The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-27
A SPECIAL MAUKEREL.

a. r.. Tuckar seams to bp a deserving per
eon-a bright. particular MacRerea, as IL
were. He Ia the Antl-lainR candidate Tor
Judge Or the Upper City Court and to him
the other Maekoreis proudly point as great
moral and intellectual enainein whom help
less pnh.io may take refuge from the awful
rroaneet ofhavIne the regular party nominee,
Mr.. Edward Il. Skinner. preside over their |
small litiaations.
Now, this Mr. Edward Skinner. from whom
the Mackerels In general and Tucker In par
t,culal. Affect 80 pure and burning an anxiety
10 enatoh the beloved people. Ia q young man
81 fine attachments and unimpeaohahle char
aoter. Bred IN New Orleans, graduate u
the Law University and IN that famous class
only eleven of whom out Of total Of thirty
seven were suoceaaiul. and although too
mo1eet and too much tho gentleman to ohtatn
notnrpty Nv tho coarse methods nhararlnris-
tic of the Mackerels, he enjoys tho respect and
epn1ien Of all who know him After grad
waiting as We have said. and receiving his
diploma Mr. Skinner, being without lntuon-
tlal friends 10 push him forward and equally
without the etfrnntarv TO push himself, found
that his practice offered a poor promise Of i'm
mediate fruit LIE therefore went to work to
acquire the art Of photography. and, having
apeedly mastered II. added tho pursuit. Of
that occupation In one II the city courts to the
study and practice Of hia profession. In this
way Mt Skinner has been earning an honor
able and independent livelihood, never relax
| ing hie studies OF missing nh opportunity to
increase hla stock of information. The result
Ia. that Mr. Skinner Ia learned In the law as
regards both Its theoretical and Its practical
aspects. an accomplished scholar. good lin
gulst, and last hut not least, gentleman In
his tastes and manners az we'll as In his
record
This Ia the man whom tho Maokerels pro-
feas patriotic desire to supplant with A. u.
Tucker. We can understand the feelings 81
the Mackenzie, OF course. They want to
place Tucker. But upon what quality OF
public sentiment can they count In seriously
asking people to scratch the regular candl-
date ,n fuckers favor Granted that Tucker
Ia true-hue out and out, bowling Maokerel
amazingly neady and hewilderingly vora.
cIous. Granted that Tucker has had q long
chase after Office and Ia beginning to look
blown and tired. Grant anything but
what have the public TO dc with fuckers
necessities and his dlsappointments or with
the state OF his wind2 The regular party Or.
SANITATION has nominated man Infinitely
Tucker q superior IN every respect and the
voters will express their approval Of the ar
! rangement on election day.
Nevertheless from q strictly Maekore
standpoint, we presume that Tucker
must be considered deserving per.
| r. hn 1f
90 should think that the Mackerels would, &C
10 speak, tumble to. eis good man tx
vnll Reform on dark night when people can
: ace who is doing the yelling. Tucker . tiet
Of reform appears 70 begin and end with thu
methods which have heretofore prevented hin
from getting his hooks into really satlsfac
tory office. II he could regulate them SO a,
III uet himself dropped into something sof
and elastic, his scheme OF reform would b.
realized. He carpet-baEged down here
,, from tho Teche, where he had pre-
yiously carpet bagged from somewhere
eIae In pursuit of his peculiar
philosophy. and II ia not too much to say tina
he Ia ready to fold hts little tent and carpet
bag to any other place when the main chance
seams To be In sight. In word, we SHOULD
describe Tucker as 4 thoroughly modified
: Mackarel, camped for tho moment In New
, Orleans, but willing to go forth at tho faintee
,, wink We should really like 70 see Tueke
ret something say In Dakotah. for instance
} He wants It, and we can we'll believe that h
needs IT, RI there he community anywhere
III this broad land that wants a man who will
lit snugly and gratefully into any office the,
can give we commend Tucker to that com
munity Take him, OH take him! no Il
h yours. AS statesman. as foghorD as 9
az Il Boon; you will find him remarkable
As an office-holder will find him everlasting
y Take him and pardon this emotion and kee
!, him. or, still better, pass him further on.
But we must dissembe We have en-
). doayored to discuss this matter ms dlsnasson
ately az our vivid appreciation OF Tucke
would permit. We have stepped aside from
9 glitterng gcneralitles to slit just one espe
l. clal Mackerel for q change We shall b
O happy more than happyif by thus cele
= brating fuckers virtues we succeed In get
S ting him landed somewhere out Of the Stat