New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-28
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Parish Judgeso

We publish this morning the 'r""cH 81
Hon. George c. Benham. OF Car:oH parish.
in the Hon.e OF Representatives yesterday
ON the bill! providing for the payment Of
salaries OF parish judges by the parishes
instead ,.f from the State treasury. 1t fol
lows:
Mr., SpeaSer-is the autfor Of the bill
Sust reported favorably on by the Commit
toe on Judiciary, it is due that should cA-
plain it iu order that the ii -nse may vote
on it intciIigcntly. This IL simply nli
DroyidjDr That parish judges shall receive
their pay from their respective Parishes IN
stead Of receiving it from the State. as now.
Tho nav remains the same. When PARISH
has two Representatives or more the pay, Is
$500, while with ono Representative Inc
paw is $4,000.
The parish Judge is essentially parsh
officer, as much 20 as the shefllf' or cierh'
or recorder If we pay him from the stare
treasury "a well should we pay these OIL
Gers from that source. Such proposition
would he ridiculous on its face. The parish
Judge performs his work III the PARISH anu
the benefits of his labor accrue solely TO the
citizens Of the parish. Why should the
State be called upon to foot tins Div II
there are any set of officers VINO earn Inell
money it is the parish Judges, but 1t Is due
10 them from their respective parish trea-
suries and not from the Stat" treasury
The salaries of parish judges are an an
nnaI tax upon the State Of Sl2o,Voo. Ino
parish Of Orleans pays tWo-thlrds Oh ING
State tax or two out of three OF the parish
Judge and yet she ia neither directly or IN
directly benefited one cent. So with the
parishes OF CaddO, Jefferson, ST. Mary, ana
other parishes, either in a greater or less
decree. The passage of this bill will relieve
the State treasury $4,000, and we all
know how imperative is this demand
if we would save our State from bankruptcy
Excessive and illegitimate demands upon
our State treasury have put volume OF
foat ting indebtedness upon the market ag-
gregating over two and half millions of
dollars, and our financial ruin is just as
certain as time unless we promptly stop the
leaks in the ship of State as fast as we dis
cover them. Here is an important leak
Let us apply the remedy promptly. Prob
ably the most forcible illustration OF our
impoverished condition is found in our own
melancholy state. Here we have been IN
session as ~ Legislature some fifty days,
and yet none of as have been able to pro
cure dime for our services. Why is tblsF
Sosie will say the brokers have formed
combination against the State so as to com
Del it to sell its paper at ruinUus discount.
Others will say that when our State gov
ernment is fully recognized we Will become
easy financially. Neither of these positions
are the true solution. Why we have not
received our pay is because the State mas
neither money nor credit. If we Will ad-
dress ourselves to the task of putting every
thing upon an economical basis, 1t Will not be
a twelve month before money Will how INTO
our treasury beyond immediate demand, ana
the credit of our State commence 10 lm-
prove Look at the situation OF our ma
tioual government financially. What Is
IL oil Uncle
SAINT With a tinkle of the bell of the Sec
retarv of the Treasury at Washington, wall
street tumbles. This is because our national
government is on a healthy financial OASIS.
IT ia possible for us to so legislate as to pro
duce like result in this State. PROBABLY
no Legislature ever assembled with SreHter
RESPONSIBILITIES upon its shoulders thah the
one Row in session here. The LIE bIoo1 OF
orr State is oOzing out at every pore. our
treasury is the puppet OF the Carondelet
atreet brokcrs. Our credit is almost
Dhantom of the past. Our government Is
the laughing stock of the nation, ana CAPT
tal and immigration shun us as II our breath
were pestilence, and all that while we are
in geographical position and IN variety Vi
resources second to none iii the nation
We must stop the flow Of life blood by
closing every unnecessary leak in our State
treasury In this way we will soon ma
ourselves in q condition To DEFY CaronueieJ
street. as our national treasury now dtfles
Wall street; our phantom credit VIII pc
come q reality; our Stale administration
the pride of its citizens, ana capltaI ana
Enumeration will flow over our deserted
lands, opGn out our closed shops, take down
Che everlasting sign, 40 let" which now
alispraces nearly every second house IN this
CITY, and peace and Prosperity Will snlie
throughout our borders. Is there single
member of this General Assembly, then.
who will not vote for The bill, and thus re-
gieve the State treasury OF this unnecessary
burden believe the parish Judges WIN
be better paid under This bill than they
have been bv the State Indeed they could
not be worse paid than now.
The salary fixed is moderate and does not
admit of n discount, which, as the SITUATION
now is. they are compelled to suffer AS a
general rule the parishes are IN better
financial condition than the State, ana oy
this change parish judges will get Their pay
in money instead of, as now, IN the uepfe-
ciated paper of the State. 1t is said by our
enemies that this General Assembly is the
worst one that ever cursed State. We
are charged with being so bad that even
Democrats can not find it in their hearts to
let their representatives come mere ana
take their seats with us But it is barely
possible we may turn ont not to be as pad
"a Legislature after all 1t is for us toprove
were not deserved. Already our enemies
have been compelled to acknowledge that
so far we have not been guilty OF any nasty
legislation and that economy has preValleu
go far as the public can sca. II We now,
for what is left of our session, address our
selves to measures of sDund reform, II we
show ourselves capable Of grasping the
financial necessities of our State and
promptly supplying the noedtul legislation,
If we carefully abstain. from the passage OF
all aggressive laws, we VIII be certain TO
silence the batteries Of our enemies,
and above all, when we return to our sew
eral constituencies we shall have that salts
faction that always fills the mind after a
faithful discharge of duty. Let us, Then
pass this and all kindred measures Of re
form, not Hastily" but as promptly as a
full deliberatiOn of each subject will admit
If we do this our State viii soon come tC
be prosperous. and the Republican party
will grow TO be in this 5 ate what 1t is IL
the natior-bnt, alas. what It las not beer
here-giz: IS virtuOus and honest raniy. The
genius ST the Republican party IS to bullc
up the waste places, not to make them
Economy and thrift are its landmarks. no.
extravaganc., and impr0Yidence. :. act
geforns i.l every nook an! Granny ~ Ut
gianG organization, leaving solely to Demo.
racy to talk reform and practice the cor
ruptiOn s,f gammany. RepnbHcanlsm de
mands OF its children the faithful practice
of these and other virtues. We are amcns
its children. Let us fill we'll cur part III th'
allotted task. SO that we ma" mc.i: well a
our country and our par.y.
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AT least six plots to assassinatc the lat
Louis NAPOLEON were made. In October
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internal machine, formed by $50 gun bar
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