The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-28
A FEW ERRORS CORRECTED.


Iii the course Of d canstic commentary
upon u suppositious conflict between
Senator Kellogg and Congressman Oar
rail- over the distribution of federal pat
| ronage in Louisiana, the Shreveport
Times remarks that the election of DR..
Darra1l is due to OK Congressman Acklcn,
who tnot receiving tho Democratic
nomination, ran rs an independent" anu
divided the Democratic vote. This is
entirel, erroneous. Mr.. Acklens friends
did bolt the regular convention and
nominate him as their candidate, but he
withdrew some time prior to the election
and canvassel the district in company
with Mr.. Billiu, the Democratic nOmi-
nee, whose cause he warmly advocated.
The Times fuitho. says that Messis.
Kellogg and Dllrall, "whie fighting
each other, are both working for one
object but in another way. That is, to
make the Third District Republican,
and pave the way for the gnbcrnatoral
election in 1884,
There is no call for the exercise Of any
labor or political ingenuity to "makc the
Third District Republican, rs it has
been !. Republican district ever since its
organization, and it was solely because
Of differences and divisions among Re
pnblicans shat Mr.. Acklcn-a Democrat
for whom the Times evidently cntertains
no acknowledgements enabled to obtain a
seat in Congress as its transitory Repre-
sentative. In the gul,ernatorial contest
of 1876 the Third District gave Mr..
Packard q considerable majority; in
1879 Judge Beattic carried the district
By about 1900 majority, and last Novcrn-
Der, in Il square contest, unincnmbcred
by independent candidates on either
side, Mr.. Darrall was elected by the over
whelmlng majority Of 800, carrying
eight parishes out Of the twelve com
posing the district, and greatly reducing
the usual Democratic ma.oritics in the
other four. by a species OF political
sleight-of hand which is understood
throughout the length aud breadth OF
the land, it is made to appear that the
Charleston district Of South Carolina
and the Shocstring district Of Mississippi
pi-both heavily Republican on o fair
votc-lla,G returned Democrats to Con-
yress, but until similar tactics are en-
ploycd to subvcrt the popular will here,
the Third District of Louisiana must be
universally conceded to be decidedly Re
publican.
Our Shreveport contemporary cnlcav-
ors to create the impression HAT Senator
Kellogg and Dr. Darrall are already pit
ted against each other as candidates for
the Congressional nomination in this dis
trict in 1882, and arc engaged in a bitter
struggle for supremacy IN the control Of
federal patronage with q view to rcaping
the benefits Of the influence Of public
pap upon the party leaders Of the dis
trict. Adviccs from other sources, pub
lie and private, assure us of the existence
of the most harmonious relations between,
orr Republican Senator and Representa-
tive, and there is every indication that
they will remain in perfect accord upon
all matters affecting Republican interests
here and elsewhere. The Times is APP
parcntly as unfortunate in its s,ppos-
tions as in its attempted statements of
facts pertaining to Third District affairs.