The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-01-12
REPUBLICAN POLICY.

A meeting OF the Republican stare Cen
trail Committee has been called for Wed
nesday next, the 10th inst, presumably for
the purpose of determining the policy to
be pursued by the Republican party in the
pending State campaign-that is to say, to
decide whether State ticket shall be placed
in the field or the Democratic candidates
permitted to walk over the course without
opposition.
We think it is the general opinion of Re-
publicans in this parish and section that a
convention should be called and ticket
nominated, and the CHIEF is inclined to
favor this policy. If a good set OF candi-
dates should be selected we belieya they
would not only have the earnest backing of
all the available Republican strength in the
State, but would also receive the passive if
not active support of a large number Of Con
servatives and Democrats who were allied
with the anti administration faetion OF their
party and who are 10th to lend their aid to
the election of nominees whose success inn
niles continuance OF the evils against
which the opponents of the present Dem
ocratic administration made such q warm
but unavailing struggle.
At all events, there ought to be two par
ties in every State and no political organ
ization should be permitted to hold impe-
rial sway over public affairs without even
pretense of opposition. The bad results
that will inevitably flow from such condi-
ton of the body polite are too patent to
the rejecting mind and have been often ex-
emplifed in history to require more than a
passing reference at our hands. The tend
ency of every party with unlimited and un-
disputed power is towards corruption, OPP
preston and misrule, and where the better
elements of dominant organization find
that they are unable to accomplish reform
within it's ranks-that the machine" has
cessfully attacked by ordinary methods
their only tangible hope of attaining their
patriotic desires lies in giving their counte-
nance and aid to the ticket of the opposing
party. As the Republicans of New York
and Pennsylvania smashed the autocratic
and obnoxious machines of the party in
those States by voting for Democratic can
didates, so can Louisiana Democrats attain
a similar result in this State, if they so
desire, by throwing their ballots for Re-
publican nominees.
OF course the person,le, of the ticket must
be a guaranty that its SUCCESS will entail no
injury upon the State, but that point we
reserve for discussion further on. The
first thing to do IS to provide the pfeiiHi-
inaries essential to the formation of a tick
OF, and we shall not be sorry to learn that
The State committee has decided to under
take this work. The Republicans of Louis
lana can not hope to maintain party Or
yanization worthy the name if they permit
election after election to 60 by default
such policy will dishearten and demon
alize their voters, and if carried too far will
end in total disruption and dissolution.
They now have an opportunity not only to
revive the interest of their immediate polit-
tical adherents, but to test the sincerity of
thousands of Democrats who have declared
lnalterable opposition to the men and
methods that have obtained supremacy in
he dominant party of our State.