New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-14
VOLUME X.-NO. Is
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
That the Republicans of Indiana feel they
have won glorious victory in adding five
members of Congress and both houses OF
the Legislature to their roll OF othciai
honors is apparent in every expression re-
ceiyed thence. The head of perhaps the
largest manufacturing enterprise IN the
State writes to his agent in this city-one
of our oldest and most prosperous mer-
chants - that his congressional district,
though redeemed, has not by any means
done its best, tor the majority of Hayes
next month will be at least 4OOO greater
This alone will insure Indiana place in
the Republican column.
The gentleman further instructs his New
Orleans representative to take all bets
offered that Indiana will not 60 Republican
in November. If our local Democracy
thinks this condition of political affairs JUS
titles burning jubilee gunpowder, certainly
they are easily satisfed-and so are we.
vicksburg got sold, too. Some New Or
leans Thompson" telegraphed that In
diana had gone Democratic by 1900 and
Ohio by IL 900 majority. Guns were fired,
the bands played, and the boys "h'isted
pizsn" until every man of 'em Imagined he
had q postmaster's commission in his
pocket. Then the truth came; then un-
utterable disgust, sobriety and the stool OF
repentence No niggers killed-,here wasn't
time.
The centennial fraud Thompson and the
National Democratic Committee at New
York about equally provoke the ire and
profanity of the Louisiana Democratic
committeeman. The REPUBLICANS readers
will remember how we congratulated the
impecunious Democratic bummers upon
their prospects for more beer. One hundred
thousand dollars of Tsmmy Tilden's ''bar'l
of money" was coming to line the empty
Golfers of the Democracy, against appeals
to fill which "our merchants" and ''tae
Oldest and best" had 80 severely butt0ned
mp their pockets. This nice fat plum was
to have been ready for distribution last
Friday.
In the midst of the election excitements
and consequent free liquor, the omission to
shell out was scarcely observed. But with
the sad certainty of Republican triumph
in the West, and the necessity Of resuming
canyassing and fraudulent registration at
home, came the feeling inquiry Of what
on?'
Then. alas. were bright hopes blasted.
and visions of foamirg tankards dashed
ruthlessly down. The treacnerous, the be-
guiling, the false Northern Democrats-(it
is ever thus in dealing with their Southern
brethren)-were found to have broken faith
once more, declined to send money, but
substituted therefor a lengthy epistle,
copious of good adrice' Now the Demo-
cratic committeeman mournfully realizes
that he is again
Deserted at his utmost need
BY those his fol inner bounty fed."
The simple device of sending circulars
through the mail to the registered Demo
cratic voters, has saved an immense deal
of labor to the Republican campaign man
ayers. 1t has been, at the same time, quite
economical to the party fund, while adding
to Uncle Sans Golfers. 1t is, of course,
false that the State officers will erase from
the voting lists the names of all those not
found. No such action was ever contem'
plated. The scheme merely spares un-
necessary csnvassing. viz: Domiciliary
visits where parti, addressed are shown to
be residents by the acceptance of the let
ters. Where the return is mot found,
further investigation will determine
whether the registration was fraud or not.
New registrations, it has been learned,
have been effected in the names OF num-
Der of dead men, and other developments
evidencing systematic Democratic swindle
have been already discovered. 1t is very
evident that the "Southern Charm sewing
machine" will stitch . striped suit on
number of festive young Democrats who
were fondly imagining that they had cum
ningly outwitted the Republicans.
Though absent, present in desires thev be-
Their souls much further than their ey es eau see'
Warmoth and Pinchbsck are en- route tc
Louisiana. The Republican victories in the
West, and Packard's triumphal march
through the State have expanded their
visions to equal the cravings of their souls.
"Timel whose verdicts mock our own.
The only righteous Judge ait thou"
When the average Democrat tries the
keen encounter of his wits with Hon. A. II.
Leonard, of Caddo, he is in as much danger
as the novice who goes to fooling with
white handled razor. An attempt has been
made to injure Mr.. Leonard in the estima-
ton of his fellow-citizens by insinuating
that he could have secured the seating of
Mdssrs. Vaughan, Land and Koran, the del
sgates from his parish whom the Wheeler
compromise dropped. The purpose was to
show that he worked against the very con-
stituency he now himself seeks to repre-
sent. The medium chosen was q jack-in.
the box springing of 9 correspondence
which is dated back in the spring OF last
year. This took place between Messrs.
Vaughan and Koran, and Mr.. Charles Cav
anac of this city, and because the latter, as
Mr.. Leonard puts it, Twas somewhat mar
tistic in his use of words" the former have
sought to put wrongful construction
thereon, ard hold Mr.. Leonard up in an
odious light before the people. Even the
Democratic Shreveport Times admits that
he successfully refutes the charges.
Mr.. Leonard conclusively shows that he