New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-04

clerks, seven Administrators, one Mayor,
as also power of nomination for Congress
and the electoral college, equal to two
ffths of 233 per cent Of these bodies.
just when the baronial organs were rais-
ing their voices in joyous headlines over
the irreparable divisions Of the Repub-
ican party, the baronial defeat was an
nounced, and the whole spoi,s so sedu-
lousy nursed by the barons and their de-
pendents were swept off by ''the Dinner
ty" and the septs. The O'Soollivans and
the O'Flahertys and the O'Learys have all
combined, and the barons have fallen
upon another Runnymede, at which they
must grant a magma charta dictated by
those they have regarded as their political
serfs. Descending from the classic chivalry
of this example, we can not refrain from
quoting a colored refrain which illustrates
the confidence as well as the disappoint-
ment of the baronial organs. This rude
allegory runs thus:
Snake bake Dc hoecake, an he set dc frog to
watch it;
De frog went to sleep an de lizard come "a cotch it.
The baronial press take his adroit cap
ture of all the baronial prerogative and
perquisites differently. The Bulletin az
fects to regard "the O'Finnerty'': as the
coming man astride of barrel like Bac-
chus, and crowned with corn tassels, as
the jolly god used to be with chaplet Of
grape leaves. The Bulletin is semi-satiricaL
1t describes the third warders-
We faAcied that the gentlemen of the
ward didn't know Finnerty, and we ven
tured to presume that they would not
choose for their leader Q person who was
chiefly remarkable for proficiency in
stuff lg ballot boxes aud for shining capa-
city az an engineer of fraudulent registra-
ton; who took office from both sides with
at no very remote period in the past, is
lost in the nebulous mazas Of the police
courts.
The Times takes a ponderous view of
the primary election, and though the
OFinnerty is not named, the general allu-
sion is obvious.
1t requires but Q casual glance at the list
of persons elected on Friday last to control
the different Democratic ward clubs of the
city during the approaching canvass to dis.
cover that in some Of the wards the best
element in them has been apparently over-
whei,ned and forced into position Of pouer
lsssness. In these cases it ia plain that the
best class Of citizens hare been defeated; and
no hot hi n NJ h..av f$ank Tod
without the assistance and pr0mp.ings of
professional politicians and adventurers il
plausible, if not positively well founded.
To this is ominously added
This, We need hardly cay, portends dan
ger to the party. Its effect will be TO rem
der lukewarm all the very best people in
these wards who are opposed to Radical
ism, and who have reform at heart. These
can see little difference between one set of
Adventures than another, and they have
time and again expressed the resolve not to
cOuutenanoe by their votes q party which
permits itself to be 80 pro stitu:ed.
The peripatetic Pic manages the result
more adroitly. It considers the election
Of 1.-The O'Finnerty"-
A vindi cation Of his character against
the strictu res recently laid upon him.
In this it seems to take the side of the
popular champion against the barons,
and will be found casting up its battered
chapeau for the victor, whomsoever or
whatever he may be, politically. The
barons may apprehend the sudden loss
Of this wary henchman. There is fur
ther remuneration Of baronial prerogatives
in the following significant avowal. Of
1.-The O'Finnerty" victory it is said
His majority was very large, and prims
facie an acquittal of the charges preferred
against him.
When we remember the valuable time
and talent which We have devoted to the
correction of single baronial doctrine,
We are gratiied to have made convert
Of the Pic. How often and how ably has
it urged the superior rights Of the minor
ity. With what zeal did it contend that
unless a man could write his own name
or that Of somebody else, he should not
be allowed to approach the sacramento
ballot box. Now it admits that ma
jorits vote furnishes q prima facie acquit-
tai of "Mr. O'Finnerty" from the serious
charges exhibited against him. The
separation of the barons and the barrel
house influence is definite, and may never
again be compromised. Partisans n,y
take their measures accordingly.