The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-13
Disxraceful Sceno In Warmoth's
Menagarie. .
ALMOST A TRAGEDY.


ALMOST A TRAGEDY.
The National Republican gives
the following account of a scene in
the lower House of the General
Assembly of the State, on Nednes-
day evening:
At the night secession Of his Elk
celiency's representatives, on We'd
nesday evening, Mr.. Houston while
endcavoring to advocate the pas
sage of a measure relative to some
local matter of the parish he repre-
sents, was violently interrupted by
the bellicose Carr, so-called men,
Der from DeSotO:
Huston becoming CALLED by the
impertinent interruption OF Carr
suddenly turned upon his ,t"rmen-
tor and very audidbiy denounced
him as the son of lady whose vir-
tue was not beyond purchase, coup
ling that interesting announcement
with the further assertion that he
(Huston) dill represent real live
constituency, and that, unlike Carr
he did not fraudulentiy represent
himself as a member from a parish
in which, according to his (Carr's)
own sworn testimony, he never had
had a shirt washed; and that. fur
Their, while Carr might boast of his
i'll acquired wealth, he (Huston)
knew that the first money that ever
jinglel in his (Carr's) pocket he
stole from tue till Of Canal street
dry goods merchant.
After the interchange of a few
more such legislative compliments
Carr made demonstration toward
the drawing of a pistol, wherein
Huston loudly shouted "that's my
game, you thief; come on-l'm pre-
pared for you," etc accompanying
the words with the action Of put
ting his hand in his pistol pocket
Upon which determined demon
stration, Carr wiltcd, grew livid
with fear, aud hastily took refuge
behind a knot of interested and
amused spectators.
Chief of Police Warmo:h being
on hand lobbying as usual, at once
made a rush uron the sanguinarily
, inclined Huston, and calling to biz
e aid a half dozen of his Metropoli
tan ianissaries the amiab!e HustoI
was persuaded to put up his pisto
and accompany Warmoth dowl
stairs for the purpose Of indulgint
. in apleasant little chat, where, afte1
/, the lapse of a few seconds, the per
+ suasive powers of his Exccl!enc!
# prevailed, and tho indignant ant
It irate Houston became as tame ant
n docile as my lady's sucking dove
d A-.-O~.-~~-~~ SIS
70 The RIGHTS AND DUTIES o.
= C1T1zENs.-E Ex-Governor Hawley
l. of Connectitnt. lectured in til
" large hall of the Cooper Institut
u on the "liights and Duties of Cit
zens' last evening. He contende
:. that on no account could any {
our citizens excuse themselves froi
E taking active part in the polite
8, of his country without defeatin
e. the very end for which this goverl
o. ment was formed. A governmer
D, like ours is founded on the idea tn:
II; all men are wiser than any or
y man, and if the wise and good d
- sert politics they are blamable fl
y; the evils resulting from the acts
the bad to whom they remand tt
m duties of governing them. Aft
&c Tweed had been exposed he got
w majority of twelve thousand Ov
ng his opponent. The reason of thl
on the lecturer claimed. was that
o. matter how a man gets rich, the
~ are too many people who would III
~ TO he as he is, even having to b
come so as he became. The reas
h. Tweed got such majority was I
ar cause there we're so many like hi
or in his district. After showing til
nd politics was an honorable prof
'ly, sion, having for years received t
ty. attention and. having been t
mt study of men even OF the litera
'ou fame of Milton, Macauley, and o.
N1' ers like them, he said that with t
watchfulness which should char
. terise the citizens ola country Ii
> this, no combination should ever
- able to exist, nor should any Sta
not be got up which could not at OF