The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-18
THE CITY DEBT AND WHAT TO DO
WITH IT,

l correspondent favors Us with the annexed
9 suggestions in answer to our question, ''wha
: can be done with the city debt :" Numer-
Gus very s.lutary legislative reforms are men
toned by which the citys expenses are to be
reduced to the lowest practicable sum. Blu.
it unfortunately happens that all these re-
forms are to b. )ntingent on having Legis-
lature friendly in disposition and which can
not be bribod. II Grant is willing and
Wheeler approves it, the latter viii perhaps
come toJLouisan4 to tell Gov. Kellogg what
he thinks of the Radical cause in Louisiana,
the prospects Of P!nchback. the Circuit Judge
ship, the IA licll Oil :e-holiers. and amongst
the others Of the mu:h talked of adjustment
| II Kellogg is tn 9n willing, he will con vene
our General Assembly in special session, the
ingredients being as they were before the
| late adjournment. except tina the Lower House
will have three ad iltion4l members in Messrs.
| Carlos, Webb and Jones. The arbitrators'
adjustment will then BE- unfolled and read to
the House by AIr. Wheeler, and then Cover
nor Hahn and his friends of the House will
do as they please abolt letting ia the sky
three Conservatives whom the arbitrators de-
clare to BE- elected. But suppose them admit
ted and the House reor5 anzed. Any bill of
reform, such as ''Watch Tower" enumerates,
that might pass the reformed and ref)rmatory
House, would have to pass in Radical SEN !
ate welded by a hundred ties and hundred
interests to all the existing statutory abuses |
in this city and State. OF this Senate the |
State will not be rid until after the adjourn
ment of the General Assembly in 1876.
Again, if by some strange chance reform
atory House bill vera to find favor in the eyes
Of q Radical Senate and pass it would still be
subject to the Governors will. In this chain
OF ifs and contingencies the failure Of any
link IS the failure Of the whole. Get the hon
est Legislature and the friendly Governor
and it will readily follow that all of Watch
Towers magnificent programme Of wise re-
forms may be carried out. That is posi-
bility which may be realized at the opening of
the session Of the General Assembly in Janu-
ary 1877. Meantime we may console our
selves with dreams Of such anticipated re-
forms as our correspondent foreshadows in ,
he following letter: ,
EiAors Bulletin -Yo on have in your promi-
lent and widely read paper Of this date, an
lrtcle headed "What Can be Done with the 9
City's Debt - S
Unable. say we are not unable, if we will
'nly go the right way about it, by repeating a
ii oppressive laws and abolishlng all the IN t
Necessary offices. q
First, We mCst have f. Legislature that can q
lot be brlbed tor song; next, we must wipe
ut the criminal Sheriff fees including turn
ey fees, and let the Sheriff and every IN IN il
nder him get reasonable salary "
Let an act be passed giving the Civil Sheriff =
salary and the clerks Of all the civil courts
nd let the revenues Of those courts 90 to the
ity. and more than 100000 per year can he Il
eallzed; besides, the city will not have to pay II
he heavy costs for suits.
Re luce the expenses Of theupolice 5000 600 :
er year. D.
Have one or two police courts in place of
wen. We have now four municipal police
'urts and three Justice of the peace courts,
lat have criminal jurisdiction. :,
This is highway robbery.
Suspend the park tax for five years. Have
ne coroner for the whole city-sllary, cash, a.
5000 az
Give the. clerks of the criminal courts a &c
larry ai
Have an honest and capable Board Of Alder =.
en- without salary give the tax collectors % %
salary give the assessors salary
Have those things done and you will be e.. 81
flowing the examples set by Northern and ~
estern cities. The people will cheerfully s so
y their taxes. The people have no right to IT, IT,
y people whose services are not required ~
r the citys welfare. u, 10
Pass those laws and you will have more -
'ney in the city treasury than we will have ni'
ed for and can pay every one what is due
n, but until they are passed, let that be ga
oner or later, we need not look for any ny
ng but dull times. WATCH Tower IL.
New Orleans, March H. 1878.