Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-03-01
THE ADVOCATE OFF AT HALF
COCK AGAIH.

1.-THE Democrats of East Baton Rouge
have selected Gen. A. 8. Heron, Hon:
K. I. Young and Hon. Leon Jastremsd
as their candidates for delegates to the
coming constitutional convention, Gen,
Heron being the Senatorial candidate.
Better selections than these will not be
made by any parish of tho State. They
are all gentlemen of high character and
ability, and large experience in public
affairs. Their election may be regarded
as assured."-N. o. Democrat -.
The Democrat is mistaken about the
ticket being selected by the democratic
selected by the Democratic Central Com
mittee an action that never has been
before known in this parish. While the
Democrats do not object to the gentle
men selected they most alphabetically
deny that tho Central Committee had
any right whatever to submit to them q
ticket for their support. The result is
there is q widespread dissatisfaction
and u determination to prevent the ac-
cedent for the future government of the
party in this parish.-Adcocate.
If the Advocatc was possessed of
the discretion that should character
ize a journal claiming to be a support
er of the Democratic party, its editor,
before making the above senseless re-
marks, would have gone to the trou-
bic to inquire as to the powers of q
Parish Committee, and in doing so,
would have found out that such a
body has the interest of the party it
represents in its keeping, and that in
conducting its movements circum-
stances that surround each campaign
are considered before a policy or plan
of operations is adopted. As an evil
dence of this, different methods are
and have been adopted in almost
every parish of the State, in view of
the present situation.
Having learned this, the advocate
would also have found out that the
Parish Committee had discovered that
popular sentiment was opposed to
nominating Convention, at the same
time that through petitions numer-
ously signed, and by other unmistaka-
bic evidences, it was plain that a full
support was being and would be Civ
en- 60 the gentlemen above named.
Thus it cannot he said that the selec-
tions were ,lnwalranted.
Lastly, the 4drocatc ought to re-
member that in the last campaign a
considerable number of voters, true
and tried Democrats, had opposed
the party nominees of the Convention
with the Greenback and Independent
platform. Everybody knows that
the bulk of these voters are not inim-
zeal to the Democratic party, nor to
the interests of the parish and State,
as evidenced by the fact that in nu-
merous instances they are supporting
the gentlemen selected by the Com
mittee, and were doing so previous
to the selection. There are, besides,
many cx-Republicans in the same
frame of mind
In view of these facts, had the Com
mittcc sounded the party buglc, they
would have shown either a lack of
wisdom or a disregard of the public
interests, with which the Democracy
is Identified.
BY going off in this manner, against
the wise and unquestionably lcgiti-
mate action of the Committee, the
Adrocate has exhibited a degree Of
indiscretiOn that should cause all
Democrats to look to it very carefully
before they follow counsels so thought
lessly advanced.
If our confrc,e keeps on in this way ]
we will soon see him roaming at hap
hazard in political ruts, from whence
he can only emerge save as q nom
deScript!