The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-08-12

LOCAL PoLITIcs.-The anticipation
that there would be two Republican
4 parish conventions held here last Satur-
day proved well founded, but we are
glad to say that the rival bodies were
organized and conducted without the
disgracefnl squabble which it was
generally apprehended would character
ize the occasion. On Thursday, the 3rd
inst, the president of the parish execu-
tive committee had posters printed and
distributed giving the following notice
to delegates :"
Notice is hereby given that, owing to the
unexpected number of delegates, regular
and contestant, elected to the Republican
parish convention called for August 5, 1882,
| and to the lack of accommodation in the
| Courthouse for such a large body, the said
convention will be convened at the hall of
Ascension Hook and Ladder Fire Company
Dsnaldsonville, on Saturday, August 5,
1882, at noon. Delegates will please take
notice and govern themselves accordingly.
| P. LANDRY,
President Republican Parish Executive
|
In accordance with this notification
| the regular convention was held in the
| spacious and elegant hall of the Hook
and Ladder Company, but the partisans
of what has been named the Jones-Hill
faction decided not to recognize the
authority of president Landry to change
the place of meeting, and their conven-
ton had its session in the Court House.
1t is perhaps fortunate that this conclu-
sion was arrived at, since each faction
had an equal number Of delegates claim
ing the right to represent the various
! wards, and if both sides had met in the
same hall it is more than probable that
scene of quarreling and wrangling would
have occurred discreditable to all con-
cerred and from which no good result
| could have emanated.
The official proceedings of the regular
convention are give ell in full in this issue
of the CHIEF. We have offered to pub
lish the minutes of the Court-House
convention, but up to this writing they
have not been furnished by the secretaries.
Doubtless we shall have them in season
for our next number. Some Of our
friends on the other side of the Republi-
can fence seem to think that, because the
editor of tue CHIEF is personally identi-
fed with the faction quarrel in the
party, the paper will give hearing only
to the side of the controversy which he
favors. This is an error. The CHIEF is
something more than personal or
faction organ-it is a newspaper, and we
will not refuse to publish any proper
matter of public interest because it does
not coincide with our views and opin-
ions. And, apropos of this subject, we
desire it to be understood that the editor
of this paper has had no connection,
whether direct or indirect, with the
authorship of any Of the dispatches and
communications relative to Ascension
politics which have lately appeared in
the New Orleans papers. We do not
make this statement for the purpose of
criticising or taking issue with any of
these communications, but merely to
disabuse some minds of Il false impress
sion. We find the CHIEF quite satisfac-
tory as Il medium for the expression of
our views on public questions and i'll its
editorial columns will be seen all the
newspaper utterances for which we are
| responsible.
AS we have before said, the sentiment
Of the Republicans of Ascension, so far as
it has found expression during the brief
campaign which preceded the parish
conventions Of Saturday last, is virtually
unanimous in favor of the nomination of
Senator Kellogg as candidate for Con-
gress from this district. At most of the
meetings where the delegates to what
we term the regular convention were
elected, resolutions endorsing Mr.. Kellogg
were adopted, and that convention unan-
imousIy instructed its delegates to the
district convention to support and advo-
cate his nominations. The Courthouse
assembly elected an uninstructed dele
CATION and purposely avoided any
reference to the choice of candidate,
but two ofthe delegates, Messrs. Earhart
and Jones, have publicly declared them
selves favorable to Senator KelIcgg's
candidacy, and it is reported that as
surances have been rendered prominent
friends of that gentleman in New Orleans
that, if the Courthouse delegation is
seated in the district convention to the
exclusion of the regular delegation, tue
entire vote of the Ascension representa-
tives will he cast for tue Senator's
nomination..
The fact is, the leaders of the Court
House combination subordinate the
Congressional question to that of the
control of the local party organization,
and are apparently willing to take any
course with reference to district matters
that will secure recognition and in
dorsement of their pretended reorganiza-
ton of the parish executive committee
Some members of the combination
declared their preference for Judge
Beattie as a Congressional candidate, and
were known to have been demonstration
with him upon the occasion of bis several
visits herein fact, there is strong rea-
son for believing that the Judge has