New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-11
4 POINT OF ORDER.

a DUlNI VI VhD6h,
In parliamentary language the REBUI-
| L1cAN rises to point Of order. 1t nay
be BRIEFLY stated thus: That the present
ill-hmed agitation about new election,
which nobody of any consequence seems
to want, ought to be postponed until the
more important business in hand is dis
| posed of. This is our point, and there
are plenty of reasons to sustain it.
The Legislature is in session Tor the
purpose of transacting the duties annually
devolving upon the law making and IN
making power. Measures OF vital 'm'
portance are pending in which one way
or another every person in the State has
An interest. The General Assembly is
sborthanded in both bodies. The political
agitation has kept about twenty members
of the House and half dozen OF the
| Senate away from their duty. This de-
sertion increases the burdens Of those who
remain faithful to their trusts. Such
| dispensation can be borne with Il
commendable degree Of patience. and we
! have heard no complaints from any one.
But the other annoyance Of circulating
| exciting rumors having no foundation in
fact, to the effect that the paramount gov
| eminent is already crouching for the
| spring that is to wipe out the whole State
government, and remit us back TO the
F.! condition Of vassalage which the earlier
settlers enjoyed under the benignant reign
of the Grand Monarque and his sensual
| successor, is damaging to public business
Excited politicians tall: OF nothing else
but new election, and will not let others
think of anything else. The sixty days
allotted tor = session are being
frittered away withou: any adequate
results. The daily journals, the telegraph,
the entire public attention is monopolized
with the crazy election schemes OF a score
of crack-brained politicians, who are urS-
ing their demands upon Congress and
everybody else, for no better reason that
we know of than that their party was
caught at cheating, and no one has been
punished for it. They want 70 try It
again perhaps. !: any rate. they have
nothing to lose. and are sure to gain some-
thing in case Of fresh excitement.
Adopts as they are at passing around the
hat, in which they put nothing. Of course.
they would be sure to make handsome
raise Of funds for campaign purposes.
which would be put where they would do
the most good. .. course, there will be 10
election in this State till next November.
and not such q ono then IS these Malcon-
tents desire to see.
IN the meantime. the important: bust
ness of legislation languishes. There are
bills embracing great variety Of objects
before the two houses. One measure OF
great importance has been presse.
through. chiefly in consequence O: the
strenuous exertions Of Governor Kellogg.
This has. naturally, changed the whole
financial policy Of the State. and auxiliary
laws are needed to assist its enforcement.
= number Of our citizens wish to have 4:
change in the sanitary laws: Others are urs.
ing reform measures in the matter OF fees e
public officers. :. bill to establish ano!he.
criminal court, much needed, is on tn.
calendar of one of the houses, and a very
large amount of other business awaits at
tention. 1t may possibly be to the in.
teres: Of our enemies to distract the pub
lie attention 50 that little or nothing
can be done q: the present session.
for the purpose o: u-gin. the lie.
linguency against our party next fail, as
reason why the Republicans should be
defeated. We wish to say to the Gepub.
l:car members Of the General assembly
that the question of r new election. og
none at all. has nothing 10 do with the
duties in hand. They may possibly ID
something to avert it by going to work in
earnes. and passing wise and popular
laws. If they do this. they vii. be gain
srs in any event: for the man who is true
70 his obligations, either expressed or I'M
Piled, and discharges them with fidelity
ard ability. is always il demand. and
would have nothing to fear i. there were
an election every day. All Of the mem-
bers Of the House, and more than one
half the Senate, are serving out their last
days of Legislative duty. There vii! be
an election for their successors next No
vember in regular course. They are.
therefore, making history. which. il a
few months, vii! be used e:the. Cox CO
against them.
We hope our friend, WI. ,hini: .:
these things. and no. permit themselves
to be swerved from theis purpose to do
fight by the sensational yur,ors OF the ad-
vocates of new election either here or
in Washington. They have more i'm
portant business to attend TO, and have
no time to waste III the consideration Of
questions over which they have no con-
troll.
REDUCTION OF BURDENS.
The Trap;siat,lra ha; ncted uObly in re.