The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-14
WASHINGTON CoRREsPoNDE.ep'
WASHINGTON, Il
Aug 6, 1878.

WASHINGTON.
Ang s, 1878.
The Potter Committee closed Il.
laoors for the present by exanin;,s
ex Gov. Palmer, of Illinois. q.
statement was that of ,houpb,s,,
and conscientious man, and he tola
his story in way that will imn,e.. .
all who read it. He tells Of etfnr,.
made to have Democrat put on tina
Returning Board, and shows how. ~
one illmsy pretext or another, the r..
publican members eyaded that dn,v
lie tells of his efforts to get i, tbs
truth by eonversing with citizens !,
the State, white and black. and Il.
conviction was that the State -.
fairly carried for Tilden. His ,est;.
hony ana that OF ex-senator Trum.
pull, both calm and moderate, do no.
support the sheer at them Of Hayea.
in writing to Mr.. Sherman, that aner
converts are always Violent Bv
the way, Mr.. Hayes not being Il
good terms with his party, is hc
"conyert" or has his party exns.
rienced a change? The Committee
will meet again in New York on Al. I
gust 18th or sooner If called together
by the Chairman.
The history of Maine Republican
CONVENTIONS for the last 90 years is
a partial biography Of Jas. G Blaine.
He usually prepares the resolutions
which are to be adopted and thoseto
be voted down, selects the officers Of
the Convention, names the candi.
date for Governor and makes tia
principal speech. Sometimes on.
other Republican having an honest
conviction on some subject, or dcsi.
rous ofthe notoriety that comes from
death by violence, attempts to do or
say something that is not down on
Blaine's programme. He either sud
denly disappears from public life or
is Immediately found among Blaine's
most devoted followers. He is either
slaughtered or purchased. He Was
the same controlling person 20 years
ago that he was in the Convention
held recently. There is more dis
turbance in the ranks aud Gle Of the
Republican party of Maine now than
ever before, notwithstanding the
harmonious character of the Conven.
ton. 1t remains to be seeh whether
or not the discontented will be on
hand on election day and cast their
customary vote for Blaine and Re-
pnblicanism.
The honestly disposed and indus
trious labbrers OF other sections than
Washington will do well to ponder
some of the facts ascertained by IN.
dividual investigation, and by the
examination in the Police Court Of
the incendiaries arrested here DIS the
leaders Of the attempted riDt last Fri
Elay and Saturday. Cohan who as.
Ipires to the distinction of ieader in
feeble imitation Of Kearncy, is a
tramp from Arkansas. He prufesscs
to be machinist, but seems to have
been tramping from one Southern
Southern city to another ever since
his arrival on these shores 10 Or u.
years ago. He came here a few
months ago and soon succeeded in
getting quite following among tue
toughest and most ignorant of our
population. The respectable labor.
organizations appear to have repudi.
ated him from the first. About every
evening for the past 4 months be
has delivered harangues at the street
corners to such as he could induce to
stop and hear him. By persistent
appeals to the most degrading and
brutal passions Of human nature, be
has exasperated portion Of bis re-
cruits up to the attempt oflast week.
II seems that he has almost always,
liz not upon every occasion, wound up
] his performance by taking up col
lection ''to push on labor organiza-
tions," he protested, but really to
support him in his lazinese. One Of
lis Secretaries, Che had arrived at
the distinction Of having seyeral-all
tramps like himself has 'gone back
on the "greet agitator'' since they
we're both arrested; and he testified
that though the bargain was for an
equal "divivy," Conan always took
the lion share Of the plumber cozened
out Of his deluded followers. Cohan
yesterday paid his fine and is in the
lecture field again. Any locality can
J, have him by making early applica-
r n.t;nn Far tho rnod nf the cause