The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-13
THE SENATE.
THE DISTRICTS IN WHICH Rr.EcrloNs
....s WILL TAKE PLACE. ....


T0e OUTLOOK NJ the Tive PARTIES.
The Senate OF the State OF Louisian,
consists Of thirty. six members. elected
one-haif every two years. At the com
Ing election there will be nineteer
Senators elected Ia the following Sena
toral Districts a.. t.F.... ...
Second District Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth Wards OF Orleans.
Third District Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth Wards OF Orleans apd st. Ber.
nard. 5..,
Sixth District-Twelfth. Thirteenth,
Fourteenth, Sixteenth, SeveDteeth
Wards, Jefferson, st. Charles and st.
John the Baptist. Two Senators to be
elected, one for two, the other for four
years.
Eighth District Lafourche. Assump.
tion and Terrebonne
Ninth District--Vermilion and st.
Mary. GI
Effgth ETffsgvtehnnth Observation-Disclosures. st.
Tammany, st. Helena. Tangipahoa and
Washington.
Twelfth District Pointe Coupee and
East and West Feliciana.
Fourteenth District-West Baton
Rouge, Iberia, Iberville and st. Martin.
Sixteenth District-Tensas and Frank
lin. =,
Seventeenth District Carroll, Madi-
son, Morehouse and Richland.
Eighteenth District-Ouachita and
Caldwell.
Nineteenth District Union, Lincoln
and Jackson.
Twentieth District -Bossier, Clai-
borne, Webster and Bienville.
Twenty-first District-Caddo;
Twenty second District-DeSoto, Red
River, Sabine and Natchitoches.
Twenty-third District-Rapides and
Vernon.
Twenty fourth District Catahoula,
Grant nnd Winn.
or these the Second, Third, Tenth,
Eleventh, Nineteenth. Twentieth.
Twenty-third and Twenty fourth Dis
tricts are all overwhelmingly Demo
cratic. and will, under all circumstances,
return eight Democratic Senators.
In the Eighth Senatorial District-As-
sumption, Lafourche and Terrebonne--
the two races are almost equal, but the
chances are almost certain that another
Democratic Senator will be elected from
this district The district went Demo
cratic at the last election, electing Mr..
Goode as Senator.
In the Twenty-second District the
negroes are IN q majority but the dis
trict is certainly Democratic. DeSoto,
Sabine and Natchitoches will all go
overwhelmingly Democratic, and as
sure Democratic Senator In this dis
trict.
The Twelfth and Twenty first Dis
tricts may be considered as In doubt.
Caddo has almost always gone Demo
cratic, and will very probably do 50
again. As to the Twelfth District, 1t
has hitherto been overwhelmingly Re
publican, with a Republican majority
OF 1000 or SO, in previous elections, but
this year there will be q complete
change In the vote. The two Felicianas
will undoubtedly go Democratic, while
Poiute Coupee will remain Republican.
The Senator will then depend on the
respective majorities these different
parishes will give.
or the other districts. an energetic
canvass might carry the Ninth tSt.
Mary and Vermilion) and the Eigh-
teenth tOuachita and CaldwelD, but the
chances are not very promising as yet.
The Third District will certainly,
despite splits and bolts, elect two Radi-
teenth and Seventeenth one each.
To gum 1t up, eight Democratic Sen
ators are certain OF election, two more
highly probable, and two more possible.
The Radicals on their part are certain
Of five Senators, with four more pos
sible. ..,........
The holding-over Senate consists OF
nine Democrats and eight Radicals. III
the Democrats succeed In the doubtful
districts, the Senate will stand twenty
one Democrats to fifteen Radicals; II
not, the two parties will stand nineteen
Democrats to seventeen Radicals.