The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
TIE TUNDINa BILL.

ns act requires q thorough ANALYSIS
mere u something hidden in its mazes q
palaseoiogy On the extraordinary proceeding
'o0o . oecree-to take snap judgment il
sne l'vor Of the Usurper never hav.
oeen fesorted to. Hawkins had refused t.
ISSUE = peremtory mandamus against Ogles
~ anQ the treasurer, from which decree an
appeal was granted, returnable to the Supreme
Court in November next. The Attorney Con.
s.M appeared In the case before the Superior
O'Stact Court and resisted the application for
sne mandamus. The Supreme Court adjourn
I'd the last day Of June.
MI. Oglssby, the President of the hank
which had previous to the passage of the
"ndlng act, been selected the Fiscal Agent,
safly IN July left the city to 60 North. Rumor
mas It that before he left his Excellepcv as
sured him that everything should remain in
statu quo during his absence. Whether there
= truth o. not in the report, nevertheless. his
Excellency. without consulting and even with
out the knowledge of the Attorney General
ON the 2Oth OF July, selected an attorney in
the Monroe district to appear for the State
before the court at its session in Monroe. The
attorney 80 selected sends dispatch to the
Attorney General asking advice. This was
The f1rst intimation that the Attorney General
mad been ignored in the matter
We regret we have not copies of Col
Fields dispatches in reply, as we are informed
they were terse, strong and to the point, even
II not polished and polite. The case had
been made up in this city and Ludeling, from
intrinsic evidence, had been consulted w.
". Howe was employed by the rival bank.
he had prepared the case, written and pl inted
bnef, and starts for Monroe with the record
OF the case, to be there filed and submitted on
the hrst day the court opened The District
Attorney selected by the Governor knew moth
ing about the merits Of the legal controversy
ana had no time to prepare to meet his TO-
midable opponent, who was fully armed by
study, by authority, and by printed briefs.
The District Attorney asked for time, and
time was refused. The ffteen-minute rule
vas enforced, and Howe, in full legal panoply,
was ready to submit the cause or fight The
Attorney General had, as soon as he was in
formed Of these strange proceedings, prepared
hurriedly brief, and dispatched an attorney
70 Monroe, who arrived, but after the opening
Of the court He prepared, under the ext
sency OF the circumstances, written argu- |
ment. and filed his points. not even then !
knowing that an elaborate printed brief had ,
been prepared by his opponents Under i
'hese circumstances the case was taken under l
ldvisement, and the decision of the court has !
appeared in the daily papers.
These remarkable and unprofessional pro- e
seedlings prove that there is something in this v
funding Bill lot understood by the general l.
'ublic. Why was not the Attorney General q
informed of the action of Kellogg? Pro es- b
ional courtesy at least demanded that he a
hould have been consulted, and that he was y y
ot, that on the contrary, every caution was j
hserved to prevent his obtaining any inkling n
the move, is proof conclusive that there is q
. cat in the meal tub that and the Funding +;
i'll win bear the closest watching, There is IA
aud somewhere about this business, either h'
Instant or contemplated, and we ask the y
,sistance Of our watchful contemporary. the E.
ee, to discover where it il. Whether in the de
u itself, in The Funding Commission, or the i'
isoal Agency. u