The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-18
WARmoTH's MASS MEETING
THE LOUISIANA RADICALS RATIFY
HAYES AND WMEELRR.

warmoth Applauded, sheridan Kissed
ana kcllssg Denounced.
A free display Of rockets (symbolical
perhaps. OF Hayes political prospects,
collected quite q crowd In the neighbor.
hood OF Mechanics Institute last night
liberal supply Of music, giving that
old negro melody. "Chere mo iaimain
tOi, was added to soothe the savage
breasts OF the politicians.
Under these two auspicious influences
the old chamber OF the House of Repre-
sentatives was pretty we'll filled with
lockers on, who, In various manners
whistlings, stampings, coughings. etc.
showed their desire shat the show
should commence at once without "any
darned foolin'"
The platform was ornamented by
about dozen Vice Presidents, mixed, a
1irty American flag and large tarpau-
len containing the names OF Messrs.
Hayes, Wheeler and Uniacke. There
seemed to be some confusion about
or four times with various improve
ments In northography,l leaving somewhat
of blot instead OF the future Presi-
dents name.
The appearance Of a quartette, COM
posed OF Warmoth, Jim Lewis, Jack
Wharton and an unknown darkie, at
tracted the general attention, War
moth being greeted with very fair
howl. The quartette being boosted
up on the platform by the crowd,
a general stampede took place to get a
nearer view Of the great, the coming
Warmoth.
howls, and long list OF vice presidents
Messrs. Effingham Lawrence, Cyrus
Bussey, w. W. Howe, J. II. Oglesby,
Ghas. L. Howard, Il. w. Dunber, and
others.
A fife and drum in the lobby drowned
the tail end Of the vice presidents,
wEAh were thus forever lost to fame.
aud introduced the Fourth Ward Hayes
Club, carrying lantern illustrated with
he picture of a not very handsome man
W th o long flowing beard, the very image
OF Belknap's photograph. The presi-
d mt OF the club, however, insisted that
it was as near Hayes in appearance as q
p Inter could do for a dollar, without
9 'er having seen either the candidate or
q picture OF him.
Warmoth got the better Of the fife
an drum, and was greeted with twenty
on consecutive hOwls.
He voted the audience the usual
tn inks. He was glad to clasp hands
wi h his old Republican friends. The
no uination OF Hayes promised that
the % would be no more chickering's, no
div sion among the Republicans Of the
Sta Q, such rs had at one time threaten
ed-so separate them forever. It meant
mo e; it meant that we should settle
our own little domestic differences
amo ly ourselves. The Governor wound
wou get the persimmon, and that he,
pers nally, intended to pull away
nigh y hard at that persimmon.
The Governor then introduced q carpet
bagg n from Ohio, Gen. L.. A. Sheldon,
who confined himself to saying that he
could 1T say anything about Hayes be-
cause he was too good a man to say any
thing about.
Mus C by the band.
j. 8 lila Martin, representative OF the
learning OF the negro race, was intro
duced by Warmoth as q specimen Of a
crooked Republican who had wandered
wandered through q hundred fields In
must unite with the true white people of
the South; the colOred people must
stick to the Republican party the col
Ored must let themselves be killed free
ly; the colored people must kill some
white men, Murat Halstead told him
80; they didn't kill enough white men
It was better to be killed on your own
than be shot on the re-
5ponsibility Of somebody else; War
moth ought to be Governor he'll save
your lives he didn't like Warmoth; he
was for old Tom Anderson for Gov
ernor, [groan.] "If that music over
The music triumphs and Sella gives |
Jim Lewis said something vague about |
Hayes, and about Offering Morton on
The altar OF something-Or-other. He
threw out q vague suggestion that 1t
would be we'll to have an honest Radical
candidate in Louisiana this election.
Gave up, on account OF hOarseness, to
the Rev. Mr.. Bryant, q youthful negro,
who lifted his voice in q hosanna and
amen to Mr.. Hayes, and then wandered
On amid zephyrs, breezes, craigs Of Scot
unaware that Sheldon had got |
off identically the same joke and anec-
1ote some ten minutes ahead of him.
The Rev. Mr.. Bryant, being we'll re-
,eived, grew rather diffuse, and seemed
likely to speak all night. One OF the
other speakers grew nervous, and q
pull at the Rev. g coat tail ad-
him into hasty peroration.
He wound up in the Star Spangled Ban
ner.
Interlude of resolutions.
A short, stout gentleman, dressed all
IN white and labeled, conspicuously,
'G. A. g." got the floor next and started
,ut, as usual, in alternate dashes Of wit
and pathos, poetry and talk, entering
nto full history Of the wanderlngs OF
Warmoth Il Co. during the last few
years, and no little abuse OF Kellogg as
! coward, q charge that met with con-
siderable applause.
The Generals speech was much the
same. indeed almost exactly the same. |