New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-13
THE INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT.


correspondents Between Genera Sewell
and Judge Dibble.
A correspondence has recently passed be-
tween General Leonard Sewell, represent
ing the Peoples Ticket Independent
Party" and Judge Dibble, chairman of the
Republican Parish Executive Committee,
in relation to the Independent movement,
from which we select sufficient to give the
reader an idea of the object Of writing:
General Sewen wrote as follows:
SIR-Having appointed the Committee of
Forty, and obtained the adhesion of re-
spectacle and phuential Conservative gen.
tiemen of our city in sufficient force to place
before the said committee, it becomes now
my duty to call the committee together for
prompt action.
Twas permitted verbally to state that if
there existed dissatisfaction With the nom.
nations of the late Democratic Parish Con-
vention, and if the Independent Conserva.
tives would put in the field q good ticket,
that the Republican party would not NOM
mate a city ticket, but would indOrse the
Independents.
l would now ask you to enable me to
present to the Committee of Forty this
decl ration of the Republican party in
writing. While the question remains un-
answered the public mind remains un-
settled, hence the necessity Of an immediate
reply.
1t being conceded that the city is Demo-
cratic and Conservative: you will under
stand, before we proceed further, that the
ticket will be strictly Conservative and con-
fined to city affairs.
To which Judge Dibble replied:
Your letter was laid before our commit.
koa I'D cd a md nosN ~aA
ton. I am directed by the committee to
say that, in their opinion. you have not
been misled in suppoeing that the Repub-
lican party in this parisL will forego the
privilege of nominating parish and city
ticket, if thereby the cause of reform and
good government can be served in the mat
ter of our local affairs.
The committee have no doubt, as individ.
uals and as the persons charged by this
party with the management of the cam
p0ign in this city, that this course has hon
estly and sincerely been determined upoa
by nearly all, if not all, of the leadirg Re-
publicans in New Orleans.
You are aware, however, that some weeks
ago primary elections were held in ali the
wards of the city for delegates to conveu-
tions, which were held in the several Rep
resentative districts in the city, and that
these several conventions selected delegates
" u p8Ilcu HUu City COuVcutIOus i may say
here that this plan tor choosing delegates
TO the central convention was adopted with
the express understanding that the conven-
ton would most probably agree not to put
a parish and city ticket in the field.
But this committee now directs me to say
that they can not officially and authorita-
lively bind the Repu blican party in New
Orleans in this matter. That can be done
alone by the parish and city convention.
This onyention can be called together BY
the Parish Executive Committee at any
time.
am further directed by this committee
to say that they do feel authorized, how.
ever, to etate that they have no doubt that
if the Independent ticket is nominated by
your convention on forty or by any other
indepe ndent party organization, which from
the personnel of the nominees will be q
guarantee of reform and good local govern
ment, and if such ticket is likely to be sup
ported by any considerable number Of
Democratic and Conservative citizens, the
Republican parish and city convention will
not make nominations, and would indorse
such Independent parish and city ticket.
This course, the committee feel assured,
will secure for such Independent parish and
city ticket the full vote of the Republican
party in New Orleans, and the active sup
port of the Republican party organizations,
city and State.