The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-03
A SUGGESTIVE INCIDENT.

during the sitting OF the Congresmonl
Committee at the Custom House yesterda
morning, that law-abiding and justice-lovin
man, H. G. Dibble, (who, in conjunction wit
that soul of honor, John Ray, manages tn
Republican side Of the investigation, took
CODY of the BULLETIN, turned down so as t
display the article on the murder OF Thos
Mckay Dunn the night previous, and hande
it to Mr.. Foster, the chairman of the com
mittee, who Immediately passed it to Mr.
Phelps.
Doubtless the pure and immaculate sou
Of Mr.. Dibble, which rejoices in peace ant
brotherly love, was shocked at what he NJ
doubt wanted Messrs. Foster and Phelps t
think was purely political murder, as thu
moment chosen for passing up the paper wa.
when Mr. Potter was trying, in vain, to get 9
single instance Of intimidation, which the
(Hon.?) Stamps, (who was on the witness
seat and wildly and swiftly affirmed,
knew Of personally, and whose lack
of knowledge, would have made the
(Hon p Stamps blush if nature had not denied
him the ability. 4.
; It is very probable the honorable
gentlemen of the committee know very well,
that on holiday occasions, bad whisky is the
cause Of many foul and bloody murder, all
over the land. We should not be surprised if
the files OF papers from their own States about
these Xmas holidays will show them ten cases
to one in louisiana, and they will not once
think Of politics as a cause in any case. s
We would like, however, in this connection
to state that were the police allowed by Mr..
Kellogg to attend to their duties, and not
mount guard for Kellogg's person and pets,
much of disorder and violence would be
checked.
What viii! the gentlemen Of the Committee
think when we inform them that for several
years the people Of New Orleans have been
robbed of nearly s1,OOO,OOO per annum, to
support q standing army called by cour-
tesy police, but which was empow-
cred to ride over the entire State
and was to all intents and purposes military
the very purpose of which was
% keep the majority in subsection to the mi
nority-or in other words hold the white
people by their threats while Kellogg and his
olunderers picked their pockets?
What will they think when we tell them
hat even now we are paying in the neighbor-
hood of half million for police who perform
title other duty than guard the State-House
md protect the timid men chad men are
Usually timid), who are hanging desperately
% the already severely strained coat. tails of
he usurper?
They must see at glance that New Orleans
s the worst policed city in the Union, and it is
imply scandalous that the de tacto authorities
hould have permitted drunken and boisterous
aen to roam around the streets firing off their
istols promiseuously, and behaving in a
enerally disreputable manner.
1t is by no means improbable and we are
trongly inclined to believe, that the crowds
rowdies who made night hideous on New
ears Eve, and who shot down a
spectacle negro citizen, without provocation
nd in pure wantonness, were Radical emissa-
es carrying out the orders and wishes of
,eir leaders in order to impress the Con-
ressional Committee with the disorderly
haracter Of the people Of New Orleans. We
gard the conduct Of the disorderly people
the streets on New Years Eve as simply
isgraceful and the very severest comment
y that could be made upon the
olice, who are directly under The
.ders Of Kellogg, and who shamefully
eglected their duties. If anything of the
,rt occurs again, the citizens will be COM [
slled to form patrols to keep the peace and
der of the city, just as they did after the
tn Of September. We trust no stone will 6
!, left unturned to discover the murderers of
unn, for it was base and cowardly murder,
ID the man or men who are guilty should !
fer the extreme penalty of the law. t