The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-29
ANOTHER CONFLICToF AUTHORITY.


Though thepeople ofNew Orleans
have ESCAPED severe atmospheric
agitation, they are undergoing Sc
we're, if not dangerous, commotiOn
il conflicts of authority.
Not only does the collision between
the mayor and council with the city
treasurer continue, increasing Tin III
Jury TO all interests involved, but +
another conflict has sprung up, this
time between the New Orleans
National Bank and the Postmaster
General Of the United States.
This latter, however, is apt to be
more speedily concluded, and less
in the injury Immediately caused.
Some time ago Postmaster Gen
eras Gresham, enforcing previous
order Of Postmaster General Key, of
NOV emher Is, 1879, / rohibited the
delivery of all registered lctters,and
payment of all morey orders, al
addressed to M. A. Danphin, presi
dent of the Louisiana LOTTERY Co.
This order, based on Statute of
the United States, was intended to
protect the mails against letters, and
other communications considered
vicious and immoral.
To evade this order the New Or
leans National Bunk consented t.
receive all MONEY orders intended
for the Lottery Compaliy,and notice
j thereof was published. This fact
coming to the knowledge of Post
master General Gresham, brought
the order of the 10Th inst, directed
against the Bank.
D The opinion Of the Postmaster
General on this action of the Bank
is thus forcibly expressed: "This
sis a defiant scheme OH the part of
: IN, A. Dauphin and the New Or
ssleans National Bank to evade
i " orders which have been addressed
"tO you by the Postmaster General
: din pursuance of the Statutes Of the
1" United States, intended to protect
/ "the mails and the public against
j ga business which IS vicious and
simnoral, aud which in the main
"preys upon the ignorant and in
: "credulous."
= To avoid this order, the Bank has
obtained All injunction from State
Il Court restraining the Postmaster
E at New Orleans from obeying it, ant
s thus arises the conflict referred to
between the Bank aud the U.S.Pos
!, office Department.
e The HERALD has already express
J. ed an opinion as to the confess
between the City Council and Trea'
urer. Resistance to the Unitet
= States Statute prohibiting the col
q veyance of vicious and demoralizlnI
n matter through tue mails by co
poration holding its charter from TIL
e, the same government is a bold aei
4 For the Bank to attempt 10 shleli
er the ottery Company in its violation
of the Statute and the orders lssnel
d. hereunder can be viewed but III on
'sltlight Ii the order aldresSe
;, directly to the Lottery Company wa
~ =, unauthorized, the Courts were ope
To its protection. Ii not, the Pos
> master General is clearly right i
4 declaring "that the New Orlean
AZ National Bank can not be perm
Al .sted to stand in the shoes of M. A
I, .'Dauphin and thus enable him I
0 taceomp ish by indireclion what Ii
II 50 is not allowed to do directly"
u There can be no question that sue
will be the view of the United Stat,
y Court, TO which the injunction su
% is to be renaa,lcd. And it Is OF
y of the strange Incidents Ct til
issue that the action of the ban
: finds supporters in some OF the Ne
= Orleans press, while we venture
say its editors IN chief will not hay
" the har,hhood TO deny the yieiou
ness and immortality Ut the Lottery
u business, or that it mainly pre-.
70 upon the ignorant and incredulou
n. The sham battlefought at the Ne
r, Orleans fair grounds Saturday al
~ Sunday September 10th and 16t
m for the benefit OF the Louisiana 81
!. dlerS' Home, was grand success