The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-05-19

cdSo LtHte5 special New orleans cor
respondence of the Sd inst, we copy
the following home news, which the
Journals here never let out. It is
interesting and proves that the first
class Journals of the North are wide
awake to the least sensation in the
South:
New ORLEANS,
May 3, 1875. :
In its issue Of about the 18th of April
there was printed in The New York World
letter from New Orleans, containing,
among disparaging references to the edi-
tors OF The Pieayune and Republican, a
very severe personal attack upon Mr..
Isaac N. Stoutmeyer, the chief editor, and
one OF the proprietors of the Times. In
each instance, the articles appeared to be
the offspring of
PURE MALICE,
and were simply attempts to blacken the
private characters of the gentlemen re-
ferred to, without any effort to impeach
their public acts or their honorable con-
duct as journalists. Mr.. Stoutemeyer was
alluded to as preying carpet Dagger, who
like thousands of others, had come to the
State for the purpose of fattening on Off
clai plumber, and subsequently elevating
himself into the sphere of journalism, I'M
der the thin guise of conservatism, but
whose close relations to State Auditor
Clinton (beinS his brother. in-law) could
not blind the public to his real interests
and antaSonism to the people. Concern
ing
MR.. sTOUTMEYERS HISTORY,
it may be stated that he came to New Or
leans two years ago from Missouri (where
he was engaged in the practice of law to
accept the position of solicitor to Auditor
Clinton. In August, 1874. in conjunction
with his former law partner in CRANKY,
Mo-. he purchased The New Orleans Times
and started forward with the declaration
that it would be conducted as a conserva-
tive journal. His prestige as Clinton's
brother-in-law was at once seized upon BY
rival journals as the lever by which to
turn the tide of public opinion against
the intrudng but enterprising journalist.
and they rnng the changes on that theme
so persistently that the effect was soon
seen in a steady loss of patronage to the
paper, and the generally accepted belief
that it was IL
vHLAINoUs REPUBLICAN, SHEET,
sailing under false colors. On the heels
of these incidents came the uprising of
Sept IA, and then amid the intlamed pub
lie excitement which prevailed, feeling
against the Times was so violent that it
was frequently threatened with destruc-
ton. That it would be sacked seemed a
foregone conclusion, and had it not been
for the strict orders issued by Lieut. Gov.
Penn, with special reference to the case,
and forbidding such action, there can be
no doubt that the apprehension would
have become a reality.
With the return of reason, however and
the consistent course of the Times in pro-
wing that it was what it claimed to be, it
regained its patronage and popularity,
and to day enjoys the confidence of the
people and a greater business prosperity
than ever.
The Picayune and Republican editori.
ally stigmatized The World as
A FALsIFIER,
and without principle in giving currency
to such a letter, and branded the writer
thereof as a concoctOr Of lies. Mr.. Stout
meyer made no alluSi0n to the matter in
his paper, but wrote a personal note to the
editor of The World, demanding to know
the name of the author of the letter, but
to that demand he received no response.
It was thought here that tho writer was
one Richardson, who has frequently fur
n,,tn
and who has been cowhided here three
times for having in his letters assaled the
characters OF several writer's on our press.
An intimation by The Picayune to this
furthermore that Richard
son had made himself scarce-brougit
out reis inder from The World of the sart!
that Mr. Richardson was not the author
of the letter. but that it was written by a
gentleman of eminent responsibility, who
was Endorsed by The World, and who
knew whereof he wrote.
CAsUs BELLY.
Upon the receipt Of this issue of The
World, Mr.. Stoutemeyer inserted in the
editorial columns of The Times of the 9th
nit, the following:
The New York World says that Rich
ardson is not the name of the dirty black
guard and liar whom it endorses as "onr
own correspondent" If not the very
he is his alter ego, and very
fit representative of The World. The pa
per and its correspondent are on par in
the estimation of people In this portion of
the universe.
THE CHALLENGE.
The sequel to this sweeping onslaught,
speedily followed on Wednesday, the 2Sth, |
when Mr.. StOutmeyer was called upon by
two gentle,uen-I. W. Patton and w. A. !
Freret-with the following:
New ORLEAEs, ii
April %.
DEAR SRI beg to ask ifyou are the
writer of the paragraph in the Times of
the 9th, pronouncing the author of GER
tain letter to the New York World black
guard aud liar. In the event of your ac-
knowledging such responsibility |, as the
person referred to, demand public retrac-
ton of the allegations. Should you de-
cline to do so, my friends, who bear this. |
are empowered to represent me in the ar
of matter, whose consequence
will, of course, be apparent. Yonrs,
L. NJ. finley.
Mr.. StOutmeyer promptly admitted the
Of the editorial, and as prompt
ly informed Mr.. Finley's friends that he