The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-10-14
POLITICAL sTRAWs.
STATE.

by the Republicans OF Latourche par
ish: Representative, Chas. Gaude;
Parish Judge, A. F. KDobloch; Clerk
of Court, A. Rovira; Sheriff, VIM. Will
ton; Recorder, L. j. Comeaux; CorO-
ner, l.. Cherami. The second candi
date for Representative is to be desig-
mated by the parish committee. Mr..
Knobloch is also the Democratic nom
inee for Parish Judge, and his indorse
ment by the Republicans speaks we'll
for his character as an impartial jul
dicial officer.
A primary election was held by the
Democrats of Iberia parish, at which
these candidates received over half
the vote cast and are duly nominated !:
Representative, John NJ. Avery Par
isb Judge, L. P. Renaudet; Clerk of
Court, b. Dauterive. Another cleo
ton was necessary to determine upon
the nominees for Sheriff, Recorder,
Coroner aud the second Representa-
tive, resulting in the following choice
Representative, S. r. Gay; Sheriff,
H. B. Bayard; Recorder, j. Mestayer;
Coroner, F. l.. Jewell.
Mr.. just NJ. Lamare, formerly of
the Port Vincent Tfiune, is a Demo
cratic candidate for the Legislature
in the fifth ward of New Orleans. He
is "a competent and worthy gentleman,
and will make an excellent Represen-
tative if elected, as we suppose he
will be.
Hon. Jos. E. Parker, Republican
member of the House of Representa-
tives from jefferson parish, and can
didate for reelection, died suddenly
at his residence i'll Gretna ON the 23th
ultimo. Mr.. P. J. Kennedy, the well
known levee contractor, has been
nominated in place Of the deceased
candidate.
Notwithstanding the agreement up.
on the Senatorial question, the Dem
ocratic split in St. Landry is just as
"wide open" as ever.
The West Feliciana Ledger speaks
of the probability of the Republicans
of that parish nominating Mr. VIM.
d. Postlethwaite on their parochial
ticket. Mr.. Postlethwaite has been
until recently connected with the re-
porterial staff of the New Orleans
| Times. He is conservative in political
sentiment, bears good character and
would be fearless and impartial i'll the
| prosecution of official duties.
Mr.. Allen Gilley is an independent
Democratic candidate for Sheriff in
Calcasien parish. So is Mr.. David II.
Lyons. So is Mr.. A. L. Reid. Sew
eral wards yet to hear from.
The Democratic candidate for Sena-
tor in the Ninth District-St. Mary
and Vermilion palishes-is Donelson
Caffiey, Esq, of St. Mary.
The Kerligan SHINES faction of the
Republican party of ST. James refused
to ratify the compromise proposed by
conference completes. The squabble
stands, therefore, in Stdtu quo.
The Hon. Bill Murrell of Madison
joined the Democrats with the expec-
tatiOn of being nominated for the
House, but the Denis shook him, and
now Bill wants to get back into the
Republican ranks.
The Republican ticket in Bossier
parish is as follows: Representatives,
Samuel Thomas, n. A. Durdin; Par
ish Judge, B. F. Fort; Clerk of Court.
G. Abercrombie Sheriff, j B. O'Neal;
Recorder, Tony D. Williams; Coroner,
Henry Taylor.
Major w. G. Mcconnell, a gentle
man of high capacity and excellent
character, has been nominated by the
Republicans for Clerk of the Second
Judicial District Court.
NATIONAL.
Senator Christiancy of Michigan
supports Hayes and Wheeler.
Mr.. Demas Barnes, editor of the
Brooklyn Argus, an influential Demo-
cratic paper which contributed largely
to the election of Mr.. Tilden as Gov
ernor of New York in 1874, recently
wrote lengthy letter to the Ohio
State Journal explaining why many
Democrats oppose the election of g the
great reformern TO the Presidency.
These reasons are summed nm in the
concluding sentence of the letter =
" We oppose Mr.. Tilden because we
have found him to be an insincere
man, trickster, "A hypocrite, swim
dler, a traitor, and perinrer.u
at a large mass meeting in New
York it was decided to support the
present Comptroller, Mr.. Andrew H.
Green, for Mayor.
Marx Twain supports Hayes and |
Wheeler.