The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08
The ssPic.', to the Rescue.

And now comes the Picayune. rubin!
its sleepy eyes and declaring in It's good
easy, soporihc sort of way, that 1T has beef
ali a mistake, there has been nothing tn
matter at the Hall, that MIR. Schneider IS
much abused officer, that the charges agains
| him were "nnfounded," and that "apar
from. fec irregularities the drift OF the eVi
.lence is to prove that the Administrator
has been an obstacle instead Of party tt
frand at the City Hail."
| It was an old hand at the bellows thai
penned that paragraph-it is lawyer-llke
| very subtle, and "devilish sly" The
whole article is written with the evident
intent to shield Mr.. Schneider, belittle the
investigation, and throw dust in TIE eyes OF
the public. 1t would be interesting TO
know what motive swerved the stately ola
dame from her declared course OF silence
until after the investigation was over, ana
caused her to speak out in meeting. IL was
only Sunday that the Pic" in its pompous
and stilted style announced:
When the result Of such an investigation
il before us, we shall express our opinions
thereon with impartiality and Justice.
Until then it is in the interest OF peace and
Justice that we deem it our duty TO De
silent.
And now, in the very face of this eminent
" conservative and characteristic declara-
ton, comes the article in question-not Ill
the editorial columns, it is true, but in the
less responsible column Of "Talk About
Town,"-in which, among other assertions,
occurs the following, which in view OF Mr.
Schneiders own admissions, and of the effect
of his actions upon all classes Of city secu-
rites, is most extraordinary:
The mysterious insinuations, the open
allegations, the whispers, the hints and the
complaints, now tina. they are placed under
the test Of actual inquiry, dwindle into
lot Of inconsequent. irrelevant hearsay Cos
sip, which, if it means anything at all,
means that MIR. Schneider has looked after
the city's finances with the same warmth of
interest he would bestow upon his own, and
has, perhaps, in consequence OF that ver-
interest, fallen into a few triting errors which
are only important as warnings for the fu-
tufe.
Some dark insinuations are thrown out to
the effect that Mr.. Schneider is going to say
something, and that when he does then will
the municipal earthquake come indeed. This
is all very artfully done, and IS calculated
to excite a sort of mild amazement among
the readers of the Pic, who are not accus-
toned to see her take quite so much inter
est in anything.
The Pic. has broken her promise. She
voluntarily bound herself to keep the peace
until the result Of the investi cation was
before her, and here she is chattering away
with no other basis than small part of the
that very much garbled
We fear it will take something more than
this to reconcile the community to the g few
the very gross dereliction of
duty of which Mr. Schneider has been
guilty.
The Picayune did not wake up to real
ization of the fact that there was any
trouble at the Hall until the Bulletin had
made the matter plain to the dullest intel
lect, and for it now to put on airs and pre-
tend to talk learnedly about it, is amusing.