The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-18

| run against Inc regular D0mOcIets'
nominees. They have no nope o
straight out nominations.
Capt. r. b. pslby. Of Coush.tta. IN
nounoes himself - candidate fol
Bbsriff oi Red River. Pluoky In ~
Republican parish.
A new club was formed In the Eight
Ward of Moreh0use parish, With twen
tyasin eolorsd men among the members
The Democrats Of Tsrrebopne vii
hold primary election at Houma on the
tGth of September. for the purpose o.
nominating paroehial ticket.
Mr.. II. q. Cobb, of Ouaohita,. was
nominated at the Fifth .Congressiona
District Convention, at Monroe. Aug
District, and J. Floyd King, Of Conoor-
tlta, "a alternate. This completes oui
electoral ticket.
L., q. Perkins In the Democratic can.
didate for the Senate from the Twelfth
senatorial District. the, two Felicianas
and Pointe Coupee, over which there IL
going to be an earnest and close light.
In the Senatorial Convention Mt Mon.
roe, for the Eighteenth Senatorial Dis
trict, parishes Of Caldwell and Ousch.
ita, Hon. Thos. II. Meredith, Of Cald-
we'll. was nominated. Mr.. Meredith
was a member Of the last Legislature
from Caldwell.
Landry. colored State Senator, and
President OF tho Parish Executive Com
mite of Ascension parish, o0iinssls the
Republicans of that parish against rails
ing armed political organizations Tor
the campaign. that they might very
easily cause trouble and strife. It is
claimed his advice will be followed by
the other Radical leaders.
Judge @. y. Wheeler. Of Morehouse,
In the Radical candidate for Senator
from the Seventeenth senatorial Dis
triet Madison. Carroll, Morehouse and
Riohland. He comes out In q letter to
the papers, saying that anybody that
says anything is somewhat vague rs
here-agaiDst him, Ia ~ liar. or words to
that effect.
Morebouse candidates Legislature,
W. II. Bunokley, Parish Judge, Judge
u. II. Smith Clerk OF the District Court.
James l.. Wright, James II. Martin,
J. +. Madison; Sheriff, John l.. Pratt.
Il. Scott Haddtok. John II. Davenport,
Frank r.. Brigham and VIM. +. Douglas !.
Recorder. II. II. NatT.
The Judicial and Senatorial Dem.
ocratic Convention for the Twenty
Second DeSoto, Natehitoohes.
Red River and Sabine met at Pleasant
Hill on Tuesday. the sth inst. and
made the following nominations: State
j. w. Sandiford. OF Red River
District Judge. u. Pterson, of Natebi.
toehes District Attorney, w. r. Hall.
OF DeSoto.
George y, Hamlett, Of Ouachita. is
the Radical candidate for Senator In
the Eighteenth Senatorial District.
Ouachita and Caldwell Mr.. Hsmlett
was the chairman Of that celebrated
oredential committee that raised such
In tho Radical convention In
tho 1t. Charles Theatre. aud which 30
nearly wrecked the party.
Strange that the Radicals have nom
mated almost all their candidates for
the Senate, and have ~ yet put forth
no nominations for the Lower House,
Would.be Senators have been named
by them already IN the Sixth, Eighth.
Ninth, Seventeenth and other districts.
but ipembers Of the House there are
none, and they have not even appointed
tions. Why Is this thus7 Is there any
scheme In it2
In the Twelfth District Judicial Con
.Uuachita. Caldwell, Cata-
ho,ila, franklin and Hichland, held at
Monroe, August II. +. q. Parsons, Of
Morehouse, was nominated for District
Judge and w. N. Potts, Of Hichlsnd, az
District Attorney. The candidates. voted
for were, for District Judge, s. q. Par.
sons, Of Morehouse, and Capt. II. +.
Wells, Of Richland, for District Attor.
ney, WIN. Potts, of kichland. and John
b. Stone, OF Ouaohita.
The Democratic District Convention
was held in Thibodsux. August II, and
made the following nominations bena-
tor. Eighth Senatorial District, I. d.
Moore, OF Iafourehe; Judge, Fifteenth
Judicial District. Lewis Guion, OF La
District Attorney, Fifteenth
Judicial District, r. L. WInder. Of La
The Senatorial District in
cludes Terrebonne. Lafourehe and As-
sumption. IMfourche seems to have
carried of all the honors.
About three hundred persons collected
nj the late Radical turnout and meeting
In Baton Rouge. The meeting appeared
10 be far from . success. The orators
chosen for the occasion were not first
class far from Il. Among them wore
one Hubbard. from this city, u yellow
man, a roustabout a few years ago, and
IN the Radical Parish Con-
vention. The Rev. Bryant, colored, who
Ia the last few months has figured some
what notoriously In Radical politics;
and white man named Bean-can't be
our Bean Of DeSoto, the defa,ilting SUI
pervisor OF Registration. who stole the
election returns from that parish ?
Their speeches are described az sour
rilous aud did not seem to meet the de-
,ire Of thoir auditors, who wanted to
hear facts about the public schools.
The first primary election In Webster
parish was held August 8. As we have
before explained, the plan was TO hold
,ne primary election and then drop all
but the two foremost candidates II
neither received majority Of the votes
polled. The vote was For the Legisla.
lure. Hon. w. W. Carlos and q. w.
Tompkins received the highest number
of votes. For Parish Judge, II. 9. Drew
no had only one opponent-Judge w.
L. Franks. For Sheriff, w. n. Collins
majority over two opponents
@. w. Warren and J. A. Colvert. For
Clerk, 3. y. Spann and jackson Sykes