The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-03-03

cient. Will so up on steamer Blanks
if able to travel. Show this to Mr..
Dabney.
S. ID. MCENEl:l', Governor.
BATON ROUGE, Feb. 2G, 1889.
J. T.. Mcclure, Sheriff, Monroe, La:
Major Dahney this morning asks pro-
lection for the railroad between Mon
roe and Shreveport. Are there any
warrants in your hands? Ifso, why
are they not executed and arrests
made? Answer Immediately.
S. d. McENERl-, Governor. 81"
A similar dispatch was sent to Eu-
gene Howard, Sheriff of Lincoln, j.
W. Reagan, Sheriff of Webster, and
John Lake, Sheriff of Cadtlo.
Sheriff Mcclure answered: Writs of
Injunction given me were served
promptly. No warrants or any other
orders of court have been placed in my
hands.
Sheriff Howard answered: l have
no warrants for the arrest of any one.
l have not heard ofany disturbance on
the road in this parish.
Sheriff Reagan answered: No war
rants in hand not served, except for
some parties whose whereabouts arc
not known. No complaint was made
to me concerning any railroad trouble.
All is quiet on tho railroad in this
parish as far as | know.
The answer of Sheriff Lake was in
substance about the same. After re-
ceiving the answers of the sheritls as
above, the Governor sent the follow
ing:
BATOS ROUGE, Feb. &c, 1888.
Major f. Y. Dahncy, Chief Engineer, Mon
roo:
Sherihs of parishes on line Of your
road report that they have no warrants
in hand for execution. No complaints
or disturbance in Lincoin, Webster or
Caddo. Civil process from local au-
thOrity must be exhausted before exc
cutivc intervention with military force
can be employed.
| S. ID. MCFNEEN, Governor.
Later in the day, in answer to in
quiry, an intelligent citizen OF Ouachita
telegraphcd facts of the trouble in sub
stance as heretofore published and
added:
There have been no a!iiavits made,
anu VI COuISC III All SolH. i tS i'ill''sV
has not exhausted legal remedies. / do
not think legal processes will accom-
plish anything.
Tho importance of the comma is
shown by clerical error which has
been discovered in the Senate tariff bill.
The error consists in the omission OF
this point in the metal schedule, the
effect of which would be to increase the
duty on all kinds of iron and steel be.
fore enumerated, except fence wire, s.
per ton, when the duty prescribed was
intended galvanized iron and sstcel
The clause reads: "Aud provided fur
thcr, that on all OF the kinds of iron or
steel, or articles COR manufactures OF
iron or steel, hcreinbcforc in :hlS &c,
enumerated, except fence wire when
galvanized or coated with any meta
or alloy, or mixture of metals, by any
process whatsoever, not including
paints, there shall be paid" etc.
"onc fourth cent per pound, in addition
to the rates provided in this act.' As
careful reading will show, Il commf
should have been placed after "fence
WIRE" 50 that the words s'cNcept fence
wire" should read parcnthetically
The Secretary of the Senate tried to get
possession fthe bill to correct the error
bat this will not be permitted without
an order from the Senate.
The small poN is reported rs on the
decrease in New Orleans, but is OK
tending, we regret TO see, into the in
terror. Several cases have occurred a
Berwick City, two at Donaldsonvillt
and other cases at other points in the
State. The cases at DoualdSonVill,
were imported from New Orleans, the
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