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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07
MOMUS AND THE CARNIVAL.

Our hectic contemporary, the Times, ap.
pears to be rather unnecessarily stirred up
over the Momus procession OF Thursday
night. These carnival turnouts are great iu-
situations, OF COURSE and 1t is the correct
thing to get excited and to bay the moon In
consequence; but such violent paroxysms as
those Of the Times yesterday morning are we
submit, uncalled for. It Is true that the sub
iect Of the display was lovely woman, ana 1t
Is true that there Is vast amount of fulmi-
mating material in that subject; but why let
down the back hair and rave, with clenched
hands and blazing eyes. and other symptoms
Of hysteria! That's our view of the case We
say, let's be explosive and jolly and all that,
but let us draw the line somewhere. Now the
Times says:
thrills the general pulse. aud fevers with a
glow OF ecstacy the universal heart. that miracle
Ii feminine Witchery
In the fascinating radiance Of Eve. pietur-
esuue Eden ceased to further charm; in the
magic Of her ,allurement the tranquility Of Its
ish hh ve1anre grew tame the psWilderment
nal toll.
This Is beautiful. At a moment like this
1t Is better to be candid. 1t Is just beautiful
CLAAAlnC NItIlSAy 40 u SpACANOls ttisO q uliId-
Gle. It thrills the general pulse and fevers
the universal heart-so say we-and accursed
be the wretch who hasn't general pulse to
be thrilled or universal heart to be fevered.
We are ready to plant ourselves on this. But
If woman Is a splendor and miracle, and IL
everybody agrees to 1t. why claim that she Is
also loaGstone ? She can't be everything
Nevertheless, the Times insists that she Is a
loadstone:
The heaven appointed conservator of the
human family. upon whose fidelity rests the
fabile OF society. whose truth Is tho foundation
IN whose succor labor delves aud every honor
able enterprise finds surest incentive. is 1t sur
pflslng II thoughtful manhood lind In the very
name OF woman q loadstone?
We call this running the thing into the
ground. 1t Is all right enough to get enthu-
siastic over lovely woman and to make large
claims for her, but 1t is no use to pretend
that she is a whole stock of goods. And this
Is Id especially bad taste for the Times when
in the very next breath it says:
She IL creating beauty II the silence and lone
illness of her chamber; she grows like an art
creation, the result Of patience, Of hopes Of
thousand delicate touchlngs aud retouchings.
What right has the Times to say that our
women shut themselves up and resort to ar
tihce, to powdering, and enameling and
painting, IL order to beautify? This is base
calumny, and after claiming that woman Is
all sorts OF comfort and convenience, from
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07

Iii the United States Supreme Court Last
Monday, Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, the first
and only woman admitted to practice before
that tribunal, made motion for the admis-
elon Of Samuel II. Lowrey, of Huntsville.
Ala, . colored man. who, 1t Is stated, is a full
blooded African. Lowrey stepped to the
clerks desk, side by side with Hon. Joel
Parker, of New Jersey, and both took the
oath at the same time. The affair created
quite q sensation. although other colored law
yers have been admitted to the Supreme
Court before Lowrey.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07

The ''psSce of Europe Is IL costly boon. No
sooner does Germany propose to Increase her
large standing army. as a further guarantee
of II, than Kussa concludes that 100000
more men arc needed for her already vast
military force. IT. is probable that Austria
and France will also feel compelled to add, in
tho Interest OF peace. u number of regiments
to their armies. just as peace has been rem
dered absolutely secure by these prepare
tions, according to the declarations Of tho
several governments war may be expected
to break out all along the line.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07

The United States government will send an
Invitation to the French government to par
ticipate IN the centennial celebration of the
battle Of Yorktown. At least one French
mAn-ot-war and one French regiment. and
perhaps others, will take part In the celebra-
tion. Among the national guests on this oc-
Casion Will be the Count de Roehambeau,
whose ancestors played such distinguished
part In the events which resulted In the sur
render OF Corvallis He has right to ex-
pHct and will receive noble welcome
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07

A subsidy has been granted to tho Atehi-
son, Topeka and Santa 10 Railroad Company
by the Mexican government for m extension
pf their road from some point in Arizona
through the Mexican State az Sonora to
Guaymas or Topolovampo, ON the Gulf OF
Mexico. Tho latter place has q fine harbor,
deep enough for the largest vessels and with
IN area Of tifty-four square miles of water
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07
See Supplem emit.
AMUsEME NTS.

