The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-24
THE PARISH CAMPAIGN

| The citizens of New Orleans have. perhaps,
never before witnessed such remarkable
| conjuncture II their political affairs a. con
| fronts them al the present time, aud II is ill.,
cnmhent upon every one who has al interest
IN tho welfare 81 tho city aud State, to inves-
/ tigate the situation calmly and deliberately =,
| with the view of taking such action AS will
most rebound te the general good.
! The Democratic and Conservative ncnlna
| tions we're, az a whole. not what the people
| had hoped they would he, and the DEMOCRAT,
speaking III the interest u the people and VI
the party, uttered prompt and emphatic
protest against some ST the Legislative nomi-
nees We did 80 hoping and believing that
the sober second thought Of the various ward
delegations would result In etferting such q
change ms would render the ticket acceptable
to the community at large. we hoped also,
that the substantial citizens, our merchants
and professional mon. the men so largely
| Interested sin good government would
| come forward, second cur endeavpr and use
their powerful influence to bring about the
desired results SO fat as our antieipations
touching The business community were con
A
eral Instances where men Of ability and high
| social standing have been urgently requested
to accept Legislative nominations. and have
even, In some eases. been nominated they have
declined thereby exhibiting an apathy aud
Indifference which has been, to say the least.
not Inspiriting &c those who have been atrug-
CLING earnestly and zealously to improve the
ticket.
| Every argument was used with these gen
tlemen to induce them to accept the trust
and serve the public in Legislature upon
which will devolve the delicate and arduous
duty of framing the laws which will vtalize
the new constitution. ft Ia very deeply to be
regretted that they should have declined to
perform this duty to the public, for 1t is an
occasion when New Orleans has a right to ex-
poet her citizens to sacrifice their personal
comfort and inciinations to the public welfare.
Ii cannot be denied that many Of the nom
inees upon the Legislative ticket are men Of
ripe experience and Of unblemished charao-
ter and that the complaints SO freely INDUCED
| Iii appear to have been more on account of a
failure to nominate a larger number of men
or legal attachments OF legislative experience
/
honesty Of the nominees, and II should be con
sidered that this failure is measurably &C.
counted for BY the refusal Of many dIstin-
gulshed citizens whom the delegations sought
| to honor.
In behalf Of the Legislative nominees 1t
must be conceded that no question has been
raised as to their honesty or party fealty.
and IL should be borne In mind that each and
every one Of them Is bound BY the principles
tive party. and will be aided and surrounded
by the very best talent Of the State men
familiar with all the details OF legislation
and, IL we succeed In electing men who are
aotuated by honesty of purpose and a proper
desire to serve the interests OF the city, the
! advantage to our people Is SO immeasufap,,
preferable to the election of any nominees
| likely to be supported BY the Republicans, az
to require no comment from US,
! The objections which have been urged
against the paroehial nominations are really
| Of a frivolous character. The charge that
some of the nominees have held office before
IL not entitled to consideration. unless 1t
can be shown that they have failed to dis
charge their duties with fidelity. No such
thing can be shown. and their honorable
records in the past are excellent guarantees
| for the future. Certainly 1t ts greatly to
their credit that In the long and des-
perate struggle for the redemption Of
Louisiana from Radical misrule they
bore the heat and burden OF many hard
fought political contests, and unauestlonably
II ~, hfn fYe1np ~
our people It was facility understood that
the nominations for positions OF emolument
were not Of essential Importance to the COM
munity especially as all salaries and fees
are cut down by the constitution, and every
possible safeguard thrown around the offices
Justice demands. however, the statement
that each of the parochial nominees Is compe-
tent to discharge creditaby the duties Of the
office for which he is candidate.
Let us now look at the situation. There
are but two tickets III the field. On the one
side is the ticket presented by the Democratic
and Conservative party composed Of men who
were regularly chosen by convention, the
delegates to which were elected Ia n fair and
peaeeable election. In which party presidents
were strictly followed and the voters Of the
take part The men who did not vote, equal
~ with those who voted, are responsible fol
t the ticket.
J On the other hand we have what is callet
the Anti Ring ticket, which IS Ia no respec
superior to the regular ticket and which II
sone respects falls greatly below. There Il
nothing either In the origin Of this Anti Rims
J ticket, or In Its make up which should Gauss
any good citizen to hesitate mo
ment about supporting the regu
i lar nominees. Representing nothing
" but a small and dissatisfied element In tht
& party, in their eagerness to secure the offices
g from which discriminating public has rig
( orously excluded them. the men who contro
l. the Anti Ring movement III it Is, indeed, en-
+ titled to the dignity Of being called move
y ment) hesitated at nothing to COMPASS thei