The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-25
DoNALDsoNv1LLE, La, SATURDAY. April Is. 1908
NEW ORLEANS LETTER
Tax Collector Amendment Knitted by the
Bosaes-Billy Sunday to Fight
the Devil in New
Orleans.

I
selves sufficient for any emergency
and not only were the customary
returns shown for the regulars, but
as was predicted the measure consoli-
dating the seven tax collec6orships OF
New Orleans was buried under such
an avalanche Of regular votes that
/ its passage remains doubtful at this
writing. The state election of 1908
vas q glorious vindication Of the
bosses and their methods, and while
| those wothies chuekle ioyously up
their sleeves, the best we common peo-
pie can do is to try and live through
it and continue to hope fondly and
| foo1ishly, as we have in the past, th at
| some day conditions may be righted
and Louisiana governed honestly and
economically through the efforts of
| the people.
While the Democratic press OF the
| city largely heraldsd the fact that
most of the commissioners and clerks
Of election were to be Republicans,
it turned out that through the efforts
| Of the negro and Democratic leaders
the question of allowing Federal
civil service employees to act as judges
of election was brought to the atten-
ton of the civil service commission,
and an order obtained which, while it
did not prohibit such employees from
serving, questioned the discretion of
such activity, and many who had been
commissioned to serve at the polls
were attacked with cold feet and with.
drew in favor of substitutes. These
substitutes were promptly turned down
| by the gang when they presented them
5 selves ab the various precincts. and
loyal regulars placed in their ssesd.
Contrary to law, the voting booths
were open to the view OF the W watehers
aad every maa's ballot had TO be
stamped under the Watchful eye of 3
| ring commissioner, who saw that not
one Of the faithful side-stepped his
| duty to the bosses. The chance fer
protest has gone by. It now remai1 S
for those who desire free, independ-
ent government to stand together dur
ing the next four years and present an
org gani2ed front at the next election
that can not be broken by the greatest
efforts of such unfair politicians.
| The news has gone forth that Billy
| Sunday, the baseball evangelist, is to
| be brought here for the purpose OF
converting New Orleans to the cause
of prohibition and incidentally to Sun
days own personal brand of Chris
tianity. His sermons ooze the doc
trine Of damnibion-pardon me, /
mean damnation-from every sentence
and his delivery marks him among Us
old fans as strictly a grand stand
| player, but he has SO far been highly
successful and in this day and age OF
the world success is to be respected.
He is said to have just refused $50, 600
to convert the city of Chicago, SO th at
it will be seen he comes high. At that
rate he may be willing to undertake
New Orleans for S25, ,000without guaran-
teeing results. There is one thing sure,
however, that as compared to the de-
mon chaser who recently left here, he
ranks as far above Ham as Ham does
above pigs feet, and if he puts in an
appearance here he is going to cause
a sensation which will seem cyclone
to those who were disturbed by the
gentle zephyrs emauatipg from one
Ham, preacher. The great Sam Jones
himself was only a measly little piker
alongside the great Billy Sunday, and
/ people used to talk about Jones. The
day of hoop-la Christianity is right
here, right now, and Billy Sunday is
the great Pooh. Bah of the whooper' 1
/ fraternity. II the devil wasn't so old
and so foxy, and so powerful, there's
no telling what Sunday might do, but
even at the odds he's willing to fighi
valiantly against his Satanic Majesty
for fitting purse. We may have a rea
lively summer down here.
KRATs.
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