The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-11-18
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Knlloov l.,llpwaa him. Notw;tl,stan slinc
tho lu,sat unf yersal erv az intliena-
stiou wlicl, Ills election 10 Congress
from tl,e Third District ef Lo,isiiaua has
arousc.l- ID the INSERTION uf
tls Da;lu ,Stafes-vet tl,a admission, that
Id In. b..e,, elected md fI,.at tan hv j,
majority IL 7gs,s aver botl, Sc his et,n,,,eti-
tors. establishes pr,lc teal fact which,
mnst Ii, aeeepfed. Ha wus not tha Hen,.
canditlate and ll,e item, i Nv M means
~. ,,,,si i.le f,r TN, .lt .f III. ca,,t..xt
in the Third District. vet The item was
the only INDEPENDENT pn,er n thu State
that properly forecast lis chances Of sue.
cess and pointed out to the Democrats
the necessity Of strengthening tho hands
of Acklen iii his heroic struggle. But for
various reasons, some personal aud some
other : Use. Ackle. was left to his own
exertions, while all i,nmens. amount OF
Democratic eloauence waa wasfed on
constituencies where It was NOT needed
Perhaps Acklen did not enioy the fuiI
condolences and hearty sympatI,ies of the
p;.rty orators. or perhaps they Thought
him strong, enough, ia carry tl,a DISTRICT.
when the Republican vote was divided
between two of its own party candi-
dates: be this as It NAV. Acklen is
defeated, and Ire attributes the result to
4 lack of Democratic mid and sympathy
Turning from the defeated to the sue
cessf,,l candidate, the question arises J.
What shall be done with him !? The
States, III Il labored article Of, the subject,
declares the return of such man a
!" disgraceful disaster.p It furthermore
alleges that ho was not resident Of the
district, and was therefore ineligible,
and iDsinuatts that his claim to the COW
etetl seat should not be recognized by q
fairly elected Democratic House.
Az to the matter OF incligibility, we
can find no clause III the constitution
which declares that 4 candidate mu st be
a resident Of the district he is elected to
represent. There arc certain qualilic.l-
tioi,s named, but this is not among them.
On the other hand, We find it asserted hi
the Times Democrat of yesterday that
three of the Congressman elected iii
New York are not residents Of the dis
trlcts which returned them. Tt is pop
ular error that !. Congressman must re-
sid. III the district which he represents.
Sunset Cox Of New York. has never
lived III the district which has elected
him for SO many years. NIT. Flnherty,
Congressman elect from the Second Con-
gresslonal District Of ILLINOIS, Is u citizen
Of another district"
In treating Of keilOgg's previous pollt-
ical successes the States declares that the
weight OF the bayonet was cast into The
oOdsCo OsSt PCopIOs OAU tuAb3 ~
adds, lis a very different case. There
were no bayonets in this election. The
people had their fate and their honor in
their own hands, aud yet we find this
lnan rett.rned elected III one OF the most
lnteilIgent aud, perhaps, the richest dis
trict Of our State" And does orr con-
temporary pretend to demand that the
work, tacitly or actually performed by
: one Of the 'n1'st.. illtialhgHnt antl-l,Ar-
haps. the richest districts III the Stare,
ou"i' w huiiano's ~ 0"'S1eS7 '9"os' az
'cs "''''" ~ '''e' NOV - Jae''eo' 'u' "a
Sehses'''o.
We frankly admit that Kellogg, III his
political and official relations towards
the people of this State, has committed
crave sins ut omission and commission