The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-01-17
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met on last Tuesday and adjourned
on Friday evening. Their full and
official proceedings will be found In
to-day's Democrat, to which we in
vite the special attention of the pub
lie, and ask that they be Judged ac-
cording to their acts. That there
exists in some respect, marked and
plainly spoken disapprobation, in the
removal of the old Clerk and Treasu-
rer, is a fact which cannot be over
looked or denied, and that constit
uency in this crisis of their affairs,
cannot remain dumb, is also lamen-
table fact. We are neither in q fault
finding mood, nor are we disposed in
the least to tilt at the Police Jurors
in this vested right of theirs, but are
merely forced to record the express
sion of public opinion, which is after
all master Of all. This public opin-
ion, we'll matured and plainly ex-
pressed is, that there was no cause
whatever demanding the removal Of
Fl. NJ. Labat, the late efficient and
competent Clerk, and j. NJ. Barrett,
the equally efficient and competent
Treasurer. We repeat the public
are so outspoken in this respect, that
we are thus forced to notice it. The
complaint, the special complaint
rests simply on the removal of such
len in such times as these, and not
ali iota of fault or Ill word to be ut
! tered against their lucky successors,
who no doubt are able to prove their
fitness and competency to wear their
b onors easy.
| The Jury, however, have, we be-
lieve, started along very well, and we
know have not only the will, but the
determined disposition to take well
! the Parochial helm in hand and
guide our good bark into safe and
par port, and in this they shall GER
thinly have our good will and staunch
hacking up. We are not going just
how to stop and play push-pin on the
road side for fun, but want the Jury
to do their work well, faithfully and
according to the demands Of the
times. AS we write the Parish S
script is pedding around at so cents
On the dollar, whilst we know that
her tax rolls call for at least $4,000
more than every dollars worth OF
script shes has afoat. This is hel
situation n financial point of view
and any five men of common intelli
sence, knowing this, and then are not
able to put her on an even keel inside
of six months have no business be
ing Police Jurors. We are frank on
this score because we know what WE
IRE writing about, and we just a:
frankly tell the members of the Pc
| lice Jury, that they must cause thei
taxes to be collected and paid up
and then, and then alone, can they
'Eay what they owe, and put green
backs in their Treasurer's till
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TIE duly elected Parish officer:
of Rapides have qualified, severa
, days since, under commits ,ions from
, Kellogg, this having been done in in
deceut haste to cook up the counted
in District Judge. Under ordinar,
circumstances they should have wait
: ed for the incoming Governor, bu
Che fat Of party intrigue willed
otherwise. Of course, Gov. Nicholl
r will issue commissions to all the Pa
| ish officials for they were legally an
e fairly elected, but we imagine whe
e he issues a commission for Distric
e Judge, he will not fill the blank wit
f The same name as in the kellogg
: commission.
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