The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-11
POLICE Aelna

sisfing the officer. His name, was SOM
: what altered in the p~oloea6ooks, and hi
, occupation placed az q merchant Oppt
site to this is the phrase, Ibid not appear,
: which is explained to mean that be did nc
IAppear in court, setting it and its officer
at defiance. At the time of his arrest, b
said, We learn from the police, that b
:. would have them dismissed, as well ~ Ma
I j6s Robinson, because they were tho friend
q Mammoth and anamies- d, ths~.neero
The name Of the officer making, the arres
was O,fara, who on Monday was dis
missed by the Board, for illegally arrestinll
lie, citizen. Yesterday morning Major Rob
Iiinson was notified that be had beenremoy
edfom the Board of Police Commissioners
and q colored man named. j. w. Quinn
appointed by acting Governor .Pinchbacl
in his place, the alleged cause being, it il
stated, ''because Senator Harris demanded
it, on account Of Major Robinson no,
having left home to apologize for his ar
rest, and refusing to at once dismiss The
officer who was only acting in discharge o.
his duty"
The real reason Of the dismissal, as sta.
ted to our reporter, was, t'that LIEUT.. Gov.
Pnchback desired to get the police entire
" under his control for the next election
as he then intended to run for Governor,
with Senator Harris as Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and that Major Robinson acted in
opposition to him in this wish.
THESE statements, from parties who are
ready to verify to them N oath, need no
comment to show that the next election
will be one Of race and color, as far as the
State is concerned. -
We copy the above from the New
Orleans Times Of Thursday, May 8,
for the, purpose of correcting the
gross misrepresentation with refer
ence to the removal Of Major Rob-
!fnson. from the. Board of Police
Commissioners. The appointment
Of MI. Robinson, originally, was a
cause of known dissatisfaction to the
general public, and indeed so I'M
popular was it with the Republican
party that Governor Warmoth omit
ted to risk his confirmation by the
Senate of 1871, and after the ad-
tournament of that session Governor
Warmoth reappointed him. For
various reasons the Majors unpopu-
larity increased to such an evident
extent that Governor Warmoth.w was
again forced to withhold his name
from the session of the Senate of
1872; doubtless the Governor had
satisfactory reasons for his action
in the premises; and we have no de-
sire to impugn his motives; but
when the duties of the executive
upon Mr.. Pinchback, he
viewed this matter in an entirely
aspect. and believed
that the removal of Major
would meet the ap-
.roval of his party and the people
IN: general which we believe it has
lone, the carping of the Times to
he contrary notwithstanding.
With the. circumstances attending F..
he arrest alluded to we are unac-
luainted, but we sincerely believe
he allegation of improper motive, .
the course pursued by the |
Police Board, as well as by MI. {
oinchback, towards officers who by !
coincidence may have incurred dis g
,leasure, to be utterly without foun- I
lation and the mere creature of q I
inauguration. 1t
So far as the imputation against t
II. Pinchback for the appointment t
+ stMr. Quinn, a colored man" is r
oncerned it is unnecessary for, us q
. repudiate the silly charge Of de- t
iring to secure control of the Po- d
force for the purpose stated, as v
r. Pinchback has openly. and re- b
eatedly .avowed that he did not de- T
to be a candidate for Governor: I
We expect howevert that MI. Pinch n
ack has about grown tired of these t,
imputations, and we "
ould scarcely be surprised to find is
is adventurous spirit driven to this tt
at last. Ia
%We are informed that the IL
archase and transfer of the Fourth q
Church, on the corner p
Gasquet and Liberty streets, O
i've been 80 far concluded by the I
merican Missionary Associa- t
On, that tomorrow at 11,o'clock, Il
ev. c. H. Thompson will conduct g
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