The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-07
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
MATTERS IN tENERAL-CROOKED NEsS
IN THE ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.


How shaw's Court Lifted" Old Injunc.
ti0ns and the Warrants Were Issued.
The Governor, being Ill, did not remain at The
Executive Office yesterday longer than TO attent
the opening Of the bids for the construction o
Bass levee, which will be seen in another part o
the DEMooRAr. Consequently but little business
other than the levee matter was transacted in thu
executive office.
In the Treasurer's office the
FIVE EXPERTS ARE BUSY
preparing data for the investigating committee
and at the same time the clerical force proper
are busily engaged with tax collectors settle
ments, some twenty of the tax.gatherers having
so far, made their appearance.
Their presence brings to the treasury Few
brokers who b I'VE invested in warrants and who
are particularly anxious TO- get them in ant
secure the cash for them as soon as 1t Is turned
In.
The Auditors clerical force is rushed, so &c
speak, with tax collectors settlements, but not.
withstanding that the Auditor has found time Ia
have made out
COMPLETE STATEMENT,
OF all funds received by him since he assumed
the duties OF the Office from each parish in the
State, to what fund credited, as well ~ state.
ment Of all warrants drawn during The period
named.
This statement will be ready for publication in
the DEMOCRAT on Tuesday morning, and will be
Of considerable value, as IL will show the actual
expenses OF the State government in oil It's de-
partments since the inaug uration Of Gov. Mich
oils. The
SUPERINTENDENT or PUBLIC EDUCATION
;ub Iut TIT ha
In the parishes, with q view to y complete and
systematic organization Of the schools in each
parish.
Occasionally bis routine business is interfered
with by requests for Information concerning the
management OF the schools under the former
administration, and one day last week was called
upon by a notary with "oommisson" from the
pariah OF Concordla to take testimony in the case
IL the State w. David Young tcolored State
Senator), who IL charged, while parish school
treasurer, rs having
swAMPED CERTAIN SCHOOL MONEY
TO the extent of $50. 900 or 20. The object IN
taking Mr.. Lushers testimony here was to secure
that which was official, aud which could be given
from the records, and that wac given ut length
including the amounts paid to Young since 1870
Apropos OF this subj cot 1t will be borne in mind
that only the current school fund for the various
years was apporlivned by the late State superip-
tendent under the then existing lsws. While
the interest fund wac in no manner subject to
the control Of or apportionmeDt by the superin
tendent. Warrants against this fund were drawn
direct from the Auditors Office, aud 1t is
thought from an examination OF some OF the
OLD STUB WARRANT BOOKS
that the number drawn and placed upon the
market by the former adminst, alton was largely
in excess of the collected even anticipated tax,
that being one means resortea to by the
Kellogg fraud 10 raise funds for campaign and
election purposes.
Trt a., 10 lie k<,
state, that the Auditor has secured sufficient
data, including couple OF The once lost books,
to complete in concise manner . statement OF
I'll warrants
ISSUED BY JOHNSON
in 1876. These entries, for each separate war
rant. are made In large book, upon which one
OF the clerks, Mr.. Peralta, has been engaged Tor
over three months, and which will prove valaa.
BILE and complete key TO some OF the crooked
transactions.
This book, II scanned closely, may be able to
show that warrants were issued against appro-
priations Of 1875 6, which were eDjoined by the
late Attorney General Field, the iujunctions hay
Court
some Of these injunotions were dissolved by
Judge shaw while he held the Packard Superior
District O. urt, aud the documents to prove this
assertion fell into the hands OF DEMocsAT re-
porter on the day
MIR. PACKARD ABCICATED,
or vhmoosed from the State. House. Since that
time the parties to one or more of these petitions
for aissolu ion of Injunction has been inter-
viewed by q DEMOCRAT commissioner, and he
stated that he had received no warrants, whereas
q close scrutiny OF the stub variant books will
disclose the fact that warrants were issued upon
such dissolutions by shaw's court.
The Auditoral committee will, of course, dis
cover this fact before their Investigations are
concluded, aud il thoroughly si!ted the develop
ments in this llae will be
NEARLY As INTERESTING
as will that OF the interest school fund warrants
issued crookedly.
Major r. q. Bond, Of the Governors staff, was
yesterday commissioned as inspector general,
with the rank Of brigadier general, and will