The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-11
BROWN AND BooTHBY.

The Republican is unhappy because the Bull
LET1N "for the tenth time at least publishes
the disgraceful fact to the world ''that Mr..
Brown is an incompetent and drunken fellow,
and ''for,y gentlemen saw him drunk on the
occasion Of the meeting at the Varieties Thea
ire last month" The Republican is also IN
happy because the BULLETIN makes unpleas-
| ant remarks about Supt. Booth5y. The IN
happiness Of the Republican excites our SYM
| pathy, and we therefore deem it duty to do
what We can to restore the organ to its custom
AIRY ightheartedness and bouyancy of spirit.
Superintendent Of Education, is can incom-
potent and drunken fellow" and that Superin-
tendent Boothby Was charged with bribery
and corruption which charges were hushed
up without proper investigaton-an that,
further. he is an incompetent fellow. then, we
presume, inGsu lch IS the KepxtEc is q
blatant champion Of honesty, temper,. :, i'll
teligence and all exalted virtues, that it will
join us in demanding the dismissal Of these
unworthy servants, and be happy in the
thought of having purged the party Of
high moral ideas of two black sheep
We understand fully the difficulty of the
task before US and fear that the Republican
will be as difficult to convince Of error on the
part of Brown and Boothby as was Plymouth
Church to be convinced of crime in their
pastor.
We said Brown was drunken fellow and
we only stated what we knew to be true for
we saw him drunk on the occasion cited and
numerous other gentlemen, are ready to tes-
tify that they sac him drink at the same time
and place. We said he was incompetent and to
prove the charge refer to his published report
and the criticisms which have appeared there
on from time to time in the BULLETIN estab-
fishing the fact beyond any sort of question
So much for Brown. "Off with his head"
Of Boothby, we asserted that he was
''fussy," was but recently 81 the ninth part of
\ man" was incompetent, and had been
charged with bribery and corruption. The
first charge the Republican will concede, and |
Tor the second We have the high authority of |
Shakespeare or Bacon lit is difficult to say |
which now-a-days), inasmuch as Boothby was |
! tailor before he was elevated to the dignity |
If District Superintendent of Public Schools. |
That he was tailor is no discredit to him
,ut he was "goose" to abandon calling in
which he might have made an honest and de-
cent living for another which must inevitably
cad him to ruin, as he is totally untitled to
perform the duties that deyolve upon him
lis incompetency can be established any
ime by an examination before any competent
nd impartial board of examiners, and as re-
ards the charge Of bribery and corruption
1e have Mr.. Boothby's own admission of the
act coupled with the remark that the board
id not consider the matter sufficiently serious
Dr. investigation.
That it was serious, however, we have ex- {
client reason for believing, and in the name
all parties interested, we insist that these
erious charges against public officials be not
to pass unnoticed Let the Board
| open session, exa mine into and pass upon
lese charges. Their gravity demands it. and
g ask the cooperation of the Republican, to
,cure It