The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-08-10
That Grand Jury Report.
IN. y D"mocrnl, Ut Ang

W Dnprc as STATE printer, al'N "ale"
December 3, 1877, reads as follows:
"Thr Journals of each house shall m
printed in the English I"n|'a%" II"
book form, in mini"n type, and made
"p from til" general matter rs pub
li>hcd in the official newspaper, The
pages to he forty-tivc ems plea in
length, including head and foot lines,
and two columns in width. the book
to be stitched and covered with COT
ored paper, and delivered to the
Secretary of State within the time
fixed by law, for which there shall he
allowed not more than seventy cents
per page for 1853 copies, and for each
additional 100 copies not mole than
eighteen cents per page, the re4"'f""
numher of copies t" lie ordered at
one time"
Upon the testimony of experts in
printing the Grand Jury believe that
in this book, for which charge is thus
made, under the paragraph ?, section
10, act No. 40. above recited. there IL
not line nf minion type t" be found
the book being printed in long primer.
a mnch larger type, by the use Of
which,, ana being loaded as it is, the
volame is made to contain more than
one third more pages than If it had
been printed IN the style "f type ex
pressly provided for in the contract
We wou]d like to be informed BY
this New Orleans Grand Jury what
"erpert" Informed them that "there
was not a line of Min'on type in the
printed Journals of the Assembly, and
that it was "all in Long Primer
That "expcrt" was certainly pulling
the wool over Mr.. Todds eyes, for
our printers pronounce the type in
which these journals were printed,
and there is one now before us. bold.
faced Mniom
1.-THE enemies Of Mr.. Dupre and
the New Orleans Democrat desire to
break down him and his paper. which.
in the estimation Of the country peo.
pie of Louisiana, is the best English
newspaper that has been published in
the city since the war. they must
seek other and fairer means to effect
it than such stuff az the Grand Jury
was made to swallow.
There are certain class of jour-
nalistic jack snipes in New Orleans,
and we make this statement upon the
authority of one Of the oldest and
hest journalists in New Orleans, who
arrogate to themselves the whole
field and talent necessary to run
newspaper in that city. Nay. Onr
esteemed friend informed rs, that
these men thought Horace Greeley
and C|,as. A. Dana, perfect Dincom-
poops in journalism compared to
themselves. Ever since the Democrat
was born, these fellows have endeav-
ored to break it down: a thousand
charges have been made, met and
rpfuted, and now some fellow has
"played' with the Grand Jury and
made them make fools of themselves
by "reportiug' bold faced Mioioo
type as long primer, and that the
Democrat had cheated the State to
the extent Of about eight hundred
dollars.
Messrs. Janin, Augustin, Dupre
and Hearsey, are honorable, chival:
rous Southern gentlemen, and no
man in Louisiana, outside the cess
pool in which those jonrna|istic gods,
who are trying to brsak down their
paper, wallow, can ever be made t'
believe that they took ono single cen1
from the State to wh;ch they cer mol
justly entitled.
We know the gentlemen to be tai
above such trash "a seem to cOntr"
other city dailies who plumber chart
ty Hospital funds-who assail mems
character, aud when called to account
| refuse to fight or retract, and plead
the baby act; and We doubt not thai
| this false charge comes from these
fellows.