The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-16

clerks was . Denlprati aanl podi 't1i u.o m |
sors. 1t may be that frauds were perp.tiaten
in the placing of false names on the ilsti, ~
in excluding legal voters, or that some elec.' -,
were not registered II such be me ,o W. No
vidns ample RENE dies, in that it a'ltnel,I9 ,,
striking from tbe list of the names ~ a. ~ VIZ
are not qualified voters, and proNla's ~" .,r |
registry Of al. unregistered persons "ho may
This be;pg true we are Mt loss to perceive |
a single good reason why the books oi 1876
should not be taken rs the basis 81 feglsIfft.
tion for The election Ut 1873, ana why pelsets
reyistr,,tion cannot be had by the revision OF
thIa lst of voters tn be effected by the erasure
| of the, names Of persons who are not VouhlS
and the addition of the names OF such voters
| as may br unregistered. ,,,,
| II this can be accomplished, why should the
people be put TO the vast expense OF ne'ks
registration, and annoyed, harrassed ana
vexed by the performance OF the act OF regis,
tration which they have done rsPoa'eoiy anu
until their patience Is cxhauStthf
| II Is well known that the system OF regis
| tration was engrafted on the constitution OF
1868 by the Radical schemers, for the very
purpose of covering their parry lram"S ID. an
| new registration for each election year, III tne
hope of wearying tho Democratic voters INTO
an abandonment Of the elective right, MOTIF
ing has raused the people to rally 70 me feg
listry thus required atevery election heretofore
ieRcept the hope of freeing the State from llst
lsuoh burdens as registration, ana now tlat
the Democratic party controls hesitate, they
expec relief perfect regstrsst ,97e can rh 3s
the people demand and this y, IS the oblect OF
Mr. Newsom's proposed bill. !.
! This bill by amending section nineteen 81
; the aegistration law of 1877 makes OF the en-
tire law exactly what the people require, IL
provides. instead OF a new registration Whleh
| will cost thousands of money, and put the en-
tire voting population in an uproar tnat the
registering officer OF each parish shai' Jake ny
registration books Of 1876 and erase names not
/ entitled to vote. and register voters who are
not registered and ii guards both operations
from abuse. s.,
| This bill. If IL becomes n law. will make ofthe
lrepistration law of 1877 TACT No. l0l of the ek,
tra SESSION. a perfect statute, and while It Will
/ securen perfect registration OF all qnall'led
A voters, 1t will save the people the trouble and
worry of going forward to register VIII sec a1o
l and will save the thousands. Of dollars 81 eS-
, pense which new registration would cost
Mr. Newsom's bill does not apply to the
! city OF New Orleans Whether 1t should De
amended SO as to make 1T apply to the CITY,
as well as to the country, will be q question
Y for our city legislators to determine; we
7 know Of no good reason why. 1t should not,
| but whether 1t be so amended, Or not, we are
sure that il will meet the universal approDit-
: tion of the people OF the country. -,
o A new registration, II insisted on, will cost
: not only vast amount Of money, but u VIII
cost the Democratic party thousands on votes;
y The voters are nearly all registered. and all
8 who are not can he under Mr. Newsom 9 law.
I The people will not be aroused to new reg
!, istration without the greatest difficulty, and
! yet, as the registration law now stands, they
. must all be put TO the trouble Of new regis.
II tration or lose their vOt ,s. Thousands will moi
+ respond By all means, let Mr. Newsom s
tt amendatory law be passed. SO as to spare the
8 people this trouble and expense.
" 1t il a measure OF economy. Tor it prevents
t, great OUTLAWS of the peoples money 1t is 9
d measure Of party expediency, for 1t will Sc
cure full vote. 1t is in the interest OF public
: liberty. for the elective franchise should not
d be hanpcred and embarrassed by such exac
Y tions as these repeated registrations impose.
y Let it become n law by all means fnfliet
Q not another Of this chief of Radical devil
J, tries -regstratio n-on the people
II Before another election, alter November
q 1878 constitutional alteration will abolish thu
: system of registration. Until then. let Us
@ have peace" EPSILON.
l Two New Plans Of Retrenchment ana Re
u Editor Demordt-In your valuable issue O
= to-day no less than five communications ap
- pear on the subject Of economy, and the hes
y mode Of running the State government" ere
s. !: f fermer, ~" "oitzsn," "Brutas an'
~ VI 'Iconoclast.' The first four are mere thinkers
4 prentice hands, who dream of palliatives-
~ reaching q cure by careful and doubtful steps
y, =, wants no halfway measures in his He pro
poses to reach the seat of the disease by heroi
J" remedies and the unsparing use OF a shar
"a knife, supplemented by amputating saws, +
,e surgical paraphernalia which he has failed tt
T. array before the frightened gaze of his patien
70 is the forceps with which to take up tn
,o arteries, and the silk thread to tie them; M
II ticles useful to prevent the sick man from dy
VI ing of hemorrhage; but it is not 'lconoclast s
u lookout If the blasted fool chooses to di
- after such neat operation by his attending
a. surgeon.
!, ~ dom" He has taken "A long step in the RICH
vt direction, but he does not go far enough t
~, w suit my views. When | am called upon
y perform an operation, and | find that | ca
- perform it successfully, but that the patier
az az will die half an hour afterward, | consider
j only humane and proper, instead OF putin
" him to the useless pain of an operation
u, quietly to smother him with pillow, or inte
&c ject u little soothing potion into his drinl
:. - that he may take a quiet but long sleep. Th
uo course is merciful; it is wise, II Is just.
~ "Iconoclast" proposes to reduce the
u salary of the Governor to $4,000,
~, ~ saving to the State ............. $500
" The Auditor and his clerks to $4,000,
~ saving ....:; .....: ......; 12,T
o, TO abolish the Office of Lieutenant
80 Governor, saving Observation-Disclosures. 800
a." re And of the State Treasurer, saving go. 2,5'
Making total saving of .......... S31, q
80 Now propose to put all these offices up I
l, the highest bidder, by which l would save
az a. the State $31 ,279 and furnish yearly revenl
Gil of S5oo,eoO, making total gain of 1851, 900.
. But / would even go further than that.
~ would also put up to the highest bidder Il
od offices of Mayor, seven Administrator
e ar sheriffs, clerks Of courts and judges Of I'll
81 ), District and Supreme Courts, which wou
10. bring in the aggregate, say in round number
~ Ss99, 500 90 which, added to the amount pr
na viously gained, S3l ,279 makes grand tot
'no saved Of S931 ,278 80.
III Look at these figures and say If I am III
y. u greater reformer than "Iconoclast,' al
Is nearly equal TO the distinguished president
,,o the Property Holders Union. A million dc
~, ,,r lars a year absolutely saved. Think Of !
~ Figures will not lle." (TebaultA
:, But there may be some people who will o
~, " ject to the plan of public sale. There a
"a "a always people who will object to any plan,
Aa = matter how simple and wise it may be-; g (
the plan proposed abovel And, therefor
being by nature fruitful in exDedientS