The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-02-09
OUR NEW OIL Fans LETTER.

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The Lee Statue Sanitary Work Sadly
Needed Ths sugar Convent ons--yyh
pers oY COREY tim inl the Conncii ftlu-
catIonaI and roiitcai Notes.
NEW ORLEANS January q. 1884.
EDIToR CHIEF: - 3
The PEDESTAL on the top of the long shaft
in Lee (iate Tivofi) circle Is being prepared
! for the reception Of thesstatue of Gen. Lee,
which will be placed upon it with imposing
ceremonies in February. The admirers of
the Confederate ehieftan could not desire a
more commanding location.
The work upon the Melpomene canal,
however, progresses very slowly, but the
timbers are laid for considerable distance
ready for the boards, which are to prevent
foul doors from arising to a distance much
higher than the Lee monument.
The New Orleans Sanitary Association
have repeatedly pointed out the business as
we'll as sanitary necessity of removing the
Accommodations of filth from the streets and
cutters, but the attempted i'm achnent Of
Treasurer Walshe, the exciting incidents of
gqbernatorial canvass, the railroad bids
for entry into the trade limits, etc, have so
absorbed the attention of The City Council
d that it really could not sIsare the time to
attend to the insigni tieaIlt little dirt piles,
which appear like al.sefuption of small pox
over the face OF tlle firing of appeals
to unwilling listeners, the Sanitary Asso-
citation have appointed a committee to Sc
cure the cooperation Of the exchanges and
other commercial bodies in q demand upon
the Council for a change of policy in this
regard. The yigllant correspondents of
the Northern press have written very gra-
phic descriptions of the loud smelling pit
falls for man and beast, and the Worlds |
Fair will have very few attractions for the |
outside world if there is not some guar
santee of the absence of an epidemic,
The Sugar Planters and the colored |
mems Sugar Conventions have met and |
left abundant fruits in the shape of resolu-
Tions, fraternal speeches and committees. |
Ihey were well Differed, prompt in taking |
effectivs action, and the Mexican treaty /
suffered loHning ON the first vote. This
was afortu1ate coincidence, but not as re-
assuring as could be desired. The leading
statesmen OF both parties and of all sec
tons are disposed to ridicule the preten-
slons OF louisiana planters and to demand
cheap sugar for their constituents. The
New York Times speaking for them, says:
,sThe Louisiana sugar planters are thrifty
gentlemen, who produce an insignificant
proportion Of the sugar consumed in the
country, thanks to a tax of over so per cent
on all the remainder" It charges the de-
to continue this absurderand
pnerous tax reconsideration Of the
adverse vote is to be attempted, and it
seems probable that it will be carried in
sull Senate. There is much work to be
lone and the Louisiana planters will have
their hands full in mastering Il respectable
opposition to the cheap sugar current.
At last depot privileges have been voted
~ the Council to the Mississippi Valley
lailroad Company. but the alleged willing
aess Of members to be bribed in the inter.
sst OF the Spanish Fort Company is the
subject of an investigation. There is a
sore place somewhere, but it will be harder
o find the nan who said a. single word
.bout. bribery with a business like inten-
ion, than it was to find the man who
truck Billy Patterson. It is providential l.
Die else a large portion of the scandal mon
,ers would be wholly without an occupajI
ion. ~
The New Orleans Educational Society /
ave issued circular reciting the slender 4
esources provided by the State for The rs
upport OF public schools, the general .
pathy on the subject, the large number of
L
chool privileges, and the urgent necessity
It experimenting the State funds by local
axation. II is desired that organizations
% formed by the friends of education
throughout the State, to bring all required
Influences to bear upon the General Assem- /
'ly Or public opinion, to place Louisiana r
u q position higher than third from the
ast III rank among the States in the Union
the matter of public education. The
association has made III vigorous com
which it is hoped will be fol-
owed by continued and repeated efforts
II the line of action it has marked out. .
The Democratic State Committee meets n
Or organization at Odd Fellows Hall Feb a
uary Ia, and this is the prelude of the a
tate administration to retain their hold 7
II the fat Offices OH which they have II
nrived like lords of high degree.
The Republican convention in March is
xpected to put State ticket i'll the field in
eference to the wishes of nine tenths of
he rank and file of the party. 1t would he
pardonable stupidity to retire the party A
'om active participation in Louisiana cam
aigns, and the issues at its command are L
nough to build up a formidable and in u
bring element for good government in
OrllSlaTas More anon,