New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-10-26

8. Are you in favor of the abolishment
Of the license systematic greatest Outrage
on industry ? i,vss.. .a--..-
| 8, Do you favor the punctual monthly
payment Of every empl2ye of the city
before all other payments whatsoever, and
the utter abolition Of the power of the
city authorities to issue, directly or in
directly, any Kind of "promise to pay " to
such employees? 81. ....-....
10. Are you in favor of the reduction
of the number of city employees to the
lowest possible standard, aud to making
their pay In proportion to the pay of
similar employees in private life2
IL. Are you in favor of abolishing all
fees or perquisites in Office, and for giving
fixed salaries to all officials !r..
Ia. Are you opposed to all legislation
looking, directly or indirectly, to the Gre
alton of new debt, State or city?
Is. Are you opposed to the Mofett
register law? sGs
IA. viii you exert your best energies
for the abolition of all existing monopo-
lies?
Is. Will you force all chartered COM
panies Of all kinds to comply strictly with
their contracts or with their legal obliga-
tons to society?
16. Will you work to have the laws and
ordinances SO arranged that taxpayers can
have the opportunity to pay their taxes
in instaIlments thus giving the citizen
the same chance with city and State au-
thoriies that he has with his fellow men
| in all the relations of life?
IL. Will you exert your best efforts to
! free the commerce Of this city from the
| destructive burdens that are upon it?
Fellow voters, here is something Of q
platform for an honest candidate TO work
out. Take the sop that is thrown to you
by your so-called representatives at Odd
Fellows Hall, and vote for the batch of
patriots they have presented you, and
/ your time spent in walking to and from
the polls is worse than thrown away.
1 You will simply be swapping one set OF
unworthy servants for another still worse
The intelligent man, high or low, rich or
poor, who permits his ballot to be thus
prostituted by so-called "leaders" or ere
representatives." is guilty of an unpardon-
able wrong, and surely as there is God
in heaven he will repent his action.
ask any intelligent man, whether he
be young or old, rich or poor, high OF
low, to look over the list of candidates
offered for Democratic suffrage, and ask
himself whether he does not know that
there are men there utterly unworthy Of
his support-men unfit, men incapable,
men unworthy-men who are bound to be
the tools and the instruments of How.
ards Lottery and other like incubi on oul
substance?
But "party discipline requires thai
we must support the nominees of the
party-nolenS uolens This may be the
duty of the prof ssional politician an6
Office holder, but it is not yours Of
mine. Party is to be sustained when
it guarantees us good government. A
sensible man is devoted to party to thii
extent alone. A party is supposed tx
succeed on this basis. You have no othel
use for it. The principles of the Demo
cratic party are sound and should com
mand the support of all good men, bu
the Odd Fellows Hall convention is no
the Democratic party.
No, the combination CT hummer
and others who have invited you TO com,
to the political feast of the fifth Of Noveu
Der next are but knocking your own tidelit,
to grand old party on whose noble his
tory and traditions they are trading TO
the ignoble ends of themselves or thei
masters. A great feast there will be o.
that day, but no seats at the table for an
man not in the " combination. Tn
''money power" will preside at one end c
the table and the 'monopolist" at tn
other, and the side seats will be occupie
by their servants. There will be ric
viands, and there will be crumbs, and tn
crumbs will be for q few of the poe
laborers whom they now try to humbu
with the promise to tax property and il
, dustry that they may have woLk. Eve
, the many of these, if they have permitte
/ themselves to be humbugged, will go HON
utterly hungered and disappointed,
Fellow voters, it is never too late to d
good, and every consideration whic
} should impel men to work for good
J before you. Hold a mass meeting; dra
} good men GU. from their privacy and ru
, them for the offices at your disposal.
, you succeed, the victory will be great,
: you only partially succeed, it will to thu
: extent paralyze the public enemy an
, prepare You for complete victory in II
? next contest. Sit in silent submission
/ the despotism that threatens you, an
, general prosperity and happiness ere in
possible. d. WARREN BRICKELB.
P. S.-Since the above was writtel
another ticket, the "Citizens' Conservi
r tive," has appeared in the field. As
7 voter, / put to them the questions detaile
8 | in this article. If they are the friends
the people they will not be too proud
Q answer even an humble -questioner iii
r me- If they do not answer without I
! serve they srenot TO be trusted. "a clev
good fellow" in private life is not nece
: sarilyIa proper candidate for the sptfr
!" ges of people who languish under b
: government. D. W. B.
b The New York Notion has an article @
n the woman Question" Next aft
1t health and the power of acquisition whit
. gives consequence, the writer conside
i that she should have "administrati
!, | cnnacitun-tha faculty of getting the mC