The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-31
UP TN OADDO,

The Radical canvass In Caddo appears to
be quite mn anomalous as well rs thrilling
one. 1t Is carried on under the auspices Of
Bill Harper, the burly negro Senator from
CaddO, ct whose dlcthtiOn the ticket Is com
posed entirely Of young white men, all Of
whom are, at least Of excellent families.
Bill apologies to his negro constituents for
excluding them from the ticket by saying
that under Hayes and Nichols it is necessary
to conciliate the whites, but that, at the next
election, Grant will be OF the head of the
ticket, and then mary u ID white g. of Il
b. shah git on the Radical ticket in Caddo."
The Radical canvass in that parish, con-
Quoted by BIZ Harper assisted by District
Attorney Leonard and M. G. Elstner, nomi-
nee for the Legislature seems to be decidedly
vigorous, though SO far it has not been very
effective The oratory Of these individuals is
Of the straight-out Republican order; but
Wv. Metcalfe, The other Legislative nominee,
treats his hearers to 81 different sort, and that
b decidedly peculiar one for q Radical nomi-
nee, rs will be seen from the following para
graph, clipped from the Shreveport Stnndard:
that Mr.. Waiter " Metcalfe made @ speech to
the faithful q few days ago, attweve mile CROSS
Ing, In which ne deemed 1t necessary to apollo
gize for his position on the Republican ticket
to the few Democrats present. In this wise:
!, Albert Leonard put ms, on the Republican
ticket but, am Democrat. am no moro Re-
publican than got. are, and can Will the man
constltue1ts, added. T an on the Eeppblean
ticket. and tho last one Of your kiDkv- headed
- -- IS has got to vote for me."
That is the way the Raids are campaigning
In Caddo. Now where does the intimidation
come In?
Not the least remarkable feature of this
wonderful Caddo campaign is the method re-
sorted to by the Radical canvassers to raise
funds to defray their personal and campaign
expenses, as disclosed by one George Comp
ton, an erstwhile shining light Of the party In
Caddo, who was convicted several years ago
Of highway robbery, sentenced to the peniten-
tiary and pardoned by Kellogg because OF his
political influence. Recently Compton was
expelled from the "Young Mems Social Re-
publican Club" for corruption, whereupon he
got his blood up and became communicative.
Says the Standard:
George Com pton, stricken from the roll ofthe
Young Mems Social Republican Club" for cor
ruption. ripped the air with exclamation con
sideraby ON the street this morning. He
charged that affairs were coming to q pretty
pass ---discharging him from the Y. NJ. =. r. G.
lOr aleged Decnlatlons. When every negro tnas
went to the country canvasstng for tho Radi-
calls. from Bill Harper down. carried chuck
luck" boz with him to use on the country col
ored people,
No 'Young Mems Christian Association"
man, no "Catholic Total Abstinence gent, no
"Knight Of Temperance" youth can ever be
made to understand the merits OF "chuck-
luck' as financial proposition. But it has
points, nevertheless. It Is precisely the same
game alluded to by the little man with the
three thimbles and pea at Greenwich fair,
when he exclaimed, and continued to exclaim
as IL it were matter of businegs-'' 'Ere's
the sort of game to make you laugh seven
years arter yer dead, and turn every air on
yer 'ead gray with delight"