The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-02-02
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,sIlp Lee Statue Sanitary Work satil.
Needed TIE Sugar Convent 81 ons-zl yi,is
pers 81 cSrF{.rt ton ina the Ct,unciI Istln
estional and Foiiticai Notes.
NEW ORLEANS. january q, 1884.
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The PEDESTAL on the top of the long shaft
in Les tlafe Tiyoff) circle is being prepared
for Tie reception Of thesststue Of Cen. Lee,
which will be placed upon it with imposing
ceremonies iii February The admirers Of
the Confederate chieftan could not desire q
D more commanding location.
The work upen 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
well as sanitary necessity of removing the
accunulati ions pf iiltla from the streets and
cutters, bun thA a8tetnpte ii1ap achunent of
Treasurer WaIshe, ffe exciting i1,ciiden 81
gubernatorial canvass, the railroad bids
. TOR entry into the trade limits. etc. Have SO
absorbed the attenti ion OF IL Council
that il really could not aIsare the time to
attend to the insig aiti a1it little dirt piles,
which appear like ption Of small pox
over the face.of tlle firing of appeals
10 unwilling listeners, the Sanitary Asso-
citation have appointed committee to se-
cure the cooperation Of the exchanges and
other commercial bodies in demand upofl
the Council for q change of policy In this
regard. The vigilant correspondents of
the Northern press have written very gra-
phic descrip lions of the loud smelling pit
falls for man and beast, and the Worlds
Eur will have very few attractions for the
outside world If there is not some guar
Antee Of "reminiscences OF an pidenic.
The Sugar Planters and the eolored
mems Sugar Conventions have met and
left abundant fruits in the shape of resoln- |
lions, 'frafernal speeches aud committees. |
They were well officered, prompt in taking
efectivs action, and the Mexican treaty
suffered doWning ON the first vote. This
WAS g ftunate 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-
HioIiH of louisiana planters. and to demand I
cheap sugar for their constituents. The \
New York Times speaking for them. saws:
III he Louisiana sugar planters are thrifty /
gentlemen, who produce an insignificant
proportion ct the sugar consumed IN the
on all the remainder 1t charges the de-
feat of the Mexican treaty to 1.-THE deter
SnInatlon to continue this absurdwand
0nerous tax. reconsideration Of the
adverse vote is to be ATTEMPTED, and il
seems probable that it will be carried in a
lnl senate. There ia much work to be f
lone and the Louisiana planters will have +
Iheir hands fuli IN mastering respectable
opposition to the cheap sugar current.
At last depot privileges have been voted
" the Council to the Mississippi Valley
Rallroad Company. but the alleged willing
Hess Of members to be bribed in the inter
sst of the Spanish Fort Company is the
subject of an investigation. There is
sore place somewhere, but it will be harder
g lind the lliaa who said as sinI,le word
about bribery with a business Hike inten-
lion, than it was to find the man who
truck Billy Patterson. It is proyidential +
hat the supply of sensations is inexhausti Il
Die else q large portion of the scandal mon
gers would be wholly without an occupa~s
ion. s aS -
The New Orleans Educational Sodaic
lave issued circular reciting the slender rs
esources provided by the State for fhe /
'upnort ct public schools. the general !
lpathy on the subject the large number of
children who are annually deprived of +
'chool privileges, and the urgent necessity
II experimenting the State funds by local
axatlon. It is desired that organizations
% formed by the friends of education
the State, to bring all required
Influences to bear upon the General Assem- {
'ly or public opinion, to place Louisiana r
n q position higher than third from the
asst in rank among the States in the Union
n the matter of public education. The
has made Vii vigorous com
nencement, which it is hoped will be fol-
owed by continued and repeated efforts =
u the line of action it has marked out. i
The Democratic State Committee meets n
or organization at Odd Fellows Hall Feb a
nary 4, and this is the prelude of the a
tate administration to retain their hold z
II the fat Offices OH which they have II
hrIved like lords of high degree.
The Republican convention in March is
xpected to put State ticket in the field in
eference to the wishes of nine-tenths of
he rank and file of the party. 1t would be
npardonable stupidity to retire the party A
rom active participation in Louisiana cam. \
aigns. and the issues at its command are
nongh to build up a formidable and in n
plring element for good government in
More anon,
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