New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-10
A GLIMPSE OF THE TRUTH.

! The Picav.ns virtually admitA that
some Of its election figures are susceptible
| Of sectifcation. Heretofore the claim has
been pe.sistentiy urged pearly every day
since the clio sing Of the polls that the
Democracy hsv We carried the State by an,
| number of thousands Of votes. Our bet
I te. adyices. on the contrary. have enabled
! Us to keep our readers informed more &C.
cura.eiy as 20 what the result had actually
been. From the first, and on the very
best information, We have shown that Nr.
Dubuc!et has been elected by decided
majority, and the constitutional amend
meuts carried by about tie same so:e.
! Our figures have not been raraded for The
| purpose Of deceiving the public. They
have been carefully compiled from trust
worthy sou.ces, and will be found TO tally
pretty nearly with the Iootings Of the off,
cial returns Of the supervisors Of the cleo
.ion. aud now that the unnecessary ex.
element created in consequence Of the
success Of the Democracy in the city and
ole or two congressional districts begins
to subside the pubic may as we'll be pse'
pared to heay the truth about the State at
large. The returns age believed to be in
safe hands. Every vote will be counted anI
the full legal effect given to it. What is
I done will be done here, in this city and
openly. There will be no retreat 20 Wash.
;ngtoR With the returns: no changing CT
| returning boards Tor the purpose Of oh.
tanning changed results. aud commissions
will be issued in exact accordance with
the finding Of the board. We have nevet
70: moment doubted that the Republ.
cans have achieved the following results:
!. The election Of Mr.. Dubuclet.
2. The success Of the constitutions!
amendments.
,. The election Of four members Of
Congress.
1. The election Of ten Of the eighteen
Senators and at leas: one-balf the House.
Possibly the Democrats have the bal.
ance SO ia. as the positions named are in.
VOWED: that is. two Congressman. eight.
State Senators. and will probably divide
hal: the House with the independents,
who are many of them ss much Republi.
can as Democrat.
The compliment the Picay,sne pays to
Mr. Dubucles is at once just and graceful.
and. we believe. sincere. No tair.minded
man can withhold his admiration Of the
stainless character Of the man who has
stood by the States strong box. for six
years. faithful from first 10 last. No. a
word has ever been breathed against his
integrity. though in the heat Of party
strife innocent men. not SO well known as
our worthy Treasurer. have been wrong.
fully accused. Not only during the past
four years. but for the six years be has
held his Office. he has administered it
with rare integrity and exceptional regard
for the law" It was probably with full
knowledge Of this that the Democratic
convention selected as his competitor one
o! the strongest men in the State. Be.
tween two such men as Major Morcure
and Mr. Dubuclet. true Republican had
BIZ: two motives for preferring the latter
the one that he is thorough Republican,
the other that he was the nominee Of the
party. We should by no meaIs consider
it calamity to have such man as Mon.
cure succeed Dubuclec in Office. But
there was political motive :ha: weighed
far more than the personal considera.
tons mentioned. The two gentlemen
were respectively the standard-bearers
OF their parties in contest to which
had been RENTED for decision that other
great question as TO which party carried
the State in 1872. Every Republican
worthy Of the name had an opportunity |
presented to him to reafdrm in 1874 what |
he had said in 1872, and We rejoice in the |
faith that there were enough true ones
left to vindicate our long disputed claim.
We are aware that certain boilers, in the
vain hope of taking revenge for having
their schemes bafiled, voted against the
Treasurer, though at the same
time protesting to belong to our party.
Unfortunately, number Of colored men
were led astray by one influence or an
otAer, but fortunately there were not |
enough Of these boilers to affect any re-
suit.
Nothing could ave been more favor
able as a test to the Democratic party |
than such contest between the two can
didates for Treasurer. Mr.. Moncure re-
ceived every Democratic vote that was
polled, while, as the Pjcayune correctly |
states it, Mr.. Dubuclet was violently op- |
posed by all the corrupt rings which beset
his Office. There was undoubtedly a
strong undercurrent against him, even |
after his nomination. The Times, which |
urged the adoption of the constitutional |
assailed the Republican can
sidate for Treasurer with great bitterness,
but with some want of discretion, since |
no valid reason for this hostility was ever
given. On the contrary, his honesty-a
hing that could not be successfully ques-
always conceded.
The Picayue is entirely at fault, how
ever, in ascribing to Governor Kellogg
my share in this hostility. He has no
sort Of control in the Tines. and has
rarely found a friend in that somewhat
sheet. II will be remembered