The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-21
A WORD TO THE PUBLIC.

Tho 7ymca VI THE city has frequently. If
late, expressed a patriotic aoIieitude relative
| othe state printing That journal was deer
| " moved by the fact TINT the State Printer
deferred tho signing Of the contract for fnw
| days, until his attorney could examine and
| interpret II IN accordance with tho relnatka-
blo judicial decisions ~ tho Printing Rlard
The iImca ia now, and haa been for some
weeks past under the exclusive business and
editorial control aud management ~ Charles
Clinton. Warmotha ay Auditor. who public
y, In the days of tho great carpet hangers
reign, denounced tho white people " Louis
lana as rebel skunka" Mr. Clinton was n
low bidder for the state printing. and. had
not one " the prnptieturs Of tho DEMOCRAT
bid FOR " nj a nominal sum. there 10 little
doubt that the Democratic Printing Board.
which ruled that the work should he given to
the lowest bidder would have given over the
profits, prestige and power Of the State
Printer 10 the paper owned, controlled and
edited Ivy ex-Auditor Clinton, Of rebel
skunk" fame
Under the circumstances we comprehend
The anxiety Of the New Orleans Times about
the signing OF tho printing contract II ID
natural and proper that Mr. Cherries Clinton.
who was Auditor Of the State under War
moth: who robbed tho taxpayMa " I,ouisl-
ana 10 the full extent Of his opportunities and
capacity, and who denounced the Democrats |
Of this State as white rebel skunle." should
be anxious about the contamination ~ tho
printing contract. lie has now a lowl,id before |
the Printing BOARD, and were the present State |
Printer to throw M his contract or should |
the Louisiana Lottery Company succeed i'm |
go erippling the DEnoCnAT "a to render IL in |
capable of executing the State Printers con
tract Mr.. ex Auditor Clinton. editor and pro-
prietor Of the 7tmes, as the next lowest bid
der, might, perhaps. obtain from the Demo
cratic Printing BOARD the contract to do the
state printing and the right tr II v al the head
Of HE columns. official journal of the State
IF Louisiana. tfHHeF tie Democratic State
We beg Mr. Clinton, however. to possess hia
soul In patience. The present State Printer
will abide by the bid through which he Oh
tanned, over Warmntbs az Auditor the state
printing from Democratic Printing Board
and he proposes sfr,rtiy, rig,dlp and con
scienfioaslp to fulfH the contract, under the re-
atrietons and limitations laid down by the
Printing Board before The bid was made ,
We trust this will silence all approhen- ,
sions on this subject. The DEMOCRAT Ia
prepared to execute, and will execute. |
ho work for the State Printer The Print I
ng Board, composed Of high state on
'ials, eminent lawyers and ingenious noI- T
ticans. has defined the law and the limita [
Ions and constructions Of the law under
init anil To- ht, ,I, II
70 done, and the state Printer will. to tho /,
'est Of his knowledge and ability. faithfully h
'Neento the contract In conformity with the I
'ulings of the Board II
Let there, then, be no further agitation IN |
he Ifmca Office. Let OK Auditor Clinton pro- &
erve tho equilibrium Of his temper. and lot I
lin rest assured that the white rebel !
kunks' who run the DEMOCRAT will fulfil l
III their obligations 70 the State, and that :
lot one OF thom has an imported brother-i In
aw who proposes. through hia instrumental
ty 70 rob tho Charity Hospital or the State /.
" any public charity of six thousand dollars
" any othar sum. r
our esteemed contemporary. the ifeap,mc Ii
'as also had something 20 say on this sub 7
oct. Our space and time, however, do not
ustify us just now in making any isaue with
hat garrIloua old scnld, whose tongue Ia
lung in The middle and clatters away on any
md all sides Of every question, to tho in
mite amusement Of the public If our o.
ccmod Old maiden contemporary, however. :
= determined to discuss tho subject fur
her, let her swing her hroumstick around
ur head, shake her false ours ut ia and /
hlirk out what she has To- say. and then we
viii again toll the public how We caught hcr
Juggling and kissing Brindo Bill behind tho
ioar. ,