New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-03
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1874.
Tho Democracy Of Baton Rouge.


EDIroR REPUBLICANS:
The Picayune Of the twenty seventh OF
November has a richly untruthtul article
regarding the parish Of East Baton Rouge,
which evidently must have been written
by some disciple of Baron Munchausen.
The writer states that clubs Democratic,
of cOurse). have been formed at the rate OF
three or four every day, and that more &C.
tivity is being shown than was exhibited
during the recent campaign; that on 'Our"
Thanksgiving night all this club forming,
ETC.. eliminated in grand tOrchlight pro-
cession, in which were over 5000 persons,
aud at least 1000 of whom were negroes.
This assertion was received as q piece of
news by the citizens of Baton Rouge. Your
correspondent Was in that city at the time
mentioned by the Pic, and was about the
streets both during that memorable day
and evening. vet neither saw nor heard
anything Of such procession. We have con.
verTed with several prominent citizens OF
the White League and Democratic persua-
sion, and they all affirm that they never
knew of any such circumstance.
Evidently somebody has been tamperiDg
with the '.old lady's' credulity, unless,
perhaps, she has reference to little gather
ing Of the clans tina, took place here on
Saturday. the twenty-tirst ultimo. and
giving the venerable dame" the benefit Of
the doubt, we will present the facts OF the
case for her information.
The registered vote of East Baton Rouge
is 4l74. The highest vote cast on the sec
end OF November was AUS, there being
1866 votes for the. Democratic carpet-bagger,
w, l.. La,imore, candidate for the Leg isla-
ture. and 25I2 for the Republican carpet.
Dagger, w. G. Lane. his opponent. 36b
voters not voting. The registered white
vote was 1897, and the colored was 1871.
about eighty colOred men voting the Demo-
cratic ticket at the last election. and they
were the same individuals who have always
done So. We DO not know of half dozen
recruits 70 their ranks since 1872.
Now. as to the grand procession OF No.
venber q, no sane man will pretend that
there were more than 400 voters in line.
The procession was four blocks in length
two abreast, AZ least one half being mounted
men and boys, everybody in that party VIII"
could furnish a horse having done so.
Then came the wagons, three or four IN
number, containing the girl child zen. In the
procession was club Of young Democrats,
the eldest not being over fifteen years OF age.
The 1908 coored men were chiefly men IN
buckran,. there not being over fifty present.
BY actual count there were exactly thirty.
three in the colored Democratic club, which
was headed by the immaculate Scott Cor.
don, a man not unknown in police circles,
whom we met the next morning on the
street with piece OF blue rlbOn III his coat,
and staggering under heavy press of
Fourth OF july" while the balance were
scattered among the mounted men. AS to
organizing, the greatest trouble they have
is to organize enough shekels to pay the ex-
penses Of the great show Of the twenty
! first. 1t is.au acknowlea s.ed fact here that
| the Democratic Copservat;re. or whatever
you-may call it party is split in twain in
| this parish, the White League faction being
| led by Booth. Gentles Hubbs and company,
! and the soidis0nt national Democracy,
composed chiefly Of aliens. being generated
by Major Heron, Weick, McCullen and
! Brady; the latter faction had to take the
! rear Of the procession on the twenty first.
along with Scott GJrdOn-nOble band of
! bread and butter heroes.
The Republicans Of East Baton Rouge
have nothing to fear from a new election;
on the contrary, they will go into the next
campaign, whenever it 1nay open, as a
unit. and will roll up majority of 1900,
instead OF 900, as now. We were divided
| until forty eight hours before the election.
! consequently did not have time enough to
| give the parish a thorough canvass. Some
CT the candidates on the Republic IN ticket
ran nearly 800 ahead Of the ticket, and, OF
course, the White Lsaguers were as far be.
hind. In conclusion, If all the information
contained in the Pic is as reliable and au'
thentc from other parishes as from East
Baton Rouge, then the cause OF the hybrid
! concern must be badly Oft. indeed.
| ONE WHO KNOWS.