The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-24

eyentful years In my humble opinion no gentJs-
man could have behaved more hAndsoMely IN
the many imboftant trusts eontlded to h1m. ana
office he Is always the Same afYable Sensible and
honorable friend and counselor.
II fell to my LOT to see 4 good deal OF Alfred
Witt during som. trying times, and IalWays
found him firm. self poised. cau- t. any em-r-
gelcy ready OF all times, snt inh"xi5iy lair
slderatt n for the rights OF those v no nay be
Temporarily opposed to him.. The last eharge
that should be imagined against him is that Of
from such fnfluence3 than MIR. WilZ
! appeal unhesitatin9ly to those mutual
friends e,l whose exDerienoes enable them 70 an.
sWer whether upon the rOstrum. in the Gb air Of
either house or Convention. i'll committee or In
caucus; In debate, Or in the fetguiug detail Ct
that could have been expected. and often more
than could bave been asked.
:. Speaking for those ma others who have
Ike knowledge. recognize one whom the state
may we'll deltght to honor--honor, for faithful
work through Years Of toll: honor for eingle-
minded devotion to the interests OF State and
city which has few equals and superior:
honor for az unblenisbed character. known by
ms thousands OF friends to be without fear and
When I retrospect the MAGNIFICENT attitude
and patriotic speech OF Speaker Wtl10 on that
famous fourth OF January. 1875, where the yes
men into our LEGISLATURE TO reproduce an out
rage borrowed frem European despotisms
8. EN- to be mind reading acme classic scene of
liberty ut bay; tyranny, With its unansWerabl5
arguments Of the squad ant the bayonet.
I6e a,,a danntiess .4 patriot With OK nnbanch-
ine words, thai, burn, defiant With The hostile
bayonet glisteniDg in bis view. Peace has its
yjtories Gs we'll as war.
IT there is q man who can he trusted for bis
integrity; II there Is q man who can be wise in
council aud courageous in ton: II there il
man WE. to great sim nlislty Of nNaers and
ity to read and lead men-a capacity born. not
MADE thGt man is In Louisiana. known as L.
A. Witt. Vito Wig at the helm, the quiet citi-
zen may possess himself in pace. With him
for, Governor, 1t will be. nothing for faction
and everything for Rome"
MR. @. E. GtRARDE7
favored the nomination OF Hon. T.. a. Wiz fer
rsaaons which had besn fully set forth III
Tuesday,, Issue OF the DEMOCRAT. Gov. Wilfz
wac familiar with tbs necessi ies Of the whole
people,. He wss q man OF supetior administra-
tive abilitje. and would carry to The guberna-
torta) chair al eIperience which the State and
city much needed. In fact. he has more sxpe
in the South. He 1As hold mapy honorably ard
useful eff ,es and dischaeged them WITH credit
and Distinction. / have mover hsen q partisan
more Office seeker. but have watched his pub
lie career with scrutiny, aud I particularly OBJ
served bis course as president OF the Constttu-
tional Convention. and l think that the State
owes him debt Of recognition for his eminent
services in that body In my opinion. he has
don. % :. more to secure good organic law for
this STATE than any Other man. and f"rther. no
other man could have held that con nveEtiou to-
gether with the dignity and address be did
40 man. not having his patriotism and amhi
tiOn, could have a accomplished what he accom-
plished. His dignity. wisdom and discretion
are xorthy Of all honor.
affection. for Gen. Ogd"n. both Ior his soldierly
qualities aad patriotism. There io no praise
1hat would be =, unfitting to him ~ any relatt n
the noblest and self-sacrifeing sons Of Louisl
ana. Ia the conduct OF civil affairs, howevsr.
consider Coy Wiz his superior tor the rea
to the GovernorshiD O large and varied expe-
rience. and I am satisfied he would ba sup
ported by white and black"
JUDGE Paul. THEARD
received the DEMOCRATS representative with
CHARACTERISTIC courtesy. and when informed Of
the purpose Of his visit, plugged ut once into the
subject.
am strongly in favor of Louis A. Nitz /
have many reasons to offer In support OF his
candidacg. but, to be brief. shall mention only
few.
Since the adjournment of the convention 1t
has been tacitly and eyan exprefsiy conceded
by the county press that the next Governor
also been unanimously conceded that the Hon.
diascy of dGn; F. n. Ogden was. ,ther etore. a
men, for | do not thins that his supporters can
secure his nomination. The possible result
will b. llseord In the city delegation aud tbe de-
divIsion tho country will be apt to recall its
former concession. and the next Governor
might bo man from the couary parishes.
But. even Ii the city were allowed to choose
the Governor, think that Wil,z is the better as
ne 10 the stronger. candidate OF the two: Gen.
merchant. A Good d m eitizen and brave n eu soder
That is much j; but honesty and bravery price
loss jewels though they be- do MT suffice for
statesmanship and diplomatic ability. Of tbe
adm mtnistraiiys capacities Of dsn. Ogtan. we
know nothing. Gov. VIII is ais, brave and
as q sta!esman. In every position which he
has flled-as Represent tive OF tho people. ss
as q, as Of
Conyention-he has not only been adequate TO
the task. but has risen above pubi., expecta.
every man in trust: has boon open to scrutiny
larity has increased. He has often been
weighed In the balauee OF public opiaion. and
be has never boon found wanting.
. Gov. Witt Is also the strongest candidate. |
Not to speak Of his strength among the New
quent argument that he W!ll be acceptable to |
The great mass OF Republican voters. Gov.
His nomination viii qnell the hatred n resulting %
from dead issues which 1t would be unwise to
Finally. It Is urged that Gov. Wilt will not
make good appointments. I am personally .ac-
quaiuted with him. and fear not to answer that
ne will be in,dependeal In his choices He
as he did in the formation OF COM
mittees during The late convention.
To resume these eonsid- rations-which are
but few, of many-th. candidacy OF Gen. Ogden
may deprive us OF q Governor from the city. 1t
should. therefore. be withdrawn. noble as the
General is. But. even supposin9 that the Issue
ba between Wiltz and Ogden. Wiltz must be sup
ported because he is the best and strongest
man.
MIR. J. J. LANE,
on being approached. said that he had deliber- |
ated on this respective merits Of the Two eandi-.
at tn conclusion that Coy. Witt had more in
his favor to recommend him to ths suffragans
Of the StGte than his opponent had Both c.n-
5idates are patriots. tried and true but Gov.
Wiltz had suffered more than any man In the |
State; both bis war and political records. are
unim peaehable. The mssterly manner tp which |
be ousted Mr.. Flanders and tool possession of |
the Mayors Office 10 which he had been lsgally |
elected. proved that he was capable. OF