St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-12-04
SlidelI.
Nov. %, 1897.
Editor st. Tamn.any FARMER:


In your valuable paper of the 18th of
Nov, appeared communication Of
certain citizen of Slidell, who In his
own peculiar characteristic tlgurates in
the unepviable role IS "BOnafide
Citizen" and who as such exalts over
the qualifications and mental endOw-
ments of the Mayor and all the other
officers of the law governing the town
of Slidell, forgetting in the meantime
to treat the men adverse to his senti-
ment with the respect due the race of
human beings, and purposely SO In re-
CARDS to the arraignment of "Citixen Of
the 9th Ward" whose communication,
headed "Slidell's Modified Quaran-
tine" of October 80, 1897. caused
s'Bonafide," to appear to defend his
idols and to punish the supposed evil
doors in Z manner not ascribable to the
virtues of q "Bonadde," who should be
exempt Of the article in deceiving and
misleading. and who contrary to all
those good qualities Miscontrued dis
tinct part which relates to what was
said about the Legislature, and Ia re-
gard to which .sB0nafide" has the fol-
lowing to say: "That the occasion for
IuC IVCCUt 0St0(A V4 tuC NUuuOl1 w 10
the passing Of m ordinance providing
for fine fer vi0lat0fs Of the Health
Committees rules. A late correspondent
seemed to think that the Legislature
never intended for the Council to pass
such law" Now II we 60 back to the
original part regarding the Legislature,
published in the article headed 'sSli-
dell's Modified Quarantine" we will
read in plain words: That our Legisla-
tors never enacted such bosh to levee
fines In advance on ordinances only Ito
be formulated) or contemplated by the
town Council Of Slidell. This differs
materially from ssBonatide's" interpre-
tation, but to show that the Council has
been guilty and Is guilty of great deal
of gross negligence towards their sworn
duty as Mayor and COuncilmen. Now
Twill refer those gentlemen to their
own Charter, to part of section s, which
provides: in case of vacancies of any of
the Aldermen, the Mayor shall give ten
days. notice by advertisement to hold
an election to supply such vacancy,
within 20 days after "each" vacancy
shall have occurred, which Is q simple
provision, nevertheless It's law, to law
abiding officers. How is it that the
Mayor and Council OF Slidell have ne
elected to I'LL the vacancy caused by
Mr.. L. T. Miles, one Of Sltdell's C0un-
cilmen, who moved from here over six
months ago, into the State Of Missis-
sippi?-
Part of section Z reads that q majority
Of the Town Council shall form . quo
rum to do business, "but" . majority
of fOur-fifths of the "whole' Council
shall be necessary to pass ordinances
on any law whatsoever.
The foregoing proves that the charges
brought AGAINST the Mayor and Councils
doiDgs stands confirmed, unless s'Bona-
fide Citizen" can claim that somebody
made mistakes in writing the original
Charter of Slidell. can assure him
before hand that neither Moses the
Mayor or the Town Council had any
thing to do with the Quarter, because
it was formed of parts taken from
q copy of . discarded Covington town
Charter, which according to modifica-
ti0ns of same, Is now full of conflicting
laws, contrary to the Constitution of
I ouisiana, compiled by . committee of
three of Slidell's ssBonafide Citizens"
approved by the first Town Council, but
not properly acted upon by the fret
Mayor Of Slidell, in regard to ratifying
said Charter, as required by section 6,
of act -, of 1882.
These are all facts which can be
proved up, and already have been partly
affirmed under oath In open Court, III
judicial contests for and against the
town Of Slidell. and Of which this town
has had its full share, ever since it was
incorporated, and will have 1t II the So
called majority act in keeping with their
"mental endowments."
1t maybe that somebody will set up
the cry again about those whines from
the litter, so irritable to the nerves
of sBonafiae Citizen" and to which he
alludes with the contempt of an expert
''slang whanger," of which fraternity
he seems to be q professor.
A CITIZEN
OF the Ninth Ward.