The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-17
In SESSION LAST NIGHT.
MEETING OF THE CITIZENS, TAx.PAY-
ERs' AND wORKlNGMENS'
ASSEMBLY.
speech from Hon. Chas. GayaFre ON the
Present situation ana the Remedy
fOr Existing Evils.

FOR Existing Evils.
This organization met last evening at 8
o'clock at No. ITO Carondeet street, DR.. Te-
bault, president, in the chair, aud a large
number of members present.
After the opening preliminaries President
Tebault announced that clubs had been or
ganized in several wards under the constitu-
| ton and bylaws of the organization Healso
called attention to publication in the Morn
ina Star, which showed that the city In 1876
owed It's employees $500, 900, In 1877 $3.50, 900,
and that this year there would be deficit of
at least 100000. DR.. Tebauit claimed that
the money had been used to buy up bonds,
| Judge Charles Gayarre was introduced and
addressed the meeting. After few opening
| remarks acknowledging the invitation of DR..
Tebault, he proceeded to talk Of the strange
phenomena presented by this country to the
world, O country whose resources and agri-
cultural wealth were so large and the poverty
OF whose people was so great. The average
number of paupers In tho United States was
one In ten of thepopulation. Toprove this he
read extracts from statistics, and articles In
| tho public journals. He continued to speak OF
| the terrible condition Of the poor, and said II
was all attributable to bad Legislation and
bad government. This bad legislation had
not only withered into decrepit uselessness
the constitution, but 1t had strangled all small
| industries.
He then spoke OF taxation. Taxation, he
said, was a subject which all writer's on pub
| lie economy admitted was q most delicate
one on which to legislate and yet by whom
had we been taxed BY men, by individuals
hat 53.I
not know their right hand from their left; the
present condition Of affairs was the result.
| He suggested as a remedy for the depression
in this city that the State might do, as Con-
gress did with the city OF WashingtOn-put
the affairs In liquidation; put them in the
hands of three commissioners, and let them
| settle with the creditors He then spoke of
the evils resulting from the contraction Of
| currency. The remedy for these was mat
| ter to be considered with the deepest interest
and attention. He suggested paper cur
rency the peer OF coin, irredeemable and re-
ceivable for interest on bonds and all other
debts.
In conclusion he said he believed an era was
approaching when they would be enabled to
do more for prosperity than they ever
| had before.
A unanimous vote of thanks was re-
| turned.
The credentials Of three temporary dele
gates from the twelfth ward and permanent
|
celved and approved.
| The following resolution, offered by Mr.
| -, was adopted:
! RESOLVED, That we call public attention to
the fact that Representative Hewitt, of New
| York, has been appointed the chairman OF the
most important committee Of the late session
! OF Congress- namely: chairman of the Com
mtttee on Hard Times, etc.
ResotUed That the appointment OF this gen
| tleman, who is chiefly responsible for Out
present de fdCtO President OF the United
States, and who is not only q large bond.
| holder himself, but the representative OF the
foreign bondhoJders, is a direct insult to the
intelligence and the existing sufferings of the
people.
The following were also adopted:
BY Mr.. Welberding-
| ResOtUed, That we call upon the present
| city government TO take a very summary
course with those Administrators who have
suffered, through their departments, such a
disgrace to befall our people as our Grand
| Jury have just exposed.
Resolved That If this be not done, the peo-
| pie ought with reason to place the guilt not
simply at the door of the particular Admins
| traitors Immediately responsible but lay the
| blame of this barbarOuS and inhuman and
| immoral state of facts at the door OF each
member of the present most shameful gov
eminent that our city has ever known.
| BY Mr.. Bourgeois
| Res0tUed That bonds Illegally Issued are as
much q counterfeit as are forged notes OF
| forged greenbaCk treasury notes, and are nc
more improved by circulating through So
called innocent hands than are the latter.
| BY Mr.. Friedrich
Resolved That we direct attention to the
| following
EXPRESSIVE FIGURES.
Amount of paper money in cirCu
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