The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

THERE Is NO STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.-So says the
Picayune of the Sd ult. There has been so much
swinging around the circle in this by the head
centre committee, that hardly know whether there
is not We give the article from the Picayune in full,
that readers may judge fox themselves;
One of city contemporaries enormously states
that the wards OF the city and parish OF Orleans nave
been called upon to nominate State officers by dele
gates to be chosen tonight, and to meet Saturday
night This is mistake. The State Central Commit
tee to obviate the patent disadvantages OF canvass
of candidates to secure nominations, and thus to make
tie approaching election matter OF personal rivalry
and ambition, undertook to suggest complete ticket;
but this being sEenuousy objected to, and an especial
reason being given for the objection in that the late
State Convention had expressly denied the Central
Committee the permission to do this but had re-
qured i'll they thought State ticket necessary,
that they should call State Convention to make 1t,
that committee has entirely withdrawn its suggestions
of any names OF any candidates Tor any office, ana this
! includes State officers as we'll as others.
As for the parish Convention nominating State
ticket, it must be evident to any one that this would
be utterly beyond their control The parish of Orleans
is only ont of forty nine, and has no such author
ity and if ticket now put forward it would be
too late to have the knowledge OF it reach every quar-
| ter of the State.
Nor could the ticket as proposed by the State Cen
trail Committee be voted for with any advantage Gov.
Baker has positively declined to be candidate for Of
fee and if any other gentleman the ticket could
register or be competent to take office under the pres
ent constitution unless it be possibly Mr. Giffen, we
do not know it, That ticket is therefore, for the most
part, good at all, unless furnishing I'M
exccponabe names to be voted for that if elected
and not accepting Others mil ht be appointed by the
| Governor to fill their places
The State Convention as pointed out at the time,
acted very unWisely in not making nominations, or
considering the short time which would e'apse before
election would be ordered and when ordered held
it should have left greater degree of discretion with
the Central Committee. As for calling State Con-
Venton, "he not more parishes outside OF the city
than are every day represented in the Central Com
miltee could attend it, and when there is time to
get up parish meetings, to act after nominations
could be made any see that this would be a
waste Of time aud labors which might be better di-
rected
The chief object of the Central Committee in pre-
senting ticket at all, to secure the cooperation
of all present ncumbens in effort to defeat the pro-
posed constitution As to the State ticket except that
the gubernaora office mil ht be secured, there
other special object in putting forth one. As Gov.
Baker .has declined, both grounds for proposing
State ticket have ceased and the parish and district
offices have been left to the constituent bodies
. There are left two candidates for Governor from
one or the other of whom must make our choice.
One is adyenturer, who held quasi military title
during the war; but was best known here as provost
judge, who filled his carpet bag with fines wrung from
the poor people whom his spies and ntormers brought
before his inquisoral tribunal and who has his ticket
now engaged to leave should he be defeated for Gov
ernor and the other is an old citizen, who embraced
the Union side when secession triumphant in our
State, and stood his ground throughout the war; and
who took dollar which did not belong to him.
There is against the white people majority of 3S 600
black votes. If can elect the honest of the two
Republican candidates. it will be as much as we can
do. Ard to that and securing the Legislature and
minor offices should lend all our efforts