The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-27
EARLY BIRDS.

There comes to rs, in most reliable form,
information from the Opelousas district the
home Of Hon. T. C. Anderson, that q combi-
nation has been formed among certain leading
Radical politicians for the purpose of making
up State ticket for the campaign of 1876.
with that gentleman as candidate for Govern
or and Pinchback for Lieutenant Governor.
The leading spirits in this newly formed
conclave of patriots are said to be Anderson,
Pinchback, Gov. Wells, Jim Lewis, late Ad-
ministrator Of Public Improvements in this
city, and some equally deserving Radical OF
one of the Florida parishes, whose name is
not remembered. ~s5 s.l.,..si4
This scheme is beirg quietly canvassed and
pushed forward in the country parishes so as
not to attract too much attention at this early
day, the objec. being to head Oft Gov. Kel-
logg and the Custom House clique, with
whom it is said Gov Kellogg has closely allied
himself
The ticket is to be perfected and formally
announced to the public on or about the LIST
of January; and it is further stated as an i'm
portant part of the scheme that this conclave
will at that time have an organ in New Or
leans thoroughly manned and equipped with
an effective corps of organ grinders.
It has not yet transpired what place on the
ticket is to be assigned to Gov. Wells, or to
Jim Lewis, but it is to be presumed that Gov.
Wells is to occupy place commensurate
with his distinguished merits and services as
a member of the Returning Board, whose
honors he equally divides with Tom Auder-
SON. If the immortality Of fame which these
two gentlemen have acquired by their achieve
men.s as members of that board do not COM
mend them to the favor Of the people Of the
State, then certainly it may well be said that
republics are ungrateful.
This information is derived by our inform
ant IA prominent citizen of one of the At
takapas parishes) from one OF the chief en-
gineers of the scheme, who is bosom friend
OF the St Landry Senator, and whose politl-
cal virtue is of the same type Of that Of the
Senator. It was not intended that it should
be permitted to leak out, but it is difficult to
keep such grave machinations secret for any
great length Of time, particularly where it is
found necessary to canvass the views Of
prominent men with q view to extending and
strengthening the combination.
We disclose the secret at this early day in
order that the public mind may not DO toe
much aeitated when it shall be formally an
nounced in January next We do not wish
to discuss the merits Of this movement at this
time, or to volunteer any comments, further
than to suggest that we see no reason fol
keeping it secret, since the names and
merits of these gentlemen are SO well known
to the people of the State that they will be
fully and everywhere appreciated as soon as
they are announced as candidates for Office.
1t will require no long canvass, they may
rely upon it, to do them ample justice before
people who have had SO much cause to
know them. Tom G. Anderson, Gov. J. Mad.
Wells and the irrepressible Pinchback are
names as familiar to the people Of Louisiana
as household words, and they have long since
been measured and weighed and labeled fol
future reference on the shortest notice.
But the reasons that impsl these aspirants
thus to take time by the forelock in this
stealthful way, doubtless relate more to Gov.
Kellogg and the magnates of the Custom
House than to the general pnblic. With
these discordant Vaccinations in the divided
Radical household we have little concern
but when the contemplated ticket is in due
form announced, then we will endeavor to ex.
anime il in all its parts, in the light Of pas
history, and do what we may to aid thu
people in forming o just judgment of it,
merits and in giving such expression to thu
popular sense concerning the several candi
dates as is warranted by their past career.