New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-23
POLITICAL NOTES.

evening was large and enthusiastic. Judge
Duvigneaud, Captain Peter Joseph, Major
William H. Green and Paul Trevigne ad-
dressed the meeting in relation to the
relative merits of the two political parties,
national and State. It is needless to add
that the speakers understOod their subject
and by plain comparisons drew q very fair
picture of the hollow hearted pretensions
of honesty and the hypovritical promises
of friendship held out to the country and
to the colored people by the hungry Demo-
oracy of Louisiana and the nation. The
Packard Pioneers, and Wide Awake
Auxiliary Clubs meet weekly and are
largely attended. The Germans have or.
ganized an auxiliary club under the aupices
of the German Republican Central organ
ization, and submitted the names of it's
members to the Central Republican Club
for enrolment. The banner ward is ap-
psrently loeing none of its former prestige
for earnestness in the Republican cause.
Hon. Aleck Boarman, formerly Demo
cratic member of Congress from the fourth
district, is reported to be Republican can
didate for district Judge. Such conversions
are in the highest degree encourag ging and
full of promise. 1t is evidence of an awsk-
ening to the fact that the true reform and
progressive party of the South is the Re-
publican, and that reason and common
sense is destroying the prejudice and seo-
tionalism which have diverted so many Of
our best citizens from their true interests.
A report will be made, August 10, by the
presidents Of the various West Feliciana
clubs of all the persons in the parish acting
in union with the Democratic party. We
will then be able to count up our promised
majority in the parish.-Democrat.
If the report includes the nine hundred
and odd colored voters who have been
frightened to swearing an oath of allegiance
to the Democratic nominees, we can assure
our neighbor it will remain promised
majority" and can never be realized.
The Democrat revamps an cid rumor that
Governor Warmoth is about to retire from
the congressional contest in the first dis
trict. We hope it may prove true. The
Governors many friends, from the begin
ming of the campaign, urged that he could
render infinitely more service in the Legis-
lsture, and should he decide to make q
change it will be to come to the lower
House, from Plaquemines parish. As to
the authorized" part of the Democrats
we leave that for the present to
the gentleman interested to notice suitably.
1t is:
In connection with this important Incl
dent in our political affairs, we are author
lied to announce that Colonel Ethingham
Lawrence, of Plaquemines, the treasurer of
the Radical executive committee of Plaque
mines, has announced his determination to
support General Nichols for the governor
ship.
We are authorized to inform our Demo-
cratic friends that in few days Governor
Warmoth will return, and that from this
time to the election he will devote all his
time, ability and energy to q thorough oan-
vass Of all parts Of this State in the inter.
ests of our State and national candidates.
The Hon. Etfingham Lawrence has been
at the North for two weeks, but his friends
expect to soon hear from him on political
subjects.
A new phase of the political situation has
de veloped. Messrs. Thomas Mcknight and
Leonard Seweu, respectively president and
Secretary of the Southern Republican Club,
have been elected honorary members of the
N4w Orleans Workingmen's Association,
and it is rumored that Mr.. Sewell will ad-
dress the latter powerful organization on
Monday evening next. It is understood,
too, that this will be an open meeting, and,
if so, will doubtless attract curious politi-
clans of all parties should time and place
be announced.
The Democratic papers are making very
much of an alleged attack upon so-called
club of Conservative colored men, which
holds suppositious meetings under barber
named Craig. This is all bosh, and the
great brains who run the opposition press
know it, or can know it if they want to.
There never was club or gathering worthy
the name of cub; nowhite Republicans
have, or desire to, interfere with the talk
ative old nuisance who is announced as the
head of the movement and who is it's trib-
ute gather, and altogether it is very silly
affair for newspapers to base heavy editori-
ais on.
Let Joe Craig and his club make affidavits
against his assailants; the vigilant report
ers won't let them by smothered by "cor-
rupt Radical officials" Or better yet, let
the colored Conservatives adopt the Pica-
yune's suggestion, and "parade the
Streets" and thus indubitably prove the
now doubtful question that there is club.
If the Democrats realized how heartily
the Republicans surrender the Joe Craig
class of colored men to their tender mer-
cies, they would never have the audacity
to charge upon US q desire to drive them
back into our fold.
sEight Masked Men.''
This time it was q bank at Goliad. Texas.
But the robbers had on their regular Ku-
Klux uniform. As there was but one man
in charge of the bank at the time, the
maskers had an easy time of it. They
didn't get much, however, as most of the
money was locked up in thief-proof vault.
The robbers of Texas have pretty well
cleaned out the niggers and the white Re-
publicans, and are ripe for banks, stores,
churches, or anything that comes handy in