New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-29
VOLUME X.---NO. IL
POLITICAL NOTES.


field until defeat or success before the con-
yeption be definitely ascertained, is sur
prise to many. The intimate friendship SO
long existing between him and Mr.. William
Fagan induced many to suppose that this
candidacy for the same Office to which the
latter aspires was for the purpose merely OF
catching votes to be transferred at the
proper time to Mr.. Pagan, but Mr.. andy's
emphatic statement wipes out this theory.
MIR. E P. Rareshide's friends are eiaSed
naturally enough at this division IN the
Fourth District forces; but to others 1t
looks as if the effect of the split would De
to consolidate the down town interests IN
an effort to secure for that section this nice,
fat prize.
Mr.. Burks's candidacy for the office he
now fills also embarrasses the shrievalty
question The Administrator OF Improve
ments is regarded as the second important
Office in the parish, not in money rewards
but in substantial political power. 1t is
hardly to be expected that the delegates
will consent to bestow both rpon the elev-
enth ward and then throw in as lagniappe
a tat cffice for Mr.. Alcee Gauthreax, who
has certainly earned such a recognition.
In all the discussions We hear upon thu
subject of office distribution two once prom.
inent features appear to have been entirely
dropped out of sight and mind. First-The
determination to throw aside the old
'sparty hacks and "wire- -pullers" and take
up new men" in whom "the people will
have confidence" Second-The determin-
alton to reduce the emoluments of these
principal offices so that it would be losing
game to pay big money for the nomirar
tions.
Certain it is if the old ringites maintain
control of the reform" party. as now seems
inevitable, then will that reform be con-
fined to the platform and campaign orations.
The Democratic COMMITTEE on canvass
ing and registration" to which was referred
the report upon the intimidation attempted
upon the Third Ward Colored Club by
Redical emissaries" has failed to act so far
as the public is informed. Yet do the
Democratic clubs continue to pass indignant
resolutions thereupon, as if the facts we're
duly established. Let the Republican cam
paign committee call for joint investiga.
tion in the spirit of peace and tair play
which both parties profess. We believe
fraud has been committed upon the public
in these statements, which the Democrat
has been inveigled into commenting upon
editorially in this outrageous strain:
Monday night several hundred Demo
cratic colored men were holding q club
meeting at the corner of Notre Dame and
Tchoupltoulas streets, when gang of levee
ruff ans and rats, from the den of a man
known as Elephant Johnny, entered the
NEE ting. began cursiug the colored men,
and drew their pistols, terrifying them
with threats of shooting into them. These
drove off the negroes. Of course this
rutfianly gang were sent to do this job. and
were under the protection of the Metro
pOlitan Police; and they very ettectually
performed their mission.
1t is not likely that the president will
take any special notice of this affair, nor is
it probable that the blood y-shirt papers
will have any thing to say OF it. And yet,
this is an instance in which 800 peaceable
colored men were driven away from their
meeting by gang of white rutfia
There was no such meeting of colored
men; the attacking party are equally 'men
in buckram;" and hence a slander upon the
police is established. What did occur was
. gathering of less than score of Demo
cratic darkies, and the only interruption
was the verbal protest by one of these very
negroes against falsehoods uttered by q
speaker about Republican officials. To per-
sist in charges which have been shown to be
unwarranted, manifests disposition to find
pretsxts for assaults upon Republicans
which will tend to anything but an orderly
or good tempered canvass.
In the eighteenth district the Democrats
nominated Thomas E. Meredith for Senator.
He did not want the dubious compliment
does not sympathizs with the manner Of the
canvass, nor does he like the local ticket
put up with him. And he does not hesitate
to say all this very frankly.
Ii the Democratic orators attack the
character of our candidate for Governor
executive ability-they must do it on unsup- |
ported rumor and the slanderous attacks of |
enemies. He stands before the world, after |
a rigid Congressional! investigation by his |
partisan opponents, as free and unblem- |
ished in character as General Nichols, or
any other of his fellow-citizens. He can
take the stump by the side of any man and |
defy the truth to harm him in the esteem of |
any honest man.
To charge that he has faithfully per-
formed official duty, howsoever disagreea-
BILE, and fearlessly obeyed the law, he will
plead guilty, and pledge to continue the
same manly course as Executive of the
State. Per sonal attacks of any other char
acter can not be truthfully uttered, and We
are convinced General Nichols would not
the reiteration of untruth. Let
US have the joint canvass-and peace.
The Finuerty Fitzpatrick combination
has yielded to the storm raised by the In.
and granted full representa-
tion to them on the committee which is to
run the election next Thursday. The bets
are still in favor of Fitzpatrick-that he
will be third time elected member of
the Democratic State Committee-but
unusual effort ia being made by his enc
mics, and money will be freely spent in the
fight. If Fitzpatrick should be beaten, Mr..
Finnerty's chances for the control of the
Department of Improvements will be slim
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