The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-12-06
The Election in Ascension.

The Election in Ascension.
Spirited but Peaceful Contest-Majori-
ties Given to all the Candidates on
the Regular Republican Ticket.
Concerning the statistical result Of last
Tuesdays election in this parish, the
table which we publish elsewhere fur
nishrs all the information that can be
asked or afforded bnt general edito-
rial review Of the contest may interest
our readers.
The day passed off without breach of
the peace. Although at most of the polls
canyassers for tho rival tickets We're out
i'll force and working hard, and OCCASION
ally their opposition would produce
heated and boisterous discussions, they
had the good sense to confine themselves
to wordy warfare and to avoid the a,yu-
n,entum baculinum. .E.~ 5s.@
There were three tickets in the field !:
the regular Republican, the boiling Re
publican and the Democratic Conser;a-
1--WE. The first named consisted of the
nepop'san State Nominees, Dutfel for
Judge, Earhart for District Attorney,
Como for Senator, Landry for Represen-
tative, Jones for Sheriff, Bentley for
Clerk and vandegriff for Coroner. The
manner in which the names of Como and
Landry came to replace those Of SHINES
and Sullivan is elsewhere explained. On
the boiling ticket appeared the names Of
the Republican State candidates, Cheev-
ers for Judge, SHINES for Senator, Sulli-
van for Representative, Lefort for sher-
if, Hill for Clerk, and the regular nonli-
nees for District Attorney and Coroner.
The Democratic-C oDservative ticket dis
played the State candidates of that par
ty and the regular Republican nominees
for district and parochial officers, with
the single exception Of Coroner, the
name Of DR.. McGalliard being snhstitu-
ted for that Of DR.. Vandegriff. The bolt
ing tickets were mostly red, though a
few white ones were used, and they were
headed with a rough picture of General
Grant. The other tickets were both
white, containing no device calculated
to attract the eye and win the heart Of
the ualettered sufragan. Although the
Republican ticket was printed in New
Orleans and the other in Donaldsonville,
by strange coincidence the heading Of
both aud the Endorsement Of the wards
on the back were III the same kind OF
type, producing a similarity of appear
ance which the boilers were not slow to
take advantage Of, BY inducing illiterate
voters to believe that the regular Re
publican and Democratic-C Conservative
tickets were identical. In addition to
such tricks of trade as this, some Smart
Aleck retained in the boiling interest
conceived the idea Of hiring the use Of {;
job printing press in this town and con
cocting the following silly and trans
parent circular:
NOTICE.
1, Taylor Bate, Republican Candidate
for Governor on the Republican ticket
do denounce L. E. Bentley, y. Landry
P. A. Jones, A. Knight, A. Burnett and
others, as traitors to the Republican
Party-by placing the name of Demo
GRAFT for District Judge on the Republic
| can ticket l therefore warn all Repub
| licans to vote the straight REPUBLICAN
| TICKET.
No doubt this delectable production
| which we copy rerbatim-was expected
| by it's author to exercise terrible intlu
| ence on simple minded voters who woult
not discern the trick, but unfortunatel,
it's effect was spoiled b. the appearance
early on the morning Of election day, Q
handful reading as follows: Mm
NAIL THAT LEI!
NEW ORLEANS, December l, 1879.
To the Republicans Of Ascension and st. James:
Having learned that an attempt ma,
be made by unprincipled men to max
unauthorized use Of my name to injur
the Regular Republican District an'
Parish Ticket in Ascension and st. jaime
the ticket upon which Messrs. Duffe1
Jones, Bentley and others are candidate
Il pronounce whatever statement ma
be so made III my name to be FOX
gerry, FALSEHOOD AND LIBEL. NJ
position, in favor Of the selection G
Judges without regard to their politics
has been too often and too plainly pre-
claimed to be misunderstood. I stan
squarely upon the 18th plank Of the r
publican platform, which says that 9Th
judiciary Department OF our Govern
ment should be kept free aud nnpollute
by the turmoil and contest Of politics,
and that both political parties shout
be represented on the bench"
NY earnest advice to Republicans is
I support their regular party organization
and tickets and discountenance BOIL
Frs who seek to divide and weaken Il
party because they fail to obtain rom
, nations for office.
TAYLOR BEATTIE.
Republican candidate for Governo
Witness H. c.. Warmoth,
w. p. Kellogg.
It was said that our Internal Revenl
, Collector, who arrived here the n'gl
preceding the election, on the Thompse
Dean, brought valise full Of the han
l bills for circulation, but We can not pr
sumo to vouch for the correctness OF tn
. report. Suffice it to say, the lie Of Il
> first handful was effectually nailed, al
very little was seen or heard Of the pr
. duction on election day.