The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-29
h. a. Shields and Wade 4. Young. The dele
ratlon IL not committed.
WADE n. YOUNG.
WHY Willie SHOULD AND WILL
BE, NOMIM ATED AT BATON
ROUGE.
from The N. o. Bee of Heptember. 7e.l

tn ptlt issue nf the sixth uf Snpte1uher, lii
speaking of the refusal III Glen. 4. N. Ogden to
| accept the candldatnfe which was offered
him, w expressed ourselves about him In the
following manner: "Tha General Ia a valur-
Gus aud energetic man, d sympathetic PERSON
ality. and circumstances may arise when his
devotion may be .agaln pnt to the test. 1t 10
fortnnate that Louisiana haa such men lii
reserve
Our opinion on the subject has not changed
hut when fifteen days later, the friends Of
Cen Ogden, after succeeding IN making him
abandon bis determination. Started the inuve-
ment IN favor Of his nomination, we asked
ourselves whether mn occasion had arisen To
Justify ell appeal to the devotion 81 the Gem
aral. AT first VIZ reffainsd irum saying any
thing that might weaken the value Ut The
tainad in favor of the new candidate whum
none more thall VIZ love and admire.
To-day, however. Ii appears tu us that the
Hme haa come to enter into critical exalnt-
nation nf the situation and to draw
conclusions. Let US fret record the fact
that between the refusal Of Cen, Dgtlen. III
September, md the Subsequent movement
ipr the presentation ri his candltatnra, there
situation. Ard this situation. what is II
The candldatufe of auv Wiitz, put forward
by o large number Of country papers, had
made such progress In the minds of the pop
President uF the Constitutional Convention
could already be considered as the nominee
of the Baton Rouge convention, should the
city express itself Ia similar sense to the
majority pf the pariaIes
To Justify 60 tHFly nh opposition To a pop
uiar name with another name, however eS
allied hi the public estimation, ii theraue necea
sary to invoke q political ranson. uf. III default
uf =. good political reason, considerations
hnsad nnnn the greatest chances ut success
New Orleans. aa We have aIready said, has
\ paramount Interest IN SECURING the noinlnp
tian Ut the Governor We could not afford
TIT simple preferences tD rick the osa ut
everything by h division ut the VOTES. We
havn valnr suilEht LII the address 4 conclusive
political teasnn to oppose the, ,candltlatufe ef
len Ogden. fifteen days only prin, to the
primaries, 70 that, Of tha Hon. L. 4. Witt.
question OF LOCAL politics has heen ad-
vHuped- ths necessity ut breaking the ring
which has seized upon the electoral ma
nhnerF. A VIZ hare ourselves fought against
that RIM we would have accepted that mo-
tive ns a good one, should tile rittu have pre-
by violence, the catludatura OF Mr.. Wiltz
upon the community. But such has not been
THE case. The Democratic Parish Committee
las accorded all The cnnreaslpna asRed uf 1t.
Rules accepted by the three organizations
offer nll desirable guarantees for tile sincerity
nnd fairness Ut the primary elections.
The contest between the two candidaturea
will be prosecuted nn equal terms and we r.
atet with the CORRESPONDENTS, whoEe rnmmua
featiun so full uf wise uhsai vutigns, wa pub
courteous weapons U1l, both sidns
Howheit, we have the tndnbitahlp proof
that If on the one hand Gen. Ogden II sup
ported by Il unanimous and respectable pur-
tiun Of the population, hls opponent II
baekrd, on the other hand, by d mass Ut rltt- |
zehs none the less respectable and that, bis
parfiaans say, are more numerous than The
other fraction.
Under a,ich conditions, II seems to ua su-
prenlaiy unjust to insillnata that aoy Wiltz
is the candidate of o. ring, III the one lland |
while, on the other, Gen. Ogden should he
that Of the elite If the population, First, |
tlla Ia the reverse of the truth and then, we
think It inapnlitie tp use auch arguments CON
oerninE a candidate who has great ehnnces III |
becoming the sanldate Ut the entire Desup |
cratic party. W. have ahstained from pub |
fishing ths exaggerated valuations af the re-
spactiva strength Of the two candidates, hut
our imnaItiality eonpels ua to say that
Judging from the DATA in our possession, the |
eandduture Of Mr.. Wiltz appears to ua TO be
by Tar the stronger n the country parishes.
Az to tl,a city, there can be no possible |
doubt concerning the Second and Third lie
ttlets. which are I'M favor OF Mr.. Wiltz, md
thush who IMAGINE that the other wards will
vote fpr Gan. ugtan, It seems To us. are labor
Ing under singular dpl,lsions.
10 rasltmn. the putting forward III the cali
didatnre uf Gen. Ogden haa moi been accom-
PANIED with sufficiently Enod reasuns to affect |
the partiHana nf the eandidature Of Mr.. Witt
the popularity and sy1nra
lily NHlAH III HIlaaAH Hy Tile HEIlIHHnAa lftIl-
eral, and we believe that the iltlsiDla of bis
friends will have no other result than latter
Ing but sterile manifestations.
Is would have been better to keep the name
of Gan. Ogden Ia reserve for another OCCASION,
and not To contest the title which tho prrsi-
dent ut the last convention had acquired to
the nomination and which the country par
lsbes were tho fifst to recognize.
The tlrst result toward which we wore aim
ing. the sincerity and loyalty of the primaries,
SyAf flnK rnff ttl HA iaf
end object which we have already Indicated
New Orleans. and Tor that purpose to unite
he votes upon the candidate who has the
most chances of s,leresa. That Ia what We
aid III our issue of the twenty-tret Santem-
'er, IN an article from which We think proper
q reproduce tho following passage as q con-
'luainn to tho preceding nhservations
The duty and the Interest Of all Demo-
rats ia tp show themselves cpnciiatory in
rider to maintain the unity Of the party, and
We will W further hy saying that II every
hing passes off harmonpualy. the city dele :
ration must throw all their votes In favorpf
Tat candidate who shall have the stronger
nppptt in the convention and consequently
he EreataF chances of haing elected. Per
Nnal preferences must give way III such u I
asn ~ the paramount Interest that New Or
aans haa IN obtaining the nomination"
~ the actual condition Of things, 1t r. MIR.
Niha who appears to us to be that candidate,
nu II IL desirable that he shall be presented !,
Y Baton Rouge with Ms large a city majority
g possible.
Tensas and Natchitoches.