New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-27
A VERY thin VEIL.

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back into the Democratic Parish Conyen-
&o1 Nm : resort vGicA It had cost ITEM
several days of angry debate to agree to.
they felt it their duty to say something
~ way Of ;apoloU,A tSomsthing n tbe
soothing line was needed for the sore feel
iDgs Of both wings Of the inharmonious
elements opposed to Radicalism." The
silk stockings set up claim to the b.lk
Of the wealth and intelligence of the
party, while their antagonists, having
shown by repeated trials that they were
the more numerous wing, commended for
the right to rule the party councils, so
far as their respective wards are con-
cerned, according to the old fashioned
Democratic notions. The great bone of
contention is, of course. the parochial
patronage. But the committee on creden-
tails, having some, little pride of character,
'bsthought them of few words which
they deemed best calculated to conceal
the uppermost thoughts of every candi.
date and Of at least majority Of the dele
gates themselves. So the following pleas
ant, veracious little paragraph was con-
cocted and agreed to as the very best
thing to be said on the occasion:
And in conclusion, Mr.. Chairman and
gentlemen of the convention, We would re-
spectfully say that the issue before tho peo-
pie is nothing else than the proper guidance
Of our primary election. THE, MI. Chair
man and gentlemen of the convention,
seems to us to be the only demand Of ouf
citizens, and not . low sQusbble for official
emOlument. "a
Having thus waived the objects upon
which, every heart was set and to accom-
plish which the wire pullers have toiled
and moiled and dragged themselves in the
dust every way, the committee next pro-;
coed to give US an official insight into the
manner in which popular suffrage was
burlesqued. They find that "the recent
primary elections held in some of the
wards Of the city have been such as to
command the honest condemnation of
CyeSJ 8OON SAeALeA- go. 4HEfTG l.f L14.z
/, If the issue, before the ,psopla were
merely theabstract principle of electing
delegates, it is difficult to understand Why
there WAS such bad behavior. No man is 2
50 bad as to do wrong and commit acts
which command the condemnation Of all
good citizens just for the love of doing
wrong. and if the issue. were confined ..to
the proper guidance Of our primary cleo
tons, there would have been neither .
motive nor desire to misbehave. Unfor-
the low squabble for the public
emoiuments formed the grand object of
the recent Democratic fight of the factions,
and it is impossible to conceal it with
such very thin piece Of gauze as the
committee has used for the purpose.
For we know to absolute certainty
that the greater portion of the pri-
mary voters who have made the whole
city noisy with their broils during the |
past month or six weeks, are aiming at |
something much more practical than an
abstract principle, which they neither
understand nor care for. Besides, any
plan which gives them the coveted emolu-
ments is good enough for them, while any
other, however good it may be deemed by |
he committee or anybody else which does
not promise such results, will inevitably |
cad to a repetition of ''the low squabble'
which the committee assures US is not the |
demand of the people.