The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-06-12
THE AFTER MATH.

have brought cacciul conditions an
It would seem that we now should Il
prompted by wish to be honest Wit,
| ourselves
Are vt2
Prior I" the initial meeting. ill.,
! members of the rrcscn, Police jar,
: appealed To me for information thu
would help them shape the affairs @
the Body to the best interest Of III.
Parish ! advised them - mcrrl,
meet. orranlze md adjourn untiI III,
next regular meeting. when hv thai
time | would have put thcm in pos
sands of dollars 20 tn" tax payers OF
the Parish. They did 50 NV advice
WIS to make no contract or agreement
with any one, not even with myself
unless such arrangement was unc,Iul
vocary III the interest Of the Parish,
for il was human nature, the world
he could
At the succeeding meeting in July,
the Parish Board of Health, of which
am tN otlcio Secretary, appointed at
I the initial meeting OF The Jury, met IN
] my office in advance ofthc Police Jury
meeting and organized bv making DIR
that he would ask n compensation OF
~. 90 per month and lid not consider
that excessive IN view Of the fact that
he would enforce certain legislative
acts then pending that would make
the office self sustaining.
The Jury then met Whom ,ucs.
irons OF hying eompcnsations came
Lp arose and r"conm ended that Or
Sanders compensation he fixed n,
$3.50 stating that DR. Sanders would
make the office sclf-sustaining. Ca,-
ricd.
Coroner Shaw asked for 4 salary o
$1,000 90. which was in excess Of his
predecessor suggested that IL the
Coroner would include the exnmina-
ION Of insanes, u would be in the IN
crest Of the Parish. lie accepted
Up to now all had gone well and ac
cordlng to the program
When the ShcriN's contract. which /
sas considered excessive and u bone
OF contention at nearly every cxpira-
ton, was renewed without change.
] naturally felt sore at this break in
the program, which was noticed by
Mr.. Gnjan. President, and he acLonow
lodged that n mistake had been made
IN thus discriminating, observing
however. that these contracts were
made only tor one year and he would
warn parties that that would he the
End and hence they need not apply for
further contracts
This resolution on his part satisfied
ne and ! continued assisting with
work of rctrcnchmcnt.
/ showed them how hundreds. yea
thousands, could DC saved on bridge
lumber. that Parish was paying az
ugh IA 100 per thousand for lumber
hat could he had for SIs 90 per thou
and. We are getting il now for SIS ~
We are getting coal ut 50 90 that tn,
'arish was paying IS 30 aud 900
howcd them where jail blankets.
which is quite an item (and ii mil
blanket Is II Jail blanket had gone up
rom Is cents to s.. so; they can be had !,
low for the former price and even I.
ess. :
Things were moving nicely for the
'arish. and when the Jury placed it.
elf upon record rs refusing to he ad- &
iscd by an adviser Of doubtful intep- \
ity and a strong partisan. and be
owed that appointment upon a gen
eman Of ability and honesty, having /,
o partisan utilization, the man for the !,
ID. am sure the poor suffering tax ="
aver thought to himself that the signs b
the millennium were indeed in sight. i
The work of economy under the di-
'ction Of your humble Secretary sup
)rted by legal adviser, who dispos-
! of all applications for frivolous do =.
atoms with the simple announcement ~
against law" was so encouraging. q
'at the President became enthused !,
I'd commenced talking about getting ~
'e Parish on cash basis. G.
His enthusiasm, however. was OF
lort duration. for some insiduous enc
y was secretly mt work and had an
lrently undOne the good work of the NJ
20 humble servants whose resigna-
)ns were askedas will be shown lat III
r. for being SO Internally unselfsh. g.,
nd il came about in this way.
Al 81 meeting Of the Police Jury ~
lid at the beginning Of the month y.
May the spirit OF economy still APP
AIRED to he the earnest wish Of the
emhers. A reduction in the salary
the Road Superintendent was sug-
sted and without a demur from Z"
her the Road Inspector or his da
ends. n resolution to the effect was
dOrsed and acguiesced in; the salary ~
the Jury's Clerk and Treasurer was We
20 reduced and with the understand -.
: that economy should he the key us
te, was heartily concnrred in. ha
But at the June meeting of this"econ- Al
tic body when the expiring con
cts with other Officially the Sheriff. 4
, Coroner. the Chairman Of the 10
ard Of Health, were called for con
eration.the beneficiary holders Of
III. being friends of a majority of the
~. honted economy; in the matter
the Coroner houted positive law VI
4 over the protest Of those minority III,
mbers who appealed from faction '"'
am to the broader interest Of the vii