The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-08
gTATE PRINTER AND GRAND JURY

The Natchitoches Tindicntor 81 the thirty
alrst OF August contains the following article:
The candid minded citizen Of this section
thinks great Injustice has been done Mr:
Dupre State Printer, by the Grand Jury OF
New Orleans; - ~,
performed services not allowed l'y law and
drew pay therefor, he was indictable for per.
Turv and malfeasanCs in office and the Grand
Jury deserves the severest eensure Tor not
rerforming their duty The conclusion that
MIR. Dupre did not overstep his lawful duty Is
Irresistible, from the fact that he was not in
dicted.
What, then, are fair-minded men to think
or the whole matter? Simply that the Grand
Jury lent themselves to the Lottery Com
many and to the disappointed newspapers in
New Orleans, and In their official capacity
gave currency and seeming authority 10 @
Iisgraceful and base Islander. ALI men OF
reason with whom we have conyersed, think
lust as we do, and since Gov. Nichols VINO
gave the subject thought, declares he secs no
way In which he can interfere, 1t being 9 mat
ter solely within judicial jurisdiction, az men
must see to what situation the Grand Jury
hy their report has reduced Mr. Dupre.
No honorable man In the State entertnins
che idea for single moment that Mr.. Dupre
has ever charged one cent more for his work
than the law allowed. All sympathize with
aim. while they denounce the Grand jury for
lending their Md to the propagation OF q slall-
der which must wound deeply SO honorable 9
gentleman as Mr.. Dupre, while he is rendered
powerless to judicidlty refute 1t.
We thank our friend Of the Fundirotor for
his prompt and generous defense OF the State
Printer against charge which Is utterly
without foundation, and which will be
promptly shown to be SO, SO soon rs that OIL
cIal can obtain judicial hearing. Our Match
itoches contemporary, however, is unjust to
che large majority Of tho Grand Jury which
made the report against the State Printer
The charge and its specifications were made
at the instigation of the Lottery Company
and by an official or tool of that institution
But the Grand Jury as o body did not lend
itself to Howard IL Co. The report was, we
are literally officially informed, designed as q
private information to the Governor and AT
torney General, to enable them to investigate
for themselves and II they found the specious
information of Howard IL Go. founded upon
any basis OF fact to take proper steps to re-
cover the money improperly collected from
the State.
Before the report reached the Governor
however, its fill purport was In the hands o
the Times and l,icayta,e, the journalistic toolf
and partisans of the Lottery Company These
Journals actually knew of it twelve hours be
fore either the Governor or the proprietors O.
the DEMOCRAT. We believe that we will be
able to show how those journals obtained
their information. and that the manner il
which they obtained their information was
part and parcel Of dirty scheme to iniurt
the credit of the DEMOCRAT by destroying
confidence In some $4,000 or $4,000 worth o.
warrants which it held for work done by the
State Printer.
or completely in this nasty business, VIZ
fully, cordially and freely aoquit nearly every
member of the Grand Jury who made the re-
port. AS far as we understand the matter
the Grand Jury as body did simply its plair
and undeniable duty. For the balance let the
public wait until there is q judicial investiga
Hon