New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-10
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not be compromised except at
the expense of the people OF 'ne
State of Louisiana; and since this Is the
fact, we infer that it is only necessary 70
state the difference to determine upon
which side of the contest the parties most
deenly interested will range themselves as
supporters. George W. Carter represents
corruption in its most unblushlng shape
as is evidenced by his votes in the Le6lsla-
t,,re and bv his actions as a member OF the
various committees of that body. He not
only voted for all the jobs and ~plunderln9
bills that were vetoed by the Governor
but he either voted to pass them over the
veto. or he confessed in open session that
he had done wrong. He sustained the
levee bill in It's original shape, and
was pledged to pass 1t, with
all its Objectionable features OF
public and private spoliation, over the
veto. He voted for the Crescent City
Waterworks bill and importuned the Sec
rotary of State to proclaim 1t was a law IN
defiance of the right which the Governor
had to veto it. He supported the ware
house bill that appropriated fifteen nun
dred thousand dollars to a company OF
private citizens to pat up a warehouse
with. and than voted to pass 1t over the
veto. He was secured TO sustain a law
giving the drainage Of the city Of New
Olleans, together with the right to build a
protection levee and to charge tolls Tor
landing and travelling upon the same, to
a private mqan He upheld and voted
for the law that surrendered the entire
leyee of the city of New Orleans to a body
of citizens, whereby every package OF
goods that entered the city would have
been required to pay "A charge. He voted
to spend the money of the State for useless
books to be distributed to parish officers.
He signed vouchers for contingent expenses
that were fraudulent, paying ten
dollars per gross for steel pens. He made
contracts with forty newspapers to print
the laws in consideration Of their support
ING his ambitious designs i'll the future.
He consented, as Speaker, to accept the
word of clerks and interested members
that resolutions were passed which III
volved oil hundred thousand dollars OF eX-
penses to the State. AS Speaker he drew
mileage upon committees that never trav-
eled a mile. AS Speaker he warranted IN
his own favor for printing which he never
performed. AS Speaker be attempted to
contract for the State printing with paper
that he started for that purpose. AS
Speaker he debauched members at night
with dissolute company in order to control
their votes in the next days session. As
Speaker he attempted to appropriate to his
own benefit the property OF Others, under
the plea that he could injure the owners
thereof if they did not surrender their
rights to his selfish demands. As Speaker,
in fine, he is connected with every Ill Just
measure and every improper appropriation
that was made by the last House of Repre-
sentatives. This is what would appear
upon one side, and this is the man the
Democrats have set up as their leader in
reform.
On the other hand, the Governor has
defeated most, if not all Of the speculative
bills that were supported by Ct. W. Carter.
He has watched tie treasury and pro-
tected it wherever protection was possible;
he has stood between Carter and the State
and city, saving both from the spoilation
of this bad and wicked legislator; and he
still maintains that position, detylng alike
his threats and his offers OF compromise.
This is the other side, and the people are
left to determine which is the man they
can rely upon, and which is the man they
can not trust. If Carriers career IN the
Legislature is not Il contrast to NarmOths
conduct as Governor that will challenge
The attention of the people to the worth
~lessness of the one and the worth Of the
other, We do not know Of a parallel that
would meet the occasion.
One, as Speaker, is all covered with the
evidences Of corruption, and the other. rs
Governor, fronts us as the man who has
detected and exposed this corruption. The
citizen who can not make "a choice be
tween these two officers is not the man to
send abroad to hunt for a reformer, for If
Carter has ever committed an act that
looked like reform, it does not appear IN
his public record. II he has ever left IN
done an act that looked Ike corruption,
the Legislative reports do not show 1t. And
he is tie ryf,I;1-r that the Democrats are
following. Yerrlr, the blind are leading
the blind.