The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-11-04
The Legislature.

If we do not get control of the next
LEGISLATURE, and by n large and work
inc majority, it will be because OF
criminal negligence or incapae'ty Oh
our part everything points and prom,
Uses in TINT direction. In at least IL
PARISHES ont of tho 81 of the state,
the Radicals have nominated and VIII
nominate no candidates for the leg
islature in fact, they give up these
parishes as hopeless, and think them
hardly worth wasting money on IN
the way of conventions, whisky ana
tickets. On the other hand, tho Dem
ocrats havo become aggressive, have
invaded hitherto strong and over
whelmingly Radical parishes, like
Tensas, Carroll, etc, and have nom
mated candidates for the Legislature
in every parish in the State, save
three only, aud promise soon to NOM
uate in these three.
On the Legislative ticket there Is
but one split in the entire State IN
Democratic ranks, while the Radicals
have two and even three boiling fac
tons in 10 ont of the 80 parishes in
which they have made nominations
factions that appear determined to
keep in the field, that have at least
resisted every threat, entreaty aht
PROMISE of the Radical State Contra
Committee up to this day without
single exception. There are now
dozen members of that committee
tlampiug through the country seek
ing to heal and quiet these dlferen.
ces. They have begged and prayed
for peace in Plaqnemines, harmony
in st. James, long and loudly bu
without the least success.
Not only do these divisions in the
Radical ranks promise to assist us
bat the very geographical division o
the State is in our favor. There ar
some dozen or 50 parishes in wh'c
the two races are almost equally I'll
vided as to numbers and voters. Th
Radicals have hitherto counted OF
these, from the fact that they gen
orally controlled the entire negr
vote, and this, they argued, with
few white carpet-bagscrs and seal
awags to back them, gave them
majority. The rule works unite dl
ferently now. We have the whit
vote solidly with us and enough
the negroes to give rs fair majorl
in these parishes formerly classed h
publicans.
1t is a noticeable fact that all Il
Radical leaders are making for t
lucrative elective offices this yea
But few of them are eager to come
the Legislature the large MAORI
prefer to stay at homo as sheriff
clerks of courts, recorders, etc; tn
have no desire for Legislative homo
fOreseeing that these honors will Il
be quite so lucrative as in past yea
They are particularly eager to
good fat Offices they want, as lit
Antoine says, to have some nice, q1
ct place to retire to ifthc Democr;
are successful. They foresee the
suit and are quite willing to sell {
their members of the Legislature,
they can make sure of these lucrati
Offices thereby.
A large majority of the Radio
candidates of the Legislature,
mere sticks put up to be traded {
In Concordia the two Radical leade
Young and Hougf, nominate cro'
of wholly unknown negroes, VIII
they would be only too willing
sell oat Tomorrow, and exceedin
cheap, too, for personal advanta
Iu Carroll, the Radical leader, LAM
secures his own nomination for
shrievalty and places two sticks
his on his ticket for the Legislatu
1t is so in almost every parish.
Everything looks promising for
coming Legislature the splits Of
Radicals, the division Of the St;
the character of our nominees as c.
pared with theirs, all assure us of S
cess.
1t we can get an energetic, hon