The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-03-11
WARD OFFICERS ORGANIC
90 Fight Proposed Legislati
Abolish Their Offices.
t<nsae s,aen sent to tn

A lettNnas been sent to th1
of the statSby Y NJ. Rich, secs
and treasury OF the Louisiana VIZ
Officers association, composed o.
1000 justices and constables, II
whicie he gives notice to Legislators
that demand will b. made for 8
popular vote on Existing laws, which
he says serve 10 cripple the poor mans
court
The Lester reads as follows
Will you kindly give notice il
you. columns for brief statement
Of the causes and purposes of the
Louisiana WARD officers Associa
ion? Che association is composed
of yhn justices Of the peace and con-
stables of the various parishes and
gas called into being to combat the
avowec purpose Of the Louisiana Bar
association IL abolish justice courts
and furthe2. to increase the iurisdic-
lion and promote the efficiency of
The poor mans court
The purpose Of the bar associa-
!on was rot made known until a
short Time prior 20 the sonvening
II Che constitutional convention.
ALTHOUGH totally without the 'sinews
# war' and no organization TO begin
Tith' and composed Of over 1000
S7art officer drawing the average
princely salary of s2.G5 per month
" really TSon great victory in the
on ention, jn chat we forced tie
c;onspiraSors ID abandon their
jsream Of a&liversa! law court
lore which none but lawyers
nlea
But while ~ frightened t
2'TaE temporarily from theiy und( i
t;uiseu purpose of murder they al
alnnage SO TO gnutilate the poor ]. P.
hat If E:oe given relief, they them1
selves will beg for the 'fnishin
stroke ere long.
hing b. de- &oyins +'a its y usefuns1g eti1ins
S'igurativeiy Speaking The corven-
,icn dragged us 70 che edge of the
1recipico and gave the power to The
Legislature to give US the necessary
h1s' AT che opportune sine. The
question thaE must be settled, il this
Is eveT !" be permanently settled, :
40 the people Of Louisiana de-
sir al adequate competent local
tribunal or 10 they prefer to pav
\. n lawyers to settle all &heir petty
, ,.herances in a court OF law Do
t4eT prefer tbs present roselv and |;
ianorlous methods Of Indictment If +
al. llsdenaanore and iawyey-af- /
1cved .r1alNin the districs court. To-
nc conve .lience. economical and |;
SWIFT Justice of justice court
LOUISIANA is the only state in This $
'gea, ~ mon that refuses TO grant an ?
;fhclent justice OF the peace court 10 !
Us iI5eopi Why should not the pee T
pc themselves be granted tho rieht :
anf they surely have that ripht) ~ +
'ay ,What they want or d. not want?
Pre2s and pulpit unite in decrv
n, M present yrime wave which
threatened t. reap over the lagai
.ykes and tngulf civilization itself Il
.eaera$ al!s state authorities have p
t,o"n t aheir utter helplessness to W
lem me tlde' Mob law is becoming e
ne ne $uie rather than the exception.
YOU'D not a potent justice court. o
lSeE oV Jury Of local citizens. e.
:arlesSfy ana expeditiously enfor- t.
.ms :ne ia"' go long way towards b
meIloratlng present conditions? +,
A R1Sd is IOt SuDmfSSIC1. Moth E,
y more. In view of the fact that q,
sl2 can be done with comparatively y. y.
D expense to the state. our reouest =, -
a.1,not be refused on any grounds Of ~, ~
sht n or fairness. To this end we "a "a
1%H cause to be introduced in the ~
2nnng session Of the legislature the ne %
ecessary act Of submission. We p'
" Sl'o&e TO Keep up this fight until VI VI
ley are satisfied with present condi- Ia q:
on,s, then we will be done But III
che people want these reforms, it m
necessary that they awaken from sad
le popular lethargy that politicians bu
ways take advanta ge of. You must is
axe known your wants in no uncer- Of
II: way, and above all lend vour sr
q and encouragement to the only le'
g,anlzation that is pushing this ms
mt. po
Y. NJ. RICH, an
Secretary-treasurer, So
Ward Officers !Associa. de-