The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-09-09
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Colfax Chronicle, Greenburg
Gazette, Farmerville Gazette, Lake
Charles Commercial, Louisiana Sugar
Bowl and Sparta Rural Times, all favor
ex-Gov. F. T. Nichols as the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor of this
State in 1884; and the Bossier Banner
says, tsCount US with you, gentlemen"
as does, also, the Richland Beacon.
There is a very wide difference of
opinion among our Democratic con-
freres as to the bearings of the Repub-
lican split in the 3rd district. Thus,
the Sugar Planter knocks Beattie clear
over the ropes in the following style
The Third Congressional District has
ouieted down after the turmoil of the
Donaldsonville Convention. The split
in toe Republican party amounts to
little or nothing SO far as the future of
the party is concerned. The Beattie
faction do not amount to a crow of
pins'' in the contest that Is to ensue.
He will buster, fume and storm and
will end by being shamefully defeated
and no one knows that better than
himself. He is the losing side and his
followers will quit the sinking ship,
one by one, when Kellogg takes the
stump in his own behalf.
The Abbeville Meridional, per contra,
makes Beattie the favorite candidate
Judge Taylor Beattle seems to be the
favorite candidate of the Republican
party and justly. Who would hest
tate to give the preference on that side
to the native born creole planter of
Lafourche. It is high time that not
only the Republican party but the
whole people should actively assert the
fact that Louisiana has within her
limits sons of her own rearing fully
competent to take charge Of her inter-
ests.
Albeit, the Republican Congression-
al Committee has recognized Kellogg
as the regular nominee, and the Iber-
willie Republicans in mass meeting
have endorsed his candidacy. The
split appears to be irreconcilable and
widening, Judge Beattie vowing that
he will run eat all hazards" and has
money plenty.
In the 9th district it is said that
Lewis Trager, formerly Democrat of
Concordia, but now a rampant Repub-
the honor of being defeated by Col.
Heron. Trager, like Beattic, does not
want any of Hubbelrs money, having
large possessions of his own, and says
to Hubbell to send his quota to Nc
MILAN to help beat Gen. King. Send
it along, "dear uubbell."
We dump in few items about the
Delta Convention which meets Tues
day next:
Tensas, with 6 votes, sends to the
Convention, j. S. Matthews, T.. l..
Whitney, r.. J. Walker, ID. Davis, T..
T.. Routh, and S. Shaifer, and then
threw the following little sugar plum
to Judge Hough:
Resozved, That the Republicans Of
Tensas will support Judge w. III.
Hough, for any nomination that may
be rendered him by the Republicans Of
the Fifth Congressional District, and
that we fully endorse his official and
political course.
Judge Hougtl being present was re-
quested to address the meeting, which
he did, the report says, Gin a very in
teresting Manner
Madison, with 5 votes, renominatctl
q. Hawkins, II. IL. Brown, w. II.
Jones, w. w. johnson and NJ. Il
Watson to retend the Convention and
dispersed without spressin' prefer
ence for any candidate. Jaques a.
Ola, (Brewster's successor as Surveyor
Generally A. G. Waddill, N. f. Larche,
S. p. Jones and b. B. Steele go to
Delta untrammeled, as the custodians
of the musk-bags of East Carroll. The
are dozen or SO possible candidates.
among them, we hear, j. II. Dink-
grave, of this city-but the prominent
Monrners are Gen. Mcmillan, Judge
WHY, Judge Housh, not counting ella
Steele, Matthews, Judge Caldwell, 7. c.
Dunn and some others.
In the End district-John Ellis's
chicken pie-the Republicans, after a
turbulent session, nominated Henry
Demas, coal black statesman with
hair machine-cut, for Congress. His
opponents after the nomination &y,s