The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-06-29

NV"H W wv A'"O''h '" 'AN'''o' A~''''
ucr & Co. for $55O,0O0. That We may
not be charged with doing injustice
to Senator Stnhbs, W.T. shall agai" cite
from the records IF the suit Of Jack
son ct. al. vs.. The Vick~burg, Shreve
port aud Texas Railroad Co., john
+. Lndriing, John Ray, Frank +.
S,ubbs aud others, No. 5O:}3 of the
docket Of The L. S. Cilcnit Court Of
Louisiana.
Change 30. II Of the complainant's
bill in that SUIT is in these words:
"Your orators charge that tho sud
Ludrling and Stubs. by this scheme,
obtained possession from said Horne, vi
yearly all Of the coupon warrants al"
bonds which were produced to the sllc'-
1T to defeat the purchase by Brnnrr 4
Co. and that the consider ton rendered.
10y sal L,luel ny, Stubs, aud their as
,miatts consisted in their control over
the sheriff and bis s,ibs.rvicncy to thril
fraudulent purwSes, aud that they ac-
,ualIy used bonds and coupons, owned
10y persons who join in thus biifto defeat
their fraudulent drsi gus
The Supreme Court Of the United
States found this charge to he tue,
aud III referring, in their "pi"i"n III
Wallace, 654). t" this unauthorized
aud IMPROPER Use Of coupons IF "the'
parties 10y Labelling and S'"hbs, aud
their preparations for carrying on
their f,auhultnt scheme, said:
"Evrrything having been thus prrpar
I'd the safe proceeded, but the whrnle ol
the associates WAS ut first derange'l by
, the interference Of other bid,ltls BRAN
nvr Il Co.. who bid for thu property
| $500 u, II ore tl.an seven ln'e lie
amount OF the appraisetnent, and /"
whom il was first struck of. 1Lru tn>Le
what We must regard as most rr,,s,ra-
adj. effort to prev ent an adjudication t"
! these bidders, and au acc' p,auce hy TIL
sheriff to their lid LndrllnS, for him
self and his associates, and acting ~
their chief agent, presented $50 Of the
mortgage b0httS, t0uss0f which were Cor
don y, Oh Bly s and most il not all, the
remainder obtained from Home and
demanded immediate payment Of the
past due coupons He had no right to
make such Il demand lilo knew the
! bonds had been placed in Horh-'s hands
! for other purposes. He knew it was a
breach OF faith in Horne to allow them
to be thus used and fraud upon them
owners thus to use them. Stubbs pre-
scented ..72 coupons taken from Other
bonds, and also demanded immediate
payment Aud he had no authority tn
| mane such a use Of those coupons. They
had been placed in his hands for ano her
purpose, which failed. and their owters
J had directed them to he returned"
We have made these quotations
from the public lrc"r,lS aud t" show
that Senator StubbS has Il personal
monied interest in defeating any at
tempt Of tho people Of this State ia
throw "tf the bnIdrn Of az illegal and
Fraudulent debt created by persons
calling themselves their representa-.
tives, and which is crushing their in
dus'ries aud hresaring them for the
advantage of "ru'er. W. have made
them because Senator Stubhs ia one
of class of men in this State who do
no appear t" care what become ot
the people at large it their own GOV.
rt"nsness 10 g'aIiied. It il chiefly
this GLASS aud the friends of class
vii" are "pl'"srd I" Il new con+titu.
f+a,ipg that their usntjons and dis
honest gains will be endangered and
that they will he be called upon tn
lender "p-" disg",ge.
n" doubt there are some citizens
who are conscieu,i"us|y o,'p,sed I" Il
convention, but all Ot tho class tn
which We have alluded, will 10 sure
| t" lie f"nnd amount the anti couveu.
ton mrU.
There is a common saying, "Scratcl'
Il Russian and you will tind Il Co.'S"
Sack" 1t will be az cafe to cay,
"Scratch All anti-c"nventi"nist aud
you viii find Il bond. holder or friend
of h"nd.h"ldrrs, an office-holder, u
an office seeker.