The Ouachita telegraph., 1882-11-25


| them who are not well informed con-
| cernipg it's origin and progress. and as o
good cause is always benefited by being
mistaken one, on. the, contrary; must
| yield and be vanquished, it is well that
this whole subject should be explained
| to the people, and discussed before them.
| II IS THE GOVERNORS PARTY.
And now l call your attention to this
count we have OF it, which is taken from
| is7a:
There an Informal meeting Of ti,e sinners Of
the call for deis CATION 60 the Cincinnati Con. on
Governors office n fI7-l
MARK the place: The meeting was
held in the ante-room of the Governors
| office.l
recorders. Reeoider ean'tdates, Iegisla.ors. Ad-
ors city ofioals tices OF the Peace, Recorlsrs
and sisrks; police eapsains: faX soiisessrs;
P1iSlic Idaoation school director. farbormaster,
Of Ghariy ms5pit d other 1 ponsy ssr
| citizens. =
And again:
tnas fSe Ssrth and Msss pssssal that lie sss.
ton as Gsy "a .H Coz aaen as e
s. ss Il ee s aag a & Sose atsssss ssss e ,sSsa
not ctset g espoase He sane seatn,ents acisich
Gov Warnoth was then n'S unanimously h elected
chairman. ~ 7s77l n = =
L
Gle in the New Orleans Republican, of
July q, 1872:
Iphat The Signs Indicate The telegraphic dis
i only q many eyidsnoes thas
OF tRs that & Is tS BE e parss
bernatcItal ID M nominee of the great conyention
SaSao parish is but of the State
WaT@e @esS tie people y the Unissd seasss
much from the lights before at present The
Inherent parishes. and it viii rise as the day 81
K WIN DO 5 nga d 10 s
strange reySlH,ioni Because they know that
| extent of his power.
And also to the Republican of April
"A, 1879. Now you have the HISTORY of
the organization of this party, and you
have It's chieftain declared. You have
| the declaration that it is a Republican
| movement, in the principal organ of the
| ton of the Republican newspaper that
| the Governor is to be nominated at the
August Conventions. and lest there
| what right this paper has to speak for
| the Governor, will read you the testi-
;mony OF that functionary from the re-
| port of the Congressional Committee;
Q. Have you any interest in that pa
| peri tthe New Orleans Republican,
a. Yes SIR, have: two hundred and
| fifty out OF eleven hundred shares of the
stock.
| @. What is the capital
L "A.
@. Do yon not Know that that paper
has drawn from the State Government, {,
under your administration, between half
a million and a million of dollars for
public printing!
| a. do not know the amount.
l. @. is it not between half a million and
| a million of dollars
A. / do not think 1t is that much; ]
know it does not pay any dividends, and
RI do not give myself much interest
| about it.
Q. AS Governor, you are unable to say
the amount OF money that has been eN
A. would have to ask the Auditor
about it; he keeps the accounts.
Q. Which OF the Commissioners gave
the contract to this paperf
| A. signed it, with Carr, as Speaker o
the House; Dunn did not sign it.
9. AS Gov. ii. G. Warmoth, you con
tracted with ii. c. Warmouh, editor ant
A. No, sir; that is broad statemen
, with the New Orleans Printing Com
, pany to do this work; in that company
ber of shares of the stock.
L have SO far endeavored to show the
Governors connection with this political
) organization which now styles itself
ing it to fasten himself upon the State
Tor another term of office.
WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS DONE.
But why is it that object to the Gov
ernor and insist. upon my position
Why do l say that we should not act
with the Liberal party of which he j,
the head and front, and of whom it il
declared he will be the nominees will
tell you why.
The present Governor of Louisiana is ,
tyrant, who has given many proofs tina
he is the friend to dangerous and corrup
legislation.
He has rewarded with lucrative offices
| and employments those who have beef
, suhservient to his will and personal aspi
| rations.
AS soon as the mockery of n crimina
| trial for the murder of LaweS an,
| Schomberg was ended, he appointed th
| Oliyers, two of the perpetrators of th
| murder a second time to office in tn
5 Parish of st. James.
He has made his private fortune b,
3 | specializing in the public securities. a
is fairly inferrible from his testimon,
before the congressional committees.
D He has obliged the Mayor of New Or
l leans and other civil officers, when ap
= pointed, to leave their designations will
him, in order to hold them in slavisl
: subsection to his despotic rule.
lie exercises an open and boasted con
D | troll over the Legislature; he has quar-
Z tered his mercenaries in the State Hous
during its sessions and violated tn
!, | privileges of the Senate and House o
Representatives by appearing habituall,
| in the General Assembly with tho mem
. | bers, to influence and direct their action
He approved the Slaughter-House bil
which erected a monopoly for supplyin
food to New Orleans; the Louisiana Lot