New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-28
Governor CASTOR and the Democrats.

There is said to be some foundation IN
truth for the statements that one hears
upon the streets of Democratic dissatisfac-
ton with the course of Governor CASTOR. of
Massachusetts,, in office. The press have
begun to take notice of it. The Tlereiie,.,
whose editor has always been an admiret,
OF the Governor personally, alluded to this
state of affairs the other day, and invited
his exceilency to come over and JON the
Republican party. The story ia that the
trouble began in the recommendation Of
the continuance Of the State police in it's
modified form of a detective organization.
while most of tho Democrats wanted to ges
rid of the force altogether. Even 50 mod:
crate and jndicious a Democrat as Mr.
Charles T. Thompson Cutters successorj
has declared himself against the State
police IN any shape. But the law.
yers of the State generally believe
in a detective organization. If am
not misintormed, every district attorney,
without exception, last year favored it. It
was after consultation with them that the
Governor acted. This later otfense to the
Democratic politicians is that he does not
consider them sufficiently in the distribu.
ton of the offices. Tie Governor is doubt
less aware that he owes his election TO Re
publican votes. He knows that his choics
was not verdict on the part of the people
for change in the Otficeholders from The
only had been in issue, we should have
gone without our revolution. Really. in
point of fact, l believe the Governor viii
get greater number of offices fO- the
Democrats than a more violent partisan
would have succeeded in gaining tor them.
1t must be remembered that alone he has
not the power to appoint anybody. The
consent of the council is necessarv, and
the council - unanimously Republican.
Had the Governor gone clap,dash into a
system OF purely partisan appointments he
would have soon had a controversy with
the council, which had the power to check
mate him every time. Instead of that.
there is the best of good feeling between
Governor CASTOR and his councillors. They
have confirmed every appointment he has
made, including a good share OF
Democratic SELECTION. He gave them
one pretty sttpng test in this
respecJ. Mr.. Stephenson, the head of the
State detective force, is about as decided
Democrat as the council could have been
called upon to agree to. Had the nom!na-
ton been made by man OF less tact and
ernor Castor, it would hardly have passed
muster. Whenever an issue is made OF
strictly party grounds, between tine ditfe-
ent departments at the State House, the
Governor loses all but the-power to mega I
tive, and the power to negative can not give 1
Democrats office. The Democrats ought to |
see this, and thank their stars that the7 |
have elected a man who is iudicious enough l
not to allow himself to be placed in this
position. They probably will, in the end
But the more hOt-headed of them, we are
told. have clearly declared their intention
TO oppose Go, ernor Gaston's denomination.
and have selected Mr.. Leverett Saltonsta!i
TO run against him. There is nothing the
Republicans Of the State would like to see
better than this. My friends of the Joq0.s,a!
might, in such an event, fix the figures OF
ne next Republican, majority in the State
n their most sanguine style OF computation
without running the risk OF being far ont OF |
he way,-Boston correspondence Hurttord