The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-07-31
THAT PARISH JAIL AGAIN.

That Jail proposition likely up again the next meet
ing the Police Jury for sort of action In other
the report gone the Parish that the Police Jury stands
pledged adopt unanimously the next meeting resolution of
District Attorney Edwards providing for the erection of Jail
by issuing certificates Indebtedness We do not know how such
report became the Parish but the impression the public
mind be that that prosecuting officer of the law appeared be-
fore the Police Jury its last meeting and outlined his conception of
the cold mandates the law telling that body assembled that the
thing had be the law and the law had to be enforced
and then fouhed the said resolution before them for unanimous
adoption the spot whereupon the entire police jury fell upon their
faces holy fear and with quakng limbs begged the honorable dist
attorney not slap em all in Jail until next meeting and they'd
all adopt the said resolution with whoop Mind don't that
is what really happened But only saying like somebody
has tried create the impression the thing the Parish
As matter Of fact the Police Jury such assurance
that resolution would be adopted unanimously the
meeting have failed to gather it from the proceedings.
1t strikes that such course by the Police Jury would reflect
very little regard their for the will of the this Parish
this proposition 1t has been only two months the voters of
this parish overwhelmingly voted down proposition to build
Jail The sentiment Of the people of this Parish is Enthusiastically
against the building of jail for the Parish and it
would be nothing less than assumption unwaanted
authority the part of the Police Jury do this very thing
protest the people of parish which they have the authority
do by issuing its certificates of Indebtedness and having
only for doing that the District Attorney said they had
We ready of oncede that duty Police
Jury provide jail facilities for the parish prisoners But
it to us that the particular providing these facilities
is legislative function of the parish vested the Police
Jury and not in the District Attorney
AS matter of fact the Parish has jail and has lease
ten years yet If this Jail has become unsantay
and the Police Jury its wisdom decides that suitable repairs be
made to meet the requirements of the law think clearly within
their province this and be amenb the law for not adopt
ing the idea of the District Attorney citizens Jennings who
may want Jail building in jennings
The Police Jury has already done thing 1t has submitted
this proposition to the voters of the Parish and the sentiment the
people registered almost unanimously against Jail building
We believe that the Police Jury do right thing
and do think they want to be bull dozed threatened into
doing thing that they do do people the
Parish do not want done.
We told that few hundred dollars will put Parish Jail in
the necessary repair and while there the obligation upon Jennings
to furnish suitable jail yet the citizenship that little city bent
epudang her solemn obligation this respect we think the
voters would approve such repairs by the Police Jury will
jail sanitary and safe but do believe the voters of this parish
will approve new jail just