New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-16
THE STATE AUTHORITY
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Governor Packard Recognized
and Sustained.
NICHOLS OFFICE GRABBERs ENJoINED,

In contradiction to the unsupported as
sertion of Senator Bsyard, several instances
of the unquestioned authority of Governor
Packard in the parishes have occurred and
been reported.
A letter from one of the parishes con-
tains the following:
Governor S. B. Packard:
DEAR SIR-The Democrats of this par
ish have $50 men, with sixteen shooters,
furnished by the so-ealled Nichols gov
ernment. The Republicans of the -
ward have $50 men ready at your call. If
you deem 1t necessary, we can raise as
many more. Now, we the Republicans of
the - ward. ask you, as Governor of
Louisiana, to furnish us with arms. We
see that the Democrats are prepared to
overthrow the republican form of govern
ment headed by your excellency.
In Lafourche there is no dispute, but the
parish jury under the circumstances con-
Be it resolved by the police jury Of the
parish OF LafOurche in special session con-
vened:
That this body recognizes only the Pack
ard government and the officers holding
commissions under him, and pledges itself
to do or recognize nothing emanaJing from
parties holding commissions otherwise than
those issued by Ex-Governor w. p. Kellogg
or Governor s. B. Packard.
L. F. SCHNEIDER,
President.
A true copy:
FRED w, FRANCIS, Secretary.
The above resolution, introduced by D.
Frost at q special session of the police jury,
parish of Lafourche, March ID 1877, was
| read and unanimously y adopted.
FRED w. FRANCIS, Secretary.
In the parish of St. James, on the twelfth
instant, II. Cohen, Esq, district attorney
pro tenn, in his official capacity, obtained
from the parish court an Injunction against
E. C. Mire, lately appointed tax collector of
this parish by F. T. Nichols. The ground
taken was that an chells had not been de-
clared elected by the Returning Board of
the State OF Louisiana, as constituted by
law, Governor of the State of Louisiana
The suit was brought under act No. Al Of
1873.
The acting district attorney was joined
by Hon. George E, Bovee, tax collector, in
the proceeding.
In this parish no Nichols appointee has
been or will be recognized by the courts.
The recorder also has been injoined IN
the above suit
The following is the situation in Iberia,
stated by the Iberia Progress:
Judge Fontelieu opened court on the day
, fixed by law, on the first Monday of March.
. Some persons neglected to attend to their
jury duty and this was seized upon by the
: SugGr-BOlcl as ground to allege the court
4 | would not be recognized as having been
: commissioned by Governor Packard. The
4 fact is Judge FOntelieu is commissioned by
d Governor Kellogg, and he proposes to OBJ
: serve the law and compel all those under
his jurisdiction to do likewise. The jurors
were accordingly brought in by the sheriff
? and grand jury was impaneled and in.
o strueted as to their duties. The cause OF
/ the slight opposition to Judge FOntelieu il
stated to be that the DeLlOcratie caucus ed
passed q bill annexing St. James and St
Martin parishes to Judge MOutons district
a and st. Mary to Judge Beattie's district
9 which, as the Progress well says, it would
J. be violation of General Nichols accept
o anoe of the nomination and against the ex
r press will of the majority of the people Of
all the parishes.