
IL. He defrauded the State of $500 by
cutting off overdue coupons from the Red
Book Bonds, delivered to him by me in
accordance with joist resolution No. AZ of
1869, and never accounting for tho same.
Though neither he nor anyone else had the
right to cut of said coupops. as said bonds
weoe only pledged and not sold.
lS. In violation Of law-he has refused to
deliver bonds to the Auditor to have them
properly. registered and delivered to those
claiming them. Hence, the State has no
official record of said bonds, and no receipts
| for the same By his conduct in this matter
| two ana naII mf,'r...- .-,~.,- c...o oc o,or
State has not receipts to prove that these
appropriations have ever been paid. He has
thrown wide open the door to those disposed
TO swindle the State to the amount OF millions
in three ways. First, by inaugprating TINS
system of not requiring bonds to be ofhclaiiy
registered. designing persons may forge
bonds on the State of Louisiana for any
amount. The State having no official record
Of such debt, it is impossible to tell how many
bonds have been issued, what are their
numbers, and to whom they were paid. 81
the State NAV issue one million OF dollars
or there NAV be forged claims in this form
of untold millions against the State' anu a. :
there is no official record, no one ca" 'ei
: which is genuine and which SPURIOUS AM
the tux payers will at last have to pay an
these bonds. Second. there being no on.eia
|, record. coupons overdue may be CUT on o.
: such law -disregarding officials as ourpresen
n executive, and appropriated to their ow'
. gain, all of which the State must pay, as sh
has no data from which to calculate the ez
y act amount of interest due on the bonds
&c Third, coupons without number may .
l. forged, aud the State thus again be defraut
a ed of millions more. l beg you. geutleme