The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-08-20
The Harmonious Republicans.


The Radical organs fail to give
a fair and truthful report of the
proceedings of the late Republican
State Convention. They endeav-
or to leave on the public mind
the impression that that Conven-
ton was eminently harmonious
and successful. We are indebted
to the New Orleans Bulletin for a
spicy report Of the proceedings of
that body, from which we extract
as follows, to show how the Con-
vention really passed off:
The Governor got on his pins
again. He had evidently been
brooding over the Slaughter
House charge, and the first thing
he said after perpendicularizing
on the platform was to refer to
that delicate subject. II say that
the charge that used the Metro
politan Police to enforce the
Slaughter House act is not trne.'
Postmaster gently and child
ingly)-Oh, no.
Governor (warmly)-The state
ment that l used the Metropolitan
force for that purpose is a false
hood.
Postmaster {remonstratively)-
Oh, no, no; don't say that have
authority for it.
Governor excitedly)-The man
who repeats it is as big a liar as
the man who said it.
There was a sensational pause
VIXEN the explosion of gubernato-
rial wrath shocked the ears of the
polite assemblage. Something
terrible was evidently expected to
occur, but nothing terrible did oc-
cur. Warnoth, hot and sweating,
looked at Lowell, cool and think
ing. His Excellency was efer-
vescing, and the member from
! Oaddo was picking his teeth as
if he had been masticating the lie.
The Governor, emboldened by
his success, made at the Postmas-
ter again, and insinuated that
when he was Speaker ofthe House
of Representatives he had got the
Ship-Island Canal bill through to
benefit his pecuniary condition.
| The Postmaster openly retort-
ed that the Governor had pin
money in that bill, too.
They then entered into a dis
cussion about legal quibbllng, the
bearing of which upon the matter
before the Convention seemed to
be perfectly understood by them,
but was imperceptible to others.
| Lieut.. Gov. Dunn vowed he
would not permit any more indel-
icate references to personal mat
ters.
Governor Very well. The
I CHAIR is right. l was advocating
i Republicanism here in 1868 and
1864, before the gentlemen came
here.
| Postmaster-cov hitting al
something that occurred at Vicks-
burg, when Gen Grant took by
the ears a hanger on about his
Ct Headquarters, and kicked him out
of the camp, for his cowardice and
Lying propensities)-I was in the
army then.
i GOvernor-In '657
: Postmaster-Yes.
Governor-In '66 =
!, Lowell-Tes + was mustered out
in 1867.
The Governor now showed he
was the victim Of ingratitude.-
: He said when the Postmaste
) came here, stranger, he took hin
; in. He had him elected to tn
House of Representatives from
Caddo. He helped to get him ad
/ mitted into the House. He helpe'
| to have him. elected speaker. HI
helped to have him appointed
Postmaster. He referred to SOM
: conversation orinterview, at which
, the split originated, and proceed
ed to make some statement.
The Postmaster pronounced tn
statement a lie.
= Hugh J. Campbell, the Majo
: General, was called up to decid
!, tho question of veracity.
1t appeared that the GOverno
had said the POStmaSte was