The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
AS REGARDS THE STATE PRINTING.

yftfSE bt3 ~ etF pV'h tit3
temporary official journal. and since the APP
ppintment has been confirmed by the Senate,
It Is only through a desire to iuform the read
Ing public that Wa enter into explanations In
the premises. Our kind neighbor. with per.
haps a natural chagrin at losing tho contract
herself. ts endeavoripg to create tho impress
eiOn that there ID something crooked In the
appointment made by Gov. Witt. In m ar
ticle yesterday morning-one of those sub
editorials with which the PicaUune OCCASION
ally alleyistss the dullness OF her editorial
page,our aforesaid kind neighbor undertook
to i~nsinute that there weus grave reasons
why the DEMOCRAT should not receive the
temporary appointment, aud why the Gov
ornor should not make It. and why the SEN
ate should not confirm the same. Among
these things, the Picsays:
The debate which followed deyeIoped nm In
teres'ing leg II point. Under tha now con I'll II.
ton the uri,, Ing has to he awarded to the low
ct ,saponsib,a bla,ar under such reeulnti nt
puiptment MA IN conflict wi h this clause
The facts IN tho case are simply these: The
constitution provides for certain legislation
with reference to the public printing and
clearly defines the nature OF that legislation:
DuJ UitAt VIII " 10 Opshlts bitk tHb Nv
must be passed before tho provisions OF the
constitution can DO applied and that, In the
Interim. tho present laws retnaini III force. This
Is not only the logic and tho inc nse
Of tho situation but II 10 distinctly anticipated
In article 259 of the new constitutions. which
says:
ART 100 In order that no inconvenienc.
ay rasni 70 The public $ rviee FROM the thk-
Y effect II mi constitution. no on ~ hH be
\. n~ir+aitd t%hsr,hy, but the Jaws ~ The State
Y tAtlva 10 BIS duties Or thu sevar.l ofiors-
execn I've. indtctrl and military -slall rrmntn
W fuIE fptcS tn ugh tho sam be- contrary 10 this
conatituitan. and the eeveral duties shall II
. If ,r ned br tho res pectve m Yrs Of hs state
nccorttn9 10 tho existing Laws until the organ.
IL Lipn OF ths Y ,vsr enc It under tniI nonstttu II
ton anil the entering Into Off ~ OF tho row
~nflcers 10 hs appointed or elected under said
government, and ~ longer.
1t was under this provision. and only pend
Ing the enactment AMI reallz ltion Of the la
that Gov. Witt made the Temporal
ry appointment alluded to. The temporary
nature of the appointment is especially re-
eited, and IA such WAS cohfirtned by tho Sen-
ate. The DEMOCRAT holds under the same
as that IN isr which ths Pcayane has
Daen holding until nos. md surely II that
could wink Mt tho sp sGtacle Of u State
Printer for l. ,utsiana who was not II citizen OF
Loui 'iane, but OF Ml5slssIppi-as In the case
IF Mr.. Nicholson, thu intor partner la the
ownership OF the Ptcapntae nothing more
need be said as to Its elasticity.
The next InBlnuatIOn OF the Pics Is as fol-
But. on The other hand. the appointment VIZ
only TO fill u vac lncy and could only continue
uuiil the hh We provision of the constitution
put Into : fleet Then the qu stion nrpre:
A I'm = tp.Yt hA ryl.rAu n ~ Al y ttu E mn hnu thai atu 1
or to fllff2
This bubble Ia even more easily dIeposed
81. The appointment and contract OF junior
partner Nicholson. or the Pcdyune, expired
On the first Monday In December, the Print
ing Board failed to meet In December, as re-
CURED by law, and thus there occurred an
vacancy which the Governor OF the
State, under both the old and the new oonsti-
is authoriZ ID TO fill temporarily with
The approval or the Senate.
But It IL evi lent that the Pics real animus
md object are n II disclosed la anything said
,hus far. The PIC has earned the right to be
and dtsing snuous, AMI has nothing to
ose by stretching the privilege to the utmost.
All the foregoing, therefore. may be set down
q that account. Aud now we come 10 the
Kernel OF tho Pic's trouble;
Shout | the oDnmltta, daclia that the low
y nor has tha powe to I'll! tha vac tncy another
lu-stt on will arise befot . Mr.. Brauiao eau bs
,onfirmed.
Article AZ Of the constitution. after stating
the printing shall b. given tp the lowsst
espon-fhie bidder. Jays: M memh r or off,
,er II any Of the de attment 81 Inc x Ivsrn
nent shall DO IN am t0av Interested ia SUCH
n+rAcf.e
M. Brandao ID business manager OF the
PEN BAT ~ > At7 T,sa3nte Blrk" y 1t The
Ilotei bs vi IHtai by Mr. Bfanda - app Int
n their I'll ni.. Evi Ian ~ tae Ssna Jlieia y
.ommlttt Q have mad work bAfo.e thaun.
As we have already observed, the appoint
lent OF Mr.. Brand 70 his been contirmet,
nj the DEMOCRAT i8 now, tern orarily. the
fl eial iurnat OF the State. The presump- ,
therefore, Is that the q 'vtrn)r and the
enate were satisfied as to the propriety rs
as tho legality OF the app oiutment. La
the law un err which the printing Is now !,
cling done Is the FINE one that Mr.. Nichol-
N has been acting unter, and 1t is a singular '
.ct that the only stipulation made In that G
W II the very one which the appointment OF =
r. Nicholson violated-t) wit: the stipula- /
On that the S5ate Printer shall be a citizen .
Louisiana. So far as Major Burke Is CON- +