New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-06-02

And having got through, put on airs "
But 10 the inspiration still ~
Awakes to guide the prayers quill
And D. just half DER the seas,
Puts on the minstrel agones, III
Forgetting in his wish to pray,
Where his unmentionablcs lay,
And croaks into informal fame
His own, the great CPS name.
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To the Voters of the Third Ward, and to
the Citizens OF NewOrleans generally.
By your kind sufrages was elected to seat in the
Board Of Assistant Aldermen and this signal act Of
your kindness you have my lasting gratitude Although
resident Of the Third Ward for more than ten years
and feeling its interests and the welfare of the whole city
much any inhabitant of Neworeans yet am forced
most reluctantly to to you the fact that
cumstances and changes have taken place since my
ton that make my conscientious duty both to you
to myself to resign my seat in the Board of Assistant
Aldermen Of the City Of NewOreans In coming to this
determination it is also imperative to give to my
constituents good for pursuing this
and putting the city to the trouble and expense of calling
another election.
for City Officers were announced March 1884, dissatis
fed number Of men (say, ten to fifteen grand movers
got up the war cry of Reform Reform and the
quence was that Hydra soon made its appearance.
Some calling it the Reform, some the antiGarland
movement, and the independent but tho knowing
ones said 'No! 1t is the Robbing Power-Dollars as
Sense And it finally settled down to the name Of The
Independent Fungous PartyD These gentlemen (and
call them ese after much exertion both on and
off their stage Tor platform in the American theatre
the of great deal of gas the aid Of the Waterwors
re-bricks and many other Gas they hough) necessary
ingredients to complete their structure at last au
nounced its name, to wit: The Independent Edicer
Well, the Independent ticket was published, and the
result of the election gave to the Independents three
of the veritable three four mlder type It
useless to go into particulars here las the whole matter
in detail will soon be out in book form The two Boards
of Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen met On calling the
roll of the Board of Aldermen two of the Independent
members were absent leave to go North, the
other for what reason cannot say but before adourning
he made his appearance The father of the Independent
movement elected President and during his absence
another Independent elected to act President ro
tenn, although he signs ordinances as President.
Thus you the independent influence with the aid Of
the democratic, Immediately and signay developed
The wings poweres could do nothing it has been
since its first sitting Next the Board of AS
sstants, or the popular branch Of the Common Council
We met, and wings and democrats should always meet
when untainted by third fungous parties Our Cham
Der joined that of the Board of Aldermen and We had not
met had but two sessions when discovered that
we did not leave for healthy location our
members would take the independent leprosy.
Young America left the old Foses for more congenal
quarters The old fellows got mad and began give
naughty names; called (by resolution) the Lower
Board passed ordinances and the promulgated
without action and did other things to annoy u.s.
The mountain refused to to the on joint bal
lot While all this going on the Board Of
Assistants urged upon the Board Of Aldermen the neces
sty Of action to get the various city departments and
bureaus organized We were having two sessions week
in order to facilitate all their acts possible
Many members would ask for leave absence tho
summer came upon us, and nothing would be done and
so it has resulted in two MONTHS we have done nothing
but suffered much" Those in the Board Of Aldermen
who want to work, cannot Why? There are in that
Board three independents and four democrats who be-
heve more in msstcrly inactivity than interests
Of the city Were such dscorant materials put
gether with the expectation of cctng good the city
No! Take one little instance of this I" Upper Board
Early in April after various attempts to to u
derstanding about what the various salaries of city officers
should be, n joint committee appointed. They re-
ported and the Board of Assistants passed the ordinance
1t went to the Board of Aldermen and they amended it
in such way made it impossible for concur and
thereby force out of such amendments democrats
(aided in turn by the independently wanted or else get
up another joint committee. Sure enough joint COM
mttee has again been appointed The next day latter
this committee was namely met of the Board of
Aldermen and asked him to tell what they wanted
was 1t actually political economy they studying or
not!' He replied thus wise If you will increase the
salaries of the Recorders of the First Second Districts
u few hundred dollars will pass the whole ordinance
as you last sentit to us So much for this independents
democratic economy and if such be the policy adopted
by this branch of the City Council it will always retard
the action of the two Boards unless twenty men will con-
sent to bow to the will OF hye-a large njorty to small
will ever so throug the Board of AL
dermen and yet the independent and democratic Jour
mails are forever crying out against the Board
Disgracefudis -and all such like
epithets .
The Board of Assistants elected to aid the Board
Of Aldermen in their Duties suggest such ordinances
they deemed useful for the good of the
CITY, When first took my seat Assistant Alderman
counted as thought twenty-five wings in our Board
and believed what that is If wing means vote for
your principles regardless of the person. especially he is
honest capable and true whig But to my utter as
lonishment have been somewhat mistaken taken in and
aone for The Independent eprosy has broken out and
m our own Board its ravages in are deeply
marked The fact is, if ever once has the indie
power feeling-he will always retain
some trait of 1t, be he banker bricklayer On
Thursday the 10th April the wings of both Boards met
caucus to nominate officers for the election soon In
embled Some three weeks previous to this whig gen
leman asked me to nominate him for Office agreed to
10 So urged to vote for himnot even on the
we Of the nomination did his namc Ills oppo
lent know not. No has spoken to me for or
gainst him. got up in caucus and made my nomina
ION stated that he was wing capable honest and
would give the best security and If he did not do his
uy. would be the first to move for his dismissal from
fice,
My nomination obtained majority of the caucus and
Consequently he was the nominee The rest of the nomi
'ations We're made and among them democrats were
dominated by that all of thought were wings and
hen this took place left the caucus after stating Mt
he time, that would not remain if democrats were
ominatedn This gave offence to the independents and
'om that instant was the object of persecution And
hat followed? On the next day the two Boards had |
lettings and the outside pressure being very great some
Board We're persuaded to the old fogies and
into an election of officers and thereby only get
the man who beat ut the regular caucus but also
ect some Of the democratic nominations But it was
go, Seeing this, became enraged and in burst of
idignation wrote the Omnibus Resolutions! Tom sur
rise they were almost unanimously passed. and thus the
dependent game was blocked, But, nothing daunted
le dissatisfied of our Board called another caucus
w members-three fourgo together and had tickets
invitation issued The Sergeantat-Arms looking over
iem, found something wrong and refused to deliver
aem, but gave them to his man Friday' and even he
onceived that all was not right, and gave them to-
nom! Ask Walker. By eight O'Clock some fifteen or