The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-16
takes this opportunity to thank him for


coHrtesies.
All fair minded men will coneede that
among the great enterprising newspapers
Of this city the New Orleans Democrat
stands in the front rank, and if it's man
agement continues to be as progressive,
shrewd and liberal as it now is, the
Democrat will be the newspaper, not only
OF New Orleans, but of the South. What
ever is beneficial to the public the Demo-
crat encourages, and although it contin-
aes to be consistently Democratic, it's
Bourbonism has given way to rigid inn
partiality and fairness. We see in all its
magnificent enterprises the imprint of
the indomitable vim Of that good citizen
and public spirited gentleman, E. A.
Burke.
An immense blackboard upon which
the election kilograms from Ohio and In-
diana were written as soon as received,
ornamentcd the front of the Democrat Of
fee last night, and hundreds Of citizens
thronged around it, eager to read the
news. A strong calcium light stationed
i'll a building across the street illumina-
ted the blackboard and the dispatches
could be easily read from considerable
distance. The Picayune only displayed
its dispatches on an ordinary bulletin
board, where they were scarcely visible
after dark, while the Times refrained
from any street display, but the majestic
rumbling of its great presses informed
passers by that OIL the early morrow its
splendid newsy sheet would appear in all
it's usual completeness.
As predicted in my last letter, the tri-
umph of hoodlumism in this city is an
accomplished fact, and the better classes
have only themselves to blame, since to
their mastery lethargy and Indifference
to politics are directly due the success of
our political pluy-nglies. The irregular 7"
ticket, nominated By the parish conven-
ton held at Odd Fellows Hall on Mon
day, is as good rs could be expected I'M
der the circumstances, with the excep-
ton of ono candidate, and that is the
present Administrator Of Police, Patrick
Meallie, whose official career has been a
disgrace to the city. It. will lie Il public
calamity if such man is reelected to
the office he has already wantonly
brought into disrepute and contempt.
The Odd Fellows Hall ticket is simply
the production Of a few professional po-
litical ringsters, who represent nobody
but themselves and their ward strikers.
The bolt of the fifth, sixth and tenth
wards is approved by majority of good
citizens, and already the boilers have
made satisfactory arrangements for the
formation Of a ticket that can be elected
in November. The different committees
representing the commercial and indus
tria! classes are arranging coalition
with the boiling wards, and if these cit
liens are as earnest on election day as
they appear to be in joining hands for
the selection Of respectable ticket, vic
tory will perch upon their banners and
we may hope to see good government
and good order once more supreme in
this plundered and hoodlum stricken
city.
Frank Mayo in Dairy Crockett will be
here next week, with a new company.
The St. Charles Theatre is nearly COM
pleted, and is gem in itself. It opens
in November with Alice Oates, the great
kicker.
saw large crowd OH the corner OF
Exchange Alley and Canal streets this
morning, and being Of very inquisitive
disposition, as becomes a newspaper cor
respondent, ran to the spot to ascertain
what brought 50 large gathering to-
gether. had forgotten all about the
elections in Ohio and Indiana, anu found
that it was an assembly Of Staub's custo-
mers struggling to buy the latest papers
Staub can please and suit every body,
Democrats, Republicans, Greenbackers
He carries all their platforms-on paper
Au reroir.
I Yours truly, EPSILON rMU.