The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-06-22
NEW ORLEANS, June Is, lc7S'

NEW ORLEANS, June IL, lc|0'
EDITOR OF NlNplCAToR:
urnrrrd with my analysis OF the poll
cv adopted by our rulers. =,
Finder head No. 7, charge them WIN
the uoIjcy of-"non-intrrt"rence win
the Oppressive emolNme"ts OF tns g.ea'
offices in this city-Snch AS sher'lla'''eS'
Recorler>hips, &c J..
ANYTHING like faithful adherence 10
the principles of the platform adopted at
Ration Rouge in 1876, would have result
pd in the fixing of reasonable salaries
for all these offices. Instead of that, here
they still stare the people III tnt 'aet'
undressing the taxpayer and the ht'Sa''''
and are such rich prizes to be c"nteh"e"
for. either at the ballot box or at the han,'s
Of the Executive, that they necessarily
debauch politics and endanSer the S'a-
bility of our institutions.
The President of the United Sta,es
gets a salary of $4,000 year. anu 'h's
& considered by the people of the coun-
trv rs too much. Yet he has to abandon
home and business, and live at the Cap''
n, and his mode of living must neces-
s,riIv conform to his official surroundings.
Many Governors of States in this Unlon'
oet Salaries of less than $4,000, ana our
avn Governor gets $4,000, and finds his
own residences. All these Governors
, mist, more or less, completely aDahoo.l
, their private business, and, uni ess resi-.
dents at the Capitol of the State, must
, abandon their hones-they ana 'lc'i
: families during their terms OF once
o Rut a Clerk of a Court, Sheriff. or
Recorder of Mortgages, &C., in New Or'
leans, can stay at his home, carry on I'M
Il private business, and get a saIat coo an !.
; n.ruisitrs to the extent of slo,OOo Il
s $4,000, or $4,000 per annnm. more
in the way Of perqn's'tes TO one III
+ the pockets of the people are faSIahal
D robbed by direct taxation tor tue 'e1'
Z nurpose itself. The army ration OF th'
;, United States government, which pro
vides every possible necessity Tor tn
Il health of the soldier, and permits
ut communication fund for little luxur!e'
N costs abont twenty cents; yet, our Crl"
u inal Sheriff is paid by the City OF Me-
III Orleans OWL forty cents per diem, to fec
prisoners in the parish Jail, and leg's!!;;
five enactment obliyes the city to 40 IL
Under Kellogg the city was maze ;,
ne nav 60 cents, but the people weht w
us fore the last legislature at It's hrs ~ se .
se sion, and with great trouble got IL =,
IT. luccd to 40 cents. Yet 1t was ma,
IN perfectly clear to that body tiat l..
he cost should not be over Is to 10 ceh'
rts In other words, the Legislature had n
Is the manhood and honesty to tree u
H. neonle of burden which had its orig
he in corruption, which exists by corfu
nd tion-corrupting everybody anu e'e'
re- thing it touches.
yer These heavily paid offices are one ne
ish the greatest evils we groan under. IN
ain foster corrupt political rings-furnlsh'
adj the money with which to stlf1e inc
ap forts of the oppressed. Any admlnlst1
ach tion which fosters them is to that exte
yes false to any professions it may ma
the made. or makes, about reform.
the Whenever this important SUBJECT
ete been discussed in our city, there are
the WAYS a class, and among them lawyt
we'll to argue by all sorts of twists ana I.
and for the continuance of the oppresslt
4t but all is the m-rest sophstry. JUST
Cont Clerk, Sheriff, a Recorder, q
$. ran exist elsew here in the State, OF
many other States, on salary, 80
/, these officials here. TO see a oa"Ai
'he elected to Office to-day; take possess
=. to morrow, employ existing expert'
['sh- do all the work of the office, attent
eet- his outside business himself as 'lS
'uss live like q fighting cock, contr''
PIT d thousands to ward hnmmering, and c.
was ont at the end of four years cont"
larry; BILE for the balance of his life to sc'
an'h this. year after year, and to feel that
'a"- comes ont of the pockets OF hard
'tah' unaiAed individual toll and lndustr
enough to make men feel that sometl
'tou rou.hcr than ballots may be the Ut
v,'' remedy.
- The present administration see
:, this: they saw it in 1870; anu
hlck- were pledged to reformation; but
Tudrr head s, charged the adm
o ne tratiou with-'as fay az politically
Dec'- siblr, the ignoring, all over the 5
If the men who we're influential III
pas tseming her, and the appol9tmeh
Wo' ,.ositions of trust and emolumcn
Second and third rate men, and OF
pas who did no work in the cause"
owe. Shall enter into argument to
ne IN the charge! Surely, no man vii
,-,, ouire it of me. Right here we 8
lotn around rs. Probably in every par
ana is to be seen. Unless l am most ex
Pres dinarily msinformed, right in youl
neg narish NAV be found fragrant illustr;
6 Bar Nav, individual experience, in the
c's'on in the country, on cars and steam
in transitue, has been to hear the G.
men and most independent, mon express
favor wonder at the course pursued l
Bar cases of Pinchback, Howe, and
'ar III street, here, have given yo9. q
ano' illustration of the policy: won
n his God it was limited to these!
+ char' Under head 9, charged as the
seen -"Just 80 much Of economical rel
ow IN ton as might answer to appease tn
=, even pie and inspire them with hope tor
ildren The truth of this accusation ha
e, :, sufficiently clearly illustrated al
aproar while treating other heads. But r
Jourh- tiou will do no harm. On the COZ
:. it seems really to be necessary to
debate donc' political points at the pee
'dncate YOU would arouse them to real act
When the administration set !
Or u; WI against the assembling Of a Const,
I'll ma al Convention it virtually Il
scented against thorough economy. tor
young change of Constitution, full a.
measnrers Of economy could not
fected. But when the admins
etary' went beyond this and attempted
down the threats of the Peopi
ded in twenty amendments to the Const
inst a carefully avoiding any inroad
It least mopopolies of the State-then the
this to ed their utter faithlessness, a
,aorse- charge make is unassaiiable.
" Monopolies cost. millions, an
millions come out OF the toll 81
-. Bile of the Industrious and pro
atch'to classes of the population: Inc .
the re. tration has declared for the mon