The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-10-14
TIE CANVASS.

party have addressed large and euthns:.
astic mass-meetings at Houlna, Race1and,
Thihodaux and Morgan City since our
last report, and at all theae points they
met with encouraging indications Of
heavy vote and decisive majority to be
polletl for the Republican nominee. The
meetings at Honma and Morgan City are
said to have been the largest hold there
for many years. Al Thibodanx, the home
Of Judge Beattie, his supporters did all
in their power to interfere with the meet
ing and interrupt the speakers, but the
attempt was d failure and seed wassown
that will raise large crop of votes for
the regular candidate and against his
hol.ing competitor.
The Kellogg party are now moving up
the Teche, and according to Geographic
all, ices they are having march Of tri-
nmph.
Judge Beattie, on the other side, is
said to Disguised and dispirited. His,
meetings have nearly all been small af-
fairs, and in cases where the attendance
was satisfactory in numbers, tho sup
porters of Senator Kellogg have contrib
uted SO greatly to the result that the
effect has been almost uniformly dis
couraging. His advertised meetings in
Assumption were complete failures as
We arc reliably informed, and up the
Teche he is meeting with no better sue
cess We hear that ut Verlnilionville 10
one came ont to hear him and he made
no speech at all.
If the Judge is not entirely blind and
deaf to the evidences that impress the
minds Of other men, he must now be con-
WINGED that a large mJarity OF tho Re-
publican vote of the district is commit
tel to his opponent, and that the most
lie can hope to do is to carry off snf-
ficient number of Republicans to insure
the election of the Democratic candidate.
If Judge B.attie has one 1.-THE of the re-
gard for his party that he processes, he
will repair the mistake he has made and
retire from the Congressional race. Per-
sistence in his present course can only
result in humiliation and defeat for him.
self, and possible defeat for bis party.
Mr.. Acklen opens his formal canvass
at Houma tomorrow. He made speech
at an i,npromptu meeting in Donaldson
vile Thursday night, and viii return to
Ascension in November, speaking at
Dutch Stores on the 2nd and in Donald
sonville OIL the 9TH.
One hundred and thirty lunatics have
been transferred from the Insane Asylum
at New Orleans to the State institution
at Jackson, East Fcliciana parish. Tue
change was made without mishap, anG
the demented creatures are delighted
with their new quarters.
"Ugly rnmors" that many prominent
Democrats Of the Third District are ex.
pressing an intention to vote for Judge
Beattie have disturbed the Baton Roug.
Capitolian-1droca1e, aud that paper
makes an eloquent appeal to our Creole
population to "keep step with their Ang
lo-Saxon brethren in the other districts
aud vote for the Democratic nominee.
The great minds of our confreres of the Don
aldsonville CHIEF and Morgan City Revie,o d,
not run in the same channel on the election of
Congressman from the Third District. The on
| is confident that Kellogg will be elected, Will
| the other is equally certain that Judge Bea TIL
will be the favored one. Both leave Ack!en on
of calculation.-lVe Feliciana Sentinel.
Then the ancient axiom is wrong an.
massive intellectsd don't always peregrinat
in the same groove. Or shall we sa.
that, in this instance, the exception onl,
proves the rule?
Willie all the officers of the burned
steamer Lee did their duty nobly at tn
time of the recent calamity, the hero o
the occasion was Mr.. john Stout, til,
! pilot on watch, who stood at the whee
regardless of his own imminent peri
until the boat was secured to the bank
All honor to this faithful steersman
Stout by name and stout of heart, VIII,
risked his life that others might b
saved.
I
In case Of fire on Il river steamer, pas
sengers should rush to the bow of TIN
boat at once, regardless of dress or angh
else, is the sound advice that has beef
repeatedly given by the New Orleans
City Item, and the circumstances attend
ing the destruction of the Golden Cit,
aud Robt. E. Lee prove that many sacri
feed lives would have been saved hat
| this counsel been followed.
Ex-Gov. 3. Gratz Brown of Missouri
candidate for Vice President on til,
Liberal ticket with Horace Greeley i,
1872, is making temperance speeches j,
Indiana. He opposes the position of tin
Democratic party of that State on TIL
prohibition question and large number
Of Indiana Democrats have assumed
similar attitude. 1t really seems, as i
the Republicans are III fair way t,
make mp there for some of .he losses the,
| have sustained in Ohio.
The Vernon Condenser is the peculia
title of a little newspaper that has bee,
established at Leesburg: La, by Mr.. job,