The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-11-26
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

A Startling Surprise In tho Elections-A
Capture .,f the assassin "A Murray t:ill
Romance The Death of u Nliiiion..irc's
SOn-Gossip of the street, Etc.
*l Nhw YORk, November ~, 1881.
EDITOR CuIEE:
i" While write, my ears are ringing with
the shouts Of the victors, whose, battle
cry Of Death to Bosslslll" has been one
of the significant featnres Ut the late
political campaign. Tho people were
driven to despefa ton. A couple Of low
fellows, one of whom graduated from an
engine house aud the other from u wh;s-
key saloon, gathered aiddnd item all the
low ruffians Of the slums, the river pi-
rates, the buhlasmeD, tue gamblers, the
prize-fghters, escaped criminals from
tie renitentiary and State prisons, with
the thousands who were training to be-
,ome inmates. These they organized
into l,halanx 1t tile polls, from whose
attack reacsable men fled i'll alright,
and often sacrificed the right to vote
rather than be brought in contact with
buch an unclean host. Both Kelly and
Mclaughlin sprany from the substratum
of society. They represent in themselves
the lowest class in either city. Iswas
by that class they hoped to ma'ntai"
their power, power which can only hope
to live whore the most brutalized ignor-
ancs@ls the rule And dscency and virtue
are the exceptions. Men are now asking
themselves how this infamous coalition
ever attained power, and howDit sue
ceeded in keeping it.
There is still hope for popular govern
ment. John Kelly, whose power for evil
has made him feared by the respectable
Democrats Of New York, got lesson
this week that will last him, it is to be
hoped, for the rest If his kfs. His CO
horts sEe beaten and scattered; Tam.
many endorsement has NO longer any
value, aud the day 10 pass when Mr.
Kelly can go into Nstioual Convention
and say, ".Accept my candidate OF III
ruin your party"
Boss McLaughlinhas been completely
routed in Brooklyn. Even tho river
thieves turned their backs upon the Boss
and voted for Low and reform. 1t has
certainly been q bad week for Bosses
The fight has been a hard on., and it j.
Isgratifying to know that whs i The decent
I! business men awake to The n5c,ssity Of
action they are more than Il match fol
the heelers aud thieves, who for years
past have had almost sole control in the
two FIRST cities Of the Union. In both
cities the Democratic party will be com.
pletely reorganized; the very best meu
win assume the control of it, instead ol
. leaving it to the very worst; and for the
future they will see to il t.at no low
bred, ignorant rut6an parcels .out tht
Offices among his personal adlierents
and controls the property Of a city worth
thousand million of dollars, while gen
tlemon AID men Of PROPERTY have tu "a
stand back, with no more voice in the
management Of the party than they have
in the management Of the government
! of Russia.
Happily the battle is over, and it is 4
genuine satisfaction, to know that til.
victors deserved the victory apd the de
! feated deserved def'at:. BEekiyn starts
frassaa mas ofeerr'ption AMI degrade
ton INTO new life, the date Of v whici
! will anspicionsly com,nence with til,
, new years Notwithstanding the excitin;
nature ef be contest aud the magnitude
Of the stake, the election was the quiet
est aud most orderly we have had fo
many years; the saloons l,eing prett,
tightly closed, sobriety was the rule 0
the day.
kcouple Of weeks ago I gave you an
account Of the "bnnko" men of the me
tronplis and their met thods. 7 had in III,
| minds eye Charles p. Millse, who wa
known as the King Of the Banko men
This, in city like New York, was n,
small distinction, where successful
bank burglar or a prize-fshter is re
gardctl by ,the criminal classes as al