New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-21
PoLlTIOAL NOTES.

wr R0llT1OAL NOTES.
The 1ssses mistakes our position entirely.
The REPUBLICAN, fnds NO objection to Mr.
Ellis for promising to support levee ap-
preparation and Southern Paci6e railroad
bill ct the aext session Of Congress. Our
objection Lies against hss support last ses-
sion II the unj ust aud discriminatipg Hol-
maa resolution, which efectually Aebars
him and his fellow-Denoerats froa pasaing
tAese much needed relief bills for the Sonth
- long - it stands - the declared policy
" tho House. These promises for future
good behavior have strangely familiar
sound, too. Is it not possible We ksvs heard
souAsthing like them before froea the came
sourcss However this may be, the people
are just now prone to Judge officials by their
works, the Holman resolution 10 au accom-
plished and opPressive faet-ths leyeea eaAd
railroad subsidies unfortun stely ore not
facts at all. 1aa. d.. .7s-.iL
hunter and fisherman, of local celebri-
ty. predicts very cold winter. Shvewd
Democrats think the cold weather, for them,
will set in shortly after November.
The Melpomene Rangers. BY adopting
resolution to support Mr.. Roche for coroner
of the upper district, snd declaring him
the proper nominee of the Democratic
party, administer . severe rebuke to
Mr.. Emile O'Brien, who was not only presi-
dent of the "What IL It" convention, but
the PRECEDENT OF the Central Club OF their
ward-the first. The resolution accuses
him Of defeating Mr.. Roche by unparlia-
nentary practices.
The refusal Of the New York committee
to transait thst $lo0,0eo to All the cam
psign chest of the Louisiana Democracy,
wss not % much the result Of impecuniosity
- suspicion Of the good faith Of the leaders
here. The New Yorkers have, or pretend
70 have, learned of . plot whereby the
electoral vote of the State u TO b given for
Hayes, provided the Federal authoE1ties
will permit the Democracy to seize, with
ont interference, upop the State govern
ment. Henca, the 1fllen committee ssnd
COED advice, instead Of filthy lucre, to their
suspected brethren.
Tho Bastrop Clarion says Of politics in
its parish:
The political horizon in Norehouse for the
past two weeks has been s0mewhat dark
ened BY the probability of our ticket being
defeated here in November, and consequent
Of nasterly inactivity will mot win, and It
requires the united and ceaselees effort Of
every man in the parish to defeat our worst
and most malignant enemies.
Yet this Democratic organ proceeds to de-
clare that "the Democratic and Conserve
tive party intends to win in Morehoase."
How do they intend to achieve victoryl
With . Republican majority to overcome and
apathy among their own followers, can this
positive declaration mean aught else than
that the Democratic managers and office
seekers have determined to accomplish by
violence what can not be won by the flair,
free and honest election" to which the party
stands pledged. 1t will do to put such en-
phatic averments on the record for future
reference.
Mr. E. John Ellis, in tho following declsr-
alton, if we understand his language,
means that if the Republican officials do
not submit to Whatever demands the Dem
ocratic committees may mako upon them,
under the pretext of detecting frauds, he is
willing the election should be broken up in
q row. We quote:
Tho negroes had asked him personally if
ho did not wish Q peaceatls election. He
had answered that he did, and that he
wanted also . fair & sction, and that ii the
Radicals intended to carry the election BY
the fraudulent negro registration which
was 20 glaringly being attempted BY them,
he did not care whether the election was
pesceable one or not. He made NO secret
about THE; in fact he wished it distinctly
IL it not first in order for Mr.. Ellis OF
other Democratic leaders to point out some
of the alleged fraudulent registrations and
if the Republicans show . dispos-
ition to shield or protect the perpetratorsi
The Hinden Democrats are not enjoying
the best of luck. In the first place, they
wouldn't enthuse worth nickel, and when
1t last enough of them were got together
10 make decent showing for pole raising.
the pole played them miserable trick. 1t
in pieces-like Democratic hopes |
will 90 often do-before it could be got to |
} perpendicular. In fact, the only real
downright good time they have had was
over the West Virginia election. They felt |
,ure they could rely upon that, and just
vent it with recklessnees. The Minden |
Democrat tells about the glorious demon |
,tration:
In Minden, the old cannon (St. john her |
llded the glad tidings to the people in |
Webster and adjoining parishes. The great |
,st enthusiasm prevailed. BOntires last |
tight shed light over our town. One of our |
prominent merchants got SO full OF patriot |
Sun that he sacrificed his old hat to the |
lanes ana went bareheaded the rest of the |
,vening. There is no telling what man |
Won't do when he's full of patriotism.
No sooner had the lode ependent ticket, as
Ddorsed by the Republican Parish Conven-
ion, appeared in the morning papers yes
erdsy, than there was futtering Of alarm
nong the Democratic henchmen. A con-
ultation of the Parish Committee was had
arly in the day, and oil Of the candidates
,hose virtues had commended them to the
Independents, were ordered to report forth