The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16
WHO BEATTIE REPRESENTS,

| the convention which selected Mr. Taylor
Reattie as The slandard-hearer OF the Radical
party IN this State and disclosed the anl,u,lu
ana purposes Df the mon who compose TIL
little ring Of Custom House officials In put
ting forward ticket which was pre-doomed
~ defeat and which could never have hnel
nominated had thnre been tho remotest pos
sihility Of Its being elected
The convention was such palpahlc sham
such broad and glarIng hurlesaua that IT, Is
amazing MI. 3aattie dli not appreciate the
ridiculous role which he was made to assume.
Or detect tho scarcely concealed amusement
OF the Federal officials who 10 successfully
imposed upon his ore,lulty and converted
him into catspaw for the vntIest sci IF po-
ltical soapegtacas On tho face Or tho fall
earth The very character of tho body, com
posed aa II was almost entirely ny Custom
House Officials and employees and Of mon rep
resent'ng parishes they had never seen,
should Of itself have warned 80 aatute man
AS The Radical nominee for Governor that
There was some ulterior design, some
sinister motive ln his being chosen
over the recognised chiefs of tho
party, who hah there heen the faintest
glmmer Of n hope OF SUCCESS, would have
made Rome howl" IN tho Wild scramble fn,
office. Tho ambition FIJI office seems 10 have
enwrapped tho usually plear brain of MI
lseattie III beautiful but delusive mirage,
through which he saw. a. travellers over
desert wastes have seen, tho most delightful
and enhancing Visions. Like those travellers
he will find tho fairy and imruaing edIfiaes,
which have appeared 10 HIS dlsordered fancy,
fade gradually away. becoming moro md
more ndistnot as the day OF election ap-
breaches, ana disappearing utterly on tho
third Of December.
We nllude To this suhject again In order TO
show enncllsively what d miserable sham
and cnntnmptibla cheat was practlcad hy MIR.
Sherman's appointocs In thIs city In tho or
gnnzatiou Of what was called The Republican
nominating convention. but which was. In re-
atty, nothing more than d called meeting ~
the employees In The Custom House. reIu-
forced Ivy men who received appointments In
the Federal service through Kellogg, iii pay
mont for their votes for him AZ Senator In tho
Packard rump Legislature, aud also by few
lrampH thrown IN to represent parishes tho
very names Of which wnre unfamiliar to
hem.
The address. which We publish IN another
of the Union Sodiors' Association ia
} severe arraignment Of the Custom, House
ling for tho manner IN which tho convention
was engineered aud for tho Jugglery used In
IA manufactures. for tho assnmbIaga was lit
Nrally manufactured In tho Granite Building.
Tho address charges TINT thirty-llve par
she's IN the State were wholly unrepresentml.
NXcnpt by proxies made up Ia tho Custom
House, who were employees In tho Federal
service, and alleges that Of eighty ono Dor
'ons who held positions under tho govern
nent by kellogg's direct influences. seventy
,wo wore members or the convention under
Proxies from parishes tbey never saw
The address further charges that the III
lorsement OF Kellogg by the convention was
imply the Endorsement OF Kelloggs own APP
rointaea, and declares that he Is weight the
republican party cannot carry. In ortlor that
lr. Beattie may SEQ as In u glass tho charao-
ar OF tho mon who rendered him the very
larren honor Of n nomination and may appre-
late the rank ahsurdity of his claim to 30 tho
lominee OF the Republican party OF Louisl-
ma we suhjoin tho following ist of tho dole
rates to the convention who held thon and
lold now positions in tho Custom House and
federal service:
Collector q. Bndgor. second ward. parish Or
Special Deputy ColloctorT. q. kndcrso n. or
u. Landry.
Deputy Collector A. ]. Dumont fftoontb
ward. parish of Orleans
.S,nperintendent Of Warehouses-ls. .. lIebert, |
Era II 1.,l. % tyl
United states Distrct Attorh"y-A. II. |
United States Marshal Jnok Wharton, tenth
'erd parish OF Orleans.
United atatos Deputy Mnrahal-Thos Bos-
yell. tenth ward parish Of Otleans.
United ntatea Dnpny Shipping Commission
f. VIM. Roy, of Vermillionvlle
Clerk Of United Stnas Mint w. Wickham
rst ward parish Of urieaus.
Register Of Land Ot1lce-Wm. NJ. Burwell. Of
Jnion.
Postmaster Wm T. McMllen. Or Caddo
Letter 0hrrier-Lonis DO aruy NTH ward
arish " Orleans.
Deputy Collector " Internal Revenue Jamoa
y Grey. Of East Feiaana
CUSTOMS Clerks ~ II. Buroh Of Baton
on VIZ, ". 9 Brown q Grant, II NJ = kenuer
10 james 1 Morrison. eleventh ward parish
Inspectors M. r. Hatton OF seventh ward
Delacey OF Rapidea, 9 II. Glnudiu of first
ard OF Orleans. Horny Raby OF Natohitochea.
T. W antoine OF lhiru WHrd OF Orleans John CT.
awis of Natchitoehes. Jnmes ID. Kennedy Of
'Mrth ward OF Orleans. Jacob Gray Of Sabine
Ii. Gnudat Of thirteenth ward Of Orleans d.
awkins q Claiborne, A; Il. Million 81 Plaque
lines, J. NJ Garvilla Of Ibarvilla. VIM, Murrell
I KiehlRnd and J. III. Vance Of Franklin,
Storekaapers-G. q. Antone Of Caddo and
Atriek Croagh Of third ward Of Orleans
Gaugers-. ~ ". Heating of Caddo and NJ Las
appes Of st. Landry
Messengers y !, ,s WIN Niekerson OF Washington.
~ a, y. Francois % Vernon. |
Watchmnn-A. s.. Smith. L. Tharpe and ,
ichard Pickett of Bnsslsr.
Naval 0tIieer-James Lewis, fourth ward
arish OF Orleans.
Lahorers b. IL Barranco OF Baton Rouge.
phn Jourdan seventeenth ward parish Of
rleans, Henry AID ms of Bieuvie J. w.
ook of West Carroll. ]. j. Johns M NJ Winters
DeSoto, b, Ii. WHIT OF ST. Mary, J A. Wat ]
IN, Geo. Hwayzie Il. Bortel nj West Feliciana. Z
p 1iebert THIRD ward parish OF Orleans, a. =
i. Blunt Of Natchitoches James Russell. Ben !
imes Of Ouaahita. Charles Bergeron and o. r. /
fifth ward parrish Of Orleans. Geo. :,
!. Bryant eleventh ward parish OF Orleans
enry Green ana Warren County fifteenth
ard parish OF Orleans. II, Mallory ana Ed
liler 81 Plauuemines. Charles L Ceager of ,
Bernard. a, J. BROOKS OF st. Mary and JOS
athews OF st Tanimany. I
Relatives OF employees In all tho Custom ,
ouse building, Or otherwise represented by