The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-15
THE LEGISLATIVE NOMINATIONS.

| We have before lis communication from q
Democrat charging that this paper Is doing
| Its best to weaken or destroy party lines and
| TO thus peril the supremacy Of the Dem oc-
racy In this city. Our correspondent may be
! a. well meaning man, but he is mistaken. We
| are doing our best to keep the Democratic
party from being handed over, body
| and soul, to rings, corporations and cor
| ruptionists. IT we fall TO do that. the
sooner the party Is disbanded the bet
| ter; II we succeed, we will have done the
party an lncalculable good, and Its SUI
premacy will be established. II the Parish
Convention does its duty and presents US
with ticket composed Of representative
Democrats honest and true-we shall
give 1t our warm, hearty and unceasing sup
port. We do not care who the nominees are !;
we have urged no man for @ candidacy; we
have no friend, or favorite. or pet who we
want nominated for this or that office Let
the convention nominate who 1t pleases. The
only qualifications we demand that a nom
inee shall possess are these: That he be q
true man; that he be Democrat or Conser-
vative; that he has been with us in our fight
with Radicalsm. The nominee who possesses
these qualifications, be he our friend or enc
my, will receive our earnest support No man
who has not these qualifications has any
right to O nomination by Democratic-Con-
sentative convention. II such convention
dominates man who cannot stand this test
and Democrats refuse to support him, 1t is the
convention and not the revolving Democrats
who play the traitor, weaken party ties
and render the re-establlshment of anthem
ocratlc rule In the State both possible and
probable.
We trust the convention now In session
here will ponder this suggestion well. That
convention does not own the Democratic
party; it ls not the master of the Democratic
voters. II it is anything other than an I'M
authorized mob 1t is body representing the
Democratic party and bound as servant to
faithfully serve the party. 1t has no right
therefore to nominate rats OF so-called gen.
tlemen for the Legislature who are In the In
terest Of any monopoly or ring 1t has no right
to nominate for seats In the Legislature of
this com monwealth the friends, agents, tools
and henchmen of the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany whether they be ignorant loafers or
gentlemen In broadcloth; and If they do nom
mate such men 1t is the duty of all good
Democrats to vote against and defeat them;
it Is q solemn duty that all good men owe
to the party, the city and the State to do this
We do not believe, however, that the conven-
ton will nominate such men. The indications
yesterday were that a much better class of men
will be nominated for city officers than was
generally supposed. We believe the "signs"
were not entirely deceptive. The nominations
for the Legislature are of far more importance
than those for city officials. The Legislature
Is the root of the government; it can re-
form abuses or evils In our city
charter, and it can pass laws deep
hope, therefore, that the convention will be
guided in the selection OF candidates for the
Legislature by q purpose to sci We the best in
terests of the city and State. Louisiana and
New Orleans need wise, honest and economi-
cal government; Frustrated by war: ravaged
and desolated by carpet-bag and military
governments, and now Frustrated and we'll
nigh ruined by pestience, they need their
best, ablest and most patriotic men in their
public councils. Let the convention, then,
rise to the height of it's duties and nom-
mate men who will strike at all monopo-
existence all possible evils, and who will con-
devote their time and abilities to
the establishment Of an efficient, vigorous
and economical government, both State and
municipal