The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-06
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
TAN COLLECTORS sETTbEMENTs-A
MEETING OF THE FUNDING
HOARD CALLED.
4 Wait te the Executive by the supre me
Court Judges-Judieial ComFitca-
t,aus i'm the Country.


ua.;,ass At the State House was not unusually
briss yesterdsy, especially on the upper floors Oh
tbe building, but on the lower toor the snxiety
"a anxious parents TO record births OF tneit
Shiidrer made II rather lively at the Royal
street end, and the
SETTLEMENTS OF TAI COLLECTORS
FOR The month just passed made 1t more active ~
Che OhArtres street end, .
W These settlements bring 10y TO the hearts Of
the state. House and State Office employees, as it
ID their means Of subsistence and az the salaries
Of nearly all were reduced py the iast neglta-
tire. those upon whom others depend for sup.
mort are anxious TO see cash go into the treasury
a early as posi- Die after the end OF each month,
that their expenses may be met.
Gov, Nichols, whose health has improved con.
eideraby during the past few days, was waited
mon soon After noon by the Chief Justice and
Associate Justices Of
THE SUPREME COURT,
who paid the Chief Executive, 40 is the custom
on the first day OF the term, an informal visit,
during which the conversation turned upon Va.
rious SUBJECTS but nothing transpired beyond
chat.
Later In the day call was issued for meeting
Of the State Board Of Liquidation on the 18th
inst, the call having been made at the request OF
some Of the bondholders agents, and The day
fixed over q week hence, that the forms of law
might be complied with.
during the morning
New ORLEANS. November 0, 1871
Hon. Allen Jumel, State Auditor:
Dear Sf.-Iu view OF the fact that q question
has arisen as to the right of Judge J. @. Egsn TO
the whole OF the appropriation OF $1,000, made for
year 1877, would respectfully advise that you
retain lib the treasury sufficient
AMOUNT OF THAT APPROPRIATION
10 render the State eecure from lose, in the event
that the courts decide that he is not entitled to
the whole appropriation.
appropriation was intended for the incumbent
Of The new Office but the case lie not free from
difficulty, and think II decidedly best that the
appropriation shoad be held until the courts
have finally passed upon the question involved.
Very respectfully, etc.. II. N. OGDEN,
Attorney General.
acquiesce In the above, and do not desire TO
draw any further ON the appropriation until this
question ehsll be settled by the courts.
Very respectfully, J. O. EGAN,
Assistant Attorney General.
member Of the Legislature who WAS consult.
Cd upun the subject Of the appropriation renem-
hered distinctly that its was made TO cover ex-
Clusively the services of the Assistant Attorney
General, and he thought II wae great oversight
that ID did not specifically make that distinction,
though. he eaid, |, was perhaps omitted in the
hurry ard confusion which existed at the time.
Gen. EgAn, said the member,
HAS DONE THE WORK,
receive the m ,ney, do not see how Mr.. Dbble
has any just claim 70 IL.
'sBesides all that" continued the gentlemen,
s'by the laws We passed We compel the Attorney
General and the Assistant Attorney General to
do The entire work of the State In the courts.
render opinions, etc that requires their whole
time. and durinR the Republican regime here wac,
81 kules, no ess than dozen New Orleans law
yerp engaged by
KELLOGG OR FIELD
a. special counsel in cases of any magnitude,
and sometimes they had that number employed
but ho~ we're they paidp" inquired our re-.
porter.
by spscipsi appropriations
REcoMaENpEb by KELLOGG,
thair fees amounting in the aggregate sometimes
- ai0(,tO or $4,000 per annum leaving the State
xttnrnsy General and his assistant with nothing !
bnf ne .irect state cases to attend so.H
The Attorney General, Ogden, and Assistant
Attorney General. Egan, were consulted upon the |
eubject, but each expressed delicacy in refer |
ring Ia The matter while the case was pending, |
ahuugh the latter did c,rroborate the statement |
made that the appropriation was especially for |
him.
Our reporter informed the Attorney General as
10 the reeult Of hi inquiries concerning the spe
CiAl council employm ent during former years;
Gen. Ogden remsrking that he was aware Of
many instances where the special counsel had
been EN- loved and paid and that he and Gen.
EgAn had nov all OF the work to do, which kept
them busy night and day; but he would not COM
plain, he eaid, a. long AZ health lasted.
The Attorney General Ia advised Of something
ofa
COMPLICATED STATE OF AFFAIRS
in the Ninth and Seventeenth Judicial Districts
which will have, no uoubt, to be settled by the
Supreme Court.
In these districts the dockets Of each court are
wrru CRIMINAL GASES