The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-11-18
DoNALDsoNVIE, LoUIslArA SATURDAY NOVEMBER IS 1882
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Uprising Of the People Against Ring Rul
What tho 7th of November may De
velop- Madame Langtry-Dr. Henr
storrs, etc.
i New York, November 4, 1885,
ED1ron CHEr:
i Hardly ever before in the history o
onr city, not even v hen Tweed and hi
gang were hurled to perdition, has ti,er
been such an uprising Of the peopl
against Ring rule as that which shake
New York like political earthquake
With the cry Of reform upon their lips
it was shock to our citizens VIXEN the,
saw the reformers, straight from til.
State convention, sit down to fight fo
!, the spoils. 1t was rich loot. Thirt,
millions was the spoil to be divided, ant
tho only question with these reformerl
eemed to be who shall get the most. i
is not q question between Democrats anG
| Repuh)icxns-between Grover Cleveland
aud Charles j. Folger. These are almost
lost sight of iD the important question
is our city with its thousand millions o1
treasure to be delivered bodily up to 4
gang of tbievesf The representative
men who assembled at the Cooper Insti.
tnto last week represented men Of every
shade Of political opinion. Democrats
| and Republicans sat side by side on tire
| platform, compelled to stand shoulder tu
shoulder by the common danger that
threatens them. The present Democratic
Mayor, William H. Grace, presided, aud
immediately roaud him on the platform
were men who represented no less than
one hundred and fifty millions of the
taxable property Of our city.
New York is thoroughly aroused to her
danger. One man in orr midst boasts
that he carries 10000 solid votes lie not
only rules the politics of tie State of
New York, but of the entire United
States. He dictates to the national con
rention, and they must either obey his
behest or pay the penalty Of defeat,
The autocrat of Russia is not more
supreme from the. Vo!ga to the Ural
Mountains than John Kelly is in the city
Of New York; and to-day New York
rises in rebellion against the autocrat.
The new coalition may be- called the
committee Of public safety, and the
seventh day of November will show
whether VIM. NJ. Tweed is dead or has
only been sleeping. The better elements
are thoroughly aroused, and it may
possibly be demonstrated in November
that some good may come out of Nazareth.
The Keenans, the O'Briene, the Keiiys
aud hcLanghlins may cast lots for the
speils, but on rue seventn u Noveins,rr
sis
would not be surprising il tie State was
smashed to atoms. The movement now
;p foot is entirely unpsrtizan. Demo-
Gratis aud Republicans, Greeui.ackers and
Prohibitionists, have all fallen into line
Il common danger has .cemented the bond
Of union, so don't be- surprised to hear
that New York Las vindicatrd its right
to an honest government.
And now trust that We have seen, for
some time at least, the last thieves
carnival. Take it full aud bye, as !.
sailor would say; million of dollars
has been taken out Of New York by the
various walking matches. Ten millions
Of dollars would not feconrense us for
the degradation and decentralization
which they have brought upon our city
these with the brutal Sullivan exlli5i-
ton, that New York paid $4,000 to see,
have left such AL entaiiment of infamy
on us that y generation will pass before
the stain will bs blotted out. The effect
of the walking and boxing exhibitions is
particularly seen OIL our boys and young
men and while every newspaper pop
gun is pointed at Oscar Wilde, it would
be we'll if some Of our young sprigs who
now travel on their muscle, would take
lessons in genteel behavior from this
English Bsthete. One thing about Oscar
Wilde, he isever and always gentleman,
if he wears knee -breeclles and long hair;
he only does what all tie great men Of
the revolution did, those that did not
wear their own hair long, wore horse hair
wigs, and we would be very sorry to put
Adams, Lafayette aud John
down as fools because they
wore their hair in what we consider Il
ridiculous fashion. This is free cou,,-
try +; or at least We suppose it IL, and yet
We sre trying to make laws how a man
shall comb his hair. a woman could
wear cabbage on top Of her head, and
il that woman happened TO be Mrs.
Laagtry, before twenty four hnnrs had
passed you would see such a boom il.
cabbage that they would be regularly
called on the Stock Board, but if man
steps Il little out Of the beaten track,
men jump for Kim like ~ pack of mad
logs; and this puts me- in mind Of the
aew fall hats. We have had many va
zaries in hats, big hats and little hats,