The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1876-10-28
THE LEGIsLATURE.

THE LEGISLATURE. '
If we do not get control of the next
Legislature, and by large and work
ing majority, 1t will he because ot
criminal negligence or incapacity on
our part everything points and
promises In that direction. In at least
is parishes out or the Sc OF the State,
the Radicals have nominated and
will nominate no candidates for the
Legislature in fact, they give up these
parishes rs hopeless, and think them
hardly worth wasting money on ip the
way Of conventions, whisky and tickets.
Hecome aggressive, have invaded hith-
erto strong and overwhelmingly Rad
kcal parishes, like Tensas, Carroll,
etc, and have nominated candidate
for the Legislature In every. parish In
the ensaye, three ,QnlY, and promise
soon TO nominate In thesa three. i.,,.,,.
On the Legislative ticket there Is but
que split In the entire State In Demo
cratic ranks, while the Radicals have
two and even three boiling factions In
rs out OF the 80 parishes In which they
have made nomlnations-factio that
appear determined to keep in the field,
that have at least resisted every threat,
ehtreaty and promise OF the Radical
State Central Committee up to this day
without a single exception. There are
tee tramping through the country seek
They have begged and prayed for peace
In Plaquemines, harmony in st. James,
long and loudly, but without the least
success.
Not only do these divisions in the
Radical ranks promise to assist us, but
the, very geographical division of the
Slate is In our favor. There are some
dozen or so parishes in which the two
races are almost equally divided as to
number and voters. The Radicals have
hitherto counted on these, from the
fact that they generally c0ntrole the
entire negro vote, and this, they argued,
with few white carpet-baggers ami
scalawags to back them, gave them
majority. The rule works quite differ
emily now. We have the white vote
solidly with US and enough of the
negroes to give US a fair majority in
these parishes formerly classed Repub-
lican. l...4 ,-ss ....4u,.s. ,..
1t is noticeable fact that all the Radi-
cal leaders are making for the lucrative
elective offices this year. But few of
them are eager to come to the Legisla-
ture the large majority prefer to stay
at home as sheriffs, clerks of courts,
recorders, etc they have mo -desire for,
legislative honors, fOreseefng that these
honors will not be quite so lucrative as
in past years. They are particularly
eager to get good fat offices; they want,
as little Antoine says, to have some
nice, quiet place to retire to il the Dem
ocrats are successful. They. .foresee the
result and are quite willing to sell out
their members of the Legislature, il
they can make sure of these lucrative
offices thereby. . .ae.s ang ~.
A large majority Of the Radical can
didates for the Legislature are mere
sticks, put up to be traded off. In Con-
cordia the two Radical leaders, Young
and Hough nominate crowd of wholly
unknown negroes, whom they would
be only too willing to sell out to-mor-.
row, and exceedingly cheap, too, for
personal advantage. In Carroll, the
Radical leader, Lanier, secures his
own nomination for the shrievalty and
places two sticks of his on his ticket for!
the Legislature. 1t is SO in almost every
parish. 80
Everything looks promising for the
coming Legislature; the splits OF the
Radicals, the division of the State, the
charater of our nominees rs compared
with theirs, all assure US of success. VI
If we can get an energetic, honest,
courageous, hard working Legislature,
we can secure all we want; there is
nothing to fear. Ifdishonest judges are
elected, the coming Legislature will not
be one to suffer judicial dishonesty
without a word; it will not tolerate
official malfeasance or injustice. If we
get n good Legislative ticket to back
Gen. Nichols all is assured, and such
ticket we will get if we elect our present
nominees.-M. O. Democrat.
NOW FOR NOVEMBER.