New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-22

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The deieeatss of he pafish of Orleans
win assemble to-day .fosathe purpose d
rejecting municipal and parochial candi'
dates For the former there are to be
chosen . Mayor and three Administers
tors-Connmerce, Assessments and Police.
For the parish there viii be nominated
two Sherifs and two Coroners, and Sena-
tors and Representatives are TO be selected
from the various districts. The conven.
ton win be composed Of hfty-seven dele.
gates, apportioned among the several
wards, according to the number Of regis.
tered voters. '.y7Hsp5 st zee. SIG st 'r
This convention has it in its own power
to say who shall be the men to fill these
positions for the next two years. Forh
they make nominations satisfactory to the
party, and in accordance with the wishes
of the, constituents who selected them,
their action will be triumphantly ratified
at the polls in November. Many OF the
delegates have been chosen because OF
their known preference for long-tried and
faithful members Of the party-men who
have borne the heat and burden Of the day
without flinching or any shadow of turn
ing. The delegates should bear these
facts in mind, and avoid the errors OF our
enemies, who have become involved in
dissensions because they lost sight OF
principle and honesty, ignored party
discipline, disregarded the in
structions of those who sent
them to the convention and sold their
votes to the highest bidder. Already we
learn that it is contemplated to put an
other ticket in the field, and leading
Democratic merchants have declared their
intention to support the Republican ticket
if the nominees are worthy men. And,
unless they are such, we have no
doubt they will be repudiated by our own
voters as thoroughly Us the opposition
nominees have been.
Hence men ought to be selected for
their fitness for the position, their services
to the party, and for their availability.
The delegates are men Of sufficient intel
ligence to determine these questions with
out much assistance, and they will do
we'll to bear the thing well in mind. They.
have been selected to give expression 70
the wishes of the members of the several
ward clubs. If they have heard the pop
ular voice Alright, and give heed to its be-
hests, the result will be harmony and sue
cess. But if they initiate the practices of
the Democratic delegates, there may
arise similar schisms in our camp. The
greatest interest centres, of course,
in the Offices soonest to be filed,
municipal and parochial. But the
for the ri Legislature
are no less important. Upon the
success of our party candidates for these
positions depend great results A United
States Senator is to be chosen, who must,
of course, be Republican, and it will re-
quire Republican Legislature to secure
this. Unless we select men for members
of the General Assembly who possess the
necessary qualifications of legislators, we
may yet lose the election, and the politi-
cal power in the State. A nomination is
not necessarily equal to an election.
More than one-half of the people of this
city are entirely uncommitted to any
political party, and they hold the balance
of power. If our candidates ore accept
able to this class, we shall be sure of sue
cess; but unless they can command the
respect of good men outside the ranks
of the party, our chances will be doubt
full. These considerations should weigh
more with our party friends in the con-
vention than any considerations Of per-
sonal gain. d.. I'D