The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-24
A Railroad Phase Of Carpet-Bag Poll
tics--Gubernatorial Railroad Race.

There can bc no better lllusIdhoh W '''>
condition carpcI-lng Radicalism mas Drous"
government in the southern states imam '''e
great railroad race which has Just come OH
be,wcen Governor WARscTH. OF Louisiana,
.,6 ;cu,cuout.Goyerno PISCHEEcK. the CO.
,ored Lieutenant Governor OF the same state.
7, .nrcars that on the 18th instant Governor
w,.aoru left New Orleans for New } ork.
where rIScnBFcK had already gone. l'hme'
d;a,e)y anon WARsoTH's departure the Gus
tom-bouse riuS determined to recall ilSch-
BECK. who would. Of course. upon MS arr
val I've acting Governor, and could sign Va
rious bills rs,ssed by the Legislature ana re-
fnsed nv the Governor. PlNCHgEcK was
.eIcrr,nhed, and immediately started
back from New York, but WAEMoTH, the
,iav after his departure, smelt the trick, ana
determined TO defeat it. PiScHBECk must
be ovcrhanled, or the GRANTEES would be
installed in power in Louisiana. The Gov
rrnor opened immediate communication with
his friends NIL along the route and in Nc"
Orleans. HIS plans were all made for rapid
transportation. and PIScHBEcK was placed
under surveillance all along the route, so
that he could come no unfair lodges on his
competitor i'm the grand sweepstakes.
That evening the Governor lett IN the
PENNSYLVANIA Central lightning train, and
reached Pittsburgh i'll time to learn that
p,scurrck was twelve hours ahead OF him.
Next he heard of him in Columbus, Ohio
aud finally at Louisville, Ky. From that city
the Governor telcgraphed for special train
TO meet him at Humboldt. On his arrival
there he found the best locomotive Of the
Mississippi Contra. and special car await
ing him. The Governor called up the
engineer ard asked him i'll what time
he could put him ut Canton. The enSi-
ncer could. at Il push, make forty-hve
miles an hour. "Thcn do it ~ said the Gov
ernor. Il WILL said the engineer, "but
YOU must sign this bond to stand all the DAM
ayes which may result from any accident
The Governor his companion, Mr.. EFrING-
HAN LAwREHcr. promptly signed the bond,
and pretty quickly the locomotive and train
Were put IN motion. kilograms had been
sent ahead TO clear the track. And now COM
;ncnccd the fastest steam speed ever made i'll
the southern country. Leaving Humboldt at
2 4. NJ. Tuesday. the Governor reached this
city at 3lI =. NJ. making the distance, 4lG
miles, in thirteen hours
On the approach to Canton the Governor
autographed gentle inquiry for his friend
'fIn rapiy 81 IIp i. hprf
awaiting the first train for the city,, where
upon the Governor shouted, owe have got
him, !" II appears that PIscHBECK got left at
Canton ly means of Il messenger. who, bav-
ing been Instructed by WARMorH TO tcle-
y,-lph, went t" him on the train, aud, telling
him there WAS a telegraph message in the
office for him. invcigled him into the office
and locked the door on him till the train
started and left him. The next morning
WARMorH cs,mc along in his train and took
prcHHEcK aboard. The defeated Lieutenant
Governor took his seat by his captor with
the remark, "Wcll, that Is the biggest race
You have won yet"
IN five hours and forty-tirc minutes from
Canton they were In New Orleans. Passing
Amitc. u knot of anxious politicians Of the
Grant persuasion were noticed Standing on
the platform and pcering nnxiouSly into the
car in which the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor We're engaged in friendly discus
sion Of their comparative merits as racers
and political stTtegists. "llalloo'' eX'
claimed one of the knot of GlTntitcs, Is that
YOU, PINCH? We have been waiting fol
YOU. j. it all right" Captured! cap
tureu." vccileratcd PIScuBEcK rs the train
moved oil, pointing to Governor WAR
MOTH, who arose and atfectionately anC
gracefully waved his handkerchief toward
the foiled conspilators and posscssors of thu
unsigned election registration bills and va
rious other executive documents which only
needed the signature of the Licutonant-Goy
ernor, in the absence of his ENcelIrury the
Governor, to become laws and TO eStab
Ish in power and authority the Government
of the Cllstom-House and of the GRANT Adj
ministration over the State of Louisiana
This desperate scheme was thus defeated by
the energy, sagacty, and daring of Governor
WARMoTH and by the most extraordinary
Locomotives and steam ride ever performed OF
this continent.