Louisiana capitolian., 1880-08-12
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.
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yor .,,e awnrestt,at the peoplc Of this

to the Governor, or IN his absence, to the
Lieut-Governor, petitionng him to re-
convene in extra session the Gcncral
Assembly with the object, among other
pressing matters, to have the present
Warmotllc chartersupersc'lcl by . rep
resentativc and au economical city gov
crnment. As concerns it's application
to our city, tho new constitution is SO
farsa dead letter to lls. Wo arc denied
all Of its reform features, and to all in
tents and purposes, aro forced TO live
under the charter made by Radicals and
rctaining all tho extravagancics, and
open TO al the eorruptio"s attaching 10
that terrible epoch.
II is made the duty, and an impera-
tiye ptles n the General Assembly to
fRyindbr an electioA IN nlisf city "du-
t6y e,s sca Heo,' andsif detmcd nee
eSea}j, tfat body w;lM llso required to
provide new city government or gov
crl,ncnts, and III this latter contingency
tho sonssit tuition provided that no salary
should exceed AZ, 800 pen nnn,,m. This
limitation of $500 is only operative
and binding upon change in our form
Of city government. The maintenance
OF tho Warmoth charter entails the cx-
ccssive salaries and the great cost and
tho irresponsible char'ctcr of this secen.
headed I to 3 system of government.
Nav, twas well khownto to our Cen
eral Assembly, that to carry on our
city administration and meet all just
demands um!cr tho tcil-inills cohsiitn-
tiOnal Limitation, q now form of city
administration on an economical and
nOil-paying representative system was
nn imperious aud unavoidable necessity
Accordingly tho recently adjourned
Gcnct.l Assembly gave our city u new
city cl,artcrand provided in tho same
for an election as required by our new
organic law "during tho, year 1880"
T|'is wise measure was, however, vetoed
by the Governor shortly saitor the nd
iournmcnt Of the Legislature, and thus
the urgent necessities of our people for
relief have been tramplcd upon, and this
positive direction of tho constitution
itself eyadcd and practically cxpungcd
by this extraordinary action under the
circumstances. st
On yesterday the Lieut. Governor, on
the advice, as is generally udcrstood,
of tl,n Goyc,nor hi,nsrlf issucd his nroc-
lamatirn calling for uscity election here
under the dcspcabIc Radical charter
fcstcd upon us during the Warmotl
rcgimc-a charter hated f5r it's too we'll
remcmbcrcl dissertations. ana lomlcl
down with objectionable. ,xtr,yayout
and IRRESPONSIBLE features, that no one
dreamed - D,anoc,ntic Static odmin;str,-
,tion would retain against our wishes or
force upon ~ in spitc Of orr constant
protests. Whence tbs Governors n,,-
thority springs for this unprecedented
course lifelong Democrats are inouirinp
in vain. This proclamation Is in com
plete detianoe of orr now Aconstitution
and sorio,,sl \ undertakes to set itSasidc
aye, to assume on his part the consti-
tutionally required work vested alone
in tho representatives, the elected and
accredited agents of tho people of this
State.
by such Go,irsc the constitution itself,
and fOrtlie Time being at'least, the Gen
cral Assembly have been most ,nccrc-
mon'o"s'y waved outyof sight and par
aIyzcd into silence. If this be not usur-
Pat'o" "nd'ss used and bald-hcadcd,
"hefe shaf' we ftnd tt 7
ny 'h's systematic course 't seeming
contempt Tor the organic law and the
Legislature elected hereunder, and the
'ato "cc's'o'l 'of onr Supreme Court by
one majority, Lii tic ton mills limitation
matter, We lind ourselves in d condition