The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-21
TIL. PlU.'B POINTS.


" Tho worst ia ~ " Radical mlainle. "tyran
hital Interference with private rlKhtn.' an'
that n contrives All t,tinl,nl met no.
Of awarding tho contract" Thu loalrian q
tho iin. n.et,s Ia have read tho p,natltu ton
and a. app,eaiaia tho fact that Under the pro
1 Visions Of that instrument no contract ~,
Aiatn printing cnn hn awarded without I'll,
approval of thn Governor. tho President u
tho Hanaia at,i Tho speaker ~ Tho Itn,ina. III
admita that Tho PROPOSED bill epntnrnpla'n,
and prnvldsu for auch approval. but what
sen'na in dinaAtna with him aud 10 cnao him
~ take n gloomy and dyupnptiu viaw ~ tho
situation IA thu proposition 10 rrentn H. I'rlnt
Inv Hoard 10 resolve and consider tho bid
| TINT may 10 made
| There Ia nothing ia tho constitution against
| tho creation nr such board. there are worry
many ranaona In favor ~ relieving tho on
cora who arc 10 iinalIy approve OF tho con
tract ~ tho labor and trouble Incident
~ tho Initial proceedings. and tho board rs
nlnolntrly poWaiisMa ~ mako u iinnl award
hut. nevertheless. tho Iir. rcEnrtls that body
| M MI Invasion ~ private Rights nnd n aern,,a
monaco To thu liberties ~ tho people Tn q
tract for printing ahall bs awarded without
| tho approval Of Tho officers nainnd but tho
constitutional lawyer ~ tho ~ RpH further.
anh lnnlntn TINT thoan otIlrrrn nl,nll perform
extra service nnn Printing l!onrd. shall *
anime all tho bda and make tho award
Evidently tho i'1.. mn MI interpreter md cx
poundnf Of tho organic law. la n failure. but
thon tho cnat!iuilun In n public document.
Just ~ tho printing bin ID Il public mrnn-
nrn. and tho ~ IL going " nay junt what
II plsnnn IF both Or din. rcgnllcnn az
whether II II agreeable "a tho DEMOCRAT or
nmtlalug "a tho public.
There can be- no very aorloua objection to
tho harmeua EnrrnllLy "r tho ancient journal
aud We nra AratiIied 10 nen that while the do
mandatory Language used momnntarlly
aroused rolnllnrnhin rn,llnE IA tile senate.
TINT body. conscious or thu rrrLiIuIn or III
puIpouo. md npprcrIallng ut their true worth
tho unfavorahln aud cenaoiuua uiiIIuiamn Of
tho Nc. manifested itH ,Iludaln by calmly pur.
suing tho even tenor Of tn wny.
If tho i'ir. cnn ever rncuvci ItIa rl,lanimity
sufficiently tolnok Ut this blll dinpnaalnnatrIy
II VIII discover that All tho constitutional IN
under In provlaioIa tho State will havo lia
printing done we'll and ol,cnpIy: That tho con
tract will be awarded 10 tho lowest reaponu.
bio bidder. and that tho rights and ivu and
llhcrticu of tho people will M In no vino nnlnn.
GrrM. Tho only point u which acrIonn
objection may ba raIand Ii tho pruvln-
Ion giving tho judicial advertisements
10 ths official Journal. This provision wnn
inserted In tho bill (sua tho public has boon In
formedN hy tho committee. ut tho very ur-
gent request ct lawyers. merchants and
property hnl'lc5s. who represented tho groat
convenience 70 tho public AZ largo Tint would
accrue from concentrating the acknowledgements
In some ono paper. and tho hnrtH,ipn and Ak
pcl,Ho that would be tho result or noattnrng
the advertisements In tho various Journals OF
tho city. We ooni,sw that We should hnvo
boon nntiniinh had tho section In tho pr,wtnt
law reforming To judicial acknowledgements boon
retained III tho proposed iii. hut wr are con
acioMn. md have always Appreciated tho fact.
that tho arHumnnta advanced by those who
advocate tho change AFRO worry difficult II not
impossible 10 answer. Tho poople In WHO'S,
lntnrWt tho Pc. and othrr papers pretrnd To
i''"h''o A'1 pa'l"p''"t su'iS'Nti VIII INV
anddM with certain Tux or $43
pNr annnn for aubacrlptlon ID All
Ihn newspapers Or tho city. with little Or no
benefit. Everybody knows that
under tho present ayatom tho nustlpneera AFRO
Tho chief beneelarica, Tor In ulno eases out OF
Ion thry select tho papaia In which n,lvcrtian-
nontn arr IL he inserted, and while charging
tho owners ~ property full card ratra ranlly
mly pay tho papers nifty per cont. and pocket
.he balance Neither tho Pirnvunr nor tho
iimra will deny thia notorious fact. nor will
hoy hnvo tho hardihood to ASSERT that tho
proposed change would affect tho people half
10 much al It would thu nurtIoneera, who
would thrrnhy b deprived 81 ono or their
most important Aourors NJ revenue Inc
lunation rMplv,M ita"lf tothiH. Shall tho PEG
pic u" compelled to pay ft5 por annum for II
privilege they rarely excrcIse In order that
he auction@rs may rsmp u golden harvest,
" shall the judicial advertisements be con-
'rntrated In ono newspaper to tho very great
of the general public.
Sections ~. 81. ID ana ~ Of tho proposed
'll (which are those relating TO judicial al
sortisnunnts ~ will bs soon by references to
y,
lavc brcn referred back to the eommlttee
With thu view Of having them Incorporated
Il separate bill, the objection having boon
'RtAnd thnt tho tlto or the present bill did
lot meet the constitutional provision which
equlrca that every bill shall embrace but
mo object. and that shall be Expressed In tn.
tile" The point WAS We'll taken, and tho |
Measure will now coma 10 as a separate |
ill, ana will. doubtless. receive the atten-
ion and consideration II deserves. III the
'ic. has any arguments W advance against |
y adoption 1t has now ample opportunity TO
arade thsm. but the Senate Ia evidently not |
ae sort OF body to be frightened by mere
lamor.
The denunciation Of the Intelligent and