New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-26

cial records In possession Of the Repub.
hcan Campaign Committee, and how could
the Democrats know that srch important
books were where they ought not to bel
and, altogether, implies such grave derelic.
tions on the part of Republican officials,
and assames suoh virtuous indignation in
defense Of tts friends that, were the public
not familiar with its utter recklessness of
Partisan misrepresentation, somebody
might really be deceived.
1t is, perhaps, needless to say that our
contemporary ignores completely the true
purpose Of tho burglary of the State House.
1t knows or could know positively if it
would, that no such official dccsments a.
it describes ever entered the rooms broken
into; that these rooms contained the accu-
mulated proofs Of Democratic registration
frauds; that these proofs were the prize
sought by the hired Democratic rufiAns.
It knows, or ought to have found OUT, that
these proofs were what tho thieves
," ,"bagged" and dropped in their fight, and
that had they got away with them, the
Democrats would have gained thereby .
vast number of fraudulent votes. which
will now be stricken from the rolls From
. Democratic standpoint tho gain was,
perhaps, worth risking sentence to the
Penitentiary. especially ~ the documents
20 vensuresomely sought to be obtained
contain matter which may, in Republican
hands, send the concoptors Of the plot to
the State prison anyway.
Governor Kellogg makes the truthful
charge that in 1872, whom Republicans
asked OF the Tasionists representation in
the coaduct of the election, the request was
persmpsorily refused. The Heayxme, COM
menting upon THE, denies its truth, and
adde:
The Conservatives had nothing to do
with the appointments, and there u . II.
mentoble laek Of ingenuoasness In charging
them upon them.
There u herein lsmentsbls want Of
knowledge manifested, by tho Picayune.
which cessulsstion WITH Major Burke, who
now makes suoeessfal petition for the sp-
pointment Of Democratic commissioner,
might have spsred it tho exhibition Of
Tho man in whose hands the power Of ap-
pointment vas vested, was then - deter
mined IN opponent Of the Republican party
- Mr.. MoEnery himself, and certainly .
much moro efficient one. And we now
state, for our contemporary's benefit, what
WAS then, and 10 . we'll known fact, that
. special committee of Democrats passed
upon al tho appointments of registration
and election officers before commissions
wefe permitted to be issued to them. And,
further, No do not suppose there are ten
men in this community innocent enough to
believe that the Democrats. in power again,
would make the fair and honorable conces-
sions to Republican which arc now being
yielded to Democratic partisan demands
any more than they did in 1872.
What IN unhappy lot the Democrats Of
tho second ward are. The Diamond and
the Shakespeare factions never could com.
pose their quarrel. and ono side threatsns
to ''soratsh" Shakspeare, and the other
bolts Wilde in . perfectly furious fashion.
Does not this fall out present fne chance
for IN honest mani
There have been . number of 'beliefs''
and 'tsupposes' and ''they says" in the
Democratic papers intended to ersate the
impression that Senator Weber hes taken .
lot Of arms to West Feliciana. To suspect
him or any othsr Republican Of setting up
armed resistance to the organised Regu.
lators, i the gsusiest Of jokes. We do not
believe the two packing oases shipped to
tho Senator contained arms Of any desorip-
tisn, and challenge our contemporaries to
furnish . acintilla Of evidence in mann
tenance of their direfui representations.
After all the row, fussing and preparar
ton, tho '.grand procession" which the De-
m ocracy announced with 20 much flourish
their intention to indulge in. hes been post
poned. The dear people are not furnished
any explanation Why their expectations Of
free show arc thus disappointed. It has
been published that there would b ten, and
again twenty thousand persons in the line.
Several we'll known Republicans expressed
their intention TO test these estimates By
actual count. Can this threatened exposure
Of tho unreliability of Democrats figures
have had anything to do with tho postpone
ment?
Tho proofs of "the internal harmony and
unity Of our (Dsmooratie) party" continue
g ron up every day and the Tilden Club Of
ths third ward have openly repudiated tho
regular nominee for coroner and indorsed
II. Roehs. The Excelsior Guards Of the
aaeoud ward havo takea similar action and
added to the resolution fat repudiation
Of Nr, r. n. Wide, Democratic nominee
ior the Lsgislature. We delight to 80 the
brethren - swsstly In accord.
A disciple Of tho Robichaax snd Viaus'
r,es writes from Lower Tesrebonne 70 the
Pyeayuns that tho "Bleedy Eighth" ward
win next month maintain it, ancient Demo.
cratic prestige. We give tho appended
broad intimation of the way in which tho
eighth ward got ito s'bloody" name, and
how harmony 10 maintained among the 10
mocrasy, and . sfair, fall and ftee election"
secured. He ssys:
Whist the people Of this ward would do
to any ono Who, In these periloss times,
would hsve tho effronteTy to fail to 'vote
tho straight ticket, = . mafter of coejeeture,
~ such . aeontingeney has never arisen.
i has been known for como time that q
body q &6guletore have committed tor