The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-10-07
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Having received from the Par
ishes of Assumption, Terrehonne
and LafOurche, numerous calls for
No. 6 Of fthis series of. the "SEN-
T1NEL," exposing the financial
workings OF Lafourche for two
years past, we reproduce the
same article in to DAVIS issue, the
edition above named beng ex>
hausted.
To show what grounds the people,
those who bear the burden of government.
have for Objecting to the gentle rule of
the carpet Dagger, the scalawag, and the
African we prepare from the Perish Treasu
rer of LafOurrhe Il statement of the eXpen
ses of the Parish government under radical
rule, and contrast this with the manag
ment of "a Democratic Police Jury ; some
idea may thus be formed ofthe v~astamOunt
squandered all over the State, for the rule
of ruin was checked in Lafoirche, and thus
she escaped the continuous plumber most of
the other Parishes have been subject to. A
radical Police Jury governed the Parish
from the LIST of September 1873, to the 3lst
December 1874.
s. Navarro, now deceased, the democra-
tic treasurer previous to the first of these
dates audited warrants and certificates to
the amount of S7453, Is. ii debt which
could easily nave been met by the revenues
of the Parish for the sum of :s99ii,5 81 was
due tor taxes. and S992.T ior licences, but
nn account OF a suit which WAS pending be
tween the two Police Juries an injunction
WAS issued restraining the Tax Collector
from paying money to the Parish Trcasu-
rer.
On the 3ith December 1879, the radical
Police Jury having Won the suit. were in
stalled in place OF those legally elected and
commenced thai system of proiligate extra
v;galce from which the parish has not yet
recovered.
Here are the figures taken from the books
of the Treasurer, of the truth of Which any
one eau convince himself by inspection
From the 9th December, 1873.
to the 3Ist December, 1874, IA
period OF one year and seven
days, this body expended ---.. 49,, GAL 093
Adding to this the disbursements
OF the previous Police Jury. 1853 46
we have Il total debt t.......$ 40, 900 Ssh
Receipt for the same period..-.. 26,665 70
leaving a balance Of. .........sl3443 ia
due when it gave place to the present body.
With this heavy burden the present incunn
bents took their seats in the period of lS
months they have reduced this old debt
about $500. About 9.000 of back taxes is
due, and by continuing the present system,
the whole debt will be extinguished in four
years. The current debt is about $4,000 0O.
and $2,5M 90 could easily be expended and
paid from the receipts of the current wear,
that is from now to the 3lst December
next.
Thus it appears that the Democrats with
smaller receipts than those collected by
the Radicals, nave considerably reduced
the debt with which they were saddled by
their predecessors. and besides have re-
duced expenses of every kind until the re-
celpts and expenditures of the year bal
ance.
One example will suffer to show the
course of the Radicals five members consti
tnted the Police Jury !; these were Bazile
Sheldon, Evans Edward, Salvador Galiano.
L. Langman. and stafford Westley. Lang.
man was soon appointed Treasurer, and
was replaced by H. Franklin.
During this time the Secretaries of the
Jury were ii. Franklin. l.. Jolissaint and
b: A. Curtis the following amounts were
allowed as salaries to members and en-
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