4 ACADEMY OF MUSIC Matinee. julius
CESAR" Al NIGHT "RIeHAnp I'LL" ~ John
McCullouah ami his dramatic company.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE Matinee and " npR.
COMEDY or ERRoRs, ~ Robson and Crane
and their comedy company
\ ET. CHARLES THEATRE Matinee and III
MIGHT. PnoF. j. Nj. MACALL1srEH, The n,nDi.
clan.
FRENCH OPERA HOUSE ~ Matinee and III
night. A. MARIN The Wizard Of the A2teca.
n ST. pATRICK'a HALL Far for Benefit ~ nj.
p1t,iek's Church
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07
DIED.

VIGNAUD On Friday February 8, 1870 at 5
o'clock y. M. Charles Valsln Vigna,ld nged as
years. a native OF Now Orleans. La
His friends and acuusintanees and those OF
the Vignaud. Guillot Bnrthe Lesaeps and
Sturges families, are respectfully invited to the
funeral. which will take place This Saturday
Evening. at o'clock precisely. from his late
residence. No. 333 st, Ann street. between Der
bigny and Roman,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07

tion. This would cast the election In the
House, where the Democrats could easily
manage to secure majority Of the States
Taken altogether, the correspondent, who
avows himself to be n Republicans. thinks
honesty Is just now the best Republican pol
10y, and that the attempt to tinker with the
method of choosing electors In New York and
New Jersey had better be abandoned ut once.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07

The Cincinnati Commercial claims that the
National Democratic Convention will be held
at Cincinnati. II has interviewed number
Or the members Of the National Democratic
Committee. and finds that eleven of them are
LII favor OF the Paris OF America. The other
cities In the field are Chicago, Washington
and PHILADELPHIA
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07

The Kentucky House of Representatives has
passed bill to punish theft by male with
corporal punishment not to exceed thirty
nine stripes, or Imprisonment III the discre-
tion OF the jury. The crime principally aimed
at In this resort to the whipping-post 10 the
stealing OF pigs and shoats. which has greatly
Increased In the State of late years. ...
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07
RTATE OF LOUISIANA. J
Adlutant Generals Office.
N ,r,, N,.I. ~, tuttn

FTATE OF LOUISIANA
Adjua1it Generals Dfee !
New Orleans February 9. taR0.)
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 81
The following persons are hereby announced
on the staff OF his Exeelency Gov. Louis A.
Witt. Commander. In Chief.
w. A. Strong. mid de camp. with tho rank Of
major.
Allen Jumel abide camp. with the rank Of
major.
They will be obeyed and respected accord
ingly.
The members OF tho Governors Staff are re-
quested to meet ut 1880 o'clock q. m. SUNDAY.
the eighth instant. at Col. H. N. Ogdens office.
26 st. Charles street.
BY order Of Commander In Chief:
G. +. BTAUREGARD
fe7 2t Adjutant General,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07
WEATHER PROBABILITIES.

For thu Gulf States, slight change ~ pres
sure and temperature. rinds generally from
north 10 ,rest. partly cloudy meafher, NTH focd
rain on the coast
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07

The uncertain fortunes Of war find an Illus
tration In the fact that the ironclad Huasoar
Ii now engaged IN hockading Peruvian
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07

The DEMOCRAT returns itH thanks TO Sena-
tor Jonas for appreciated courtesies.
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government Where one dollar would
answer two and more must de expended,
for the difference in this instance is over
l25 Pey cent.
CRIMINAL ExPENSER
Bat Leon il only one of MANY counties
where Republican management has left
an odor which "smells rank to heaven
This is notably the case in counties in the
black belt, as Governor Stearns charsc-
terized those sections where she Republi-
can strength chiefly lies. win pass over
the great difference in the coet of admin
istering the law in the Circuit Courts be-
tween nosc and khe,s-a difference in some
instances amounting to oUer f0ne hssndred
per cent, as in Leon, Gadsden, jackson
and Walton-and cite a few further in
stances to show how the so-called ex-
penses were piled up against the counties
in the shape Of Sheriff b and Clerks fees
and costs in Justices Courts:
Criminal Espenses Paid 6y te,tais Cossn-
tiss from 1s74to 1879, iaclGsive, CONF
DOsed
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NEW SERIES XvI.-NO. II.

