St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-17
A VERY WICKED CITY
Why New Orleans People Are Taking Action
for Themselves.
Gamblers, Thieves and Picl<pockets Who
Can't Stay Elsewhere.
New Orleans Cor. of the PbiIa. Times.

New Orleans Cor. of the Phla. Times.
There is smouldering sentiment of dis
content among the law-abding people of this
city which will soon assert itself in no un-
certain shape. This latent spirit is as the
calm that precedes the storm, for it is de-
signed to cleanse the political and social at
mosphere of this corrupt ring-ridden city and
state. The city is controlled by political
ring of which the Louisiana lottery is the
central figure. The recent murder by police
justice has divided that ring into two factions,
and this division has shown the component
parts of each. The aristocratic division con-
sists of the lottery sharks, gamblers and
''machine' politicians, and the other section
consists of the ''unwashed" element, of
which the 1850 'iremen of the city are the
main body. The fire brigade element have
become so powerful that the ''genteeP' gamb-
ling and lottery element became jealous and
that jealousy came to the surface in the re-
cent assassination. The fire brigade element
were so powerful that their assassinating
discipline escaped conviction, even against
the combined force of the other half of the
ring and the lawful element of the city.
WILL TAKE SOME ACTION.
And now the laW-abiding element of the
city, tired of this lawless state of affairs, are
about to naugurate measures which will regu-
late both factions so etfectually that they will
be glad to be allowed to remain in the city.
Said prominent militia officer to your cor
respondent: ga private meeting has been
hed in my office by several prominent
merchants and bankers and insurance Of
icers, for the purpose OF considering the pub
lie safety and the appointment of a commit
tee on organization. 1t is not to be a vigil
lance committee exactly, but something on
that style. 1t will be on the order of the
White league organization of 1874, which
overthrow the state government-only that
this will not be of such partisan measure,
being more of family or rather local affair.
Being state officer, 1 of course cannot take
part in anything that tends to general disor-
der or the overthrow of city or state govern
ment, but allow my friends to meet in my
rooms as d mere matter of accommodation, !"
said the official, closing the left eye signif-
cantly. ''It would not surprise me if there
was city election this fall, though our Of
ficials' terms are not near out. You know
there is way of quietly forcing designations,
and when this thing begins there is no know
Ing where it will end.
TIRED OF THE RING.
ga general state election may follow. The
people are already tired of the ring which
misrules the state; the country press want
state convention, mainly for the purpose OF
abolishing the Louisiana lottery. With the
country united the ring can be crushed if we
set the balm motion with proper vehemence.
Were it not for the exposition we, or rather
they, would have taken action Immediately
after the recent farcical trial; but little riot
even for political purposes, would cause a
great many visitors to leave and prevent 9TH
ers from coming, SO we will put off our family
quarrel until our guests depart. Perhaps the
moral weight of our influence will be suffi-
Gent hope so, but the people who pay taxes
and see their streets unpaved and the city's
finances misapplied are getting very tired
and are resolved to permit it NJ longer"
Your correspondent also learned that an
other meeting would be held soon to take
decisive steps toward organizing commit
tee of public safety, whose duty it will also
be to rid the city of the hundreds of conf
dence men, thieves and suspicious charac-
tiers generally who have aocked to this sharp
ers Eden since the opening of the expo
sition. '--"" ''r-