The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-15
OUR LETTER FROM BRoADBRIM.

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OUR LETTER FROM BROADBRlM.
The Election Overflow the News WAS
Received-A Mysterious Attempt at Child
Murder-Col. MapIeson's Return with
Patti-The Checkered Career of II Brook
lyn EelIe-stock Quiet.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8. 1884.
EDITOR CHIEF:
At last III the EE,raat agony is over, and the
patriots who for four months past nave
been beating their gongs and floating their
banners to the sky, will now have an OPP
portunity after saving the nation to spend
some little time in saving themselves. 1t
has been most desperate battle for both
parties and while the winners feel that they
are fairly entitled to success the losers feel
that they have lost no honor, for they did
all that mortal man could do to win.
While popular government may have its
faults, and our system of ballots may have
its drawbacks, it is questionable if any form
of government ever devised by man could
be as completely revolutionized as ours has
been, with so little discomfort and disor
der Tuesday night was stormy, the streets
were sloppy and cold. but till long after
midnight crowds thronged about the diff
ferent bulletin boards eager to catch the
latest item of news that could give them a
ecrumb of comfort or Information. The
day opened fairly, the weather was cool
and cloudy and every one seemed to feel in
particularly happy mood To one who
remembers the turbulent elections of forty
years ago, last Tuesday must have appeared
like Sunday school picnic. It fact, it was
marvellous to see thousands of people en-
gagged in a contest which to them meant
great success Or absolute failure, each of
the great parties exerting itself to the ut
most of its energy, and yet without any Sc
rious disturbance or riot. To appreciate
the difference one must see a French, a
German, or English riot, the English being
the most brutal and rufianly of them all.
An English mob spares neither age nor
SEX.
1GCAtftt ho tLdb WONla S1usC q pCi SoA W DS'
indicted under the indecency act in the
United States, pass without notice Or rep
rotation in London Or Liverpool. The
occasion of popular election is always one
of riot and outrage, and on any kind of
popular occasion it is no uncommon
thing to smash the windows of those of op-
posite political sentiments. Not fifteen
years after the battle of Waterloo, as pop
ular man as the Duke of Wellington fell
under the public ban, and Apsley House
! was pelted by the mob till there was not
whole pane of glass left in it from cellar
| to roof. So / felt a little proud as I sur
| veyed the rival hosts on Tuesday and saw.
The ballots fall as silently as snowfakes on
| the sod,
| That execute the Freeman's will, as lightning
does the will of God.
There was plenty of chaf and raillery,
some pushing and hauling, but nothing
worthy of the name of riot or disorder. As
the shadows of night fell the anxiety be-
gan to increase and by nine things were at
fever heat. Each new bulletin was received
with cheers by the party that derived mos,
comfort from it, whilesthe different excla.
| nations from individual members Of the
! crowd brought out roars of laughter which
shook the multitude like an earthquake
| II the news was favorable to Blaine some
| one would roar out How do you do, Mr.
| Beecher," and if the return favored Cieve.
land some one would cry "Bully for Null
! ligan." AS the hours wore on the excite
| ment increased and neither the chilling
rain, nor the almost freezing atmosphere
seemed to have the slightest effect ON the
ardor of the partizans, and when the greJ
lights of Wednesday broke cold and cheer
less, hundreds yet fingered about the diff
ferent bulletin boards, on which the fatl
of the rival candidates seemed to still bs
undecided. But as the second day wore
on and it became evident who had GER
tainly won the race, the excitement sub
sided. and while l write everything is run
ming along as smoothly as if fifty millions o
people had not been shaken up for fv'
months as if by an earthquake.
"Let Us have Peace.''
A circumstance occurred here this wee]
which reads very much like yellow -coveret
novel. A man passing by a cemetery clos
to town heard faint ,1noans coming from
the direction of clump of bushes. 81
went toward the spot but could see nothin!
and the sounds had ceased: he was abou
to resume his journey when he heard
faint cry again; he looked about careful