New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-19

! ganization Of the convention, and befor,
they can get together we can fix things 81
as to 60 before the people with claim tt
the support of all factions"
We leave it to the reader il the prcgnos
tication has opened truthfully. Now fol
the ticket.
The nomination of Mr.. Sheriff. w. Bias
del for member of the House, by the Re
publican convention of st. Tsmmany par
ish, is in direct line with the excel
lent policy which the Republicans il
all parts of the State have of late in
sisted upon-that of putting forward fol
candidates none but their best men. Mr.
Blasdel is a gentleman of education and
property, and is in no sense politician. he
| finished his education at leading literary
| institution In Central New York 1.-THE same
from which District Attorney Beckwith
graduated, and afterward studied law in
| the Office of Nessrs. Patterson & Shaw, Ssu
Francisco. Some years since he purchased
the old "Frigsrio place" in St. Tammany
parish, where he has since been engaged in
planting. Mr.. Blssdel's family name il
widely known, and held in high esteem or
Pacific slope. His father, Governor Henry
G. Blasdel, one of the forty miners, having
been for many years q leading merchant Of
San Francisco, aud afterward extensively
engaged in developing the silver mines ot
Nevada. When that State was admitted
to the Union, in 1866, he was elected Gov
ernor on the Republican ticket, and held
the Office until lS70-four years-with homo,
both to himself and the State. The election
of such men as the candidate of the Re
publicans of st. Tammany will do much te
counteract the power for evil in the Legis
lature. which the irresponsible character Of
the candidates of the city Democracy will
create.
The contest Though entered as an after
thought) against the O'Brien delegation
from the frst ward, promises to develcI
richness" 1t is openly charged that thu
box was stuffed with O'Brien tickets before
the voting began, and that notorious char
acters were employed as thugs to intimidate
voters favoring the opposition ticket.
Truly this Democratic fight developet
more political treachery, trickery and
double dealing than ever honest people
dreamed of, and the sooner it gets through
its job and dissolvee, the better it will be
for the good name of all concerned.
The parish campaign committee has
adopted the plan Of announcing the speak
ers who will address the Republican clubs
in the city during the week. The announce
ments will be found in another column.
The First, Second, Ninth, Tenth, Elev.
enth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth and Seven.
teenth Central Ward Clubs meet tonight
Several of the most eloquent and interest
ing speakers in the city are announced for
these meetings.
The bulldozers are still heard from occa-
sionally in the Florida parishes. One night
last week gang Of them visited the house
of q colored man who had recently been
nominated for member of the House OF
Representatives on the Republican ticket
in the parish of East Baton Rouge. The
gang called for him to appear, but were in.
formed by his wife that he was not at home.
Not satisfied with this, they fastened q rope
around the woman's neck and hung her up,
hoping by this means to extort q confession
from her. The poor woman finally satisfied
the visitors that she did not know where
her husband was, and they mercifully re-
Trained from taking her life.
Information is received that the bull.
dozers in East Feliciana have already taken
down their guns and gone in search of the
negroes who attended the mass meeting at
Clinton last Thursday.
Even steamboat was bulldozed at Bayou
Sara day or two ago. On her down trip
the Governor Allen stopped at that place
and party of white men came on board to
get drink at the bar. They objected to
paying the tariff rates for their respective
beverages, and went off grumbling. As soon
as they reached the bank, one of the party
turned about and discharged his revolver at
the boat, the shot going through the parti-
ton over the bar and imbedding itself in
the woodwork beyond-passing in un-
healthy proximity to the barkeeper's head.
A planter in Bayou Sara stated to our in
formant, on the day Of the Republican
meeting at that place, that he had all he
could do to keep the bulldozers from "pitch.
in" while the meeting was going on; that it
would have been very bad policy to get up
row Just at that time, and he had worn
himself out keeping the boys quiet.
The Baton Rouge Adrocate reports an
other colored man killed by the bulldozers
in that parish, one night last week; but ex-
presses the philanthropic hope that it is not
true.
Owing to the press of business in his Of
foe Governor Kellogg will not be able to
keep his engagement to speak in Vermilion-
Vile on the tweuty-eighth of September,
and Opelousas the thirtieth, therefore those
meetings are postponed to later date to be
hereafter announced.
In another column will be foun nd notice
from the parish campaign committee, call
ing general caucus of the delegates to
the several representative district conven-
tions elected yesterday, to meet with the
committee at the Mechanics In
stitute on Wednesday evening.
The central clubs at their meetings this
week should make all arrangements for the
grand mass meeting and torch light pro-
cessiOn, which will take place on Wednes-