The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-07-23
Hoodl,lnism in New Orleans.

the last three days have been unusual
violent. On Sunday they made tray
OH ths Canal street car line positively II
safe. On Monday night they beat L
Corporal Dwycr 50 badly that he W;
found wandering about in delncntt
state several hours after. Early ycstc
day morning Officer Byrnes was ais
severely beaten. Ii. the local column
Of olH last three issues will be found
host of smaller oflrnscs committed b
fellows of tho same kidney. 1t is nc
particularly safe just at present for re-
spectacle people to visit certain parts 9
the city after dark the anticipation q
| pleasure at picnics and public ontdoo
resorts is lcssened by the fear Of sudden
and unexpected gusts of rowdyism. Til
parloning business has produced SOM
rich fruit; and tho public are sick Of TIL
| whole state of affairs. The situa
ton is really shocking; for VIC do no
see any prospect of anlclioration. Their,
is no power to enforce reform. If til,
hoOtlllm does not administer the law
wo regret to say that the law appears t.
administer the hoodlum. He may us.
his little slungshot on police officers OF
discmbowel IL few amiable citizens, ant
be pardoncd out of the Pcnitcntiary t.
recommenco his dcviltry. Tho polio,
arc being numerically llandlcd-that is
to say the best Of them, the worst being
hand in glove with the rutfians. II tile
reform is to be made VIC should like
somebody to tell us who is going to make
it. Not the courts, because they have
no longer the power, even if they happen
to have tho inclination (Which is more
or less doubtful in some respccts). The
respectable citizens will be forced to adj
minister Il littlo San Francisco medicine
sooner or later; but it seems to require
something unspeakably atrocious to
rouse them into any expression of opin-
ion, much less any energetic action on
the subject. III the meantime New Or
leans remains the most rowdy-curscd
city OF her size i'll any country where the
English language is spoken.
Evening States.
Hoodluns, thieves and murlcrcrs
largely constitute the political power of
this city; they swarm in the public
Offices and receive tho countcnance Of
otficcholders and are patronizel by
those who hope to become office holders.
They have driven quiet and peaccable
citizens ont of politics and away from
the polls, and these latter classes have
como to regard elections as II battle be-
tween DULLES, ballot box suffers and
swlndlcrs, in which the ballot of the
citizen counts for nothing and that side
IS successful which has enlisted, by
promises of dea,lhcad borths, slnccu,cs
and free opportunities to 1.-Two without
work OH the public, the greatest number
OF ruiiians and accomplices, or rather,
we should say, skillful rascals in its
A thorough investigation, we do not
hesitate to say, will discover in the de-
partments of the State and city govern
mcnts Il largo number OF mnrllcrers-
fellows who have killed their mcn-who
have, through political influence, either
escaped conviction or been pardoncd
utter conviction; while the Civil Service
airly swarms with lawbrcakers, from
'iotcrs to thieves.
These criminal and ,lisreputablc men
ire not employed because Of any useful
'blllty they possess. But some of them
ire DULLES, others of them are ward
workers, others educated and skilled in
'tulfinG ballot boxes and f:llsifyiDr elcc-
lon returns and under our system their
services are essential to tho successful
politician or Office seeker.