St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-08-13
home, thereby SAVING

4 DinsaRe Q per diem OF the members
! candidly believe that he has tina
body hypnotised, OF they would not
n these advanced times, pay TO til,
distinguished gentleman fifty dollars
per month Of the peoples money 70.
am to act as attorney for the Polio
Jury, as be signs himself. The PEG
pie know that the District Attorne,
j. the legal adviser Of the Police
Jury, and without compensation.
which By the way / don't think il
right, as one should be paid for hi
work,
The gentleman says that he has
been the attorney Of each successive
Police Jury since 1892. Calculate
the years at six hundred dollars pei
year up to 1912 and see the nice
little slice taken in. The gentleman
says that the Police Jury Il vel
aware that men might Be found who
would be- willing to take the place 81
Mr. Healey, the Clerk, and himself,
for less money, and states that che
members also know that the cheapest
are not always the most economical
20 employ. That they have been eff
fcient i proven By the length of their
Official tenure
Now 1 do not know why the die
tinguished counsellor should be 90
unkind 70 our District Attorney, who
Is under the law the legal adviser Of
the Police Jury Why the Police
Jury should stamp Lee Garland as
either incapable or not economical
enough. and then too to have that in
ference backed up by the learned
gentleman, would Be incOmprehensi-
bic to me il / didn't know better.
I viii tell this little story even if
have To digress to do SO. Lee Car
land lacks 4 great deal of being either
economical OF q fool, and hence the
job continues. | have 10 give a little
political history 10 cinch this. Ii
1892 g. B. Dubuisson, who up to that
time had never had q case id this
Court, having graduated at Tulane
prior to This, was backed strongly By
myself and others for the position Of
District Attorney. He vas elected,
ard made . good one. We supported
him again IL 1896, and he was de-
feated BY the black and tan aggrega.
tion, and then in 1900 we again sup
ported him. With three candidates
in the field in ) white Democratic
primary We almost knew it TO be inn
possible for either TO land on the first
ballot. On Of about The day Of the
election Dir. Dubuisson proposed to
Garland that the one getting the
largest vote should take the Office re-
CARELESS of the votes Of the third
candidate. MIR. Garland was shrewd
enough to accept on the spot, and
some Of the supporters Of Mr.. Dubnis-
son, including myself, went opt and
threw up. Without consulting his
political hackers who had campaigned
long and hard for him, he did just
what be does IN the Police Jury bust
ness, and got left. Just what will.
happen when the people are thorough
Ii awakened.
In 1896 when our side was beaten,
Of our leaders proyid d this lit
tie six hundred dollar sugar-coated
pill for my friend, and Lee kicked for
d long time and made speeches to the
Jury that be was going to en-
Join the distinguished Police Jury for
something for nothing and
10 trample underfoot his pre-
negative 70 accomplish this purpose
Well, Lee il too good aatured to do
anything harsher than TO threaten.
but he kept studying the situation all
the time and finally concluded that he
would utilize conditions, and he just
quietly dropped the subject matter,
and Sir. Police Jury Attorney has
been It's ardent supporter ever since.
Lee gets the support, the
Jury bargains are not inter-
fered with, stvy2
am not responsible for Lee Gar
political sagacity; God knows |
have tried hard % beat him bdt I
can % # when he gets such I prop
osition from the side Of his political
enemies. Hurrah for Lee! / will
throw Up my hat 70 him on political
saaaeity. Whoop !