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The Governor would have been suspended. and
then We could have passed mod,ncatiuu ul
these laws, aud readily have obtained officers
O. VINO would hoyc been Govcrnorf A
Whoever had been elected success. ~ the late
Scuate.
q Did you and those pentlcmcn who acted
with YOU Gclicvc that sir. Pnchback wa the
President ~ the Senate; and therefore, entitled
to be Governor Ave did not.
~. Iheh Mr; carter would have bren u'V-
q. That is the provision of your Constitutions
\. Yes. sir but hal both Houses assembled,
the senate would have elected its President
hethcr Iinchback or anybody else. even bc' ore
articles Of impeachment could be carried.
| CORRUPTION CHARGED ALL AROUND.
o.-You state you had a conversation viththe
Governor, IN which he stated there were selefM
members Of the Legislature he could destroy.
| Did he tell you their namesf .A:-.No,. sir but
he said he had their record, and II they Intended
to lmpeach him he would destroy them.
| Q.-Then he said he would destroy these mem
| A.-Decidcdly lie took me for ono. aud sup
| pose. accordingly ! was included ia this
| Q.-Efor what A.-For corruption In Office
Q.-Theu the Governor charged you and your
| party with being corrupt, and you charge nm
| With heing corrupt NO, sir; the Governor
tho members Of the Legislature In favor of his
| impeachment, and the consequence was there
|
| signature uf Gov. warmoth's appontees that
| had drawn money from the state Treasury with
| out performing my duty, which rendered II ne
ccs4ary that / should gct the signature Of Tie
| chief clcrll 81 the House that had done the
| work. Yet the Governor refused To withdraw
thc charge, and afierward let IL 20 To the Lcgis-
| lature;. H.
| rcachriy g. 1hc were about one hundred
aud fprty indirimsr IS. could not tell you ali
O-Iad bllis been found IN these indictments?
| A-They were CHARGE, not Indictments charges
| made by ihe lieluitcans uf the state Of maiad-
O. EmhclItmcni of the public funds? Al
| do not suuuuse the Governor ever eube7tlcd
| public fuuds. hut some acts he had done were
not Thought con istsnt With the integrity Of the
O. Did these charges involve bis personal
! character, or the character OF his Adminlstra-
tionf Al thiul, they involved everything I;
thcy were so general they would take in any ut-
GOV. wARNoru Defending THE rPrtsrny
| O.-Dd YOU over hold pristing contract A
| ] aid, sir II was given me- hy Oscar ]. Dunn ana
! Goo. W Carter, and now you may ask, If YOU
o.-Huw much did YOU receive under that
| cor'uetf A sLiOn | should have received
| more, iut the Governor and Mr.. Pinchhack re-
| fused tu ai.n IL uu the score Of economy. The
| ~ 500 have ~polScn ~ should have brought me
$3.50, iut the finances Of this state are In such a
condition that my warrants sold for 70 or ~ cents
ON the d o,lar and consrgiontly from S2'NO Of
| tractY A GOV. Wamoth and Mr.. pinchhdCk
| Ny iNfHf WIS tlNflfUt from many ltIitI@s lii
| have the contract Tor printing the laws Of the
| Legislature only others for the Jude ial and
| kepuhlican papSrS In my parish one In tue lu,
| tcfe,t of GOV. Narmoth and the otncr, edited
hy my. II. not In the Interest of Col. Carter or
| anybody else. hut opposed To Gov. NHmoth.
| NJ contract was revoked and al the time it
| was revoked. ON the score Of economy, all the
| state printing had been done, and the part b
printing which alone remained, was Immediately
| given To- the other papers.
Q.-At the time your contract was revoked.
| pHUpr In animation with the Z Irf r
partyt Al cannot say Y was, only ! had
| 'I.ltd thr, hulhe 81 zen h,ait LOT ilcSiuVht'
amt that had given offence. | have acted with
Iol. Cer'ger TIE Other paper p6S W.; in The in, in-
| collector.
DiDS'T LIKE THF ELECTION LAW.
o.-You SAY that before the meeting pf the
| Legislature the men recognized ~ fteuds Of
| Mr. Carter iutcudcd 70 repeal certain hill7 which
YOU name. Had the Republican Convention
aaoptcSd platform IN fayor Of u., T.. rGpcL 4
the committee. AZ It's meeting, 9dopcd
| aseries Of resolutions introduced for
Mr. Dunn or Carter, forget which, do
| certain bills. There were meetings held In Va-
| rous part4 of the state after that address and
| the repre- scntatiNcs were instructed by their
| constituents to follow ont that platform.
| .Q..when was this address isSueds Al
| should judge some time Ia NoVemhcr-a month
| OF Two before the assembling OF the Lcg'sia-
tule.
| objection to the Election llw was 90 tIc law ~
! self ur tn thc maIaduuu,s ration of iIt y. For
/ uIN-tIi. ! answer That object tu tNt power n
| gives 10 uF ot. man, and especially o. thD way
| b. has lt.fI U-ti.
G. il Was -,le,iowt taken .ny t.. pe..' .i.ao
| that ,,t al ,.lH,.-eu our "I .u..H. .u.u' n.
ppN'r itNE 4 Du'IrNoH IuAr iNI,tTiu ruF
| LAW.
u, Mr. ~peer O. These obuoNiop, laws u
can Lea,-iaturct T. Ih'icb, hangs a tale. |
| would not Ike TO answer that. | was not in
O. Do You know, Of your own knowledge.
| that the Legislature which passed these laws
| was Rcpubli Hanf \. They were called Republic
| cans but 9fterwaFd turned out to be parisans
O. liut all u them have been reelected, and
| now they object to these laws, because the Gov
| ernor executed the powers conferred upon him
against hi. own party M. ~ sir; not So
dons kf he Whole state An injury Wv" ~ ''' %
.Q."Is the compen. alton for bubble printing in
this state fixed hy lay or by tne journals who
| Q.-Docs Il depend upon tie circulation ~ the
paperr A.-No, sir; the contract allows SO
Q.-fhere are many Of the papers supported
by The public printing aud not by public patron
the people of ihs state the boaG dde Repnbli-
cans-haye unfortunately been slaves and con-
We have not very large paper constituency.
| Q-Al these pnpers supported by public pat
rGnaee are htPn5iicsn pSpers; belonging to one one
cratic papers in parishes where no Republican
| papers are published, have received the state
printing They take II just as quickly as Repub-
Q Name one Democratic paper that has the
state printing. Al could II bad the list here
now LOUISIANA NEWSPAPERS ARE KEPT ALIVE
| Q.-Do you mean 10 say that the Democrat,
papers that receive the state patronage have re-
| cciyed il to control their courser A.-No; / dc
not think So ! think they have got it in som,
cases where they have not had presses o
| their own, through the interest Of others.
Can you tcll me whether or ,il,.t n9t the Re-
| themselves without Federal or State patronage