New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-18
POLITICAL GLEANrNGs.


There are three persons claiming tht
office of assistant supervisor Of registration
| for the parish of st. Charles, each upon {
commission Of recent date, having the name
and title of III. C. Warmoth, Governor,
attached thereto. There are two such off
GERS in Ascension, and in several other par
lshes, and the consequence must be great
confusion, and perhaps worse, upon election
day. Whether these commissions are legally
issued we have no means of ascertaining
for while they are said to all bear the i'm
press of legitimacy, the usual recording
books Of the Secretary of State fail to fur
nish the customary substantiatory evi
dence.
1t is possible the absence Of the Gov
ernor may have led to Irregularities. In
fact, it is moot point among the political
! qestd aon1scS if that energetic and ubiquitous
| Democratic partisan, A. w. Walker 4
not Governor Of Louisiana pro tenn,
pore He is certainly Industrious
enough to take charge Of registration
in addition to his numerous other
campaign duties; but such would be a
transfer or assumption of authority not
conducive to a happy and harmonious ter
mination of the political troubles now bear
ing upon US. There is a strong desire for
| the return of Governor Warmoth, from
whom a prompt rectifcation of present
complications is expected. Let US have
| WarmOth!
The popularity of L. a. Witt, Esq, was
made manifest yesterday, when the rumor
| first circulated that the wise men of the
different political factions, who are anxious
to fuse" again, had determined to haul
his name down from the ticket. The officers
Of various downtown clubs threatened i'm
mediate desertion to the Republicans, and
promised to take their clubs with them !;
while all the resigning candidates seemed
to think that the conventions of the people
knew more about who the people wanted
| than score of soreheads who happened to
be left out in the cold" Poor people!
But to return to Mr.. Witt. In all sin
cerity, we regard it as a good thing that he
is to be retired. He would be beaten if he
ran, and a second defeat would politically
bury him. The unfortunate individual to
be substituted for him viii be beaten and
thus Mr. Wiltz friends will be afforded the
opportunity of saying: There, | told you
so. Had we run Wiltz, he would have been
elected. We can not afford to leave him Oft
our ticket again" Who knows?
Hon. A. w. Faulkner is down from his
parish tCaldwelI), and jaQnt through
North Louisiana He represents the people
as safe and sound for the Republican ticket,
and promises a good majority, notwith-
standing the apparent tenthusiasm.G Governor
Warmoth is arousing in that section just
now.
The Republicans Of Avoyelles are divided,
unfortunately. Before the Pinchback and
Packard wings fused, nominations for the
Legislature had been made by the latter,
and the candidates refused to yield for a
new ballot, to include both sides. The
Pinehbackers are in majority and, de-
manding fair show, called mass meeting
and barbecue, at which some 1900 voters
were present This mass meeting renomi-
mated Hon. L, j. Souer for the House, but
if q union is not effected the "fusionists''
will send the delegase to the Legislature,
Let Republicans profit by, not copy, the
dissensions Of their enemies.
Major Jack Wharton, whose solid good
sense, wonderful fund Of anecdotes, and
genial good-fellowship were found so po-
tent in inaugurating the Liberal movement,
but who escaped the disheartening and
selfish trials of its later history by trip to
Arkansas and the Indian Nation, is back.
His many friends will be pleased to know
that he is restored to perfect health.
We learned last evening that the resigna-
tion of Mr.. Thomas H. Duffy Liberal nomi-
nee for clerk of the Fifth District Court
had been accepted by the committee. His
successor is to be named by the now con
ference committee.
This conference Committee is to consist
of equal representation from the Liberals,
Reformers and Democrats. The PROPOSE
ton, it will be seen, revives an old fight,
the opening of which the various parlors of
the St. Charles Hotel witnessed. The com
mittees of the two last mentioned factions
are understood to have already fixed upon
their ticket, running somewhat thus: Mayor,
Leeds; Finance, Schneider; Accounts, Cal
houn; Improvements, Bailey; Police, Youn-
mes, etc. A good enough ticket this, un-
doubtedly, but would it not have been more
fair and courteous to have let slate making
alone until the Liberals had been consulted?
Are the Liberals merely to record the de-
cision Of their colleagues? This slate making
business has been the obstacle to fusion
from he first, and has proven disastrous to
the men selected, no matter how great
their personal merits.
The truth is the Democrats have all
along possessed the notion that eventually
the Liberals would be forced to accept
whatever ticket they gave out, whether or
no they were permitted hand in making
it. The Ii berals, with not little show of
truth, they contend, are but Democratic
stragglers and must fall into the old ranks
when the ballots begin to fy A short time
will tell If they read political signs Alright
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION By THE
SHERIFF. is called to the sale |
at auction to be made this day at noon, at
+ha Merchants and AuctiOnenrs' Fxchanpa