The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-04-29
VERY ACCEPTABLE.

Guidry, member of the police jury
Of St. Landry is candidate for
sheriff and his platform is some
what appealing to the pockets OF
the people and this appeal when
conscientiously done is always
popular. He offers his services as
sheriff for a salary OF $500 per year
and dcputyships to be given out to
the lowest bidder "
"There are other parishes which
would like to have such an offer
made to them. y
Our esteemed contemporary The
GAZETTE takes issue with us and
in its last number says:
The Advertisers plan if carried to
its legitimate conclusion wolld result in
having some sweet scented bird in all the
Offices because if it is good policy to sell
the sheriff office to the lowest bidder
the same methods ought to be employed
in the selection of all the officers
First--This is not the ADYER-
Users plan. 1t is Mr.. Guidry's S
plan. When we added the wish
that "other parishes would like to
have such an offer made to them
the heavy burden of taxation
borne by the farming class in gen.
eral came to our mind, and we
thought that if Mr.. Guidry, who is
member of police jury and who
probably knows the workings of a
sheriff office, could fill it at a
SALARY of $500, other parishes
might find other as patriotic men
to do the same.
Second-Had we in mind our
own parish we would have said
the parish of Lafayette would be
glad to have such offer made No,
if the people of our parish are
willing to be taxed to death, we
are but one Of the people and we
can bear it.
But, as the GAZETTE has raised
the issue as to this parish, let s
see as our contemporary says
about one item: We use the ar
gument and the figures from our
esteemed contemporary and the
whole reduced to its simplest ex-
preston, mathematically speak
ing, means that a sheriff at salary
of $500 for this parish would have
to pay the travelling expenses of
the prisoners sent by the parish to
the penitcntiary This is certainly
misleading az our esteemed con-
temporary knows full well that an
appropriation OF s.. 500 is allowed
the sheriff S office for this parish
from which amount the expenses
incidental to his Office are paid
leaving him a personal salary
Now employing the figures OF
our esteemed contemporary, which
Of course are extreme in their mod
Grafton, we find that the expenses
of conveying IS prisoners a year
(which is an average, so it is said
is costing $24o.25. We are will
ling to do better than the GAZETTE,
let the sheriff partake OF meals at
SIoo, let him rest his weary limbs
in a good, soft, feather bed, allow
him two packs of red cross or fair
play a dozen Of IS cent cigars,
which will run up the estimate to
S2so.1o including $50 watch
man whose duty is not clearly de-
fered by our esteemed contempo-
rary Between $259.Io and 81
400 there is a wide margin.
OF course, dcputy-sheriffs are to
be reckoned with, and we will Tor
the sake OF estimating put down ?
deputies at $3s per month each,
saw $S4o per year; ? horses care
Ss per month each, say $I2o per
wear, and then we will have So So
10, $s4o, $Iao total $f2Io. &c
leaving a margin of 10000 O
the appropriation of 81: 800 which
personal margin, Mr.. Guidry pro-
pose to reduce to 5000 savingthere'
by to the people $4,000.
It is not for the ADVERTISER tt
cav that sheriff could live or
$500 a year after having his ex'
penses paid. This Mr.. Guldry
will be obliged. if elected, to de-
monstrate. But we suppose Mr
Guidry keeps in his mind the civl
business OF the office which ma,
reach 4 couple OF cool thousands
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