New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09
McEnery Wants Police and Militia

The political news cleaner of the Time
yesterday gave his readers the following
mysterious paragraph:
CONFIDENTIAL.
Last evening several politicians belds
meeting, and during the discussion
measures were proposed, which, in the pres
ent state of affairs, Roundabout deemed II
be most imprudent. He sincerely hope
| that the gentlemen present will never at
| tempt to carry out the programme suggest
| ed. Although there was probably not Onq
| person present who did not act conscien
| tiously, and although Roundabout hapren,
| to know that the measure in contemplation
has been discussed by the NEST eminent
men in the community for more than a
week. ne is nevertheless of the opinion thai
! its cOnsummatiOn would prove ruinous to
both the State and city.
Overwhelmed by the Importance of our
own affairs, one is apt to forget consequen-
| ces Tle thousands who suffer are ig-
/ nored in a mOmentary triumph. but in the
present instance Roundabout is compelled
| to say that unless he is convinced that the
| proposed step will result differently, he will
! be forced to state exactly what he knows
| concerning the entire subject.
| The meeting referred to- we are informed,
included among those present the distin-
guished and highly successful revolution
lists Colonels Waggaman, Ellis and others,
who, as Colonel Carters body guard year
ago, and as Last Ditchers subsequently,,
Won considerable notoriety, if nothing else.
The plot alluded to was that to seize the
State House, the armory and city police
stations, and thus provoke collision with
IL
scheme was indefinitely postponed, because
the schemers could not keep their own
counsel, the facts reaching Governor Kel-
logg early On Friday evening, and thus en-
abling him to double the guards and take
all other necessary precautions for the pro-
lection Of the State and city property
Mr. McEnery, however, appointed a set
of Police Commissioners, who yesterday
looked up a squad of dissatisfied and dis
charged policemen, whom they declare an
intention to place on the beats to perform
police duty. OF course, they will be ar
rested the moment they openly attempt to
assume such functions.
so-called State N litia is also IN process
of organization.
Last evening Messrs. D. 3. Penn, Admin
istrator Brewster, Tom Isabelle, John
1Ouennes and C. 4. May were enioined by
the Superior Court from acting or pretend
to act as a beard of police commissioners,
and the writ placed IN the hands of the
sheriff for execution. If they disregard
this order, the sheriff will be directed to en-
force ii with his posse, and if he fails, must
be suspended, and some one appointed who
will
We believe the State authorities have
ample legal and physical power to protect
from these conspirators; yet we
feel it duty to remind these gentlemen
hr. McEnery and his counselors particu-
larly-that they are defying, Willingly or
the Ku-Kiux law. We COM
mend this noble and conservative statute
to their careful perusal, and if it does not
bring vividly to their mental contemplation
pictures of Albany or Sing Sing, we are
utterly devoid of the great Yankee art of
guessing" correctly.
We think, though. that we may safely |
rive assurance to our readers that there |
Will be no overt act committed and no |
blood spilled. The authorities are pre-
Jared for any emergency. and this knowl- |
'dge will doubtless serve to satisfy the |
would be revolutionists that it is better to |
continue playing at government than to try
t on II earnest.