The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1872-06-29
The Radical State Candidates.

The nomination at Baton Rouge of Senator
Kellogg is in some respect strong, and in some
weak. Forty nine fiftieth Of the party which
will support him are colored men, and there
fore, NO bite nominee can possibly elicit their
enthusiasm and the cordial allegiance. The
separation of the colored voters from tho white
has become nearly complete, and the Repub-
licans of this State, who can be depended
upon, are now almost exclusively. negroes:
They adhere, of course, to the regular Radical
party. They are pledged to Grant. Few
negroes will vote for any other candidate and
few will fail to vote. Kellogg has Unidentified
himself most thoroughly with the party in
support of Grant he has committed the Baton
Rouge Convention to Grant absolutely. The
whole black Louisiana Division of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, privates, corporals,
sergeants and commissioned officers, will give
their votes for the Grant State ticket. All
the negro orators, ennis saries and agents of
the party, aided by numerous and active
band of negro preachers, will be advocates of
the Kellogg ticket. But we apprehend that
it was the general wish of the colored voters
to have negro as their candidate claiming
it as the right due to them for their superior
numbers. Disappointed in their support of
Kellogg must be lukewarm, nor can their
hearty favor be secured by placing the names
of colored men on the same ticket for the
minor Offices
But what tina nominee will lose by the mis-
fortune of being white he will make up by
being possessed of the confidence of the Rad
ical party at large, by having any share of
the general election fund which may be re-
quired, by being rather favorable known to
the members of speculative rings, by being
many wealthy friends, by being a superior
manager. by plausibility of address, and
chiefly by the accident of not having been
party to the gross and criminal misman-
agement of our State affairs
Mr.. Kellogg entered the Convention with
! a p1a6uaI MIR
concert found it easy to wear away the oppo-
sition by expulsions and by the persuasions
familiar to the managers of Radical bodies.
After much wrangling contention the ballot
ing began Saturday morning.
The first ballot showed for Kellogg 1913 votes
for Billings l03, for Mary 5S the favorite
lacking 10 votes ofa majority. The second
ballot gave Kellogg 40, Billings Ill, and
Mary 80, six of Mary's votes being changed to
Billings and twelve to Kellogg. On the third
and final nal ballot there were lag votes for Kel-
logg. lO3 for Billings and 35 for Mary. From
these changes it is easy enough to infer the
kind of influences that were employed in
favor of Kellogg and against the colored can
didate, although the latter was well known
to be the most acceptable to Radicals through
out the State.
The nominee for Lieutenant Governor is
Antoine. of Caddo, member of the State
Senate for several sessions, full bred
African. quite cunning and adroit, plausible
and 'shifty,' thoroughly identified with the
worst of the corrupt and ruinous legislation
of the past three or four years.
The Pinchback- -Warmoth Convention was
rudely rcpelled, allegiance to Grant being
made by the Grant Convention the first con-
dition Of recognition and consultation. This
being rejected and Pinchback and his fellow
passengers refusing to renounce Greeley and
Warmoth, they got up steam and returned to-
the city sadder but wiser men.
Reserving comments on the proceedings
spirit and nominations of the Baton Rouge
conclaves. we can only now express our CON
viction that the Radical ticket can be defeated
by proper exertion with or without the votes
of those who have lately withdrawn from the
Radical party.-A. o. Bee.