New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-29
{ MASS MEETING.

According to the best information We
can obtain, Mayor Flanders has pro
pounded some sort Of an interrogatory te
the Citizens Association which requires
the assembling OF a mass meeting to an
swer. This is not at all singular or i'm
proper, for it is well known fact that a
man Of the mos. limited understanding
can ask questions faster than dozen
wise men can answer them and it is quite
proper that the Mayor should consult
with what the wags have already denoted
as the Board Of Assistant Administra-
tors whenever he finds himself in doubt
about lis rather plain duties.
1t is, therefore. at the instance Of the
Mayor that the mass meeting has been
called for next Friday night The Me-
chanics' Institute is the designated I lace
of meeting The usual announcement
that able orators will address the meet
ing, is omitted as supertluous Every
body knows that several Of our foremost
speakers will be there, primed with the
wisest of sentences, couched in the Gus
tomary originality of language.
But we like the idea Of calling the mass
meeting and the Citizens Association for
promptly referring the Mayors little
dilemma (whatever il may be- to q meet
ing Of the people. Il is eminently proper
that they should be fully informed of
what is taking place in their name in the
public Offices And though they read de-
tailed statements from the books Of the
City Hall every Wednesday morning in
the REPUBLICAN, it will be something in
teresting to learn from a committee APP
pointed by themselves, that the state
ments prepared for the public are quite
correct, and fully sustained by the origi-
nal records.
Again, if there are errors III any Of the
departments they can be pointed OF. and
corrected if there are none, or only
such as are of little consequence the COM
mlttee can report the fact, and let those
have the credit to whom credit is due. 4
delegation from the Citizens Association
called at the REPUBLICAN Office Yesterday
for the purpose Of avowing their respon-
sibillty for the call. and explaining the
object Of the meeting. 1t is for the pur-
pose Of initiating q rigid examination into
the accounts of the city, with the view.
we presume. of aiding the Administrators
in their efforts q. retrenchment and re-
form. All citizens who take an interest
in the welfare OF the city are expected to
assist at this meeting, without reference
to their political affiliations. It i 'lnler-
stood that tie members Of the city gov
eminent are anxious to have this invest
cation, inasmucl as it will give them an
Of showing the community
how unjustly they have been criticised.
It is the duty, therefore, of al good citi-
zens to sacrifice their personal COM
forts for one evening, and devote them
selves to the less agreeable duty OF
listening to resolutions, speeches, etc,
with contingent liability Of being ap-
pointed upon the committee Of inves-
tigation. The fact that any citizen may,
at any time, go to the City Hail. and ex-
anime all the books as long as he pleases,
should not deter one man from attending
the mass meeting. For the more numer- |
Gus the attendance the more influential |!
and pronounced will be the upshot.
Where the whole community turns out
On hunt, it is apt to be thorough, and
the result final. Therefore, let the people
Ill go up to the Mechanics Institute on
Friday night, and take an active part in
the proceedings. In multitude of coun-
selors there is safety.