meut under the reconstruction aCts, and
this Is the reason why the appropriations
Tor these two years appear 90 large. In
the appropriation for 1879, 4S27 ,5S6. .68
was for expenses of;thAt rear. and fEis ~
cl,ldsd $ll6. 900 for interest Ana scbools.
e fact the Telephone onits to state,)
which left $2l7,53s.6s applicable 70 ordi-
nary expenses. OF the Who'll, SUM appro-
priated for that year, which ths Telephone
puts at 1915, 6,sll.ss, $$ll0, 900, a. we have
seen, was for interest and on account of
schools, $217,53s.6s was for srdina-
ry and extraordinary expenses, AMI Of
the balance $l2,s73 was for " "de6cisn-
cies " in 1876 and previous years, $2a, )
0l9.53 was to cover payments on Juror
and Witness account made in 1878 and en-
braced in the warrants drawn for that
year. So too of the appropriation for 1880,
($25s,l23 100000 was for interest and
schools, which left only $14s,123 for or
dinary expenses for the present year.
But the best test of the comparative
economy of the two parties in administer
ing the government is to be found in the
tdsdtion imposed by each, and the records
show that for the last three years under
Republican rule, to go no further back,
that the average assessed tax was
$405, ,6s2.39 year, while the average
assessed under Democratic government
has been only $2s3,l05.4s, or 1922
676.96 less, and this yearly saving in
taxation is an argument which can
not be overthrown by any pretended
documents which General Ledwith or
any one else may affect to have in their
possession. In fact any taxpayer can
settle the matter in his own mind by
comparing the taxes he has been called
on to pay since 1871 with those assessed
against him under the old rule. Let me
illustrate this in Gen. Ledwith's case.
have looked into the tax books of Duval
county for 1874, rs, 20, TT, ..7s and '7s,
and find the assessment against him for
each of these years to be as follows:
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These fiQures are delusiye. and exec

These figures are delusive, and except
for 1879 and 1880, do not show the ex-
penses Of the government, any more than
do the @warrants drawn" from 1868 to
1873. There was no session of the Legis-
lature in 1876, and consequently there was
no appropriation made for the expenses
of that year until 1877, and these expenses
constituted part of the deficiencies -
which were inherited by the present Dem
ocratic State government. By reference
to chapter 3O5A, Claws of 1879 it will be
seen that the Legislature of that year ap-
propriated $l65, 5,4s0.s7 to meet those nm
paid expenses and made further appro-
priation by the same act of SIS, ,4S9.15 for
DEFICIENCIES of 1875. This made $780,
979.96 for "defciencies appropriated
in 1877 for 1875 and rs, and Of the $780,
o36. oil Of warrants drawn" in the first
year Of Democratic government el76,-
l4I.2I was under these appropriations,
which Left el64,7s4.74 for expenses Of
1877. In 1875, while the appropriation
was, the Telephone says, 4224, ,53l- 40, the
swarrants drawn" by Comptroller Cowgirl
amounted TO 49s0, SOL .4s, while the pay
ssessts IN that year were 4s6a, ,S30.O6i Up
% aR7e 10 appropriation made by the,
Legisture covered interest on the bonded
de6t OF the amounts raised on the one mill
sehool sax, and this 10 the reason why the
awxrrAuts drawn - do not show the ex-l
pensea The appropsisticns for 1879 and
10. hOsRever. eogar, sntvest 0nd scAooI s0x
nd fhis 81 IL frsk tirae thax kaa hseni
doas aines - inaasa sasssioa q ths govern
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tax collector in county in West Florida
who was in default to the State for over
$1,000 and to the county in similar sum,
and when asked to make settlement
with the State he wrote to Gov. Stearns
that he was prepared to settle but would
not do SO with that "d-d scoundrel
Cowgirl - This man left the State as a
defaUlter in 1877 and was afterwards ap-
pointed by President Hayes to an Office
in the territory of Utah, while his bonds
men have been left to make good his steal
ings!
MISREPRESENTATION EXPOSED.
1t has been only since this campaign
commenced that any Republican has had
the boldness to deny better management
of the finances under Democratic than un-
der Republican rule; but the Republican
candidate for Lieutenant-Gov now
comes to the front and asserts that the
Democratic claims for greater economy
are unfounded. In an account of speech
made by him at Welaka On the 23d of
August, given in The San and Press, it is
said:
General Ledwith, the Republican candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, was the next speaker. His
speech was almost wholly devoted to the State
issues. He was thoroughly well prepared and
came with official documents to sustain every
point he made. He reviewed the claims of the
Democrats to greater economy in the administra
ton of our State affairs, and showed BY the most
conclusive evidence that that claim was unfound-
ed. On this particular subject he made the speech
of the day. 1t was a forcible and convincing ar
gument
1t was in this same speech that he ex-
hibited the greatest ignorance on the
"school question:" and think shall
again convict him of ignrance on the
Financial issues" l have been curious
to see the figures on which he based his
" conclusive evidence" but no newspaper
has as yet given them to the public. /
find, however, in the Jacksonville 7sle-
phone Of the Sd inst. some data which
presume was furnished by General Led
with, as do not suppose that theintelligent
editor of that paper would give his read
ers only portion Of the facts bearing on
the question, when all of the facts were
accessible and were to be found in the very
" documents from which those given
were taken. Remarking on Legislative
Extravaganza" that paper says:
An examination Of the amounts appropriated
during the past six years does not show that any
real economy has been practiced in fact the last
two years show an increase rather than de-
crease The appropriations were as follows:
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IKE TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. sEPTEMBER 4 $780,

