New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-01
FOll11CAL NOTES.

0Aoox0. WAf0oth, &lOanakee, 009Ei0on,
Ptnehbaek, Blaekburn q u ossns genus, b.
eaass they ars not tatiag part in the leeal
campsgn. DeDeerasie nanaeerS Of tho
most pronouneed Bourbon stripe consult
theee peripateties in N.rthsrn pleasure ~
ssrts, snd jeyfully herald them - au'hssity
for . Democratic majority In Louisiana,
computed on the state Of their potAtiona.
II i painful to go this desperate strain.
ing after consolation. All these authorities
whom they quote - Republican are scarce
" cleansed Of their harlotry With the Last
Ditchers. They will fall on the side Of tho
October elections II R1publicans carry
the day 1t will be . fight 70 keep these
quasi reformers from absorbing the fruits
Of victory; il tho Democrats succeed to
power they viii treat them - they did be-
fore.
This whole matter turns upon the issue of
honest government. Mr.. Packard, - Gov
ernor, will have none but honest men
around him, and he will pay very little ar-
tention to Democratic incorsement Of Re-
publicans In whom they have suddenly di.
cesned reform proclivities. He and his
friends are making canvass - suc cessfnl
- il every absentee were taking . hand,
and tie zeal Of the opposition quill vers
in praising these heartily excused desertels
i - good proof - could be given Of their
alarm at our candidate's success.
We have had tho ahadavits of negroes
maltrsassd until inhuman cruelty could do.
vise NO additional punishment, that the
Democrats Of East Baton Rouge and tho
Fslieiaaas have vedseseninsd 70 erush the Re-
pabneAAs msjoFities. 1essn. Granville,
Pisees, Bis1ia and Pratt, with many others,
havs elsasiy SVEN ths Esspeadbiay sl
thsee sEinn 1psa theiR fellow Democrats.
Ths result y shown that In these parishes
eoloseA Sssa ass driven into Dsmoesatie
oluhs and Dass neseiaGa, and viii b ~
hslplsssly driven 70 tAe polls unless protec-
t3oa b Afforded. For what has al the
thrilAag and bleed curaltng testimony been
sesnnmulassd II not to b timely used
agatnst tAe heartless sends Who are brave
only through their seeming immunity from
punishment. It u not full time that justice
should claim its impartial dassi Ispromise
never 10 give place to performaaces
It 10 not often that an American citizen
il permitted to cast his maiden voto for
himself - . candidate Yet such is the
good fortune Of DR.. Rance, the Democratic
nominee for coroner of the lower district, If
| tho statement Of . prominent Democrat 10
reliable; and We put him upon his roir dire,
too. He says that Mr.. Rance became .
naturalized citisen only on the seventeenth
day Of June Last. Will tho mysteries and
abnormities Of tho recent Democratic
"Whst u Iii" never cease unfoldingi 1t
develops moro astounding 4urprises than
Prestidigitateur Hermann would dare at-
tempt.
While the independent movement grows
hourly in strength and popularity, there u
danger Of its being weakened BY getting
into bed hands. Tho want Of organic alton
in the various and determined elements
which absolutely refuse to countenance tho
"Whst u Ii" ticket 10 . serious draw back.
This may b overcome BY . very few promi-
nent oitisens, whose integrity Of purpose 10
bsyoad qusstionisG. But Whatever shape
the preliminary orGsnisa,ion may take, it
must produce . ticket free from partisan
ism, Tipgs and evil communications Of all
sssts. The Republicans will vote for NO
other kisd Of ticket. To IN unexception.
able liss Of candidates they Will be willing
to accord . vote which viii insure victory.
Let NO mistakes, THEREFORE, be made. Let
wire. workers hide their diminished heads.
The Tunes shows how best tho great Ger.
man element and the "Whas y II 7" ticket
ean get rid Of RenaseoIG. Abolish the
s1Bce Of Administrator Of Assessments, to
which no duties now belong. Practical and
economical, that
What does tAs unsigned city charter have
70 say about IN assessors ofiee'
With sleuth-houn kesnpess and tireless-
mess the Republican campaign committee
have followed the trail OF the Democratic
registration frauds, and - soon - the
courts open the Penitentiary doors will be
thrown wide to admit the perjurers and
svindlers. 1t u really gratifying that the
dignity Of tho Law in at least this respect
will be maintained.
The Democrat appears to jubilats that its
party has got Governor Hebert "back
again. We want to bet . newly minted
nickel that the Democracy will not give
him 40 good an ofice % he now holds from
tho Republicans. And further, that the
Democrat can not show wherein its gain 10
Republican loss.
The DEMOCRATIC quarrels in the third and
second wards are seemingly past adjust
msak In tho eleventh ward . still more
bitter and detsrnined hostility exists to
the oAndidsses. Tho wing of the Democ-
raoy IN the Afth ward. which had the sup
port of tho Be-, published resolutions, re-
pudiated tho what 10 Itr ticket, and
hourly tho disadsction spreads. Now 10
the one supreme opportunity for tho people
Of New Orleans 70 shake OF the dishonest,
degrading and ominous party management
Of their adAirs.
The Democrat, and the organs generally,
assert that they see NO reed tor an indepen-
dent ticket, because the Democratic nomi-
nses for the Legislature are good. There 10
neither logic nor honesty in this position.
While virtually admitting the unftness of
their city and parish nominations, the or
Gans promise ell needed relief through the
Legislature. Suppose the Legislators fail in
peeformance - heretofore, where 10 the