The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-10-07

| Monday evening, at O'CLOCK.
| We believe the first ward nomina-
tions will be made to-day.
The! Independent" Movement.
We have devoted no space to the
consideration of this subject hereto
fore, because we deemed it too insig-
nifcant to warrant discussion but as
these called independent movement
begins to assume the well defined
proportions of Democratic plan of
assault upon the Republican works,
We shall keep our readers informed
! of its developments and occasionally
draw aside the curtain held up by
pretended Republicans and expose
the Democratic hands pulling the
wires which cause the independent
| puPpet TO cut its antics before the
public. This movement originated
in the exclusion of a couple of claim
ants to seats in the Republican nom
mating convention, and the failure OF
| two or three individuals to secure
coveted nominations to office from
that body. The names of two of the
latter parties we've not even submitted
in the convention, one of them being
VIGOROUSLY incompetent, and the
other declining to furnish any better
evidence of his interest in the Rep b.
lean cause than the cited fact that he
had held Office under Republican
administration for several years.
1t is now proposed to form an in
dependent ticket, to be composed al
most entirely of colored men, and al
though u fusion with the Democrats
wac not at first contemplated, or at
least spoken of, it begins now to be
| openly advocated and admitted. The
Democratic leaders have virtually
taken the project in hand and are by
moral and monetary suasiOn encour-
| aging the progenitors to persevcre in
their earnest but hopeless attempt to.
create divisions in the Republican
ranks. A colored man named A. c..
Wilson, recently from Assumption,
We believe, is the prime mover in
pthis affair, and the names of Messrs.
Henry F. johnson, David White,
VIM. Diggs, Jno. d. Cantey, Geo,
Turner, Jno. a. Cheevers, Art NJ
Burnett, and two or three others have
been connected with it by Mr.. Wilson
anI his Democratic sympathizers.
Judge Cheevers became indignant
at the unauthorized use of his name
in connection with the scheme, and
requests Us to make public his most
emphatic denial of any collision or
sympathy Herewith. Having been
candidate before the nominating con-
ventien, and being a sincere Repub-
Iican, DESTROYS of promoting the sue
cess of his party, he feels in honor
and duty bound to give an earnest
support to the regular ticket.
Mr.. Arthur Burnett has announced
his determination to pursue a similar
course.
Mr.. Jno. D. Cantey, who was also
candidate before the convention of
September 9, disclaims any connec-
ton with the movement, which he
characterizes as a one horse affair."
that can have no hope of success.
We are credibly informed that Mr..
Geo. Turner also declines to take
part in the conspiracy, and we be-
lieve Messrs. Diggs and johnson will
withdraw from whatever connection
they may have with it when they
perceive that it has developed into
strategic Democratic movement, in
tended to gain Republican votes for
Nichols by contracting to cast Demo-
cratic votes for parish ticket which
can not be elected.
As we intimated above the plan is
TO nominate black ticket, without
regard to the qualification or charac-
ter of the candidates, but with sim
pie view of drawing the support of
colored voters. Leading Democrats
are daily whispering into the ears Of
eolored men that they should elect
more of their own color to Office that
the principal objection to the regular