New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-14
obtainin. signatures for League.

| There are few cities IN America where
| signatures, when no money !s called for.
can !e So easily obtained as II New Or
! leans. A petition tor almost any object,
| laid out in public places, viii quickly be
! smeare& with cheap INK, and the siguers in
, lnedlatelv thereafter forget that they made
their MARKS aud tie chances are nearly ten
- one that aftr. a Few DAYS the tattcred
document will De consigned 70 :, waste
basket. and 10 ore ~ ask questions coz
corning the paper. such las been the !ate
of numerous peI.!.on- IA this CITY II years
past.
This tacr ra- repeatedly denoustrat.l
during the war. AID the record bear- ua
out N the assertion Many of our readers
VIII readily -":I"n.be: ;ae instances q
icr"ed 70
/: cost- small edor:. to write ones
name. especial. n a public locality with
a prospect Of seeing t IN the oewspaprrs
The force %. arms having utterly failed
10 moist ambitions politicians into office. d
few OF .he leaders have returned to GysC
principles aud procured bit of setter press
printing. to which IS attached considerable
blank paper. arranged :o1 voluntary
sigus" and The heading =. ads something
like this:
THE peoples .eagus for defeating usur-
, patton ami supporting law aud the consti-
cation of The United States" Then follows
four mighty moral resolves, That all good
citizaus." etc. but no one or body st ems to
assume paternity. This document has
found lodging places IL twenty or more
offices and banks, Curiosity led oar re
porter 20 examine some OF the papers yes-
:erday. principally TO learn what success
lad attended the petition. Ia one Office
eleven names mad oeen scratched down,
among them the inevitable John Smith.
and as it is written in hand not altogether
unlika one other near 1T. the reporter is
IQean enough to suspect that Johns name
is forgery: consequently. the entre
eleven may prove spurious.
On another counter the .es0lves had -e.
ceived nothing bat dust and marks OF dirty
fingers. Somebody had had curiosity to
read the :ead lines and learn that it was a
kick" against Governor Kellogg. but no
ink was epo.led in signature. drug
store on Camp street. where ,uite nun Der
Of young men are employed. has met with
success N obtaining oignatuces. but we DO
not mean 70 sag that .he employees all
signed.
The insurance Stf:c are :ather :oiii-
tevent. apparently. for names are scarce,
and It - evident that the clerks 30 not
solicit customers 20 spoil ink and paper
The banks meet with better succesa, sor
men asking :inaucial :avors frequent the
count. -. avg :hose who 90 borrowing axe
usually ready and willing 70 sign all sorts
OF documents. without inhuig!ng .Hto :he
nature of the nape.
81 .Wo hotels our reporters terreted out
the leagues document, and at once discoy-
cred that several guests Lad mistaken the
.s' .or the register.
l: is evident that c..!:ans - shy Of the
document. even many Of those who Assem-.
bieG at jackson square on the nigh: OF the
sixth instant. They received their dose on
that occasion. and learned then that max.
:rg demonstrations agaiust the constituted
authorities Is UrpGCIit. ;le.
The reporter Will keep an eye or these
lists. and have further aotes 70 print On
them. Especial ,nen ton viii be made of
-lch na'nes az are cove.tiv before Go:a.:"r
= !iogg :os tayors.