St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-09-11
A Terrible Blow Dealt with
-Aassuckles.
claiborne Guardian. !

The distressing straits to which the
Radicals are reduced by the prospec-
tive loss OF power, and the braZen ef-
frontery manifested by them in their
desperate efforts to retain it, are pleas
antII illustrated by the piteous appeals
which they are making for funds to
carry on the campaign. The dcspairing
tone in which the leaders of the gang in
this State are importllninS every Fed
eral oi1iceloler in Louisiana for money
to ll;b!icate tie party machinery would
be peIpleXlng to one unacquaintcd with
the true inwardness Of Radical politics
in the South, Or ignorant Of the devious
motives which stimulate into activity
the patriotism of the average carpet. bag
Republican. But to those familiar
with that ldiosyncracy peculiar to
Southern Repuhlicanism by which the
patriotic effort to carry an election is
developed or retarded in exact Dropor-
ton to the amount of cash realized.
their wall for financial aid is translu-
Gently plain.
Fortunately for the good of the co,ln-
tly aud the cause OF Democracy, the
State governments OF the South have
been wrested from the control of the
carpet -haggers aud their indigenous
allies and intrnstcd to the hands of
honest men. And now for the first time
in the history OF reconstruction these
Radical gentry who, as long as they
| controlled the State governments, never
had occasion to call on any one but the
tax collector for the funds necessary to
enlist the utmost zeal Of the party, are
now confronted on the eve of a preS-
dental election with the saddening
fact that II any money is needed to push
| l,1, ;,,l, Il -
| sought for in some other direction than
the State Treasury. Realizing in ali
| its disheartening tendencies this de-
pressing state OF affairs, the Southern
Radicals saw a gloam of hope in the
recent conference OF their party leaders
who met in New York to devise II plan
for conducting the campaign. And as
the Southern Republican cannot we'll
conceive how political contest can be
jndiciOusly conducted without a lavish
distribution of the ducats, they hocked
to the New York conference in great
numbers.
Garfield, Arthur & Co., had the money
for distribution, but, like Oakes Ames
in the little business transaction he had
with the senior partner of the above
named firm, they desired to put it where
it "Would do the most good" And
iIteI IL chlcltll survey Oh Cne situation,
they very pruhently declined, much to
the disgust of the discomtitted pilgrims,
to make any considerable investment in
Southern election securities-only dab
ling lightly i'll Florida stock held by ex-
Senator Conner.
Thus left to their own resources. one
of the Republican Executive Commit
tees-for at the present time we are
blessed with two-lias sent a pressing
demand to every postmaster in the
State to contribute money for use in tie
election. The immediate agents in this
nefarious scheme of matchmaking are
Don Fardee. W. l.. McMillen, postmas-
ter in New Orleans, and j. G. r. Pitkin.
OF the two former better things might
have been expected of them than to Ell
gage in this dirty work; but if the re-
ports are true about the fellow Pitkin,
we are surprised to learn that he is en-
gagged i'll such Il respectable business.
Will Capt Burke Of the Democratinform
us whether the present Pitlln is the same
gentleman who used to impose on the
simplicity Of Confederate surgeons, ex-
temporizing foi that purpose fictitious
cDllcntic tits by the .judicious mastca
ton OF diminutive pieces of turpentinc
soap whereby much froth exuded from
the mouth and nostrils Of the unfortu-
nate individual afflicted?