New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-19

VOLUME X.-NO. {
POLITICAL NOTES.
The Democratic papers are throwing up
their hats in jubilee because Colonel Conk
ling" has declared that ''he and his wing OF
the Liberals are for Tilden." They entirely
forget to inform . wondering public who
the devil Colonel Conkling 10, and how
manv pin feathers are left in his wing.
We have heard of Colonel Conkling, a
vhilom internal revenue official, who was
jerked into jail by some of Grants minions.
Can he be this landed Democratic aquisi-
ton :
Let il be published all over the South that
already the States OF the North are oeing
divided mp into military districts.
The above is clipped from the Vicksburg
Herald, with simply q transposition OF the
italiclsed words; but the truth is is no de-
gree diminished by the change.
1t is no knew thing to the best informed
politician that strong combination exists
between certain city and country leaders
to place Hon. Louis Texada at the head OF
the Democratic ticket. That distinguished
and favorite son of Rapides parish is at the
St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, complet-
ing the preliminaries for the contest There
is report to the effect that Judge T. c.
Manning, of Rspides, will put in nomina-
ton Mr.. Texada, and that General Frank
Nichols, of Assumption, will second it in
one of his terse and telling speeches.
Should this report prove correct, it would
indicate the existence of q combination
that must scatter the plans of our city can
didates to the winds like thistle-down in q
nor wester. Mr.. Texads is an honorable
man, and, so far as we have ever heard,
just man-so We do not care q continental
if he does get-the nomination.
We, however, throw ont this hint to the
Wiltz Guards (white), the Penn Defenders,
and the McEnery Bombarders. that it be-
hooves them all to keep their weather eye
Mr.. w. S. Booth and Colonel E. w. Rob-
ertson, two prominent citizens Of Baton
Rouge, were arrested yesterday by order of
Marshsl Packard, the Radical candidate for
Governor, and brought to this city.-Demo-
crat.
This is political Rhoorback of the most
stupendous proportions. and deceives no
one-not even the writer. The gentlemen
were arrested by order of the United States
court upon an indictment found by United
States grand jury, sitting upon which were
some good Democrats, who manifested their
love of justice by bringing to legal account
ability Democratic whisky thieves az we'll
as Democratic regulators. Yet had Mr..
Packard made the arrest he would have
been performing simply an unavoidable
duty. Coin another counterfeit, neighbor.
In the second ward the fiery, untamed
royal Bengal "Tiger Club" has been reor.
ganized. This organization was power in
the campaign of 1868. Its former main.
spring, Mr.. Matt Lagan, is the vice presi-
dent, and will doubtless again furnish the
motive power. Has not this movement q
squint toward renominating the present
Mayors
The Tigers passed q warm Endorsement of
E. John Ellis for Congress.
Under the heading "Ward Dissensions,"
the Picayune perpetrates the subjoined,
which, fer childlike simplicity and inno-
cence of the true inwardness of Democratic
politicians, is matchless:
1t is unfortunate that at this time 80
many and such serious dissensions should
prevail in the matter of ward organization.
The disposition made by the parish commit
tee of some of the contests has been brought
into question by the parties affected, and
there is danger that breaches may be made
through which the enemy may creep in. 1t
is manifestly the dnty Of the parish com.
nittee to take this metter in hand, and by
thorough investigation of the disputes in
volved, to SO equitably decide as to restore
unanimity among the contestants, and thus
win the confidence Of the people. There is
from the standpoint OF experience, it is just
as likely that the allegations may in some
instances be correct. The parish commit
tee has duty to perform in this matter
which is yet un performed, and which it can
not ehirk with credit to ITSELF Perhaps az
easy way as any would be to order q new
election in the wards where fraud may be
Remembering that most of the members
of the parish committee hold their places
by virtue of these very dissensions, which
they helped to create; that the antsgonisms
complained of are mainly directed against
them; and that ''to order new election"
necessitates the submitting of their own
claims to office again to the people, the 60
luton suggested by the Picayune is GER
tainly the most ingenious bit of political
strategy the campaign has so far devel.
oped.
The Natchitoches Vindicator opposes
Packard because, as it elegantly expresses
it, he Sustained the thieves under War
moth" We don't know whereabouts in
space the indicators editor was then roam
ing, but he certainly could not have been
around the State capital, without it is the
truth he is not vindicator of. Mr.. Pack
ard, in those historic days, was in arms
against Governor Warmoth, aided and
abetted by Hon. E. John Ellis, General
Waggaman, Majors Lingan and McCaleb,
the Democratic legislators, and all the
other bright lights which illumine the
Natchitoches editors political frmanent.
1t was, perhaps. owing to this flor Repub-
ican) dangerous alliance, that the sturdy
marshal, in that contest, encountered his
sole defeat. We are the more inclined to
this belief by the fact that when Governor
Warmoth subsequently made similar con.