The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1872-09-14
AAeasons for accepting the Fu.
sion Ticket.

lne name selected for the ticket adopted bz
Tue iate conference committees is Thought b,
eo'ne 10 nave been nl-chOsen, because ther,
an ue no taslon-in tile strict sense of tn,
word-of citizens whose views of public n,Iic,
80 widely differ as do the views of some of tbs
a Liberals, Democrats and Retormers. The
>on Pfomlse tlckte, or tine Peoples ticket
would, perhaps, have better indicated the re
iatlons OF the parties whose forces were Tins
brought together and combined But names
are ot NO great consequenc. The Fusion tick.
ct sumclently Expresses the character of the
fconoihatIoh, ana we now propose to assign q
lew reasons why it should be unrese rvedly
and I'd heartily accepted and supported
line hlst reason we advance 1ur our accen.
taiice OF the Fusion ticket is that it was form
ed In good faith by the conference commit
tees acting tor the people OF the State whose
| representatives re they We're, and after due de.
h0efdtl"n. The committees debated tbe
s'heihe WIN great care and earnestness and
cahe 70 the profound conviction that it was
Tue best arrangnIent that could b.. hal
" mar they did, We think, should be cordially
ratified. ~ IVA o''S
| ihs second reason we assign for extending
ouf support 10 the ticket is that this frsion
Was made III compliance with uu,uerons r.
quests from influential citizens, The demand
Ior eonelliation harmony and union was. in
!act, general Then 10 Tie share OF th..
Democrats and Reforiners il the new ticket
1t must be admitted that the Liberals hive
10 tuttH the non share of the nf1iapa
AID d large AoH 1t that.
Lastly, no one has suggested any other
leaslnfe arrangement that would be acceuta.
Die to all parties. If the Liberals, Democrats
and Retormers had not made this compru
inise' o9thad kept their tickets i'll the field,
IL IL clear that the Custom House ticket
would have heen elected easily. That tbev
shou III unite their forces to tight the common
enemy was not less the die tate of reasuu than
OF common sense.
Certainly the Democrats and Reformers
naa no right to expect that they would be
suHefed to nominate all Candidates The Lih
erals claimed the Fight, and th, claim Wa. :.
just one, TO nominate the candidates for the
ohiees assigned to them by the conferance
committees. No conditions were attached to
Ine agfeelnent as TO The cnaracterof the iuGi-
Vlduais to be named. Each party tn tba
agfeeheht was lett free 20 name it's own stand
arit hearers, and of course those stand,,ulhear
ct Grs' whoever they We're, MUST he aeceuteJ
Ihe matter was so understood by the con,mit
tees' ana coed faith required that objections
vi personal character should not be- raised
we cannot see how the situation can he |
improved now. The fusion seems to have /
Deen received in the country parishes with
expressions NOT only approval, but of high
Let us all then Yield our IL
u ai,iauai opinions as to the composition OF the
: .,sAe. aha turn our attention to the work of
the campaign. Much has to be done and
there ls not too much time to do it in. Let
US All consider ourselves enlisted for the cam
fafgn. There is place for every man in the
ranks. and he can hardly be said to be a good
;itizan " no shirks The duty upon any pretense.
Let US think of the object for which We are
establishment of a wise and
s"od GO vernment in Leuisiana-and the means
~ Wnlcn IL Is t0De accomplished. Doing this !
:lthtuily and earnestly, we snail have little
lne for fault finding. The work of registra-
ION Is one in which every man in the cemnln-
lIty can serve with effect by seeing that there
Ire none IN the circle Of his aequaintances
Sho fali to place their names OH the books.
sE. s.. " u. PicaYus.e