New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-18
WASHING DIRTY LINEN.
Exhibiting Soiled Spots to Ihe Public
Gaze-F. 4. Adams and Judge Kennedy
Interview Governor Warmoth-The
Two Hundred Answered.

| EXutDiIluR S0IIeu FpOts 10 tEe PuDlI(
Gaze-F. 4. Adams and Judge Kennedy
! Interview Governor Warmoih-Ths
Two Hundred Answered.
! Ws reproduce the subjoipsd fepo,, frox
the Times of last evening:
Warm0th-Gentlemen, I am gery glad &c
see you, and very happy to save you the
| trouble Of calling at my Office, and : shall
| be very happy to listen to anything You
| may have to say.
MIR. 7. A. Adams-Mr. Warmoth and fel-
| lOw-citiZen, as chairman of the commit tee
| of two hundred citizens, and accompanied
| with some Of our number, we como 10 have
little conversation with yOn. Mr.. War
moth, YOU have done the State some ser.
vice in the past. You have now an oppOr-
tunity to do her still greater service. We
believe that your election by the Legisa-
| tHre assembled in this building 10 the
United States Senate is assured. We be-
lieve this is evident from the canvass nov
going on in the Legislature. We believe
that your success or your defeat would be
equally disastrous to the State, and We
come here today to ask you to withdraw
from this contest. We acknowledge that
you have the power to do the State another
great service-to save your State from ruin.
We ask you then to take it into coneidera
ton, and if you think you can do this ser
vice to the State, that you say to these gen
tlemen of the Legislature that are in favor
of your election that you are not candi-
date for any office.
Warnoth-WeIl, sir / have this to SAY in
relation to that matter. I believe that my
course within the last four months has been
an earnest from me of my intention to serve
the best interests of Louisiana. AS far "a
my candidacy before this Legislature for
the office of United States Senator is con-
cerned, | assure you, gentlemen, il is of the
smallest Importance to ME in the world.
In the first place, if | am elected to the
Senate from what have ascertained to he
the feeling of tie gentlemen of this com
mittee, and from the tone Of the New Or
leans Picdyune, which, presume, reflects
the wishes OF many gentlemen OF the com
mittee, | am satisfied that | should meet
with the greatest embarrassmente.
Mr. Adams-Mr. Warmoth, no paper has
authority to act for or to report the senti-
ment OF this committee.
Warmoth-'The feelings of the committee,
as lar as have been able to find ont, find
to be quite in accord with those expressed
in the columns of the Picdyune, Be THAI
as it may, however, know very well that
if am elected to the Senate my election
will be received by the editors of the Pica-
yune and some, if not all of your body,
with the greatest dissatisfaction and disfa-
vOr, and | know that you will think, as did
the committee who went to Washington,
that the first step to take is to make the
impression upon The mind OF the Pres-
dpus of the United States that Governor
WarmOth had no part or lot in the fight,
and that any affiliatiOn which might
for the moment have been held, had
now been entirely dissolved, and
that You would feel it an especial favor to
be permitted to apologize to the President
for any such attiiatiOn in the past. | know
very we'll what effect will be at once made
upon the public mind by this portion of the
press that does not favor me, with that of
the political party which Is opposed to all
Of us, and the influence of many of you
gentlemen combined against me. I know
how my action will be misrepTesented, that
my support will be weak, and that shall
have to contend with the greatest embar-
rassmentE, not only from the common
enemy, but from the faithless and dlscon-
tented in our own midst And in addition
to this, know that 1t will involve me in q
very great expense for telegraphing. print
ing documents, etc. l know that [ shall
have to bear all these expenses, for that
has been my experience, they having been
borne by me chiefly during the whole Of
the late litigation. Then | know that if
alter all We shOnld fail, it would be attri-
buted TO the fact that l was elected to the
United States Senate. So you see that | |
am fully alive to the responsibilities at |
fachrg to my action. Why ] want al cleo |
ton | will frankly tell you. | have been |
assailed and attacked throughout this State
for the last tive years, not single act of |
mIne mat mas not Deeh misrepfeSented.
Inc DelnocraUe ana REFORM press bad |
united to make me the scapegoat oi all the |
evil or corruption that has been in our |
midst do not believe that a majority of |
'he people OF thls STATE nave peNtNeo IhaI
WhicD mas oeeh "lrcnia'eH AGAINST me.
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