New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-26
GOVERNOR KELLOGG AND THE p1cAYuS]

| We regret to see some sighting allu.
sions to his excellency in the Sunday edi.
ton of the Picaytne. 1t looks as though
the Governor has been doing something
to hurt the feelings of our fine old
home instit ution, and the venerable old
81. l. wants to ''chuck m outern' winder u
There is something wrong, not to say un-
natural in all this. Governor Kellogg has
discharged the duties of chief magistrate
of this State, among other things, for four
years. He has devoted as much time to
these duties as he could spare from per-
sonal claims to his attention from the
great army of all sorts which have
poured in upon him like long line of
African ants. At his house, in his Office,
on the streets everywhere, Governor
Kellogg has been an object of interest,
not only to Office seekers. litigants, legis.
tors, monopolists and friends Of monopo-
lists; to criminals, who wanted pardons
and to reporters, who wanted political
news and ideas to relieve the barren
waste of their pages We venture to say
that the reporters Of the Democratic
press are indebted to Governor Kellogg
for the greater portion of the notes of in
terest which have appeared in their jour-
nails during the past three years, while, if
rumor be anywhere near the mark, the
proprietors have been favored with notes
of even more substantial character. It can
not be in any such light as we have init
mated above that the Picayune now regards
the Governor, when it says: "We have
seen him intruding himself in the affairs
Of a people which liked him not" For it
can not by the greatest stretch of fancy
be called an intrusion on the part of the
Governor to permit the "best man" or
worst of newspaper Office to besiege his |
apartments day by day for information |
and other valuable assistance.
But 1t seems that whatever benefits the |
Governor may have showered upon "a
people which liked him not" there is not
likely to be any further need for his SER
vices, and like squeezed orange be is
to be thrown away. Here is his conqe
Let him strike and fold his tent in the
assurance that when we want him again
We will send for him." If the Picayune
speaks thus Of the Governor on its
OWN account, it is liable to a charge
IT ingratitude. If for the Democratic
'arty, we prefer to await the action Of
ne parish convention now squabbling
'ver the election returns in the State
house. If for the Republican party, we
especially call it to order, as being un-
uthofized to speak. If for the State of
louisiana, whose lawful Governor he is, .
'e protest that the State has need for him
III the end Of his term, and hopes to
ecure his services in another capacity
hen Mr.. Packard succeeds him. Neither
In we admit the right of the Picayune or ':
le Democratic party to order man out
the State the moment neither of them .
Is any further use for him. The Gov a
nor his lived here now for more than
even years. during which he has occu. h
ed three of the most important and c.
sirable positions in the State. AS .
Hector Of the port, he was
urted and aattered by everybody
10 had q son, brother or other >,
alive who needed q genteel situa-
N with the duties Lighter than the a.