The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-03
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Judge Taylor Heattle ana tire 1noe.
pendent" District Judgeship.

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trrhibodaux Sentinel
Last Saturday the party -co!ored Re
publicap convention met at Houma. TO
make nominations for Senator, district
| iudpe and attorney: black seemed the
winning color as far as the Senatorial
nomination was concerned, Thomas A,
Gage. the present incumbent, being
chosen by large majority; an effort
| was made to have the nomination unan-
| imous, but six delegates refused to alter
their votes, thus leaving George Drury,
their man, to derive what consolation
he could from their devotion. The
whites who took part In this convention
seemed to have been completely
shelved, and some OF the supporters 81
Drury seemed to feel that the good old
days when the negro's proudest amor
ton was to obey the behest OF the car
pet Dagger. are past. For district Judge
| the convention endorsed Judge Beattie,
who announces himself an Independent
candidate, reserving to the. committee
the right to fill vacancies that may oc
cur in the ticket. No nomination 1ot
district attorney was MADE.
| The usual clap-trap about national
affairs was pleasantly relieved by face
tious resolution praising the Admins.
| tration for zeal In ferretting and pun.
iority preserved their gravity at this, II
Is supposed that they have not yet heard
Of the investigations, or IL they nave
| heard. are good enough Republicans &c
svmpathize with victims in the tolls
| Another supposition is that, oppressed
| with the heat, the convention neeueu
something cool they certainly had 1t III
! this resolution.
| II will be observed that Judge Beattie
| in announcing himself n candidate tol
| 10 election to the office of District
Judge, declares that he does not Wish
| the nomination Of political party OF
personal coterie.' in other words, he Is
IN independent candidate. This desire
! of the Judge was respected by the Radi-
cal convention in Houma, which con
tented itself with simply indorsing him
! though il is difficult to say what alter
native they had, as he is the only man
in that party In the district capable %
filling the Office. In view OF this TACT
the course of Judge Beattie is neither
more nor less than II bid for the vote
of some weak kneed Conservatives
and coming out rs independent Is
weak salve TO the conSclences o.
some who would shrink from the Idea o
voting for the nominee or q straight OUT
Radical convention. 1t is also something
more than this; it is the first attempt NJ
the disintegration of the Conservative
party here, and the firss step toward the
! formation of that third party, or per
sonal following, on which the judge
missed fire two years ago. We do mo-
think that this insidious attempt tt
weaken our array will meet with any
success; while conceding to Judge
Beattie talent and position, our citizens
cannot forget that he has identified him
self with all that Is inimical to their bos
interests, and exerted himself to organ
ize and marshal the ranks Of GU
enemies. Thank heas en- it is not Deces
sary to 90 out of our own party to fine
talent, learning and eligibility, and WI
prefer these united to answering devo
ton to the honest party OF Louisiana
and hostility to her foes.