The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-13

counted on as good for 400 or 500 ms
I. jority. Rapides 700, and Winn 500. Natct
ltoches WAS carried by the RADICAL
! at the last election, by small majorit,
20 or &c. There will be q complete chang
In the vote there; the negroes hav
} cratic party, have joined the clubs, an,
are participating In the councils an,
, primaries. Although neither parisl
nor district nominations have yet beer
made, the parish IL fully organized
there is q central club In each ward O
the parish, and twenty-five auxiliary
clubs have been organized, 900 or ths
membership Of which are negroes. i
Is claimed, and no specific denial Il
made OF the fact, that two negroes will
vote the Democratic ticket for every one
who votes the Radical ticket Allowing
i Tor all exaggeratfon, the parish Is secure
for the Democracy bymore than 500.
st. Landry is so Overwhelmingly
| Demooratic--3O0O majority at the last
election--that the Radicals have no idea
OF contrasting the parish and will con.
fine their campaign, as OF old, to indors.
ing boiling Democrats. There is SPLIT
as usual In the Democratic ranks IN the
parish two Democratic parish conven-
ttanf nhJeN1 acfuu SioA5v-~nsi I,.voun,vu-
ly good Democrats. The same thing
occurred at the last election, but with
out efrecting, In the least, theDemocracy
Of the parish.
The Senatorial race In this district,
vigorous, There will probably be two
Democratic candidates from st. Landry
and one from Calcasieu, which claims
the honor Of nominating the Senator
this year. Tom Anderson will also run,
pominnlly, as an independent. He Is
advertising his name literally In some
OF the Democratic papers. and 1t Is limited
that some OF the Democrats may unite
with him. but this is hardly possible.
The Senatorial District has about $500
Democratic majority.
Cameron, Calcasieu, Lafayette, Sabine
and Vernon, the western parishes Of the
State, enjoy the reputation Of being
wholly free from the Radical party,
without Radical committees. Radical
candidates or Radical voters. In Lafay-
ette. the Republicans sometimes sup
port an Independent; In the other four
parishes the entire number Of Radical
votes is not more than twenty. Sabine
promises a majority Of 1000, Vernon 800,
Calcasieu 1900, and the others large ma
iorities.
The Attakapas parishes do not show
as yet any large number OF negroes
Joining the party, as in Red River coun-
try. the Florida or the North Louisiana
parishes. The vote, unless more thor
ough organization Is obtained, will, very
possibly, be the same as last election,
with perhaps slight falling off in the
Radical ranks.
As IL now stands, at the very begin
ming OF the campaign, It would appear
as II the Democratic party would carry
Assumption, Bienville, East Baton
Rouge. Calcasiet, Caldwell, Catahoula,
Cameron, Claiborne, De Soto. East and
West Feliciana. Franklin, Grant, Lin
coin, Lafourche. Lafayette, Livingston,
Morehouse, Natchitoches, Richland,
Rapides, st. Helena, st. Landry, st.
Martin, st. Tammany, Sabine, Tangi-
pahoa, Vernon, Vermilion, Union.
Washington, Webster and Winn, 80
parishes with So Representatives.
Rouge, Caddo, Iberia and Terrebonne,
In doubt, and, with the least exertion,
will be carried by the Democracy.
And that Ascension, Carroll, Concor-
dia, Iberville, Jefferson, Madison,
Pointe Coupee, Plaquemi9es, Ouachita.
st. Bernard, st. James, st. John the
Baptist, st. Charles, st. Mary, Red
River and TeDsas, Is parishes with "a
Representatives, will probably go Re-
publican.
This would give the Democratic
ticket an overwhelming majority In the
country, both for the State ticket and
the Legislature. Gen. Nichols would
come to the city with majority OF
several Thousand, and the party have a
majority In the Legislature from the
country alone OF from fifteen to thirty.
seven. @a
Never was an outlook more promis-
ing than ours. e.la .la 4U