New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

Said: | have been trying to get up sec
ton for some time which would meet tn
i views of the Senator flom Claiborne (Mr
Blackman) and the Senator from Carol
(Mr. McMillen). The object of this Who'll,
printing bill is to kill the Republican pres,
OF the State. The gentleman from Clai
borne seems to be DESTROYS of dividing thi;
thing up, and | am willing that it should be
divided according to the representation Oh
this floor, if the gentleman (Mr, Blackmanj
Will come out boldly and say that he merely
wants his share of the spoils. Let the Sen
ator from Carroll (Mr. McMillen) and the
Senator from Claiborne Mr.. Blackman) be
allowed to select newspaper published in
| their respective districts to do the official
printing This is really the only reason for
the fight against the present printing law.
| This bill seems to me to have been drawn
up for the purpose of enrlchiDg certain men,
and propose to give them the full benefit
of it by giving them the entire control of
! their districts by this additional section
Mr.. McMillen: If | understand correctly
| the section which has been offered bv the
| Senator from st. James MIR. Hunsakerl. il
| IS TO the effect that each Senator shall be
| empowered to select one journal published
within his senatorial district, and in that
particular journal the laws of the State
shall be published. desire particularly to
notice one remark which has been made by
the honorable Senator from ST.. James INF.
Hunsaker). That remark was that the Sen
ator from Carroll tmeaning myself | sup
posel had for his object the destruction of
the Republican press of the State. / desire,
III the most emphatic manner, to deny the
truth Of that allegation. That is far from
being my intention in the advocacy
of this bill, now before the Senate. On the
contrary, / desire to foster and encourage
and promote the growth of real lie Repub
lican papers throughout the State of Louis
ana. l want journals established which
have local habitations, which have subscrip-
ton lists where they are published, and
which are read by the people of the State
and l desire, wherever It is possible, to
have such journals Republican in politics
and respectable in character. 1t is to such
journals as these that desire, by my vote and
influence and action in this General Assem-
bly,, to give the public printing of the State 1t
Is for this reason that shall oppose the adop- |
ton OF the section which has Just been |
offered. Although | have a very high regard |
for the personal character of the distin- |
guished Senator from Claiborne Mr. Black |
man, and although had the honor TO par
tcipate few days since in the ceremony of |
his introduction into the Republican party,
yet do not believe that he has been long
enough among us to intrust him with the
selection CT the official journal in his Sena-
torial District. L think he should starry
awhile in Jericho until his beard shall have
grown" Let us give this power to Repub-
icans, who we know will select Republican
papers, and let us not give it to the gentle
man from Claiborne and other friends of
the Republican party on the floor of the
Senate. desire that Republican
paper, if there be one there, shall
have the printing of the laws, etc,
Of the State in the parish of Carroll; L desire
that Republican paper in the parish of st.
James shall have the same privileges ex-
tended to it; and | desire that the Republi-
can paper that | know to be published in
the parish of Claiborne, and which stands
N the front rank of Republican journals in
this State, shall have the benefits that NAV
be derived from the public printing. These
are privileges which belong to the dominant |
oarty, and L suppose my honorable friend
rom Claiborne (Mr. Blackman) will con
,ede them to US. Instead of irving to get
id of the Republican press of the State. I
lesire to foster and encourage it as much as 1
possible In my humble opinion, the worst
'low that it could receive is that dealt by
he Senator from st. James (Mr. Hunsakerl {
Il the presentation of this section | hope
hat the section offered by the Senator from
It. James will not be adopted. Let Us ap- {
olnt the Governor of the State or the {
lieutenant Governor of the State lin whom
nave the greatest confidence as {
Republican,, or the Chief Justice
1 the Supreme Court, or the honorable and t
veil known Judge of the Eighth District @
curt; let us appoint some one who is well C
nown as a Republican, in whom shall be
laced the power to select Republican Jour d
ais throughout the State in which shall be u
tine laws made by the General n
ssembly, and which shall DO all the public n
rinting of the State. Right there wouId o
Ike to have the public patronage cease. | il
N III favor OF striking out that clause of d
re printing law which requires that all d
dIcIal advertisements shall be published
the official journals. believe that mat s
r should be left to the parties litigant. h
hey are the parties interested and they IL
"uId be left free to select the papers for I'll
at purpose which in their opinion would W
ST subserve their legitimate interests. 1t
not thing for the Legislature to lay its &c
mas upon and attempt to control. But, RI
lar as the Official printing is concerned.
the printing of the laws, / am in favor of
mining this class of printing to the Repub- Il
an papers of the State, and of comforting q,
power of selecting them to some party -, ~
10 Is well known and recognized as a P r
mber OF the Republican party. |, there ae
e, favor the selection of the Governor, ap
Governor and Speaker of the 'i't
use OF Representatives. They are gen g.,
men who are well known in the com ~ ~
nifty. They know the merits of the wv
nous newspapers throughout the State, sol
am perfectly willing that the power t tft
lch rests in their hands at present shall t tn'
nes will amend tho seot;n', iioin o. otl
red, so that it shall provide that the ei;
bic Journals shall be selected by the ~ =
cutlve OF the State and the presiding wv wv
GERS of the different branches of the tne
neral Assembly; that it shall be OBJ t zen
tory upon them to select one journal in o o,,r
b parish OF the State, the parish of o tii
cans excepted, and that those journals VII VII
IL be empowered to print all laws of a WI
eral character that shall pass the az,
eral Assembly, will gladly support it. IN
) will lay a legitimate foundation for a inc
ublican paper in each parish of the the
e, and it will do more to promote olie
growth of the Republican press than aer
other mode we could adopt. "
r O'Hara: | have made three or four IN M,
rent propositions tending to secure to the WI
ltry. people of the State the benefits to WI.
nron0sitiop fho+ 80 "a ne bill
TORS and members Of tbo "I U tmno 'ie Leg
resentatives from each senatorial dis anu gu u
should contract with paper published " u
a Thot ,,ro,,o,;tt;a,i on0 ian VI the M
N came forward and proposed that the ~; oili :.
arnor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker tt' .
he House of Representatives should i PoSSS
n Nov Will e. 49,. IS f ~ 90 Yotoo lato
direct b1or 10 10 tlon " the senate and
lghout the country; yet | am NO. 20 Nj
opposed to the bill on that accourst az ~,
on another. Representing Republicans on ..
4 to me as n rnon1han 90 - sIo DOVE oe land
i me official journal in my dis 9nu
should certainly use that 49,