The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-07-19
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grand Police Jury last week, some
queer arguments were used to
keep the parish printing in the
hands. of the "Organ. ? One
bright member asserted that the
parish was not.begging for funds
for educational purposes-evi-
IDENTITY ignorant or oblivious of
the fact that it was, only L. few
weeks ago that Mrs. Laurent
Dupre published a, statement
Ishowing5ithat she had disbursed
$l460.50, collected by ''begging"
from the citizens Of Opelousas to
prevent lAthe. ST. rLaadry High
School from being closed three
months earlier tfan usual. AS
the COURIER proposed to donate
three-fourths of the gross pro-
.eeeds of gthe parish printing to
the High School ,5in case&it was
selected as the official journal,
the force Of this particular argu-
ment can be seen without further
comment. But this is only fair
sample Of the ,ealibre of our par
ish legislators. Here are others:
Another member that honor
able body gave as an excuse for
voting to re-efect the Clarion par
'fsh printer two years ago, that as
the parish pfiHteF-was indebted.
TO sthe parish several hundred
dollars for5 overchafges On its
former contract, the only way
the parish could get this over
charge refunded was to give him
the contract and deduct p small
part Of bis pay until the debt was
Eextinguished (Which would re-
quire Several more years at the
present rate) and ought to be
| soft thing for the parish printer
LthouglI rather rough on the tax
payers, and, IS one of the latter
expressed It, looks very much
like ''putting a premium on dis
honesty gAnothers member of
the Police Jury gave as d reason
EfW.yoting for the Gfarion that he
had q relative employed in@that.
office, and if the Clarion lost the
contract his relative might lose
his job-and, of course, in his es-
ltjmation the public interest de
lmandedp that his re}ntiyegshould
hold his jbh regardless of conse-
Iquences to the Taxpayer. Another
bpayrfotfea member of cur parish
Legislature n stated THAI he ! was
compelled to vote for the Clarion
beeausefhe was GgstockhoIder in
the concern and he could not vote
Eagainfst bis flf interests. Asaitis ass-
Esertads III certain auafters@that "a
majority of the members OF the
Police Jury who -supparteds the he
lClarion are stockholders in, the
|Clarion Printing Co. (so-called) .
perhaps this accounts for the
| milk in the cocoanut. And if so,
fthe question naturally arises. can
/ afbady supposed to represent the
4 yabIfc inferes@ run public affairs
! n the interest Of themselves, or
! give soat public contracts fof their
own private benefit?
| These are. some ofrthe, reasons
l(?) given by some Of TIE members
of the Police Jury for supporting
1.-The Clarion. as there are seyeral era.
more to hear from, and as. the
taxpayers of Il this parish are All
directly, interested in, the acts oqi
,leheir representatives, perhaps
,lsome Of the, Others. might want t
,kedify the public by. giving thell
reasons for such strange condue'
rlon their part. Come, gentlemen
ldon 4. hide your shining lights lin.
der i bslshel--iet's have your rea
4 fsons. (sD Il Perhaps the 5'.Organ
8 might give Us some light on thu
slsubject. - z~
4 We recently received ! cire9u4llaa q
.. ..ffatter from John Jastremski, lsu
J nnerintendent Of / the Louisiana
fSchool for the Deaf. REQUESTING
!. that the names of the parent
and guardians of the. deaf-mutes
:, if there are any IN our parish, alrr b
! sent to him, so tbat he can com
: aisnieate with them with q yie'
: LOT Informing them of the advan
! ! taaes offered by the State for tn
: education Of their uafortunat
! Echarges. All the deaf-nlutes /
p1'rIouisianaw between the ages 9
! eightsanel twenty years. and SCUM
in body and minsls have the priv
l7iiiege of being, benefited at the lp
! stitutioa. Parties Interested ca
sEpet full information on this mai
tier by1writing DIR Jastremski a
{ Baton Rouge.
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