the public debt prospGly met, and mot .
dollar Of State scrip i out that il mot
worth its face valne n gold.
BREAKMG UP THR sCRR RINGS.
Not the least Of the good fruits result
ing from this splendid financial manage
ment ie the breaking up Of the scrip rings
which could be found st almost every
street corner and crDasFoad under Radi-
cal rule. Some ofthese rings. were made
up of officers Of the government. Their
business was to speculate in the States
paper by depreciating it - low as posi-
bic and then buying { at prices proper
tionate to their own greed and the neces-
sites Of the seller, and even high officials
did not hesitate to engage In this kind Of
business and with the States own money
bsT scrip at the market price, pay it into
the t,:ssury ct it, face valne and pocket
the dlffe-qnce. Those were the " flush
times wlr- scrip spectators. I heard
one OF them gre as reason the other
day for voting tse Radical ticket that
there was no moAey % Be made under
Democratic rule byenecnlatise in scrip,
for there Was mons peculate in and he
thought that . chanla would bring the
flush times back a@inI
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These figures, which are official, show
q yearly average assessment under the
Republicans of $4o5, ,6s2.3s and under the
Democrats of $3.50, ,lO5.43.
Average annual saving 1922, 2,576.96.
STATE TAXATION BY COUNTIES.
/ subjoin table compiled from the
tax-books which will show the taxes as
sessed for State purposes during these
six years in each Of the thirty-nine coun-
ties, with the taxable property of the
State for each Of the years mentioned, as'
follows:
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In 1874, rs and '76 the taxes assessed
amounted to $l,091, ,950.73, and in the
three succeeding years they amounted to
$979,0s9.44, or $ll2, ,s6l.29 less. In these
several assessments the amount of 42l8,-
56l.77 was levied in 1874, 5 and g for
special purposes, such as interest on debts,
public buildings, &C., and $l9s, ,5s4 was
imposed in 1877, g and g for the same
purposes. Most of the counties found q
large outstanding scrip indebtedness when
the Democrats took control in 1877, and
in many instances the accounts had been
so imperfectly kept that it was difficult to
ascertain their true financial condition.
In twelve, from which have been able to
obtain reliable data, viz: Alachua, Gads-
den, Duval, Columbia, Marion, Jackson,
Jefferson, Manatee, WakuIIa, Leon, Her
nando and Walton, the floating indebted
ness amounted to $134, 4,125.7O. In fact,
fellow-citizens, not only was there gross
but those of the counties Jared little if any
better. Incompetency was the rule, fitness
in officials the exception. We need not
go beyond our own county of Leon for ex-
amples Here the county scrip outstand-
ing in 1877 was $2s, s,s67.97, portion of
which has since been found to have been
frandulently re-issued by Radical Clerk
high in favor with his party. This, in
debtedness had been reduced on the LIST
of January last to $ls,529.2s, but it has
been and still is constant source Of en-
barrassment, preventing the county OIL
cials for the want of means from doing
xwA a. -
humanity would suggest. The school fund
was left burdened with debt of 4l0,-
1878, which has since been reduced to
$2,7O0. That fund was undoubtedly rob-
bed; for, when Bowes, the ballot box,
stuffer, who was the county superintend-
ent, fed from the State to accept ofIice
under a President who had been made
such by the aid of the election frands in
Leon, he destroyed or carried with him
records which would have doubtless dis
closed the villainY connected with the
management of the schools. The county.
like the State, fellow-citizens, was regard
ed as sort of mich COW whose value de-
pended upon : how much butter she wpald
yield" The Circuit Court was constantly
kept supplied with ignorant jurors Who
regarded . session Of cont as ! God-send,
and the Justices courts were made the
means of robbing taxpayers IN the shape
of costs. For illustration. take the. criinni-
nal costs paid by this county for . series
Of years In comparison with those paid
SINCE the government has been under
Democratic control and you will not be
at loss to account Cor the enormous sCfip
debt left on Our handa 81 "a sssfssg -
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COMPARISONS OF TAXATION.

