The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-11-28
A Noble Group.

"This Administration has before il
three things which it means to accom-
pllsh. First, to nationalize the Repub
lican party; second, to resume speci,
payments; third, to emancipate til,
action of the voters from tie control O
the office holders"
The Secretary's first and third in
terests us just at this moment. How
does the Administration propose tt
nationalize the Republican party
How does it propose to emancipate
the action of the voters from the con.
troll of the Office holders; and, as fal
as the Administration has gone in this
business, how has it adhered to the ia
nous enunciation of the President, that
he serve his party best who serves his
country best7
Mr.. Hayes would serve his country
best by throwing overheard all the
corrupt and disreputable leaders of the
Republican patty in the South, and he
would best emancipate the voters from
the influence Of the Office holders by
appointing men to Office who are hon
est and capable and who are not pro-
fessional or machine politicians. Let
us review his appointments in this
State, and see if they accord with his
own professions or with the programme
of his Secretary of State. The Presi-
dent has been in Office nearly nine
months, and during the whole time the
Federal offices of this State have been
in the hands of a most corrupt and OBJ
noxious ring of machine politicians
The Returning Board, in short, has, sc
far, run the Custom House. There we
have had King, the alter ego of Auder-
son, Tom Anderson himself, Mad
Wells, Kenner and their satellites
A few days ago we heard from Wash
ington that the President was disgust
ed with this dirty crown John Sher-
man had put on him, and was deter
mined to take the Louisiana appoint
ments in his own hands. We were
not so enthusiastic over this news as
were some of our friends. There was
nothing in the manner in which Mr..
Hayes had stood by the Returning
Board to justify any very strong con-
vietion that he would appoint any man
to a position in this State who was
not of the stripe to reorganize or at
tempt to reorganize the Republican
party on it's old basis.
The issue shows that our distrust
was not groundless. Judge King has
retired, and it looks as though the
influence of the Returning Board has
been weakened. But who has been
appointed to step into Judge Kings
shoes7 Colonel Effingham Lawrence,
the alter ego of Mr.. Warmoth.
Against Colonel Lawrence personally
we have nothing to say; neither did
we have anything personal to say
against Judge King. But there is not
a man in the State who does not
know that Colonel Lawrence is the
friend and partner Of Warmoth,
and that Lawrence means Warmoth
just as clearly as King me an t
The significance of this appointment
is more evident when we observe that
Colonel Jack Wharton is Marshal
General McMilen Pension Agent, and
that George Sheridan is to be Collect
or of Internal Revenue. The noble
group was not complete, and the dull
sense of the public did not recognize
the subject until the master placed the
central figure and unveiled his won
derful creation. Lawrence. the alter
ego of Warmoth, Sheridan, Wharton,
McMillen! Angels and ministers of
Grace defend us! Here we have the
which shone in constella-
ted glory over the mildest and widest
saturnalia of debauchery which ever
civilization, and at the recol-
lection of which the flush of burning
indignation mantles the cheek of every
1t appears then that the Admins
tration proposes to nationalize the
Republican party in Louisiana through
the instrumentality Of Warmoth, and
to emancipate the action of the voters
from the control of the Office holders
by organizing in this State a corrupt
Federal ring Of machine politicians
ana officials.
Not many months ago when War
moth was under a cloud in his own
party and Packard, Pitkin & Co.
were running the Custom House ma
chine, he exclaimed, "Give me but the
power those men have got aud by
I'd | will carry this State any way
please" In the process of national
zing the Republican party the Presi-
lent has given the shrewd and anda-
,ious carpet Dagger full possession of
he power he so coveted aud
which he boosted he could use so
sffectually.
Poor King was but the fgurehead
If a corrupt and Inscriptions ring,