St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-16
Mileage and RefOrHlas

fEror, the Iafayet:e Advertiser, Fen. .J
Article 40 of thu Constitution reads
no f,I,"vs. "The members of the
General Assembly shall receive from
the public treasury c"mpehs;''r"" '1'
their services which shall ht tigi't u"l'
lars Der day during their at1en"aHce'
going TO-, and return from tne sess'uN's
of their respective houses ms e..l'-
pensation aDay be Increased, on ul.. Uni
inshed by law, but no aateIataoll '.;nn s';;',a
''f tb. members Of the House Of Repre-
seutativps by which such alteration
sh.ii have. been made The law en-
acted in 1872 provides, that the com
pensation shall be eight dollars per day'
and declares that every thirty miles ot
fraction thereof, from the doniclle oi
he member, 10 the State House, snaii
I've computed as one days travel, gong
and coming, for which the memoers
shall receive eight dollars. per day. anu
also. twenty cents per mile going anu
coming. This law also fixes fictitious
distances to each parish.
The distance to this parish Is put
down at $50 miles. Under that law or
1872. this distance entities our member
in the House Of Representatives, to
nay for nine days to go to New Orleans
md nine dsys to return home from
there. making $1A, which added to the
m;,...y., of twenty cents, 500 miles
| ,n;ng and coming, makes total ot
so44' The actual distance from here
tn New Orleans is about 1870 miles ana
fonr days ia more than ample time t"
| ,o and return. The only compensation
allowed or contemplated by the Constl-
tution ia eight dollars per day ana TOUT
laws would he $32 instead or SS44.
This salary grab in favor OF meinorsS
from other parishes, is still more extra
VACANT and outrageous. ..,4
The attempt made to amend the act
| of 1872. to make it conform to the Con-
stitution, was defeated in the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES by the votes OF the
| following members:
Bridger, Burton, Brown, Barron, Bar
| rett. Bosley, Brooks. Brice, Garioss' lar
vile, Como. Cole, Detiege, Drury, Dur
len, Dayries, Drew, Dickenson, Des-
| marais, D'Avy, Drjoie, Duke, f0bo'
CAN'T, Gary, Gaskinss, Gillespie Grs-
rien, Hill OF Ascension, Holt, ham-
mond, H. NJ. johnson, Robert Johnson
Keeting, Kelly of Winn, kldd, Lto- LEO
nard of Caddo, Lewis Maglmre, Mar.,n' n;..a
Richardson, Routon, Randolph, Rolle,
Raby. Souer, Singleton, Self, Snaer'
Srmmes, stagg, Sellers, Tolliver,, T"ler'
Vance. Voorhies, Washington, Watson;
Washburn, Walker, Wood, Wilde and
Young of Claiborne.
The amendment proposed vas essen
tially measure of reform and retrench~
ment and was intended to repeal the
unjust and obnoxious features ot the
law, inflicted upon the State by an un-
scrnpulous and corrupt Radical ma
iority. The reasons, or rather the pre-
texts, given by those who voted against
the measure, will not he accepted by
the tax payers and -,cople of the state.
| The Deinnratic-C C 1Srrvative party 's
pledged to establis3a borough and sub
stantial reforms I'D to correct abuses
of all kinds, and the legislators or
other agents, who TAIL to do their dnty
| towards re,ieemir'~ these pledges, VIII
I've disowned and repufiatrd by the
party. The people aud not the. p"'iu-
clans, constitute the party ana thry tx
pect and will exact, u fair and honest
execution of their fishes. Thos,- l"gl,-
,ators who voted to pocket the money
allowed them by that uncons.'tntl"naii
and Infamous act of 1879, will be held
to Il strict account by their constituents.
The people are aroused and are in deep
earnest. in their determination to ob.
tain reform and 'etrenchment in all
matters aud in every detail.