The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-10-28

tHitho theu tluuoTouS OF uneasy. ne
parochial, State and United States of
ficers, backed as they viii be by the
good citizens and the political leaders
of both parties, have ample means to
preserve the peace and give full pro-
! lection to voters before, during and
after the election.
Yesterday the various Democratic
ward committees, or delegations there
from, assembled in secret session at
the D. S. C. Il. Hall for the purpose,
as avowed by the secretary, of nomi-
mating straight Democratic parish
ticket. When the session closed, the
following was announced as the re-
suit of the consultation
For Representatiyes-Jos L. Brent n H.
| Wilson.
| Parish Judge-Frederiek Duffel
| Sherif-Jackson Starks
| Recorder. b. Hebert
| Coroner-Henry johnson.
Police JurOrs-James Teller, Henry L.
Duffel, Henry Doyal.
! No candidate for Clerk of Court
was nominated, and it is understood
that this was i'll accordance with the
desire of Mr.. Rod. Brand, an indie
pendent aspirant for the position,
who hopes to succeed by the influence
of professed Republicans aud does
not wish his name to appear as a
Democratic nominee prior to the day
of election. When the Democratic
tickets are printed, Mr.. Brands name
will, beyond peradventure, appear
thereon as candidate for Clerk of
| Court.
Two vacancies are left on the Po-
lice Jury to be filled with the names
of colored men living in the fifth and
seventh or eighth wards, to be Sc
lected by the parish committee.
| There are three colored men on the
ticket-Messrs. N. H. Wilson, Jack
son Starks and Henry johnson. Mr..
Wilson is in full fellowship with the
Democratic party, being member of
the fourth ward Tilden and Nichols
club and speaker at Democratic
meetings. Mr.. Johnson was nomi-
mated in opposition to his own wishes.
He has been, and still claims to be, a
| Republican, and although he has felt
some dissatisfaction, arising from diff
ferences among second ward Repub-
licans, we do not believe he will OPP
pose the Republican candidates, or
make effort to induce any one to vote
the ticket upon which his name has
been placed. Mr.. Starks has always
been All active, earnest worker in the
Republican ranks, and we shall be
| disappointed in him if lie does not
continue so. We do not know whether
the use of his name was authorized
or not.
The ticket is good one so far as
the general character and capacity
of The candidates is concerned, but no
superiority over that of the Republi-
cans can he claimed for it in this
respect. On the contrary, when the
candidates for at least three positions
are compared, the advantage is de-
cidedly with those nominated by the
Republicans. Messrs. Brent, Duffel
and Hebert are probably as unobjec-
tionable tn Republicans as any gem
tlemen who could be selected from
the Democratic ranks, but this will
not entitle them to Republican votes.
If their opponents were men of bad
character or deficient in capacity,
Republicans might be justified in SO
far amending their ticket as to give
their votes to the gentlemen named,
but no such contingency arises. Both
parties have presented fair parochial
tickets, and there is no call for seek
ing or using arguments or compari-
sons of Il personal nature. The only
dividing line is that which separates
the Republican and Democratic par
ties, and according to the political be-
iefs OF sympatiiies of the citizen will
his support of national. State and pa
rochial tickets be determined. Of
course there viii be more or less
scratching, but the proportion of voters
who will make personal discrimina-
tons among candidates is small, and
our remarks are intended to apply in
a general sense.