The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-09
State Warrants Again.

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SENTlT1-.
No- e Tia treasurer will tai. sie war
rauts re a., persons to whon .ht State
ma. he iEdG. e., commencing the Lret day
g: I1.y :cxe, vhcn presented. aud when
there : co funds to pay them. and lndorse
.~l.e..cr July 1881" Nos. !, Z, 3, and 50 on
-. 81 5a!7 warrants arc presented. and
zen do IT, 5nIne Tor August, September
eud eaca s~uhaepner5 month, and then
lien tlero wiil be money to pay Jnly WA
rants. - cor}1ue9Ce liz paying Nos. / >.
and 81 II, befor: The ides OF December
cou.c ssucnG he ring around the treasury
vii BE a,okea -. and every creditor Will
star1 Oh III eqaa! footing aud have an
ecaal change CT getting his pay IL full
T,e reply Of the Dsaaocyot Is as
follows.
The onI7 objection 20 this is that in its
practical workInssit would e1t down tue
salaries Of ali pubi:c officials about 10 por
cest Other wise it woatl answer adui2a-
bly,"
! Well, We sc not profess to be
q skilfal mathematician but It
would certainly he a great pleas
IRE to us to haze that problem
explained.
If paying pablo officials their
woEtliiy salaries III rotation, one
t after another. would cut down
tieir salaries 50 per cent. we will
submit to 50 per cent reduction
on the first bill we ever have
against the State to I.ave this re
duc,ion explained in simple Ems
eIish.
liza rublic officer a obtain a
warrant TOR services for the fall
amount due him, to sell to IA bro
! her who draws 100 cents on the
dollar with it, why i'll the world
can he not receive warrant to
collect himself ior the full amount
due him.
That is tue kuottiest question
in mathematics that has EVER add
died our braiUs.
The Democrat goes Oh to say:
"Ifthc Sentinel will agree to secure the
Stare officers against loss as between the
present and the proposed system. or il the
public officials will signify i'll some autlien-
tic manner their willingness to adopt tie
.Semt3;e,'s ,,'ans the treasurer is ready toiu-
at.curate the experiment."
What loss are State officers to
sustain? Who is going to lose
any thing? When a broker takes
his warrant to the Treasury he
gets every cent it calls Tor.
Ii the original owner could do
the SAME thing would he lose any
thing? Would the State have to
nay one nickle more than it no3
does?
We fcartl.e Democrat confounds
the broker with the State official,
as he would be the only loser IN
deg the plan proposed by the
SENTINEL which would put Il stop
to his bariirading the Treasury
doors.
The Democrat contends that
there is Il deficiency of money col
lected TO pay the appropriations
Admit it. Is that ii reason why
in official or creditor Of the State
should not have the amount OF his
warrant when there is money to
iiquidate it,
Does it cost the State less to
pay John Brown Il warrant fol
one thousand dollars, than it does
TO Peter Jones, the broker. tie
same wa:rant after he purchases
it for eight Or nine Lundlcd dol
iars!
The Democrat says "there is DC
tavMitisms rrastised or DESIRED
Admit it. The SENTINEL has
not charged the Treasurer witt,
with f.vcritism.
We would like to have the
Democrat explain one feature in
the plan adopted; by the Treasu-
rer.
When there are funds to pay a
certain pre- rata for a .trcifed
month, for example.
In closing Il break in some leyee
y holds Il. warrant for $1,000. 90,
for materials and labor furnished.
Is holds Il Warrant :or SfG0 90. e
holds a warrant for $500 90. j
holds ii warrant for S2O0OO.
The Treasurer auvertises that
he viii pay 40 per cent Oh all le>
zee warrants when presented in
sum approximating that amount.
j. c. and ID. have sold their
warrants to II broker. A. pre-
scnts bis to the Treasurer Tor pay
ment. lie is toll! that the Treas.
uly can onl.; pay 10 per cent OF
the amount due him.
swell, what am | to do the
Auditor vii! not divide my war
rant"
$50 to {. broker aud get small
wartat1ts.n
He goes and exchanges Ills WIZ
radt OF 100000 for the Warrants
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