The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-02-10

The SENTINEL last saturday
that the Police Jury of
this Parish, had, on January q,
adiudicated the lease OF the Lock
port Ferry for S25O,OO when there
was a bid before that body for
the sum of $500, 90. thereby eau
sing a loss OF $4,000 to the Pa
IRISH Treasury.
On the appearance Of the Sen
TINEL the President of the Pc
lice Jury mounted his high horse,
and reared around the corners as
terociously as IA lamb that had
lost it's mamma strobe in the
Onion Office and published. A
CARD. Stating that the article i'll
the SENTINEL was Il lie, that
"the lease was given to the high
est bidder" and in the next sen
tence accuses the editor OF this
paper of writing the very bid
which he denounces as a ficti
lions one.
A few facts in regard to this
transaction may enable the hon
est reader to comprehend the
point at issue. The late President
of the Police juicy advertised the
sale of the lease Of the Ferry at
Lockpolt, Oh December % 1876,
according to lac.
But the new Police Jury cleo
ted by the votes OF dead men,
convicts, renitentiary birds and
the oleaginous Ledt.t came into
power previous 10 MAT date, stop
ped the sale, amt advertised for
bids to be opened on December
20 1876. In response to this al
veItisemrnt the editor Of this
paper did draw up IA hid at the
request OF certain parties Offering
$4,000 tor the lease. This bid
was properly signed ana handed
to the President af the Police Ju
nv. For some reason the lease was
not made Oh that day and new
bids called for to Le opened ON
Jan. q 1877. This SAINT bid re
maiued, but under the plea that
the names of the proposed secnri
ties did not accompany the bid,
it was not taken into considera
ton. The lac came in then for a
rigid execution. In the first case
the names of securities were not
required, and then having no
plea to reject this bid, they post
roned the adjudication for a
month, when happily the oppor
tunlty to throw it aside occurred.
which was quickly done, AMI tho
lease given to a favorite for $50,
90 less.
Now the law was a splendid
thing to invoke when a good bid
was to be thrown out, but the
whole spirit Of the law was tram.
pied upon by the Police Jury in
thus selling the lease.
Section 1902 of the revised sta
tntes says that
1T shall be the duty of the Police Jury
to have the letting OF all Ferries advertised
for thirty days. and they shall be let at the
Court House. in said Parish, by the Presi
dent of tue Police Jury. to the highest bid.
der
The lease was not let ito the
highest bidder" as the man who
bid SSO0.OO was there with good
and solvent securities.
A bid made by j. P. Poche,
with Adrien Molaison and Cy-
prien Arena can not be consider
ell a fictitious one in this commu.
nifty.
With this statement of facts
the reader can form his own con.
clusion whether this has been al
honest transaction, or wether it
is not in keeping with all transac
tons by the disciples of Packard,
Wells and the rest of the cormo>
rants who have been pillaging
this State for eight years.
Mad. Wells says that the
people of Louisiana have treated
him like a dog. Now any ordiua-
~ dog has all affection for, and
fidelity, to the interest of his
human friends that entities him
to respect and good treatment.
Mad. Wells, possesses neither,
aud has no right to expect the
people Of Louisiana TO treat him
with the same Kindness that they