The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-18
MARAsOUIN EFT COMPAGNIE.


When the gay, befpathered and heribboned
Hardaquin appears before good old Boiero to
claim the beautiful daughter OF the house.
and meets with proposition to postpone. he
Immediately reminds tho prospective beau
ppre Of tho great wealth and power OF tho
Marasquins ct eompagnie. Very much In the
same fashion does Gen. Gibson approach Lou
lsiana asking for the Sanatorship. and. upon
3omo little show OF hesitation, or, perchance
reluctance. his friends stralghtway begin to
recount TO us the snlendor Of his connections,
tho greatness OF his influence. the wealth and
grandeur OF his compapnte. In the case OF
Nudsqttn the appeal has ~ magical effect, for
the obvious reason that 1t IL those worry con-
neetioDs upon which the frugal Boiero has his
parental eye; but III Gen. Gihson's case we
doAlot see that the result should be the Same.
We are not by any means ready to admit that
Gen. Glhson's associates ut Washington are
the persons into whose hands It will be well
| for the dcstnIes OF Louisiana IT, fall
| SO far as we can Judge, Cen Gihson's
especial friends and boon associates
are Sam j. Randall and tho cotere OF
Eastern politicians who, Of all mon In the
world. are most bitterly opposed to every
| single measure OF internal development that
| Louisiana most urgently needs. No one has
been more thoroughly identified with the
| TiIden- Randall cahal than Gen. Gibson. No
man did 80 much to secure the reelection Of
Randall to the spoakership or II, conss-
quently, SO largely responsible for the Injury
which that event has enabled Randall to in
| llct upon this section. We have heard q
| great deal OF Gen. Gihson's standing and In
| fiuence among public men, but we have yet
| to hear Of m alliance that he has made
with the result of obtaining any OF the
things SO sorey, SO desperately needed by
his constituency.
| 1t Is unspeakabiy bewildering 10 eontem-
plato the mass Of humbug that has been ut
| tered relative to this senatorial contest, and
| to undertake to decide where 1t Is best to be-
| gin the task or exposing 1t. We arc asked to
gaze upon Cen Gibson as n statesman Of pro-
| found attachments and experience who has
devoted the past six years OF his
official life to forming and cement
| ing powerful alliances. and who ia
now In position to Eestow untold benefits
upon Louisiana In return for the object q his
ambltion-the Senatorship. We are over
| whelmed with representations as to his brill
liant standng and Influential connections,
and are reduced to speechless gratitude by the
gittering CATALOGUES OF his achievements. Yet
whom We bring 70 bear upon this picture tho
cold. clear. piercing light OF fact, we tind that
the only performances claimed for Con. Glib
| son are largely the woI k Of other men. and the
| only associations In which hs 10 conspicuous
| Iy involved are associations with avowed and
uncompromisng enemies Of the entire scheme
OF material development In this section. 1t la
claimed for him that he Ia entitled to all the
! credit for the establishment OF the Mlnt,
whereas the movement had been set on foot
before he went to Congress. and was Just In
| that position which assured Its realization
before Gen. Gibson began to act In the
| matter, It Is loudly asserted that he was
the orig nator OF the Lavae Commission bill,
whereas the fact Is that the bill emanated Ia
the first place from Mr.. Robsrtson's commit
tee, accompanied by report submitted by
Mr. Robertson himself, and 1t was only in the
last stages Of the m ,asure and after there
was every assurance OF success that
Mr.. GibBon was directed by the commit
tee to Introduce the bill. He IL brought
forward as the bulwark behind which
the sugar interest reposes In security and
peace, whereas the record shows that the ex-
listing tariff In all material respects was in
operation when Gen. Gibson first took his seat,
and we do not hear word concerning the
real reason why the tariff has been main
tanned, which Ia because of the fact that the
tariff on sugar yields large part Of the rev.
enue upon which our Northern legislators
rely for the support OF the government and
not from any special consideration for the in
terests OF Louisiana.
AS for Gen. Glos on's boosted influence at
Washington, we are free to say We do not CON
slider that 1t has been happily located 50 far
as concerns the welfare Of l. ,ui5tana. There
has never been q man In Congress so vigilant
80 enthusiastic. 50 inexorable In opposition to
all measures OF substantial benefit to the
South as Samuel j.. Randall; yet Samuel j.
Randall Is the bright particular star In Gen.
Glbson's tirmament-ths head aud .ntre OF
the coterie In which Gen. Gibson Is inaxtrloa-
bly, involved, and which has no visible mis-
sion except TO thwart every project on which
the South has set It's heart and staked It's for
tunes In fact, the only product OF comparing
Gen. Glbson's claims with the facts In the
case is to discover that vast deal of the
credit alleged to be due to him Is really due
to others, while much of that which Is true Is
far from being an argument In his favor. The
result Is, therefore. that Gen. Gibson will
hardly reap any dazzling success as an
adapter OF the policy OF MTaaquin d Gle.
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