St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-06
DOES THE POLICEpURY
OR THE ST. TAM
MANY FARMER
RUN THIS .
~ PARISH?

FANlSn!
At meeting Of tise Po,ipe JuF,
last week, . committee Was ap
pointed to receive bids frosa news
papers that wish to do ut parisl
printing. /;
The committee appointed ~.
Msssrs. Geo. Koeppe, IT,. ". G
Davis, with 5. II. Decker f. Chair
man. All bids are 10 be by Jul!
S0th, and addressed toS. Il. Deck
e, Slidell, La, chairman commit
tee On printing.
NJ. Decker furnished both tls'
Bugie and fARxEs with - adver
tiscment to that effect.
In its issue Of last Saturday tn
Farmer prints the notice. bu
takes the liberty Of adding TIN
words. "of toJ. NJ. Abnes. Prssi
La" [:
This is outrageous. Ey whOs'
authority does the ''St. Tamman!
Farmer undertake to change tn,
rulings OF the Police Jury!.
M. Decker states positively thai
he is the legitimate chairman Of the
committee on printing, End only
the bids that are received by him
viii be considered.-Sliiell Bugls
July 20.
In order to properly reply TO the
above insinuating article, which i
doubtless intended to dapsge thu
fair name OF the FARxEy by Gre
ating . wrong impression in the
minds Of the few people Who ever
see a copy Of the "Bugle.:' We will
state the facts in the case rs briefly
rs possible.
At the meeting Of the Police jury
on the 18th Of July, . committee
consisting Of Messrs. 5. III Decker,
Geo. Koeppe. Jr., and W; G. Ds-
vie, was appointed to ADVERTISE for
sealed proposals for doing the pub
lie printing, ''from newspapers
published in St. Tammant parieh. -
Mr.. Decker handed ~ q copy Of
the advertisement to be Inserted in
The FARMER, stating thai all bids
must be sent to him at Sltaell. We
called his attention to the: fact that
he WAS one Of the projectors Of
The Slidell Bugle, which Would also
bid for the work. and being there
fore an interested party, IRE did not
him the proper person to
receive our bid. for the reason that
It il not customary for opposing
to deposit their sealed
in the hands Of their
competitors. He agreed with rs in
his. We then suggested that he
nd the words, ''Or to any member
II the printing committee" He
'eemed willing to this but stated that
t was too late to change the notice,
. the copy that would appear 10 the
3ugie had already been sent to
Few Orleans.
ut appears that the Begle has no
'rinting Office Of its own, but Is
'sinted ut some Office IN; New Or
eans, and merely dated Slidell.
'et this Is the ny concern that the
'ARxER must bid against for the
ublic printing Of St. ''rammany
'arish.]
We then consulted with Mr.. ]. NJ.
Abney, President Of the Police Jury,
'l,o is also ex-ofiicio Chairman Of
he Printing Committee and all
Their committees, and II was With |
is full knowledge ard by his
uthority, and with the knowledge |
nd consent OF Messrs. KOeppe and
'avis, the other members Of the
rioting Committee, tina; We added
, Mr. Decker's notice the words,
" to J. n. Abney, President Of
,e Police Jury, Covingtcn, La"
Is that high enough authority for
Du: |
II not, We will give you some
ore facts. At the next meeting
the Police Jury, whic:, was held
a Wednesday, July %! We arose
I'd stated, while the meeting was
session and all membtrs present,
at We intended to bid seor the par
h printing, and inqaited whether
'e committee to receive the bids
= the aOth would meet::on that day
; Slidell, q 1t the Courthouse in
ovington. 1t was decided that
'e committee would assemble At
% Courthouse. at the next meet
g Of the Police Judy, and the
ARxxx would continue to be the
licial journal until that time. We
ZEN announced that cur bid Was
ready made out and sealed, and
as in the possession d Mr. Geo.
s,pnne. n member Of lhe printing