New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-11

Uol0k O0p40Ce0 Oy e0cn OlIAe aO IAAep Will
vote to support the Governor.
Another reason is that we have already
reached the constitutional limit Of our in
debtedness, and I think that alone is su1f-
Gent reason, and I must expressly request
| that those gentlemen who are advocating
the bill will tell us why the State should
| furnish these gentlemen with capital to start
in business, and what benefit the State will
| derive from it,
The bill was finally passed by recorded
vote of 6S yeas to Is nays, the Governors
veto to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Governors veto message on the bill
for the relief of Mr. J. o. Nixon, late State
Printer, being before the House
| Mr. Quinn, of Orleans: From the begin
ming Of this Legislature, since 1868, this
very party has been here every year to re-
! Take the journals of 1868, 1869 and $50 and
you will find Mr.. Nixon has had different
sums of four and five and six thousand dol
! lars, and now he comes here and asks us to
| give him the modest sum OF fifty thousand
dOllars-God knows for what. l suppose
| next session he will come in here and ask
| for two hundred thousand dollars. hope
| every member who remembers the duty he
owes to himself and the people he repre-
sents will not vote away the money OF the
| people i'll this manner.
MIR. Moncure of CaddO: 1t is very well
| known that / have opposed all these
| measures, but must i've expression to the
fact that il comes with bad grace from that
member to complain that the Legislature is
called upon to pay j. .. Nixon what lie has
actually lost, when he has this instant
voted million and a-half to a warehouse
company. Where is the Justice. the reason
or the consistency, sir, in this conduct!
Mr.. Garstkamp, of Jefferson: AS Chair
man Of the Committee on Claims, know
something of this matter. know that this
claim was before the committee i'll sixty
eight. They reported tavorably, but the
| House adjourned before action could he
| taken on the bill. 1t has been reported ia
vorably by two or three committees. and
| do think it lust claim. In sixty-eight the
| hill was opposed because Mr.. Nixon was Il
| Democrat | know that Mr.. Nixon has
| never received any pay ON this He re-
| ceived three thousand dollars in bonds tor
| extra printing, hut this has never been
settled, and l think he is entitled to 1t as
much as any other gentleman in the State.
Mr.. Quinn, of Orleans: VIII he z i've clear
receipt to the State!
Mr.. Carr, OF De Soto: l desire to inform
the gentleman that in the bill .is incorpo-
rated this clause:
Provided, that Mr. Nixon shall give the
State Treasurer Il clear receipt OF all claims
against the State
The bill was finally passed. the Cover
nOrs veto to the contrary notwithstanding,
by recorded vote OF 81 yeas to nays.
The Governors message vetOlng the Dill
known as the Simeon Belden bill having
been read
Mr.. Davidson. of Livingston: This dd cap
tandum style Of denouncing claims does not
! become well the Governor OF this state.
| The Governor of the State Of Louisiana
| tpats Ills as though we were parcel OF
| school-boys Insist upon it that we are the
representatives OF the people. We are dig
nitied by being called blythe people here 10
I make laws for this State. Mr. Speaker. did II
! never strike YOU that ii becomes us, on some
| occasions, to 20 back to first principles!
1t is necessary to LET the people know some
thing about this one-man power. its IN
fuence upon tie destinies OF the country
| since the days when the people arose III
| their strength and wrested from HING John
the Magma Charta-since that day 1t has
been a constant struggle between the many
and the few. the many have rights. and
the few propose to take them from them.
| That is the case we have here. We have
decided after mature dcliberation. that
this bill was just ard proper. and the Gov
ernor lectures us and tells us that we have
acted without proper deliberation, without
rejecting properly upon this thing. Now.
three hundred of the principal citizens OF
|
resisting the one per cent tax. Here is an
agreement evidencing that one case Is TO
| be taken. and the balance decided from
| that Here is the evidence that 1t became
| necessary To employ assistant counsel. Mr..
Hunt and Mr.. Dibble were employed. The
most eminent counsel in the State OF Lou
isiana were employed to resist the collection
OF this tax. on the ground of its being I'M
constitutional. AtteI IL hard fought contest
/ ont RI l,n Sun II
was decided. and stand here as 4 lawyer
and u professional man to assert the rights
! of my procession, and as Representative e
recognize what the peoI lie owe THIS gentle
man. and TO reward him for his services.
You know. and tie House knows. and
| know that am Democrat to the core and
this gentleman is a Republican. but that
does not affect the right 1t is right that the
/ man should have his money and shall vote
that he shall have it. The Governor talks
about the parishes of Bosser and Caddo,
/ but the matte" of these parishes was not IN
| the controversy. Here we have the certiti-
| Gates of the tax collectors that they could
not collect the tax i'll these two parishes.
Orleans and Jefferson. Who was 10 fight
them. Why didn't the Governor do 1t il he
! knows so much! Why didn't he call Oh his
police force and order these people to pay
their taxes! But because the Attorney
! General of this State takes the matter up in
due course OF law, we who represent tie
people have no right to pay him
Mr.. Quinn. of Orleans: He is paid for il
Mr.. Davidson. of Livin ston: lie is rot.
| paid for it. The law plainly states that he
shall he entitled to five per cent for all taxes
that he collects. 1t was through the means
of this single suit that all these taxes We're
collected, and what difference does it make
| whether it was on one dollar or a mllionl
1t was the principle that was involved. The
argument had to be as strong and as power
full before the court to have that case pro-
perly decided, as if it lad been for the
whole sum: and. It is in bad taste for Il
handsome. good looking, intelligent man.
like the Governor, 10 lecture us: to say that
there is but five dollars due TO tire At
torney General. What nonsense. What
folly. The gentleman talks to us as ii We
We're demented, just as if We We're school
boys. think it is a duty the House owes
to give this to Mr.. Belden. l voted for it
because | thought 1t WAS just. | voted for
it because tie law authorized it. ] voted
for it because | have sworn that would
| carry out the provisions OF tLe law accord