New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
POLITICAL GLEANINGs.


speakers said, were never SO marked and
apparent as the '' United States" ticket
ratification, at the Varieties But the lack
Of interest in this direction was more than
made up by the earnestness with which the
assemblage, involuntarily breaking into
groups and small knots, discussed privately
| the political Issues now before the country
These side disputes, too, were the best indi-
cation of the temper and opinions of the
| people present, and 80 far as one individual
could CLEAN, the Judgment was decidedly
adverse to the getters up Of the affair.
An incident, not without striking lesson
to the voters of this Louisiana, occurred in
the grand hall of the Varieties. 1t shows
how utterly selfish in their personal ambi-
tons are the trainers Of and nominees on
the combination ticket. Jealousy and lust
of Office actuates them in every step they
take, and rather than. not win for them
selves they are determined to play "dog in
the manger" toward even their friends and
late co-workers.
Said prominent Liberal, member of
the late Democratic convention, to one of
the orators of the evening who had just
completed his address:
Colonel, regret this plan of yours has
been pushed so far. You surely must real
ize that the people will not respond in fierce
sufficient to give this ticket hope Of VIC
tory"
"No, am free to admit, the Democrats
do not come up to the rack as we ex-
peoted!"
Because, Colonel, they had determined
upon vietory-were wiling to bury all
causes of grievance to secure a combina-
ton that would guarantee it. The Liberal
programme offered the chance-the numer-
ieal strength of the Democracy viii enable
them, if properly exercised, to control the
convention, and they are averse to seeing
so hopeful a cause recklessly slaughtered"
eyes, but Warmoth will control the con-
vention and renominate himself"
"You pay him too high comphm emit,
Colonel. The people have taken hold of
this matter, and unless they desire it he
can't be nominated. Is it not more your
fear that certain friends may not get nomi-
mated than that Warmoth will ~"
observation-disclosures, excitedly-"Well, we
can accomplish this much. Enough can be
carried with US to beat warmoth, and elect
Kellogg and Antoine They are better than
the present crew.
"But, Colonel, you don't imagine Kel-
logg's election would beat this crew. It
might beat Warmoth, it is true, but the
body of his followers quarrel with the Gus
tomhouse faction on men only. They are
all Republicans and friends socially; have
carpet-bag affiliations, and all that-in a
word, are privately as thick as thieves
Why, bless your soul, KellOgg's election
would unite all these fellows together in
stantly, and the same old game Of pecuIa-
ton and gouge would go on as before, in
spite Of the fates. And you would have no
right to complain, because, indirectly, it
would be your own work.
Last-diteher, confused but determined
II don't care a d-n. Wen beat War
moth"
Here's something for voters to put in
their Sunday pipe and contemplatively
smoke.
There will be rousing meeting in st.
James to-day. From far and near, with
Haunting flags and booming cannon, the
Republicans Of the parish will assemble to
listen to the eloquence of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Pinchbaek, General Barber, Senator
Hunsaker, w. B. Barrett, Perkins and
others. We regret not being able to accept
the invitation to attend, but viii have
report Of the affair.
There was a rumor yesterday that Mar
shall Packard had already begun his little
game of reinforcement" 1t viii be remem-
bered that the Third Ward Club refused to
indorse the Baton Rouge ticket a week ago,
and that the meeting broke up in a row
nobody hurt" A Customhouse employee,
we. are informed, has-sworn against eight
colored men, who are to be arrested as Eu-
Klux conspirators for the part they took in
opposing this ratification.
If this is to be the Custombouse little
game we are glad it is begun early. There
is trick worth two of that
Isn't it funny the way the Pieayune, Nc
Emery, Jonas s. Co. wide Varieties Theatre
speeches), pitch into Governor Warmoth as
the impersonation of tyranny, corruption
and ruin to the State, and invariably wind
up by begging his support for their ticket!
They viii get it, too. He viii support it to
that last ditch which has been dug for its
grave.
We are informed that the Customhouse
GRANTEES paid the greater part of the ex-
penses Of the Greeley-Brown Omitted
States ticket ratification meeting on Friday
night. Kellogg boosted that they had an
unlimited campaign fund, but we did not
expect thatit would be used to give eelat to
Greeley meeting. What do tie people
think Of the arrangement!
William Henry Smith, the author of
"ThOrndale," and small but great work
on ethics, died recently in England, aged
sixty'three years. He was an intense lover
of nature, and devoted friend Of Maurice.
His "Thorndale" was a book full Of radical