, 1879-02-07
LOUISIANA.
Lrgls1atorA and officials Anxious tn Rcrudt-
Ate State bchts-TIr Coalition.


,,r,,,.,or, ant, ttnc,a1. .n,ou, To ucpuat.
Ate State bchts-Thr Coalition.
c,r,xspoadrnrt .st'c i"'k Ht:aat.
WAst,soroS, u. C., Feb. 4.-The condition
of nn,ltIco, of1.Ir. IN 1.onfstana would eccm 10
u, u. ".',,.. w.. " =, ,.,,s, .,,t ,,nu,r,1t.,orv
W past '!""."s p"'' ~ '".,'" "'"' '.,.s ,,,
orc tsie statements mate ny pesaon' e'',st su"
trollCd by prejudice, or moro ah3lous LOT IIc
s1lrrcss Of tfte political pnrty with which they
w. aa'eo s.a.' -" ,. ~ s,,.n htno. ,c ,r.*.
NC h.'""'' t'"s ~. ~ .,., ~" .,. 49, -,
ent dominant patty IL ''tt'e more INN rope" "i
sand. liable to fall TO pieces the moment any
other tss,,e Is presented than opposition 10 car
,,ct.h,r Reconsideration. IA an admitted fact:
~, ~. ,s,,ar .,,.,, ~ .,o t,cn,,hitrat, ,,ortv
in ttc State is cndcavorlnr to l'rrak away tro'"
tb.*c wt.u llnyc ma,lc the name tNtIols to the
intelligent p,ul rroperly-lotl,nr c,tizcrs,
'''', f.,~,. ro,,tdnnt,,, with ,bwc vin
l,nvc acted with nc pe''osaeY a.
tic ch0lcc nf two evils, nnd With tatr
chance OF tncccss, Is equally ccrtaln., Anung
liz Republicans Of The State i,err is no one,
movement and the general political co'tt Ion of
iii. atutu than rx-a1arst,al pitkin, now lit tIts
yity. In II regent interview witt, the Marshal lie
kinlIy expressed hilnsclf at lengt! on :Ic sut,-
Currcs,uudent-As YOU are a nattrc Vt
l.ouIsiu,,s nna have long bccn actively Identified
Will, her Republican poiftics, ! wnull like to
kuuw whether your party can regain there It's
asctn,lcnrv In 1891
Mr, rItkin-l have no doubt that 1t cau mud
Will, but Ii must b. un.lcr different conditions
frn,i, thosr WHICH prevailed III our three NATIONAL
elections si,lct reconat rtton hrgan. else re-
ptlru,, SUCCESS would I,e in,t eesihlc to achieve
or, II achieved. impossible to aintaIa. We have
vnst votln:; puss., but we need something bc
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES new conditions 10 yu,,
lnpk fur1
Afr. t'ltku-Wclt, I look especially to ccrtntt,
responsible elements, comprising merchants.
p9antcrs, and oiIsers tint !ayu already detached
| themselves fron the Democracy, anil TINT I'll
their tEnl experiment last November elected
| In New Orleans gooIl1y number III their ca,t-
| tltlnset. The fact tint these candidates werc
wautonty tlcfraliied Il, The cunt, whri. WA ut
the exclusive mercy Of Democratic Commission
ere, has served to quicken ui.trnst which had
lmt,cIlct them to alltaxontxe Tic Democracy, tU
a !rtcrmlnch eitnItr. .Tjicsc men dared i,itclI
| In arrntunInx their ufd party hy Conservative
uuI National platforms; they meant reform md
sc,rcncl,mcnt. Est they found Themselves
tt1wnrtcl In tile rutnt by the very Rlng - they
sn,,pht to break IN. I1,uy nrs left Two altcr-
/, natiycs: either to s,lcc,,mj to tie Democracy
| md its exncttous ar to persist II, fighting it;
and they llarc clloscn the latter. Tile Krpable-
al numbers urc vital to thls End, AMI llr Con
arryatiyce viii IN it,r tnalitton prove a valuable
ANAL Krunblirau "lGadcrs," 80 called, Will 10
eliminated, nllcl to the advantage nf the Isu-
wiii naturally be,ake themselves IL tic "sliori.
jlair' Democracy, avnlt,ss wcl, liz Nationals
and Conservatives stand arrayc'!. The spills
mel, arc naturally tlumnr.. together, nn.l tLs
runiltton ~ thus largely tlfsbnrdcnednf rcasuns
III It's personnel for rcproarl'..
