New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-07
TEE EFFECT OF A NEW ELECTION.

Whenever the Washington agent Of the
Associated Press has no better item to tele
graph, and is too lazy to go out in search
Of news, which happens nearly every day,
he fills up the vacuum by giving us ru.
mors of what somebody thinks of the Lou
isiana question, or quotations from the
Baltimore Sun, the Philadelphia -Age OR
the New York San. Yesterday he wanted
few lines to fill cut column, and sup
piled them by sending us the information
that there are four or five Senators out OF
the seventy-six who are in favor Of new
election in Louisiana. This is no news to
anybody here. l. has been Carpenters
pet hobby since he made his grand
! mistake i'll his majority report to the SEN
ate. He was defeated then. and stands Q
good chance of being beaten again. The
reporter would have been more correct
and scarcely less orr inal had he told US
there are some forty OF more Senators
who are not favorable to new election in
| Louisiana On the eve Of a general election.
! Now. this hope of q new shuttle Of the
| cards here. is generally received by the
Democracy with exultation and throw
ing up of hats. We confess we fail to see
! why this is SO. I: is known that the Presi-
dent is opposed 10 the measure which
brings them SO much hope to eontem-
| plate. He believes Governor Kellogg was
fairly elected in 1879. aud will, in all
likelihood, selec: him as provisional Gov.
! ernor, in case it becomes necessary to ap-
! point one. He would chen have the con-
duct of the election. which would secure its
| fairness. What change would the Fusion
lists have in such contest? With solid
majority Of twenty five nr thirty thousand
! against them; with officers appointed to
| see that every vote vas properly put in
the ballot box. and left there till counted.
and that the tally sheets would CORES.
pond with the ballots exactly as they
came from the hands Of the people. the
Fusion hosts would suffer greater over
throw than their predecessors. the De.
mocrats, ever experienced. Where it not
that we are satisfied with the verdict Of
the people already rendered; that new
election would entail! heavy expenses.
which may and orgh: to be avoided. we
would say Jet Us have q new trial by al!
means.
! We do not believe there is sensible
Democrat in the State who really desires
a new election. Except in 4 few eHcep-
total parishes. not one OF that political
tribe would stand the least chance. Their
defeat and humiliation would be more
signal than before. and. besides. they
would have the bill to foot.
# afessrs. Carpenter. Schulz. Very
4 60. finally succeed in the plan they
RI. credited with favorirg. they will
prove themselves to be the ioes OF the
Fusicnists. Perhaps they really do wish
to take our rolitica! braggarts at their
word and show the world the shaliowness
Of their pretensions. sapurely partisan
question the Republicans have nothing to
fee. from o second trial. II the question
is narrowed down to recognition of Gov.
ernor Kellogg and the seating Of Senator
!, pinchback or new election. we can not
say that we are dissatisfied With it. Il
the Democrats VIII agree to pay al! The
expenses in case they lose the fight. W.
are almost ready to say come on with you;
1 nay deal