The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-10-03
THE GREAT GURERNAT0PiAL RAcF
Unprecedented KniIroad Speed-Iyar-
moths Chase Of PiEcI5ark-x.ar-
moth Comes in A n eld-'Ehc Custom
sEoESc Jockeys Eistancea.

! The New Orleans Times under the above
caption, gives a most interesting account
Of the detection and defeat by Gov. WGr-
/ moth, Of a custom house scheme for turn
! ing over the state Of Louisiana to the
/ Grant faction. We summarize tho facts
as given by the Tines. Lieutenant Gov
crnor Pinchback was playing Grant orator
in Maine, AMI Speaker Brewster was in
the remote parish Of OuachtG. The time,
therefore, seemed favorable to Gov War
moth for giving attention to some rstilro,
interests which dCminlGl his attention in
New lcrk. The governor quietly leaves
The custom house, through the notorious
Packard, noses out the fact. The gols
seem to favor them-the executive Office.
the great seal of the state, and numerous
unsigned acts Of the legislature invitel
them to take possession, ami by the Official
approval on the acts by the Lieutenant
/ Governor, during the absence of the gov
ernor, turning over the state hopelcsSly and
hc}plcsSly fc;tered to the tenltr merc.cS Of
this corrupt Grant-faction. PinchJack is
/ te!egraphel 10 come home on the wings of
the wind lie leaves Maine, arrives in
New York, meets Warmoth face to face at
the Fifth Avenue hotel, make, an appoint
mrnt with him tor Q o'clock that night,
leaves his baggage as blind from Warm0th
and takes the express train for New o.
| leans. Without a word Of warning to his
friends, Warmoth sucsses the truth, and
acts promptly. He is on Pinchback' 5
trail; having despatched his friends notice
of the threatened danger. He keeps the
trains aad the telegraph busy. At Can
ton, (Miss.,y Pinchback leaves the train
and goes into the telegraph Office to re-
ccive a dispatch which he does not find,
the door gets locked, the train leaves and
Pinchback is left for the night. Next
morning he is on the platform waiting for
tran and champing with inn atience.
The conclusion is thus given by the
Times:
The train rushed up to the depot, and
slaokenins speed, the tall figure of Gov
Narmoth Is seen on the pla tform, and his
strong voice is heard shouting:
IIurrah ! Halloa! Pinch. is that you
Thought you were with your baggage at
the Fifth Avenue. Get aboard and we will
take You to the city
And now the whole colnterrlot was very
distinctly unfolded to the appreciating per-
cepti0n of the beaten bus gallant competitor
in this great race for the sceptre of Louisi-
ana.
81 acknowledge the corn, governor" 4"
owned up the candid Pinch. You have
won another race, and III lie ID if 1t
isn't the biggest one you ever did or ever
will win :" And so Pinch took his seat in
the governors fast train, and off they
started for the seat of the power for which
they had made this tremendous race. In
FIVE hours ard forty five minutes from Can
tan they were in New Orleans. Passing
Amite, knot of anxious politicians of the
/ Grant persuasion were noticed standing on
the platform, and peerins anxiouslv into
the car in which the Governor and Lieuten-
aut-Guvernor were engaged in friendly dis
oussion Of .heir comparative merits as
racers and political strateglsts. L" Halloa p
/ exclaimed one Of the knot of GRANTEES;
/ :" is that you Pinch, We have been waiting
/ for you. Is it all right?" Captured
/ Captured - vociferated Pinch, as the train
meyed off, pointing to Gov Warmoth, who
arosa and aHeotionaiely and gracefully
waved his handkerchief towards the foiled
and disgusted conspirators and pcssessors
af the unsigned election regiVtration bills
aud various other executive documents,
/ which only needed the signature of the
/ lieutenant Governor IN the absence of his
e1eelIeuoy the Governor, 10 become the
law, and to establish in power aud authori-
ty the government of the custom. house and
uf the Grant administration ovsr the State
ot Louisiana, This desperate scheme was
thus defeated by the energy, ,agacity and
daring Of Cav. Warmoth, and hy the most
extraordinary locomotive and steam ride
ever Performed on this continent.