CorttsfoEteDt-JIuy thc Federal officers of
Louisiana Joined the eouii.lon OF uhtcIl you
| speakl
Ar. P1It.n-1 have reason for saying tl,at,
With pcrhaps two ar three exceptions, thoso
u,lccr. wu,,id scarcely be wect,r,rj by tie Con-
sersatiyc md National Democrats, antl certainly
Int n .hcy @ wv wecs csas Tss"n Mas sss @ aay S!ss, s
c|larar,crs md ho1cst purpose nrc welcome,
The Conservatives utnl Nationals express
hearty ronitlcncu t!ut the NatIoual Admin.s,ra.
lion Viii cyflbt tiIsp0sItIon to urV,ptlte theIr
soatIton il I,ousiaI,a's only nu,yc ;mi iii: State
crctlliors' only hons: it merits prompt cncour
agenent, bot.t Ieeuuso of Immediate issues at
Iy rccjnln, tic Y:utc n,M! haye n !arjlr election
il, which the CONSERVATIVE element shall Inter
pose between the Violent uni tie colorcd Gle
tss; Gorrc.pon;on.-lt is reported t1.ut 1t I. TIL.
pSPSsys Ps sats Il e aa 'a1 a 9so5ast Lat 59 IL. H. rsR ss
shis1!y they laye sal,sa Const'intiona! Gon 70
md ' ReputI'eans Of Louisiana &c occuny on iii
, uiestiont
= NJ t',tkn-l'hcsc elements aro entirely i,os
t,le @ sltc aetton. It Is believed by ,hrtil tim
nav liz IrLts. md uupI,t ia do 10. Thcv tif m,
believe tl,c peopio uI yilu state could .luriy
: evrn n trn,,m,rnrx ntlvanfnrs frnm rrn,,t,ntfn,,
!, Tlwy bclcyc ,imt sucb uetlou woul,i not b
: thought Of rxca1,t as a means OF Increasing tI
!. funI aynIlahle for lhu suptx,rt oi narty Gnck
. nitJ rrnrrni nluntirr. Th., in,rn,r ri tlv Stnt
- ia feslerous. To-, largo part Of il is sprut i
y exorSttant salaries aiui tn inantenancc II t.c
y fca. niiirrrs. 4 het,rr nml n,nrn rnuni xyssef
Of assessmrnt nuI 1,,pro ousness,likc mode /,
= | rnlicrtion wn,,lI cnnsttfcmhly fnrrrnse fhis II
u come. Iiw RrnuhiitT.ns yy.S Cnnscrvattvr
n,rr.. in ,1r,uan, ti,I m. Tt"v nrrrr tl,ut i,
ntnher NJ niI1rss shoul1 he t}imluisn,I. n',j II,
rmniI,mcnts ~ Inony II Ia i.strnhn ~ T",ni
| snoulQ l,e much reduced. rileru Is no rsasO
u why Louisiana xhOttlu pay her Governor splnr
I ~ ii MI I'rr nmut,n' 'rhnrS il ~, ,xris" f.
. tf,. r,,ntnnnce nf II s..tc,,, n,s]er ryhirl, ts
u Hhrriiis ft,r lin sap inrIsh ri flricns t'I, enr
Il in~ hy nrots n ~, csn 'r sstt Hi Il, s,,"
il , twn .c.rs rox,t .t,'i, H., s1,,. 1.'S Il