The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-12-26
70 TIE PUBLIC
New IBERIA, La Dee. 24th. 1871


At The last neet,rg Q. he Board Of
/ Com missione.s oi the City O. New lbe-
! -, his douor, tEs Mayor h1ered q
resolution Wfich vas adopted discc2-
iinuiug the salary oT Twenty five Dol
/ lars which WIS allowed me for st.F.
! ices rendered 10 thG City as special
police officer,
! In order that there mav be no mis-.
understand on the yrc, OF tLc pub
/ Itl IS to the r. a8Oa tot this action GnG
rs / dc not NisL tn- impression 10
+ prevail ahat | was lacking IL eff or
ability TO prGPerl5s perform the duties
/ that were imposed anon me Or th&5 /
| did fail in the performance OF ny IutV
I feel, therefore, tnat II justice 10 my
self [ should ash, the public to kindly
/ withhold judgment for my removal
until same has Oeen properly and fu'
| ly explained by the Com miss1oners.
However, It might l- "Gll ~ lie tC
ask the public to form their own con
/ clusi0n- as to Wne ntr OK not the serY-
ices | was rendering merted he
small additional .ucrease Of my salary.
Probably you are ooiug to be to.d
! that the City mast reduce it's eX
peuses rs there Is already lack OF
sufficient funds to carry on The City's
! business Now had This been the real
i and true motive | would have offered
] no resistance 10 their program, J can
assure YOU fer / ell appreciate that
/ the many acts o. extravaganza on the
part OF ne may and one Of his assO-
c;ates Mr. suherttalls has nearly de-
pIeted your treasury 10 such an eX
I tent that they 9re now unable to pre-
! vide even for the most modest nGceS-
5iiirs OF the people who carry the bur
den of taxation.
However. while the Mayor with the
! assistance of Mr. euDegb.eii1 seems so
determined to make reductions IL the
expenses in ali of the City depart
ments, mas it 0ccaFed TO you Mr.. tax
payer that the City charter provides
/ that the Mayor eX-off;cio is the Street
] Commissioner; and yet 1t Is fact that
since his induction tntG office he has
employed at the Clty's expense a
j Street Com missioner 1T monthly So
| larry OF 5000 ThTs viii mean that
during his tern Of Office be will have
expended Of. the peoples taxes the
sum of Twenty Eight Hundred Dol
lars and you taxpayer we'll know no"
much good this sum Of money could
have done towards given us better
streets, better bridges, better cross
ings, and better school Accommodations.
Has 1t also occurred to you or has the
Mayor been frank enough to take you
+ into his confidence and tell vou that he
! has been employing and keeping under
/ The City pay at the rate Of Eight dol
I l--n n hEG Il a
should be performed either by the
mayor himself OF one OF his police ofil-
GERS.
The Mayors acts Of extray agance
have certainly not been IN the inter
est Of the taxpayer but ,oT his 20 litle&i
benefit.
The Mayor III sssuming his official
Office specially stated ne intended TO
strictly euforce The Sunday Law.
charge and can prove, by bis own
police officers that tee Mayor instruct
cd them not TO hang around or to go
in saloons on Sunday aGd that he also
sent one Of his officers 20 the Saloon
keepers with instructions to tell them
that provided they closed their front
doors on Sunday they could do busi-
4 }
through spite the Mayor on July 2lst.
| I9I4eame to me asking that | swear
out an affidavit against Louis Della
houssaye, Drago Brothers and Sta
ford Bros. for violation Of the Sunday
law. / wish the Mayor to tell the
Public why / refused to do as he re-
quested and my reasons for SO retus-
ing.
My only reason for addressing my
self to you is that desire TO see the
record kept clean in every particular,
and want to see the Mayor and Nj.
Suberbie1le stand by the pledges they
made In order to secure your votes.
Assuring you that while | am no
longer connected with the City Police
ana ever ready and willing to serve
/ you should you call upon me. am,
Very respectfully yonrs.
NJ. ]. DOMINIQUE.
Marshall of the City Court.