New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-03
A DEMOCRATIC TRICK AND DEMOCRATIC
FTZZTE

The Democrats were ''indignatirg "
again last night, but as wolves with fleece
upon them. Not daring to come out
openly and play their little game, they as
| usual resorted to a trick. Messrs. Austin,
Walker Zacharie and the other Demo-
cratic leaders could not have two-thirds of
the chairs filed in Exposition Hall had
a call been issued over their own names;
but the anonymous and mysterious nc,
tees to gather there, issued by some party,
unknown to US, in Democratic interests,
stimulated public curiosity and accoms
plished Just that result. 4 hundred or
two were undoubtedly respectable people,
but at least as many gave equally CON
vincing outward evidence that they were
not. In fact, if a goodly portion of these
Indignant citizens" did 4ot finish the
night as free dodgers in the city lookup,
we have lost all skill in separating the
goats from the sheep III this very diyersi-
fed and composite community.
Mr. Archibald Mitchell, president % Che
late Democratic-f fusion nominating Eon-
vention and Mr.. Hilary Cenas, secretary
of the Democratic State Committee, were
early stationed at the main door of the
Exposition Hall, and were thus enabled
to take down the names of those unsus-
pecting citizens whom curiosity patriot
ism, indignation or what not, drew thither
A small part only Of these acknowledged
that they felt this prominence thrust upon
them to be an honor, and abstained from
mounting the platform, but the dauntless
Mitchell rushed through the preliminaries
at break-neck speed, and the president in
his consequent confusion read off the pre-
viollsly furnished names Of the committee
on resolutions almost before the managers
had fni shed making the motion therefor.
And now, horrors accumulated, it is
found that the eloquent and distin-
guished orators" selected for the occasion
have "gone back on us, as one of the Inc
terested expressed it, and direful would
have been the result with the now impa4
tient gathering had not the ready wit Of
that genial and ubiquitous feIlow-citizen,
A. ". Walker, come promptly to the res
cue. With sweeping resolution, slyly
slipped into the hands of a gentleman
near by, and which the latter subsequently
took pains to publicly disclaim the author
ship Of he released all these defaulting
speakers from their engagements, and
threw open the forum to any indignant
citizen whom the spirit moved to speak.
The defeated judge-commissioned bS
Governor Warm0th--of the Third Dis
triet Court first took tue stand, and briefly
and succinctIy, though unintentiorally Of
course, proceeded to disenchant the indig-
nant people Of the idea that the meeting
meant anything more than a scramble for
Office. He was followed by others, and
the story to the end our reporters tell.
We derive great satisfaction from the
results of this meeting, for these reasons:
First That our enemies felt it necessary
to get up cut and dried affair of this
sort TO stimulate or arouse feeling OF
public indignation. Second That the
character of those attending, with few
honorable exceptions, shows that 5he solid
people Of the community have lost sym
patty with the class who manipulate these
political demonstrations. And third
Tlat these selfshly stupid, OF stupidity
selfish, vireworkers have given, in this
kind Of indignant assembling, a safe vent
for all Of those internal YersgviSses a9&
sangUinary ueaE,busnings syhicls tsse Picas
v5.e seems to think age gyo6b5ins sogs@ % !
aAis People 2orse ehaa 5ai case Of coSic. |
Tne interesting little discourse ia @es- 1