The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-08
How Warmotln was Beat.

l.. McMillen United States Senator for
the long term, commencing March 4th-
he had been previously elected for the
short term.
We publish two accountsof how War
moth was beat, one by the Times re-
porter and the other by the Republican
reporter. Roundabout, the Times re-
porter, says:
Yesterday was an ~evcntful day in the
history of the Fusion Legislature.
Noses had been counted early in the
morning, and a sCraphic smile sutflSed
the face of every Warnoth man as he
thought Of the election for Sen
atOr soon to transpire. The House
met III joint session, and. no
doubt, WarmOth would have been
Senator i'll two minutes, when 10! q
horn was wound beyond the walls, and
knightly, summons Numbered at the
gate. The Orawbridge was lowered and
in rushed distinguished members of the
Citizens Committee, hatlcsS, brcathless,
and waving mystic papers in their
hands. They Jumped the rOstrum and
read:
MOIlOl 10 IttNllS!tltI NtIktAltt y bl III IlnN
probably be carried. We are still hopeful.
Elect McMillen and all is we'll. /. II.
There was another:
WASHINGTON, March ]. 1873.
Just arrived. Things i'll a middle, but THINK
7 can straightcn them. Anyhow, will do my
best. You know what that means. Very hope
full indeed. K. L.
Then the best citizens proceeded to
demonstrate how nothing was now
needed to secure the instant recOgni-
tion~of the entire Fusion government
but the election OF McMillen. The
"best authority" was brought i'll again,
aud all the changes rUng; everybody
was ~positivc-the sky had cleared
nothing more necessary but the election
of McMillen-McM. had once saved
| Grants life, and if there was a thing
his bowels ycaFned for, McMillen's elec-
ton was that thing, etc.
Conviction dawncdupOn the members.
They saw it all. So funny they had
never thought of it before, and, presto!
McMillen was elected on Il neat vote OF
45.
But this is levity. The truth is, as
Roundabout is informed by several gen.
tlpmen whOwere present, thatdispatchcs
were read in caucus Yesterday, and
statements made by prominent indiVid-
uals amOng our old aud respectable
citizens, to the effect that Warmoth's
election WAS ruin and McMillen'S Joy
forever. 1t was stated that the election
of McMillen would please the President
to such an extent as to secure the rec
ognitiOn Of the McEncry Government
IN toto, whereas that of WarmOth would
so enrage him as to make him exceed
ingly wrOth and reVengefnl.
Members of the Legislature inform
Roundabout that up to this time War
moths chances were very good, a ma
iority Of the gentlemen there assembled
thinking themselves bound to vote for
him, on grounds that gentlemen can
best understand. But the everlasting
/" private dispatches" were brought in
again, the old '~+confdence" was ex-
pressed and, Notwithstanding all the
disappointment and modification which
has followed in their track from the
very first, they did the work once more,
and Warmoth was thrown overheard in
fav0rof McMillen.
The enthusiasm was very great, and
Roundabout learns that Il affairs are
now thought to be very hopeful.
THE following is by the Republican re-
porter. The election took place last
Saturday, and Governor Warmoth left
Washington for New Orleans as soon
as he heard of his defeat:
"Governor Warmoth left for Lou
isiana tonight. There is fight in
him yeti So says a Washington tele-
; gram of Sunday, and the singular an
nouncement kicked upno little of a rum
pus in Fusion circles.
Nor is this to be wondered at, consider
ing the badfaith of some and downright
treachery Of others of his late political
associates. # any man ever earned
honorable recognition from a political
party, that man is Governor WarmOth
, and the party the Futi0nists. Without
+ his potent and not too scrUpulous ex-
ertiOns they could not havehad existence
| hardly-certainly they could never have
: set up a claim to winning the election
Whatthey are, whatever of success MAY
have attended their efforts, the Fusion
= lists, If honest, must give H. G. Warmotf
credit for. In pOwer, in brains and in
: money he has been their main stay, and
yet they c0Olly and ungratefully refuse
t him recognition contained in a merely
nominal honor upon which he had SCI
: his heart. Sharper than a serpent's
tooth is such base ingratitute.
D Here is a brief resume of the closin$
: hours of the long struggle for senator
SILlp It's IL IOIIISS W us vi 11IItESSIdy III
g caucus, it was. resolved by the ODD
a Fellows to elect a Senator next day be
fore adjournment, just as previOusl,
s stated in the Republican. Warmotl
had majority pledged, and his oponent
mainly the old Last Ditchers-wer,
e dOwncast and sad. On Friday, how
ever, aided by dispatches from Wash
n ington and the Two Hundred, induces
: his toe confident hackers to agree to
postpOnement until Monday yesterday
o all for the public good, of course.
This was the fatal step. His activ
enemies %cauCussed that night, recruitet
e a few w~eek-kneed, and persuaded 9th
ers to absent themselves, and on Sat
IA urday, the ~pOstpOnement being disre
garded, they went into an election an
the champion was h00red, a. the WOFl
has been. Informed. i
We sincerely pity those who went in
It to the Fusion Legislature solely out q
friendship for Governor WarmOtl
We hope there is fight in them yet, too
u A MERMAID.-The Los Angeles Ea
- press says that a genuine mermaid j
rs now on exhibition in that place, havin
been caught in the Pacific a few week
,s since, and embalmed by a physician {
San Diego. It is thus described:
Inc eyes, IN large sockets, were pr1cE
- ed to let out the water in the embaln
" ing process. The month is very broat
y with twenty-eight curved and singular
30 ~ shaped teeth. The nose is a comb
y nation of the Roman and the snu]
If The brow is heavily indented wit
~ y heavy brain lobes; long and broad eal
y adOrn the queer-lOoking head, an
short, woolly hair covers the head on
:; sides Of the face. The cerebellum an
n AddHA 3 bppIo dit very prominent IL