New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-13
THE LBfrER OF AuD1ros oLIHToH.-

the action of the convention which ex
pressed a renewed confidence in the ad
! minjstration OF the Treasurer, would have
composed all differences among Repuo
licans, and give to the State the harmon
Gus services of two officers whose prov
inces though separate are congenlal.
The letter of resignation which we pup
l:sh in another column, addressed by the
Auditor to the Governor, takes us by sur
prise, and, we must say, occasions us re-
greet. Our surprise is not diminished by
the cause assigned for the resignation o.
the Auditor. Hesays:
decline to serve longer with such an
associate az the nominee OF the Repuplican
con INVENTION, or to be longer held responsible
for acts which, though | oppose tham,
may not be able to prevent.
The law defines with great min uteness
the duties of the Auditor and those OF the
Treasurer. These duties are as opposite
as those Of the ook-keeper and cashier in
any bank or mercantile establishment.
The cashier receives the money OF the
establishment and pays it out on vouc h.
ers which will protect himself and his Sc
curities. There might be some danger
to the proprietor in a combination be-
tween the cashier and the accountant;
there can be very little in their reciprocal
watchfulness of each other. With a
definition Of duties so distinct and
so carefully defined by law, we
can not imagine why the Treas
urer should not as soon pay out pub
lie money upon voucher emanating
from one legal authority as another, nor
can we perceive why the Auditor should
not as soon warrant in favor of valid
claimant payable by the hands of one
Treasurer as another. We infer that the
official relations between the two officers
are not of imminent hostility from the
terms of resignation. This will take
effect nearly three months hence, and the
incumbent will continue to hold his Office
until his successor shall have been elected
and qualified. This last may be fixed
in January next. Here then is term of
nearly six months, during which this Off
cial intercourse regarded as SO dis
tasteful and so dangerous by the
Auditor must be continued. It would
seem that if these unpleasant relations
are to continue of choice for six months
they might be endured for the unexpired
term of the auditorial service. There is
another view of this rather precipitate
With every degree Of conf
dence in the election of the gentleman
nominated as the Republican candidate
for Treasurer, there is much to occur be-
tween this and the first of November.
Suppose Mr.. Dubuclet is defeated? The
Auditor will in such case have played him
self overheard for nothing. He will have
disabled himself from official service in
that pecuniary publication in which he
has manifested SO much ZEAL He will
have lost an opportunity of usefulness
during the whole period of his services,
Of an incumbrance from
which he apprehends SO much. He will,
indeed, have borne with this incumbrance
as long as it may have existed, and aban-
doned his post just when he may be de-
livered of the imaginary incubus that
afflicts him. THIS, we submit, will be a
rather Hibernian procedure. 1t will be
to jump overheard just as the lifeboat
comes alongside. s&-t
But there is another serious subject of
regret in the publication of the causes of
this resignation. They are two-fold:
1. That the convention, in nominating
Treasurer, condemned the Auditor. There
seems no relation of cause and effect.
There was no issue made in the debate
upon the nom ination of Treasurer. Mr..
Morey was the only competing nominee.
He said
In order to retain the sympathy of the
North, it is incumbent upon the Republican
party to put none but honest men in Office.
This is just what the Auditor says.
But Mr.. Morey added:
The nominations, thus far made by this
convention are unexceptiOnable. They in
dictate that you are sincere in your endea-
vOrs to select the best men.
And before the vote which nominated
Mr. Dubuclet was announced Mr.. Morey
arose and declined in favor of Mr.. Du-
buclet, and then moved that the nomina-
ton be made unanimous.
How, then, can it be said that in an
unanimous choice of one officer there was
a condemnation or censure of another?
How can it be said upon an Endorsement
so graceful and so conclusive of Mr.. Du-
buclet by his only opponent that any
further discomfort existed or that any
could rest on his name or
claims on the part of any Republican ?
2. If the calamity of defeat-always
possible in politics and in war
should befall the Republicans they
may by the action of the Auditor lose
two State Offices instead of one. It
will add more bitterness and more
breadth to the canvass to force the
nomination of another candidate, and
to bring the additional violence of another
opposition Office hunter into a canvass
already replete with difficulties. In the
event, therefore, that the Auditor, after
having borne for six months the payment
of his warrants by an officer personally
ohnnxinus to him should On into ratiro