New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-14
THE NEW CITY GOVERNMENT.

The new city administration moves on
smoothly. Even the citizens, heretofore
most hostile to Republicanism, involun-
tarily express their admiration. Peopie
of all classes are enabled to comprehend
every item of expenditure, and approve
the outlay. This community has always
been noted for generosity, but to approve
of or permit the squanderipg of public
money is no sign of liberalty. Hereafter
it will not be necessary for the taxpayer,
who may wish to get an insight into the
doipgs at the Hall, to pick up some hanger
on, who is acquainted with the various
rings, to find out what is going on. He
will find in his mornings REPUBLICAN
faithful official statement Of everything
worth knowing-who has been employed;
at what rate; what lie has done to earn his
money, and, above all, he will learn that
the services of all employees have been dis
pensed with the moment they are no
longer needed. On Thursday we publish
ed detailed statement Of every item of
expenditure of the several Administrators
for the month of April. Some items may
appear to be rather heavy for an average.
but it must be borne in mind that the
seven gentlemen placed in power by the
Republican party found themselves inner
itors of mass of ruined books and broken
furniture, dilapidated and dingy rooms,
exhausted stationery, and either no blanks
or such as were not adapted to use under
the new regime. The credit of the city
has been so far restored that purchases
can be made in open market at the best
cash rates.
Mr.. Walton has greatly simplitied the
arrangements in the Treasurer's Office.
He has torn down the various partitions
erected at the public expense, and des-
troyed those convenient little private stalls
within which business never known to the
public was transacted. His clerks evil
IDENTITY act on the principle that they are
employed to accommodate the public.
Mr.. Shaw has in his Office large num-
Der of celebrities, well known to the pub
lie as accomplished accountants, including
two ex-city Controllers, one ex-Treasurer,
two ex-Sheriffs, one ex-Assistant United
States Treasurer, and subordinate to them
some very accomplished and valuable ex-
perts.
General West employs larger force
than any other Administrator. His extern
sive and important department occupies
his whole time and attention. Nothing
escapes his remarkable vigilance. His
corps of assistants includes some of the
best men for their positions to be found in
New Orleans.
Messrs. Emley, Pierce, Delassize and
Boozano have also fairly organized their
and are getting things into
excellent running order. 1t is pleasure
now to transact business with either of
these gentlemen or their polite assistants.
LAST but not least, the inde'atigable
Flanders gives his attention to all the de-
partments, including his own. He has
corps of gentlemen in the Mayors Office
who apply themselves with diligence,
working rather for the accom-
plishment of their duties than the old
fashion of passing the time away till two
o'clock.
1t is moro pleasing to praise than to
censure, and it gives us the greatest salts.
faction to point TO the acts OF the new
government as such as will bear scrutiny,
the more so as the members are of our
own pal. ty, and well known to Us person
ally to DE most worthy gentlemen. 1t will
not require longer than a year to bring the
financial credit and ability of the city up
the highest point ever attained, if the Ad-
ministrators continue their reforms, and
keep on in the good work so happily be-
gun.