Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-08

was held at Academy Hall, principally
composed of the Radical element, who
have imagined lately that by some hook
or crook the good old days when few
of the faithful were living in clover,
would again re-appcar, and "long John"
the Chapman of the nasal twang, from
Bangor, Maine, is unslinging the old
carpet-bag, now nearly moth eaten, to
launch forth in search of Revenue Office
or some other good thing. He and his
old comrades are seedy, and Governor
the boys are hungry"
There's been the devil to pay since
Nichols came into Office, and the "blue
locusts" have been compelled to relin-
quish the rcins of government to the keep
ing Of the "sure enough" citizens Of
Louisiana. With the rest of our people
they have had to earn living by the
sweat of their brOws in q country that
they had brought down to the verge Of
starvation. They know well, that so
long as Louisianians stand united in sup
port of the DemOcratic-C Conservative ban
ner, they stand no chance ofeating from
the fat Of the land. So they are willing
to form any entangling alliances in order
to break those lines that have swept
them from places of trust, which they
have polluted by occupying them in the
past days.
1t is with sorrow indeed that we
chronicle the fact that our Independent
candidates have entered into an alliance
with these men, with view of defeat
ing the Democratic nominees, their for
mer companions and friends. 49,
Shortly after the meeting was called
to order, so our informant tells us,
CAPTAIN JOHN McGRATH,
the Independent candidate for Clerk of
the Court, was loudly called for. There
upon he arose and after he had given the
excuses usual in such cases, the unex-
pected honor of being called upon for a
speech, etc, he said in substance:
"That in the days that tried mems
souls he had stood shoulder to shoulder
with Taylor Beattie, when the standard
of the Confederacy had been carried to
victory. He was once more by his side,
fighting political battle. If the Re-
publicans would stand by the Indepen.
dents victory, would crown their efforts
in December; and if they had as much
backbone as he, he would guarantee
that every vote would be counted. All
he feared was that some Republicans
would sell ont, and these, he said, would
deserve to be put back into slavery, il
such thing were possible. They wert
now fighting common enemy, thu
Democratic party"
MIR. WIN. S. BOOTH,
the candidate for Sheriff, spoke brief.
in terms to snit the assemblage. During
the course of his remarks, he told TIN
colored Republicans that their forme
masters had brought them to the poll
in support of the Democratic ticket. l
was time that this be reversed, and thei
old masters should come and vote thei
ticket this time!
The Cock of the Walk" old "hoy
dye doow the far-famcd registrar q
voters of 1870, the grandfather of al
the carpet-baggers in this parish, tn
quintcsscnce of the political Xulture,
JOHN s. CHAPMAN,
spoke a little piece, and his nose neve
gave forth such musical sounds as whe
he twanged:
"That if the white Independents wer
as strong in numbers as they were rel
resented to be, and would stick up to til
promises they had made to the republ
$ cans, the ticket would be carried by a
: overwhelming majority. A friend Of hi
!, an attorney, had inquired of him latel
0 how it was that he was supporting tn
$ bulldozers this time; to which he ha
u replied that the Democrats were a
:. bulldozers, and that the Republican
: had selected the worst ones, so as
. ensure by their aid straightforward
count at the ballot-boX. After the X