The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04
ST. LOUIS NEWS.
MAYOR OvERsTOLzs MESSAGE SHOW
ENG THE CONDITION OF ST. LOUIS.
The Socialists - Sale of the New City
BOnds-A squa bible Over the City Print
Ing-A Rev Way of Celebrating Deco
ration Day

mR-A rev way or celebrating Deco"
ration Day.
Special Correspondence of the Democrat
ST., LOUIS, May 81, 1878.
THE MAYORS ANNUAL MESSAGE
was submitted to the Municipal Assembly
last Tuesday night. Mayor Overstoz is re-
cognized as the great defender of our new city
charter, and, as was to be expected, he takes
occasion in nearly every portion Of his mes
sage to speak of t he reductions in the expen-
ditures of the city government since the new
charter went into effect The results of the
reOrganized government are, hg says, a reduc-
ton in taxation, a reduction in the expenses
Of departments an improved system of pub
lie works and an improved management Of
public institutions. "A dual system OF gov
eminent has been abolished within the city
limits, and with it a two-fold system OF taxes
and expenditures. A confused tri-fOld system
Of State, county and city officers has been
reduced to true municipal basis" The
Mayor has the following to say In regard to
SOCIALISTS
and the labOring classes: "The pressure Of
hard times is happily felt more lightly in St.
Louis than in most of the large cities of the
country, and there is general disposition on
the part Of the citizens and authorities to
mitigate that pressure so far AS possible, and
these facts make any attempt to fOment
discomfort inexcusabe and criminal Such
attempts would not be made were it not for
reckless men, who hope to profit by
disorder, and for that purpose seek
to transplant to American soil the
evil principles of foreign communism. No
very serious result need be apprehended.
COmmunistic ideas can never obtain any per-
manent or important ascendency in any
American community, where perfect liberty
is secured to all, and privileged classes are I'M
known. At the very outset they encounter
the great body Of the people the friends Of
law and order, who stand ready to vindiCate
and enforce the law upon a moments warn
ing. The people of st. Louis and the govern
ment are quite united on this point, and should
illegal measures be attempted they will be
suppressed in q manner that will convince the
perpetrators that 1t is dangerous thing to
trifle with the peace and quiet of q city like
this. But in reference to our own working
men, we should do what we can for their bene-
fit, and to this end public work should be ex-
tended as far as is compatible with our rev.
enues, and the appropriations made as near
The message was accompanied bv the an
nual reports Of the heads OF the different de-
partments OF the city government
THE NEW CITY RENEWAL BONDS.
for which the Mayor and Controller were re-
Gently offered 1O1 by Drexel, Morgan Il Co.,
aldson y Fraley, of st. Louis. for 1929
The difference is SIG 81 on every
one of the 593 bonds sold, or a total saving
to the city of nearly $4,000. Not
fnl half NtNr1k
placed on the market the balance not being
required for redemption of Old bonds until
next January By waiting until the close Of
the present year, before selling the second
lot OF bonds, the city will save S24 900 in in |
terest and if these bonds bring as good
price rs the bonds just sold did the total
amount saved to the city by the Councils re-
quotation Of the action of the Mayor and
Controller in New York will be over $4,000.
The bids for
THE CITY PRINTING
for the coming year were opened few days
ago. The lowest bid for the English was |
that OF the Dispatch one and quarter cents |
per line, and the lowest bid for the German |
and two-fifths cents per line The city
charter requires that the paper doing the city |
printing shall have uniform daily Circua- |
ton Of 5000 copies, and as the Evening Post
has asked for an investigation into the Dis
pdtchs circulation, the contract for the En-
glish printing has not been awarded rs yet. |
The bids of the other English papers ranged .
from two to three cents u line,
DECORATION DAY,
last Sunday, was observed here AS a general
holiday. Fully 10000 people visited jefferson
Barracks and took part in the decoration
ceremonies. The graves of Federal and Con
federate dead alike were strewn with flowers
Eleven thousand soldiers are buried in the
National Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks, and
of this number, something over 100 served
In the Confederate army. The services at the
speakers stand were conducted almost ex-.
clusively by clergynen, chosen from differ
ent denominations. Gen: W. s. Marmaduke
an ex-COnfederatP, called the assembly to
order and the Rev. DR.. John Snyder, pastor
of Unitarian church, made the opening
prayer. The PRINCIPAL address was delivered
by the Rev; Father P. f. 0'R"iIIy,
ceptiOn Catholic Addresses in German
We're delivered by the Rev Dr. Sonnenschpin
rabbi OF the Jewish temple on Seventeenth
and Pine streets, and the Rev DIR. ]. &. Eber-
hardt of the German Evangelical Church.
The closing prayer was made by the Rev DR.. t
r. A. Holland, Of st. Georges Episcopal
Church. The exercises were attended by The
entire militia force in the city-nine compa-
MES OF State militia and niue companies Of !
the Police Reserve Force. Several semi-mI-
itary organizations, like the Dan TAYLOR !
Guards and several benevolent societies.
like the Knights of Father Matthew, also !
turned out and the Peoria Blues, n COMPANY
of Illinois State militia, were in attendance
with the National Guards Of st Louis. There a
we're no disturbances of any kind and no Sc
rt9us accident occurred during the day J
In nv last letter | stated that bill had
been introduced into the City Council pro- !
hibiting I
STREET PARADES n
not sanctioned by the Board of Police Com
missiOners, except military parndcs, paradns +
Of the fire departm"n and of religious bodies u
and funeral PROFESSIONS. The bill was amend :,
ed in the Council So as to exclude religious
bodies from the privileged professions, and it a
was then passed with only one dissenting
vote. In the House of Delegates its tate was T
very different. Directly after the first read t,
ng it was tabled without debate by vote of
9 to 5. The main object of the bill was
asst summer when a large body of
Socialists and strikers marched through c
;he streets and shut up all of the $