The herald., 1912-08-08
AIelERs MEMBERS INDIGNANT.
Association Members Take exception
to Letter Written to The Item,
Siuned "OnIooker"

70 Letter Written to The Item,
Signed "onIooker."
AT the meeting of the Association
Monday night, j. Z. Huckins called the
attention of the Association to a let
ter which appeared in the Item on
Monday, which accused the members
of the Algiers Improvement Assocla-
ton of many things, and, on account
of it containing so many mlsstate-
ments and misrepresentation OF the
truth. Mr.. Huckins suggested that the
Association resent the article in strong
terms. and was the author of a mo-
ton that the matter be referred to
special committee and the secretary
of the Association to take such action
as they may deem justifiable in the
premises. Several of the members OF
the Association declared that they
would be able to put their finger on
the author of the letter who hides I'M
der the non de plume of "Onlooker.
We wonder if this young man Is
product of Algiers; especially do we
wonder if he is not against the present
City Administration, for, in his letter,
he says that the Association is made
I'D chiefly Of Job holders, their candi-
dates and benefactors, that the Asso-
citation springs up at the beginning OF
each political campaign and dies with
out accomplishing anything further
than holding what might properly be
termed Precinct Meetings" We
would like to call the attention of this
"Onlooker" to the fact that some OF
the strongest Goo Coos representa-
tives on this side of the river are act
i've workers of the Algiers Improve
ment Association. Mr.. Hennessey, at
one time was a member of the Asso-
citation, and Peter S. Lawton as mem
Der of the executive committee of the
opposing forces, is also an active mem
Der of the Association. The letter is
full of misstatements and untruths.
For the information Of our reads we
publish below the text of the letter, in
order that our citizens may see the
injustice that a newspaper will do
community by taking the word of one
who does not sign his name to an
article.
A Complaint from AIsiers.
Editor of The Item:
Much has been written from time to
time about the heroic efforts made by
the New Orleans Progressive Union to
hold all business already in New Or
leans, and to reach out for more, using
as basis for their arguments the
great Importance of New Orleans as a
gateway to the Panama canal. Re
Gently a gentleman whose name have
forgotten, appeared before the New
Orleans ad club with "a crouch" which
was ably supported by statistical data
showing the losses in business to New
Orleans within prescribed period
d setting forth the reasons therefor
have since failed to note where any
1ttempt had been made to remedy the
evils, or even suggest way to remedy
them. Following closely upon the
heels Of this appeared a news article
in the papers to the effect that the
general auditing Office of the Southern
Pacific would remove to Houston, Tex
as. thereby depriving New Orleans Of
an office which she is Justly entitled to
hold, and cutting off many of her citi
gems from their positions.
In Algiers we have miniature Pro
gressive union, which is called the AL
giers Improvement Association; it Is
composed chiefly of ring job holders
their candidates and benefactors. This
association springs up at the beginning
of each political campaign, and dies
with the campaign without accom-
plishing anything further than holding
what might properly be termed pre-
cinct meetings.
Sometimes We read where they are
going to compel Uncle Sam to do
something which is almost impossible;
and again il the Western Union Tele.
graph Company, or the Wells Fargo
Express Company don't hurry up with
sub-office for the benefit of some
ring job holder they will petition the
legislature through our illustrious rep
resentatives to disfranchise the guilty
company. but never has the writer had
the pleasure Of reading where our
civic bodies would take steps to help
the business interests of Algiers by re-
viewing the grants to the Southern Pa
cific, and compelling that company to
live up to same; nor have they ever
petitioned their big chief ward boss to
give police protection where it was
paid for by the citizens and not the
Southern Pacific.