The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-09
DEMOCRATS MUST BE NOMINATED.

The people, not only Of New Orleans, but
OF the whole State, are looking with great
| anxiety to the composition Of the Democratic
convention of this parish. The city sends
large representation to the Legislature, and
these representatives are to be nominated;
80, also, are the city and parish officials.
This Is o grave and important work for the
convention to perform, and the convention
must perform 1t In the interest of the city and
State.
There are well authenticated statements
circulating to the effect that, certain individ
uals are to be nominated in the interest OF
rings and monopoles. Indeed, the names of
individuals who have never before been
identified with the Democratic party; indi-
viduals who were Packard men in 1876 and
who have been henchmen Of the Lottery
Company since, have been prominently
brought forward for the Legislature, and
we are informed that they have made them
selves, in the slang Of the day, "solid" and
will receive the nomination. We have In our
possession the names Of the chosen states
men who are to be nominated in the second,
third, fourth, sixth and ninth wards of the
city, and we have no doubt that the class of
strikers. who propose by ballot-box stutfing
and bullying to nominate these men have
their candidates in every other ward of the
town.
We deem 1t, therefore, proper just here and
on the eve of the election of delegates to the
parish convention to admonish the men who
propose to elect dishonest delegates in the
interest OF corruptionists and rings, and the
delegates who may compose the parish con-
ventton, that, II they presume to drag the
skirts Of the Democratic party In slime and
rottenness, they will commit great crime and
they will be defeated
We are Us staunch party men as there are
In Louisiana. We believe In party organ1za-
tion, party discipline and party nominations.
We have time and again supported nominees
OF the Democratic party whose nomination
we opposed. But We supported them because,
though we preferred others, we knew them to
be Democrats and honest men. But party
men as we are we refuse to recognize the
right Of political tricksters and manipulators
Of parish conventions to nominate men for Of
flee who never were Democrats until they
wanted a Democratic nomination, or until
they were paid by some monopoly or ring to
become Democratic politicians to represent
@ corrupt interest in the Legislature.
The New Orleans DEMOCRAT will not sup
port any man for any office, though he be
backed by Thousand conventions, who
cannot show q clean Democratic record. or
who is in any manner, shape or form con-
nected with or in the interest of that sink of
iniquity and corruption, the Louisiana Lot
terry Company
We do not ask the convention to nominate
men designated by us; indeed, SO long as it
dominates good and true Democrats and
honest men, we care very little who the NOM
inees may be. We are prepared with all our
might to support the nominees Of the con-
ventton, be they merchants, professional
men or working men, SO they are Democrats
and honest men. But no convention can bind
us to support set of ring candidates, |
who never drew @ Democratic breath until
backed by the corruption fund Of some ring
or monopoly, they came to the front to buy
nomination for a city misunderstanding or q
seat In the Legislature
Yesterday we spoke as plainly and temper
ately as we could to the factionists and indie
pendents who seemed eager to break up the
organization of the Democratic party. To
day we speak with equal frankness to the
managers Of the primary elections, and we
tell them that they cannot put up men as
Democratic candidates who have no claims
upon the party or upon the confidence OF the
people without becoming the basest traitors
to the party and giving warrant to every
honest man in the party to repudiate their
action
Let honest men be elected as delegates to
the Parish Convention, and let honest Demo-
Gratis be nominated by the convention, and
they will be triumphantly elected. These are
honest words, and though we utter them our
selves we say they are words of wisdom.