St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-08-13
SHERIFF SWORDS, At
TORNEY DyBUISS0N
AND TIE POLICE
JURY.
0nalonaas. La, Aug. 8, 1910.

on August Ist passed q resolution sc.
ouesting Hon. =. B. Dubuisson Il
draft 4 suitable reply to my commu-
nicstion If July Both. He states
that however distasteful newspaper
controversies may be to him per.
sonalIy that be felt it to be his duty.
as attorney for the Police Jury, to
comply. lie aaYs my first complaint
was that the Police Jury paid 10 at
tention to my communication Of June
18th. He states that there was
nothing ii tie communication thai
merited any other fste than to Be
passed over ID silence. Here is the
communicates;
"Opelousas, La, June 18th, 1910.
'fTo the President and Members of
the Police Jury, Parish Of 81.
Landry, I'd.
Gentlemen:
sAs citizen and as an oficer. /
protest against the hiring out TO pri-
vate individuals The prisoners sen
fenced fol misdemeanors, on the
grounds that It Is against The spirit
OF the Constitution, and Of the policy
Of the State; believing firmly that
they should Be worked on The public
roads and drainage for the benefit of
the Parish.
This protest is handed to the Clerk
of the Police Jury to be handed to
your Hon. Body
Nov every student Of history knows
that one Of the reasons for throwing
the tea overheard in Boston Harbor
was because the King denied the
right Of petition to his subjects.
That right has been denied me, So
overheard goes the tea.
had several talks with members
Of The Police Jury and had advised
a. a citizen and an officer that the
Police JURY work the prisoners on.
The public roads and the drainage of
the roads. My argument was chat
they would humiliate them BY bring
them To private individuals and that.
that course would attach to the wives
and children of the prisoners. Any
fair minded man will agree with me
Oh that.
I intended to send my protest be-
fore the prisoners were lot ont, Of
prior to June 18th, but / was over
turned il an auto On May 18th, and
was unable to attend to anything for
several weeks. | wrote az soon as /
could. The protest was handed n
before the prisoners went out.
The gentleman says it is difficult to
conceive Of anything more mirth maxi
ing than my plea that conyicts should
not be leased, because by being leased
they are Inundated. He says, On.
that sarcastic vein that Re seems 10
use in such grandiloquent style) that
according to the code Of ethics Of
our most distinguished sheriff, per
sons who have been found violating
the criminal laws of their country
should not receive such a sentence as
might humiliate them" Perhaps #
the sheriff had his way they would be
discharged with a medal Of honor on
their breasts Perhaps BOO, the
value Of the medal would BE- made TO-
depend ON the grade Of the offence
the more serious The offence the finer
the medal
Savy: the gentle intimation of
graft don't come this way, honey. II
don't 90 like the old jail, brick, steel
cages and all went to the contractor
for one hundred and fifty dollars. With
no n else allowed to bid. ] sup
pose that only the contractors we're
benefited, but the stuff would have
brought hundreds Of dollars more.
This was under the old Police jury,
but there are several 81 the present
members who we're members Of the
old, and they were under the doEaI-
mating influence, with but few ex-
oeptions, Of Che distinguished gentle-
man that the present Police Jury
seems TO be.
Right here ID parenthesis ALLOW ne
90 suggest that as q matter Of econ
omy it would be wen 10 delegate
altogether the powers 81 the present
BODY to the distinguished gentleman
and the Police Jurors star
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