St. Landry democrat., 1883-11-17
FOR GOVERNOR J:
FRANCIS I. NICHOLS
OF ASCENSION.
THE CAMPAIGN.
OF ASCENSION.

THE CAMPAIGN.
AS will be seen by the extracts w
publish from various papers Throughout
the State. the opposition to the nomina
ton Of Governor McEnery instead OF ii
minishing as claimed by the administra
ton press, seems to increase in intensity
We have too, private intelligence of :
perfectly reliable character from ou
two adjoining parishes, Rapides ant
Avoyelles, to the effect that in the form
CT the delegation will be opposed to ths
governor, while in the latter which ha.
been loudly claimed for him, the resul
10 by no means certain, and even SHOULD
the delegation favor the nomination Of
McEnefy, that preference will be made
secondary to the more important con-
sideratiOn of preserving the harmony OF
the party organization. In that parish
as in many Others, influential democrats
are considering seriously the duty they
owe to their party. and it it should ap-
pear that McEnery's nomination would
breed discord, then they favor some
third person upon whom all factions
could cordially and tremendously unite.
According to our informant, the Avoy-
Giles delegation will make party unity
and concord the paramount considera-
ton. And this is eminently the proper
spirit. Ii McEnery is an obstacle to
the hearty cooperation of democrats in
different sections of the State, if his
nomination would beget strife and dis
satisfaction in those sections especially
where the largest and most reliable
democratic constituencies reside, then
there Can be no doubt that he ought to
be set aside and no one butsome personal
follower of the governor could or would
say the contrary. Now, the division in
the party in this campaign has not been
caused by the appearance in the field Of
several different candidates, each with
his hackers and supporters. 1t did not
originate in the rivalry of individual as
pirants, but it did originate in the disap-
prevail of, and opposition to. the govern
or's administration and to the Influences
which surround and are believed to con
troll him, and which will doubtless con-
troll his course in the future should he
be again elected. So much is this the
case that. in our opinion, all the ele-
ments Of opposition will quickly unite
ut the convention. That opposition will
be moved, not by personal Reconsideration,
but by keep seated and honest conyic-
ti0ns. Would it be wise to force the |
Of McEnery, against OPPOSE
tiOn of such character, even il his
friends could secure the nomination for
hint Clearly it would not. The har-
mony of the party organization is Of
much greater Importance, than that Sam
McEnery should again be governor.
There will be enough nonpartisan DEM
Ocrats in the State convention we hope.
70 impress this view upon that body.
La our judgment, there never was a time
IN the history Of the party in this State,
when there was greater necessity for the
Intervention of the cool, unbiased judg-|
nent OF the best men of the party. The
irst principle of party discipline is, that
ne personal advancement of it's men,
'ers must be subordinated to the well
are OF the organization. When the !
'arty leaders lose. sight of this time {
IGNORED and wise rule. the organization |
vlll go to pieces. The business of the !,
'tate convention is to preserve and per- !
'etuate the party organization. To ac- I
that great aim, it must be con- $
ervative and just, it must disregard the
'ersonai ambition of any and every man t
nat threatens to disturb the united and t
armonious action Of the party through :
ut the State. : :
Last Saturday night, about half past
inc o'clock, at Vermilionyille, C. C. =
[cBride, a young white man, shot and q
instantly killed, with a shot gun, a col
red girl named Mathilde, the charge a
ntering the right side Of tho mouth. .
9 claimed it was accidental, bnt he b
as not liberated after the coroner's il
quest.
Shreveport Democrat, 25th ult: eve s
arm from Vicksburg special Of the :,
st instant, to st. Louis contemDorae n
:, that track laying on the Vicksbnrg. II
1reveport and Pacific Railroad is com. 81
eted 18 miles west of Monroe. and ID
at all the grading on the road he- n
1een this point and Monroe will be +,
'lshed by the middle of next month r.