New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-20
TIE RAILROAD RACE.
What the People say-What Pinchbnck
Says What Might Have Been, and
NNhnf Esr,sf.

I
What Isn't.
Even the young Democracy ceased thei
everlasting wrangle about city nomination
yesterday to discuss the great railroad effor
Of Governor Warmoth. Therefore, it viii
plainly be seen that the universal topic o1
conversation in this community was the
race for the Governorship-the hopes, the
fears. the intents and purposes of those
who brought into play wit, nerve and Daring
of no ordinary character in order to reach
the tempting goal of success.
THE DANGER
of travelling at the extraordinary rate of
speed attained is not tritling on the best of
roads, and. the Mississippi Central and
| jackson are not the best of roads. Win
dows broken and seats 1oosened, bruised
| arms hung up as evidences of hairbreadth
| escapes by the venturesome passengers-ian
especially the sore bones of the stout mem
| Der from Plaquemines} ARE indicative of
risks run and triumphed over; but it takes
| the little fact mentioned by Master Me :
| chanic C0uley, to make ones hair curl
Examining the locomotive just after arrival,
he found the bands which hold the plates of
! the springs together burst in twain by the
/ pressure put upon them, and his solemn de-
claration is that an additional run of ten
miles would have resulted in first elass
accident, with "ramifying and frutifying
contingencies" as Obadiah Draut puts it,
perfectly bewildering to contemplate.
TIE STREET SENSATIONS,
tathered by the Qatid 9aatncS whose long
range visual organs read the secret motives
of men thousand miles away, dish up
about as follows:
Casey was sent away last Saturday, in
order not to compromise his presidential
brother-in-Iaw in case Of success to the
scheme for revolutionizing the State which
Packard & Co.ohad cencocted. 1t was at
that time thought that Speaker Brewster
would do the job, but his refusal necessItat-
ed sending for Mr.. Pinchbacb; hence his
sudtien and imperative recall on this same
Saturday afternoon. This accounts for his
mysterious slipping away from the Gov
ernor at the New York Fifth Avenue Hotel,
and without even letting his bosom friend,
Senator Harris into the secret.
Two hopes Tere hung upon his coming:
First, the success of the scheme to get the
amended registration and election bills
made laws, and the assembling of Eegis-
lature which could be controlled for the
impeachment of Governor Warnoth; sec
ondly, the dastardly design to arouse pub
lie connection which would end in riot,
and thus create d ju5tifca alton for declaring
martial law-giving, thereby, the State to
Grant, and making capital in his favor at
the Northo
We need not say that all statements of
this sort wifi bear FREQ sprinkling Of the
product of Avery's or Turks island
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PINCuBA OK
takes his defeat in excellent spirit and de-
clares he will send basket of champagne
to the individual who locked him in the tel
egraph Office at Canton if he can learn who
he iso IF Mro Pinchbacb will send the wine
10 this Office we Will guarantee 20 dispose
of 1t properlyo
His Intentions ne decfareso wero solely
in the inteyest of the reforms for which the
Democracy were lass winter SO clamorous.
coupled with desire 10 reorganize the 6're
turning Ooardo' anG make a few removals
of public officers foy the 6'benef5 OF the
SERVICE
His remark 20 Governor Warmoth that
the latter had ''saI5en the big $riczs but
through No misp1ay of his, seems to about
cover tho view the Lieutenant Governor
ente1tains OF the Tentareo 1t was q speeg.
5ative play. and he 1osto
OUR BELIEF
is that he would have qtterEy-faifei, having |
so brief time in which to operate, and |
considering the serious opposition he would |
have had to encounter from those to whom |
the Governor entrusted the interests of the |
State to accomplish anything at all AL |
though his attempt might have fevered the |
public pulse, we doubt if any violence
would have resulted.
To STOP PINCuBACK's COMING,
money Was freely spent and no lack Of en- |
crgy wanting. It is perhaps, not too much |
to say that his arrival prior to Warmoth
was rendered a physical impossibility. Had |
the telegraphic dodge failed other means Of |
detention were provided, and even had he |
attempted to come by the other route, Mr..
Pinehback would have found Mobile an i'm
passable barrier to his progress. Messen-
gers were stationed all along the routes and
the telegraph was flashing directions and
continuously until the game
was bagged. a..
THE AMENDED LAWS,
relating to registration, elections and con-
only reached the Governor after
Pinchback had ''coalesced with the Gus
party. We have a shrewd sus-
picion that they were not left lying around
loose where he could have found them i'm
upon entering the State House.
On the whole the railroad race has given
a big scare to some, and much amusementto
others; demonstrated that the Governor
means to run the executive department of
the State government himself, but must
keep sharp lookout in order to do SO; and
It has done nothing TO mar the harmony and
good will existing among our To-
9al fusionists.
Ice.
The public attention is now directed to-
ward the news from Southwest Pass, where
5he vessels Annie TORY, Crescent City and
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