The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-19
THE EXECUTIVE AND THE JUDI
GARY.

GARY.
There is now progressing in our city mos
disgracetul and unseemly contest between W
z. Kellogg and Jacob Hawkins, 0. a usurpel
Of the gubernatorial chair and the other
weak and partizan appointee OF Pinchback al
Judge of the Superior Court. The bone
contention between these two worthles-or
cades anpJo-is the act of the Kellogg Legisla
ture closing the free markets. 1t will be re
membered that the lessees of the markets
aided by the Administrator Of Commerce, pro
cured the passage, by the fraudulent Legisla
ture, Of bill prohibiting the establishment O
any private market within twelve squares Of .
public market
! The enactment Of this law was secured by
questionable means, and through the agency OF
4 ring created for that purpose, to which it Is
alleged the Administrator Of Commerce was q
party. The operation of the law was resisted
and resort to the courts was had. Judge
the public markets and favorably to the pri
vate markets. To this deci-ion all appeal
was taken TO the Supreme Court aud the
Judgment Of the lower court was reversed,
leaving the lessees of the public markets ana
the butchers masters of the situation. Upon
some ground, however, the private market
men obtained an injunction from Hawkins
restraining the Administrator of Commerce
and the police from interfering with them il
their business, for which they had paid their
licenses La spite of the injunction, Admin
istrator Turnbull, by the aid Of the police,
proceeded to close all the private markets.
This led to his punishment by Judge Haw-
king, for contempt of his court. After par
don by Kellogg, the work of closing the pri-
vate markets was renewed by Administrator
Turnbull, and to aid hi N in this outrageous
warfare the police were placed at his disposal
by order Of the usurper, who seems to be the
champion of Mr.. Turnbull and the butchers
Judge Hawkins, however, determined to
have the orders of his court obeyed and re-
spected, calls upon the Sheriff to protect the
private market men until the decision of the
injunction suit. Kellogg on the other hand
orders his man Friday, Capt. Badger, of the
police to close all the private
markets.
Here now We have conflict Of authority
the Eadical officials-the so-called
Governor and one Of his judges. If in the
contest none but Radicals were engaged, we
would rejoice to see collision OF forces, as
the result would be like that Of the fight be-
tween the Kilkenny cats.
But Kellogg has his police, whilst Hawkins
has nothing but the Sheriff and the posse comb
,oto.s he may summon. But we would ask, in
a fight like this-between thieves and carpet
our people take any part Their
course should be mastery neutrality, like
the old woman in the fight between her hus-
md the bear When the war begins between
he two factions, then our people can take
hand and try to annihilate both.
But what will the country think when it is
Known that Kellogg proposes to set aside the
iecree Of a court and orders his police to defy
he officers of Judge Hawkins When the
judiciary .hwarts him in his infamous pur-
rose, he proposes to defy its authority by
,rute force. He assumes the prerogatives Of
10Th the executive and Judiciary and presumes
Ipon the sorbearance Of the people to carry |
lis object By such procedure the usurper |
ropes to win over to his support the Butchers
association, the members of which are inter-
sted IN the public markets. and to make a
title political capital which may serve him in
he hour of his need. But this attempt will be
miserable failure. It only demonstrates
nore clearly and satisfactorily his total unfit
ess FOO the position he occupies and proves
is ilnb eci!ity and yenality.