New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-26
POLITICAL GLEANINGs.

has been Rcotfingly received by certain
| 'tusionists," who have more faith in the
Governors manipulation OF registration
and election return than in the people His
direce announcement, made at the so-called
ratification meeting of Thursday night that
the voters OF this city must depend upon
their own exertions, as the voters of the
country parishes depended upon them, may
or may not have been inspired by Repub-
Eicsn vigilance, but it should none tho less
be acted upon by ''fusion" followers.
In all seriousness, We say that the lessees
OF the Penitentiary will have to provide for
20 large increase of labog during the next
foUT months, as the result OS che current
registration and coming election, we pre-
6iee that mos less than one hundred end fifth
persons will have sheir heads shaved and
wear cheekeged suits. Thereis NO romance,
bombast o0. 'SAn music about this. Enough
evidence IS nov FLED TO send 60 the Peniten-
ti@ry, Sor terms oS whieh scar is the low
est, fully seve9Ey-tive active political agents
10 G.ouisjans. 30 send them there is a
msNS2"v o" reform upon which the Repub-
!icafs leaders are 5ully determined
70 these ~he ask sghy have noe arrests
o$ supervisors alqeady been made, we Feyify:
Republicans were TOO shTewd to thus legally
close registration offices against themselves
Il was safer te permit those who were gull
ty 80 go on aceumulating evidence, than TO
furnish plausible cIoab 60 cover their past
transgreesions. They have had uniateE-
rupte9 sway and are @ow saif-cenvicted
Will &he assistant supervisor of Baton
Rouge with ilGpunity again refuse TO gegis-
ter carpeS-baggers because they are carpet
baggers? IN Assumption, St. James and
dozen other parishes. can 4egrees BE de
prive2 registration YhaS stern and in
flexible, bur just Judge, Hon. 4. j. Ouren
OF tbe United States District Court. vii
soon furnish she answer.
Chose in favor Of ratification vii? please
say ''aye"~againss, ''no!" And it would
take Philadelphia lawyer 30 distinguish !
whici-the negative or atfirmaeige-had the
bes: q: it. And This is what certain poll
ticians would palm of upon Che people as
ratification of q ticket that is execrated
from one cad Of the city to the other.
Brass bands in wagons, 6ig-lettered posi- |
ers and all the other concomitants to first
class circus advertisement were employed
70 attract s. crowd; artillery salutes and
fireworks were added, but the populace
failed TO respond as significantly as did the
advertised speakers Ellis, Ogden & CO.
subscribe 10 the State ''fusione" wherein
they have all the honors, but Indignantly
gepudiate fusion in the city, in the makeup
o: which they are left. out. Like the peo-
PIE. therefore. they failed to APPEAR
It is plainly as We Tong ago predicted: No
one who has been RepubIican-particu.
:arIy . Republican identified with War
moth--can be ''ratifed'' by the McEnery
Democracy The nomination of Beaure-
gard the continuance as a candidate OF |
Daniel Edwards. mean simply opposition |
to-not Ir. Burke-but to an acknowledged |
friend OF Governor Warmotho As politi- |
cai c0nunGiEum. therefore, we ask: If ratifi- |
cation oS rejection of the ticket on which
BTr6e's name appears is doubtful at a
meeting especially called to ratify it, what
OF the public not represented at
the meeting can possibly be favorable to Its
ecGt.one
IL III" various Democratic clubs she war
o"e. the candidates wakes fierce and bitter
Delegates to the conference committees
and conventions. have, in some cases. been 7
snominiousfv expelled fox 5etyaying the }
snow2 wishes of their constituencies,
and even written contracts in which
9yen judgships on the Democratic lib b
eSai ticket are made matter ct bargain, b
nave been openly Sead. 10 the 8tegnal shame
}. all concerned.
u 'l.a cani5s ofthe enemy. Republicans eIese
lp yoU. ganks and wiz. s
We have not access to the substitution
books, but record the assertion that except
ing nominees on the Republican tcket (and
Governor Narmothf not single candi-
late Cor office in this city is a subscriber 10
he Texas Railroad. The people who look
o commercial prosperity. not politics. for
wing. wall 80 we'll to bear shis little fact 5n
mind.
The country parishes are demorafi1e6 as
against The Republican host because the
'ity is broken up into half dozen factions
This Governor Warmoth was compeIledoto
admit in his speech at lafayette square
He said that without ten to fifteen thousand
majority in the city the State might be lost.
since his speech 81 third conservative
Democratic ticket has been put in the
ield. Does not this determine tha$ the
State will go Republican,
That estimabie young gentleman, though
mistaken politicians % R. Alcee .Gau-
hreaux. Is seriously, perhaps fatally, ILL.,
To be cut Oft or disabled in the prime Of
possibly brilliant career is 8 sad misfor-
une in which he and his many mourning
riends have our heartfelt sympathy, 1t is
'ur sincere wish to soon see dine a'himse1f
again.
SO fully determined are the Reformers
'poD maintaining their opposition to the
'ogus ''tusion" combination, that they yes
erday ordered their Tickets printed, and
viii at once begin circulating them by
means o! canvasserso This is practical
oFt Of ratification which beats the La
aJette square business all hollowo Gen
raj Beauregard versus Burke, Mr. Cavanac
gainst Manning, Schneider opposing Gar
er, and the other changes are geIigiously
dhored TOO