New-York tribune., 1872-07-08
POLITICAL PAR1IEs IN LOUISIANA.

POLITICAL PARIIES IN LOUISIANA.
| Tho mi mismanagement and violence of the
| Administrations managers in Louisiana have
| practically given thai State over to Liberal
ism. But chaos has come again in the poi
itics of Louisiana and while the elements
are forming. survey of the field is battling.
The subdivisions Of parties result, so far as,
at this distance, we can make them out, in some
such classification as this:
/. The Warmoth Liberal Republican party. now form
ing.
2. The Anti-WIrmOth Liberals
3. Custom-house Republicans.
g. Pinchllck (negrOl Republicans who support Grant
8. Democrats who will not combine with Warmoth.
We might add another interest, which Is
that Of the Billings Republicans, who have
just left the Custom-house party on account
of the nomination OF Kellogg. 1t was gen.
orally expected that Mr.. Kellogg would be
reelected to the United States Senate; and,
with this understanding, Mr.. Billings was
put up by the Custom house Republicans as
candidate for Governor. But the President
desires that Casey, who will eventually leave
the Custom-hOuse, which he has done so much to
disgrace. should be provided for, and has given
orders that Senator Kellogg be made Gov
ernor and Mr.. Casey b. put in the Senate.
Unfortunately, this change in the Custom
house programme was made so late that Mr..
Billings was well under way with his nomi-
nation feeling indignant at bOing thrown
over for Mr. Kellogg and for the ultimate
benefit Of the Presidents brOtheT-in-law, MIR.
Billings and his followers have incOntinently
bOlted.
Aside, however from this side issue, there is
confusion worse cOnfoundcd in the political
counsels of Louisiana, rs may be judged from
the list of the principal divisions. Without
attempting to elucidate the situation, we may
conclude that the chances for the RenOmina-
tiOnistS are the most slender of all. The
Custom-housc faction, as we have shown,
has been divided by the imperious tactics OF
tie President, who has, with unaCcountab'e
unwisdom, steadily alicnated all of the Re-
publicans who were naturally his friends.
The New-Oreans CustOm-hOuse scandal
brought disorder into the party and disrepute
upon the whole State then, as If to brave
out the storm OF criticism which he had
raised, The President insisted on keeping bis
brothCr-in-llw in Office, after most dam
aging report hId ben made against
him. And now that he has rent
tie remaining fragment By forcing Casey
on it as candidate for the Senate,
there does not appear to be much organization
left The RenOminatOnsts have the offices,
which is good deal; hit the people Of Lou
isana, arrayed though they are under various
banners, are in the main agreed in their oppo-
stiOn to Grant. 1t Is Grlntism which hls
brought social and political anarchy into the
State. Liberalism, they know, will cure these
evils; and hence there is reason to hope that
Louisiana is lost to Grant, Casey, Kellogg,
and the whole party of ohice-hOlders.
That this is the possible issue of the present
contest seems more reasonable when we con-
slider the singular atitude of the Louisiana
Democracy. That party nominated a straight
ticket for Governor and other State officers
over a month ago, when the fusion OF Liheta)
elements throughout the country was set in
complete A proposition to POSTPONE action
until after the Baltimore Convention
was yetssd dgVa VIII r. emphasis; it
was not thought possible That the
Democracy Of Louisiana could desire as
sistance to wipe out the demOralized and
broken Republican party of that State; they
were strong, while the Republicans were di-
vided. But the solidiication OF the Liberal
clements went on bravely, and the movement
which has extended through zthe country has
reached Louisiana in time to convince the
nominees on the Democratic ticket of their
false position. The New- Orleans Times, Dem
ocratc journal with Liberal tendencies,
says that it is understood that Col. Nc
Henry, Democratic candidate for Governor,
and Mr.. Jumel, candidate for Auditor,
approve the consolidation of Liberal Repub-
licans and Democrats, and are ready to with
draw their names from the ticket; Mr. Jumel
has already handed in his resignation. These
gentlemen will act with the Liberal party
henceforth. The old Democratic element of
the State looks only to the Liberal movement
for the redemption of Louisiana from the
shocking misrule which has so long depressed
it. And the action of the Democratic nomi-
nees is generally approved by their party.
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