New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-29
! CLOSE OF REEISTRATION
Rush to Registration Offices
THE BOORIsHNEss lOF POLICEMEN
Want of Deoency is Want Of Sense"

The various registration offices closed yes
| terday, and, ass was exp4cted, the rush to
the registration offices " as steady all day,
and when the hour of sfven o'clock IN the
evening arrived there were numbers un-
| egistered-probably qri be as many belong
ing to one as to another political party
Though it should be the duty Of every
| man qualified, to register and vote, yet
many of our best and mds intelligent citi-
zens have been reluctaht to endure the
squeeze and delay incideh ht to the extremely
slow process of registra iion in this city, in
tinitely slower and more| tedious to the citi-
zen who desires to beco he a voter, than in
any other city in the Unit ted States
Policemen and specials on duty at regis
tration offices have retd rded, rather than
facilitated registration. knd they have ex-
hibited, in some INSTANCES, boorishness
and offensiveness plainly indicating that
with them want of ddcency is want of
sense"
The writer of this has in his capacity of
journalist, had occasion to gain admission
to Presidents. heads of departments at
Washington, Governors df States, and high
civil and military officers lin various parts Of
the country; but it rem aimed for petty
patrolman, on duty at the Third Ward
registration office, to heap the indignity of
personal violence, because he had the power
to do so, and because he had at his beck a
fellow in citizens clothds b, who, unfOrtun-
ately, was intrusted with policeman's 8
badge, which he very carefully concealed
beneath his coat, as if hbmed of the badge
which he disgraced And this is how it
was:
The writer of this had occasion last eve
ming, to visit the filthy ahd out Of the way
place where the Third Ward registration
office was located, small and inconyenient
room, in front of which ht the time, was a
crowd Of impatient waitdrs. Standing in a
small hall, with one doc opening into the
street and another opening into the regis
tration office, were two men, one wearing a
policeman's uniform and the other appeared
to be spectator, in citiz4 4ns' clothes.
Seeing this door open and presuming
that the policeman was what his uniform
declared him to be, one who could be adj
dressed without giving back an insolent
reply, the door was entered. Before
word could be spoken, thf policeman said
You cannot pass into tht Office this way
you cannot stand here ybu must 20 out"
The reply was: but | want to tell you
what am and what | want. Let me 90
this and l will go out" TO this the police
man again repeated, - IO Fl must go ont of
here Another attempt to explain who
was talking to him, and what was wanted,
resulted in an appeal from the patrolman to
the apparent citizen to ''|help put this man
out" and the writer of this, not being per-
mitted to go out. was IL hresistingiy thrust
out by the two valiant fel lows, who seemed
to pride themselves on tn Eir muscle.
Outside when reproach I'D for this insult.
the man in citizens clothd ds opened his coat
and, pointing to badge said that was his
authority. He rejoices ih the name of NJ.
j. Morris q good name enough when it is
not disgraced by bullyism The uniformed
man is said to bear the n Eme of Casey, but
he is not "brother-in-layE H."
These boorish policem En justified their
action by declaring that they did not care
who addressed them, or u hat was wanted:
their orders were imperat tive to keep that
passage clear. There wds ne obstruction
of the passage, and no attempt to obstruct
it, nor was any one com Ing out, and the
man clothed with lit lie brief authority
was not instructed to NJ |efuse to answer
civil questions.
There are upon the pblice force many
very worthy men, and son be very unworthy
fellows. There are SOM bullies on the
force who delight to ind ulge in the littls
pleasant muscular exerci be of trying the
strength of their clubs owe prisoners heads.
There are others whose flu Inkeyism prompts
them to make big shoy of strictly per
forming duty in official presence; while
there are still others who are caught nap
ping nights, and permit burglars to pursue
their nefarious occupation without the
slightest molestation Whether the valiant
Casey and the submissive Morris belong to
either of these classes we have no means of
knowing. but an uncivil officer may be gen
orally set down as either brutal or inefi-
cient.
As a considerable portion of the police
force is composed of Delh lhoerats, and it is
just possible they may be- the bad element
which disgraces it, we propose to pay our
to uncivil and brutal policemen
once more and then again. until these
abuses are reformed and the force purified.
VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE AT