The Lake Charles echo., 1893-09-01
4LITTLEMoRE TRUTH.

For RoOanass kuOss hoW many yesrs
pravious - 1884. witnesses aud iqrorz
were paid 10 parish script worth Nben
ii e0nld be sold ataal, from 50 10 IS
cents On tbe dollar. Tie parish credit
had snnk 10 snch q laR tbb the pOrr
man, living ont q distance in the
eouutry almost dread d ~ much 10 b.,
summootd us Juror or witnFae, AZ b.
did 10 come al an accused. With pIent,
of the necesaaries Of life about bin At
home, focd and clothing 10 abundance,
be did not feel 90 aensely the necessity
Of having o little silver In bis pHFse {;
bnt order him 10 toWn, making him
pay felEiage, board and borne fse1
ard be was instantly put in 40 enbar.
Easaiag condition. Then sitter serving
the atate and parish, sometimes tWo or
three weeks a. a stretch, hs received
his diEehaEqe from the court and ap-
preached with fear and trembling the
Hugast clerk Of courL WIN issued bin
his script, bat demspded o. his fee. sII
yer money At the rates Of IS cents for
inroEs, snd 80 cents for Witnesses. a
large proportion Of these jurors and wit.
Beases, and this writer uas among them,
did not bave this eztrs Is or so cents to
pay for their script, 60 they Wonld tip
toe, hat in hand 10 the mnney.broEer.
who established himself right in the
clerks lfise, like q spider waiting lDr
his vic i'm, and 10 this broker the M
fortunate witness or inror would part
with bis hard earned script ct whatever
price shyloek saw fit TO p ace on it,
Is not this true we ask you older
men who attended court ten or twelve
years ego. Do We have 10 give THE
namss Of the brokers? In November,
1854, ID. .. Reid bad been in oiic-.
about four months. The parish treas,
ursr WAS called upon to meet the IN.
debtedness Of that term Of court, ar d OF
course there was not dollar in The
treasury bnt do not think for q mo
raent that shyloez was not there behint
his table with bis little Eile Of silver anG
gFeeDbscks, ready 10 advance q littl,
money at q hundred per cent profit
Mr. Reid was familiar with this style Of
legal robbery and be blocked their gahis
By saying to the disconsolate victims
''Do nDt eel your paper. Come into
my Office and you shall be paid dollar
for dollar. viii not see yon robbed =
Finding he bad not slflielent individna
fundaOn hand 20 make good his word. h1
Wentont on The streets and borFowed
Inthe April folloaiDg befollowed tbI
same course, and this simple act Of jas
tice placed perish SCRIPT on = par wItl
currency and from that day till nov
there has never been moment when i
hssb en- 81 discount. Pnblic cenfidsDc,
Was fully restored aud the money chang
ers driven from the field. Baked o
their prey. they hayr never forgiven tb,
man who tore their victims from thei
fangs. and their updyinR hatred is BIZ
best claim on the public trust.
This was accomplished when the snu
total OF the parish income footed up a
about e25 900, and the lax was noyei
ogsr 10 miIIs, and often less. Nov ii i
$50 300. and while they are Dnable t.
show any natsrisl Improvement on
pFesentpoiicr iary has Faised anr take
from7 back 10 the top notch Of 10 mills
Oh, wise and upright trainers Of th,
constitution you bnilded better thai
you knew when you Limited the taxing
powers Of this appointed body 10 tel
mills II anyobe says the new eonrt
house aud jail are monuments 20 th,
raise Of from Z ID 10 mills. iast look Al
thoFseords. This body did NOT do thes,
things This body has not advanced
thecanse Of sslucasioD fiais body has aoI
made roads and built bridges. Thea.
taipga were tibished before. THese gen
tlemsn are combining themselves princi
pally 10 raising salaries and ''sich N
InlookiHg mp ibe Law antbonziDg this
exscsing Of pay FOR the issuing Of certlfl.
oatea ol indehiedness to Hitneases and
jurors. We have found some things which
refuse 70 be FeeOBcilsd with each other.
and IL ourxiew q correct. there i one
practice which should stop short never
10 10 again iiil ihe NV o. the coastiln-
tion Exchanged: Arsiele 12l of the con
eliintion snys. speaking of The clerk oi
conss He shall EeesiYe DO compenBa.
i0nIor hiseeFvicas from the state or Tue
pasiAh d cssminal maEleEap This Il
Nezy plain neither thsstele OF the parish
saa psy hin tlais 2 and 50 costs.
NaW resd AT 81 NJ thpseasion " 1850
aaa 80 aes gbas Section starts II by in-
aisting lhst hsAlail not taisl any money
out II ibe iHrosg and aisasasss aBd sc-
tion rays Ealiae iuripa shaiI psapids
fo Ne paynanisof ihe fees Of tie eierks
nov SLOWED 81 iaW ioF the iasniae 81
aid esfiiaanl
Nov fae matter is right before yon
bs constitution aass fbs parish ahaIl
no paF fhe elsft and At. 81 ssss Il
a 0naD hs iNa mnst eo as tts
hiah shali Il bs. ibe eonaii.niiop
ley cgsatea pnde ilq He RE