For better understanding OF what has
been accomplished during Democratic
government for three years last past, be-
ginning with 1877 and up to the close Of
1879, % compared with the three last years
under under the Republicans (ls74, 1875
and 1s76,) the following statement will
be instructive:
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This shows a levy of $22s,579.55 less
for ordinary State expenses under Demo-
cratic government and $3.50, ,916.S0 less on
interest account, and demonstrates the
fact that if the government can be sue
cessfully run on the lower rate of taxa
tion now imposed, the people were most
outrageously oppressed and swindled by
the higher rate exacted under Republican
rule. 1t is worthy of note that with q
greatly diminished interest tax there has
been added to the sinking fund $52, 200
in the last three years as against $97, 300
added during the whole period OF Repub-
lican administration
The amount assessed during the three
years for ordinary State expenses aver
aged $2s7 ,464 . year under Republican
government, while that assessed under
Democratic rule averaged $l6l, ,272; and
the interest tax assessed by Republicans
averaged $3.50 and the same tax I'M
der the Democrats averaged $sl,s75 q
year.
REPUBLICAN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Before / pass from this general review
of the States financial management, past
and present, / add here the receipts at the
treasury from 1858 to the close of 1876,
under the several administrations Of Gov
ernors Reed and Stearns, taken from the
C0mptroller's reports under both:
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Saving to General Ledwith in three years 4<le4s
Now l submit that a person who has
enjoyed the benefit of Democratic rule to
such an extent as this in so short time
ought to stop trying to deceive the peo-
pie by stating that Democratic claims to
economy are unfounded and that he has
TAXES assessed for County P.1r
size:
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sssl,ia7s :. sssRsm. .. !. .Sssa sss.As
Thus in these fourteen counties, which
pay over two-thirds Of all the tsxes in the
State, there has been .. saving in them
in State taxes alone Of 398O, ,s6s.
BONDED DKBr COMPARED.
add here the bonded deb4 as it ex-
isted when Reed was inaugurzted in 1868
and as it existed in 1877 when the Demo
Gratis took charge Of the government:
Bonded debt In 1sT7.. !. d,SS8sOO.OO
Increase. -............. ...... 3s19, ,a04s5
In his report of January l, 1877, Comp
troller Cowgirl gave the bonded debt at
that time as 81 1891 900, bat adopt the
statement Of Treasurer Gwypn who makes
it o., 800 less. The debt as it existed in
1858, when Governor Reed was inaugu-
rated, will be found stated in Comptroller
Boards report of November /, 1867.
There were in the sinking fund January,
1877, $97 300 which include rs part Of
the bonded debt for the sonthat these
bonds continue to draw interest Just the
same as bonds. In the hands of private
parties, which makes them still part Of
the interest-bearing debt of the State.
COUNTY TAXATION.
Permit me now to call youf attention
to the matter of county to1es imposed for
county purposes. The following table
has been made mp from the tax books in
the Comptroller's Office and Ss entirely
reliable:
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documents ' to prove il. The best ar
gument to refute what he may sly scoaId
Be he prodksctsoa Of Ais ossa tderscsiptsi Z


A cassfal stady Of the table giving the
tAxss by counties viii prssent come strik-
ing resalte. bqt l. can only call sttention
to psrticalar instances. Take the follow
ing counties and compare the SKATE taxes
assessed in each in lS74, '75 and '7e with
those assessed under DemocrAtic rule in
1877. '7S and 10: Ill
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TAXES assessed for State Purposes under Republican and Den
cratic r, sor sac years from 1874 to 1879 Inclusive: