The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-09-21
Three Strikes and Ont.

party of this state, until honor and
honesty have seemed to be considered
by them as the exclusive property OF
the unterrifed Democracy of Louisi-
ana.
How have the mighty fallen!
In New Orleans, where the bosses
have held sway off and on for nearly
| a generation, three out of seven tax
/ collectors are short il their accounts
| in an aggregate stealage of about
| $500, 600. The first that SET the fashion
was Dudenhefer, the crown prince and
heir of the former boss of the ninth
ward, to whom descended by inheri-
lance all the rights, dignities and
honors in the Democratic party that
had been held by his father for more
than thirty years. Young Dudenhefer
made love to the Ham Tree girl and
about $4,000 of the states money at
the same time, and several days after
the theft had been made known to the
| constituted authorities he leisurely
disappeared, leaving an aching void
in the state treasury, which may be
partially filed by putting a cramp in
the income of surety company for
800, 600, only about quarter of the
shortage.
There next came into the limelight
Tax Collector Foster, the protege of
Boss Behrman of the fifteenth ward,
mayor of New Orleans. Fosters
collections were small, consequently
his stealage had to be limited The
Item said the trouble with him was
''fast women and slow horses"
The third and most serious defal-
cation was that of Chas. E. Letten,
chief clerk in the Office of John Fitz-
patrick, state tax collector of the first
district. Letten IS stealings aggreg ated
Sl16,0 1000 and were carried on during
period of about four years. Mr.. Fitz-
patrick, low liquor license champion
and big boss of the third ward, has
been tax collector of the first district
for long time. Although the office
is said to be worth between SIS, 900
and $780, a year, he does not appear
to have given any personal attention
to the business, but entrusted it to
$1,000 clerk from whom he exacted no
bond. AS it took only few hours to
discover the clerks guilt from the
books, it seems surprising that the
collector had not looked over them
before, if not day by day, then once
week, or once a month, or once in
while, anyway. What was the state
paying him this enormous salary for
that he couldn't receive the taxes him
self, or at least devote enough of his
valuable time to the public interests
to supervise the work of the office, in
spect the books occasionally and ste
that the states money was safely de-
posted in bank?
The reason is that this lob was a |
reward from the Democratic party |
for past political majorities services
paid for with the peoples money. AS |
the Office was looked upon as sine
cure, it was run by a subordinate,
who divided the taxes collected in un-
equal amounts between the state and |
a negro strumpet, the latter division,
we suppose, being his tribute to white
supremacy. Concerning this disgrace
full liaison Mr.. Letten is quoted in an
as saying, Every body does
that" We deny the charge made by
this Democratic officer. There are
two or three parishes where such
things are said to be permitted in Off
cial life, but the decent Republicans
and Democrats of this state alike de-
Test and decry miscegenation, and this
5hieving Democrat cannot debase his
ace to extenuate his embellishments.
Isn't it about time something was
heard from the three Democratic can
1idates for governor relative to these
wholesale populations? Mr.. Sanders
las been charged with boasting that I
he enjoys the support of all the ward
posses in New Orleans but two, hence
t may not be reasonable to expect
much criticism OF them from that {
quarter, but both Mr.. Wilkinson and
zen. Jastremski seem to be letting
heir fear of the bosses, their former |
rood will for some of them, and their |
isinclination to attack any body, keep
hem from doing their full duty to the
'ublic by stalking out in meetingn
bout all this crookedness.
Where has the Democratic party I
Hercules mighty enough to sweep {
be Augean stables clean of ring-rule,
mbezzlements, prostitutions, graft 4
nd general organized and disorgan. S
sed rottenness? @
We summon the patriotic voters and j
ewspapers of Louisiana to join us in T.
he cry of Turn the raseals out. ,, :,
nd to remedy the political evils from
hich the state suffers by building up 4
Republican party willing and able b
, nail all malefactors on the cross of u
righteous public opinion. :,
Worked Like a Charm. t,
Mr.. D. N. Walker, editor of that spicy ionrnaI =
lie enterprise, Louisa, Va, says: Il ran a nail
my foot last week and at once applied Buck l.
MS Arnlca Salye, No inflammation followed =
e salve simply healed the wound, Heals 81
res, burns and skin diseases Guaranteed nv
j. leche, druggist. Csc.