New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-07

ae lov-ires "a &reobtPp t;on the s't
deyl dyl y dsac,enext ussscny oce.rrsa
:, ! By cost ct, asevsn b hay ,snaed and ed ssio,
outbreak to stsX rsds paty II -
lican quarrel, and, - sfFsel lm0 W.
their Central Committee, had counseled, il
brief. the party ITO take sides with nobody
The ostensible object of the late coalition
was reform, but it was counterfeit.
| Upon this question of reform, the Gov
ernor charged the Customhouse party with
pretending, not intending it; and on being
asked which of the two are to be believed
since both divisions advocate reform!
II am the one to be believed the Gov.
| ernOr said.
Question" Is it not true that those
measures tquoting the testimony Of George
w. Carter) you wish should pass, do pass,
and those you are against don't pass '''
Answer-"That is absurd"
The proof he can not do this is that
measures vetoed by him had been passed,
| and those he recommended lost. In answer
to strong question, the Governor an
swered he had never gone on the floor and
advocated the passage of laws he had vetoed.
The Governor had vetoed the bill pro-
-ita.c $I,400,00O State aid for warehouses,
| ON be ground that the constitutional limit
OF State indebtedness had been reached
True. he had approved other bills providing
for State aid subsequently, but among those
he had approved in this wise was one that
Mr. Sypher had presented for his approval,
involving an outlay of 100000 for drainage
purposes. He had told Mr. Sypher that he
would approve it, but that he was of the
opinion that the constitutional limit had
been reached and we would be compelled
to have recourse to the courts to collect
them, as he would instruct the Auditor not
to pay any bonds issued under the bill He
did not think that he had violated his oath
to support the constitution by not vetoing
the bill. He thought the question was one
the courts should definitely determine, and
in this way had designed the bills should
all be brought before the courts.
The design of the coalition was not to
try the Governor, but to suspend him.
Pinchback was to be overridden, and Car
ter would have realized his threat that he
would be Governor in thirty-six hours.
In regard to the registration returns, the
Governor had never held up'his hand and
said they must "pass through these fingers
He had never held any stock that he had
not bought and paid for in good faith.
In approving the levee bill, notwithstand.
ing the character of the measure, his rea-
son had been that ''the lobby was too
strong" The opposition would have re-
suited in confusion, as they would have
overthrown the Governor and procured
one at all times Obedient to their demands.
The State debt had been increased under
Democratic rule from 1S6l-68 to about
$14,000,000. The act granting the So, 100000
in bonds to the New Orleans. Mobile and
Texas railroad had been approved by him.
Sixty miles of the road had been already
built; about l40 more were to be con-
structed, for which ample provision had
been made.
General Sheridan had first inaugurated
the system of appointing registrars not resi-
dents Of the parishes where they officiated,
his appointments being taken from the city
In his appointments he had been guided by
of members of the Legis-
lature. Contracts Under the printing law
were all revoked, and had not in a single !
instance been given out again. Many of |
the old papers had the parochial and judi
cial printing-quite another matter-ac-
cording to the printing law. The Governor
owned $50 of the HOO shares of the Re- |
publican Company. All he knew about it |
was it had paid no dividends OF late.
In answer again to the We'll claim charges |
the Governor said simply that the president |
of the Citizens Bank would never have
paid had the Auditor not approved them.
The funding law was plain, and it author
lied tho payment Of all outstanding evi-
dences of Indebtedness. He had vetoed the |
bill authorizing We'll to sue the State, as in
nine cases out of ten judgment in case like
this goes against the State, and, as matter
Of precedent, such methods of obtaining
money should be shut of. Of the $500, 1000
be had funded in warrants under
the act, $4,000 belonged to himself,
bAfO lO"0AiAAO1 WOAO puu IL AAAo 0duOS
Eor negotiation by friends and interested
parties; in the We'll claim he had no inter-
,st whatever. Out of levee skies. he had
made, he believed, about $4,000, owing to
he appreciation of the bonds from none
out natural causes. An account was given
If the Sam Smith suit, already well known
md with matters connected with the rate
If exchange.
The printing law was designed to assist in
he proper promulgstion of the laws, and
'hough it was true contracts had only been
,iven to Republican papers, yet it was in
obedience to good old Democratic habit,
md in accordance with Democratic prece-
lents.
The report Of the contingent expenses of
lis own Office had, contrary to intipation, |
leen handed in at every session Of the Legis- |
ature, and IL embraced all the items Of ex-
'enditnre. IN answer to statement in the
knditoEs report about money expended for
~ militia, To Goyernor said their expenses
gsre eppsovsd ~ the Adjutant Genefal on
|pnch6rs 6led By the ohdcefs. At PAS
he had held . conversation with !