New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-24


Sis for printing by the Republican Print
ing Company for the Mayors Office, and
asked who authorized this printing.
The Mayor replied it was for printing the
Mayors annual message in pamphlet form,
and had been ordered by himself.
Mr.. Remick thought it proper that the
printing of this message should have been
been ordered by the Council. The printing
OF Governors message to the Legislature
was always ordered by the Legislature it
| self; and inasmuch as the Mayors message
| contained serious reflections upon the Adj
ministrators, and inasmuch as the Mayor
had never done the Administrators the
| justice to retract those imputatiOns, he, for
one, should oppose the passage OF this BILL
The Mayor quoted from the ordinance the
following items:
| New Orleans Republican Printing Com
pany, printing for the Department of FL
nance, Sil.
New Orleans Republican Printing Com
pany. printing for the Department Of I'M
| provements, $2l.
New Orleans Republican Printing Com
pany, printing for Department of Public
| Accounts, 1894
| And said that he had authorized the print
| ing Of his message in the same way as the
| other members Of the Council had ordered
their printing.
| Mr. Remick moved that the item of print
ing for the Mayors Office be postponed aud
referred to the committee Of the whole.
The motion was lost.
Mr.. Lewis moved that the item of $!5 to
Dr. Cooper, for medical examination of ID.
+. Leschinski, be not allowed at the pres
ent time, he being an employee of the city
government.
Mr.. Walton seconded the motion.
The motion to postpone was put:
Yeas-Lewis, Walton, Bonzano-3.
Nays-Cockrcm, Shaw, Delassi5e and
Remick-4.
Lost.
Mr.. Shaw moved to postpone an item of
1854 so, for chemicals supplied to the
Board of Health by Pickles & Albers.
Mr.. Lewis stated iii answer to ques
ton, that, though these Board Of Health
bills passed through his office, they were
authorized by an act of the Legislature,
and he had no means of ascertaining their
correctness.
1t was requested that the Administrator
of Police take measures to examine into
the correctness Of these bills.
The item was postponed.
A claim of A. Shelley, for medicines sup
piled to the free dispensary under the
Sickles bequest, was ordered paid out of
the interest of the Sickles fund.- on motion
of Mr.. Walton, who stated that there were
some $4,000 or $4,000 interest due that fund.
The question coming up on the passage of
the entire ordinance the Mayor said:
A remark made by one of the Admins
traitors l think it just l should notice, with
the permission of the Council. When the
Mayors message was read here some slight
exception was taken to it. | stated dis
tinctly then that if there was anything
which was offensive to any Administrator
l wished he would indicate it and would
strike i. out, for it was not my intention to
say anything offensive. stated in the
message itself:
do not, by any means, charge the pres
ent condition of affairs wholly upon muni-
cipal administration. bad as it has been in
tie past, and much as l think it may be i'm
proved in the future. To a great extent it
has been brought about by unwise and i'm
provident legislation-to use no harsher
term-on the part of the General Assembly.
The tone of the message was serious and
earnest. ! desired to bring the attention of
the Administrators to the position of the
city. | had said the same things over and
over again, in private. | believe, in far
stronger terms than any used in this
message. did not charge, nor did intend
to charge any Administrator with any fraud.
Mr.. BounanO-The public has been so i'm
pressed.
The Mayor-AllOw Inc to close ! wish
to say distinctly / know of no such fraud,
nor have l ever known of any such, nor is
there anything in the message which SO
declares If there had been any such passage
pointed out to me l would have retracted
it. But as to the differences drawn | think
it unworthy of the Administrators or Of the
Mayor to expect that they are to be contra
dicted by any one. l have so stated. l
have stated it publicly; l stated it in my
interview, published in the newspapers,
that know of ne such frauds. If l did
should have exposed them, as | suppose
every Administrator would. My object was
simply to draw the attention of the Admin
istrators as well as Of the public to what
considered the grave situation of the city.
l think did it in proper temper. If did
not, if / did it in improper terms, if
ANYBODY will point out those terms to me,
| say now, as l said then, | will retract
them. When things are going wrong, some
body is to blame. think things have been
badly managed in some respects think
there is not member of this hall who has
not stated the same thing privately or in
public Why, therefore, when ill-natured
remarks are made, should the Mayor, who
has simply endeavored to call public atten-
sponsible for theme
Mr.. BOnzano-I would like to read a
small paragraph from the report OF the
meeting-of citizens held on the first of De
cember last:
The Mayor has taken the initiative in the
letter he has sent, and we will not prove
Indifferent TO his confidence by neglecting
the trust he has put upon us.
The president then requested General
Gibson to read the Mayors letter. which
that gentleman proceeded to do. his let
ter has been published before, and sub
iected to repeated comment. and hence is
familiar to our readers. The reading of the
letter was received with marked approval
by the audience.
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