The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-01-19

TA> Ieuauanna De0eeso0y.
TIE Dsmoerasas esaas Ooavsaaisn Of Lsaii-
ana closed lsss Saturday alssr - sxciting sesien
ofAys daya TIE sruegh between ths 4nkh-
sry md Nichols fhcl3c.s naas Tie vosk Il the
Oommittee On Crs1sutials ardsous and pro-
tracaea- The following tieket was nosalnatsd-
~ nominations bsing nAds unanimous: Fer
Govsrnos, Gen. Francis T.. Nichols; for L.
0overnos, Hon. James Jsfties; for State Audi
tor. Capt O. B. Steele; for Treasurer, Hon. w.
a. Pipes; for Secretary Of Stats. Hon. l. b.
Mason; Tor Attorney General, Hon. Walter b.
Rogers; for Superintendent OF Education. Hon.
Joseph Breaux In the following article tho
New Orleans TSmes-D Democrat comments upon
The faction fight, accepts the ticket and counsels
harmonious action:
The Democratic Convention ct Baton Rouge
Yesterday concluded its lahors:
The ticket it put forth will receive the sup
port of all Democrats
The Democratic party cannot, al this critical
1unc4ure IN State and national Affairs, permit In
ternal discussion nor, however great the provo
cation. can any Of its members AFFORD to forget
that the very life OF the party and our civilization
itself depend absoluly upon q united Democracy.
We shouid be false 10 our convictions II We
pretended to believe that the nomination Of
General Nichols was the best that could have
been made 10 the interest OF the party or Of the
State We are as emphatic in the belief that it
is not a. we were sincere in our opposition to his
nOmination-an opposition based on no personal
antagonsm whatever, but upon grounds which
II were ungracOus as useless TO reiterate here.
Having fought him inside of the party a. earn
es,ly and strenuously as we could, now that he
h0a he Sv,A< If
We accept his candidacy and shall give him and
the entire ticket nominated at Baton Rouge the
support which all Democratic candidates have
right to expect of Democratic journal, which,
since its foundation has carried aloft the glorious
banner ofsthe party to which 1t owes allegiance
and whose -interests it holds as superior TO all
personal ambitions and interests.
The struggle between the two Democratic fac
tons in this State which has thus terminated
has been the most bitter and the most deplorable
that has ever stained the annals OF any party in
any State, and it is to be deeply regretted that
the victorious faction in the Convention did not
seize the golden opportunity that presented itself
TO wipe out all unkindly feeling-all factional
bitterness-and cement the harmonious union of
the party, which has been so greatly desired so
much dwelt upon by their orators
Their first overture was fairly and promptly
met BY Gen. Jastremski, and the supporters OF
Gov. McEnery, in arranging q plan for the or
facilitating the business before it by discarding
frivolous contests, but this spirit of fair play was
met by the harsh use for partisan purposes OF the
caucus power to unseat the McEnery delegations
which were admitted by the committee on ere :
dentials
Some Of the nominating speeches were ex-
tremely ill-timed, bitter and vindictive; the &C.
ton OF the convention in regard to the State
Central Committee was unprecedented and not
conducive TO harmony, while the tender to tw o
places on the ticket to the McEnery men was
coupled with humiliating conditions
1t would be absurd and useless to deny that
these harsh and unnecessary actions on the part
of the majority in the convention have created
deep feeling, and time and great wisdom will
be necessary to heal the wounds.
Opposed TO these wantoA acts of arbitrary
power, however, we have kindly, discreet and
conciliatory utterances of General Nichols him
self, Don Oaffery, Judge Rogers and others,
and more than all, the complete and uncondi-
tional endorsement and commentator OF Gov
McEnery and his entire administration in the
platform submitted by the committee on resOlu-
lions, and unanimously adopted by the conven-
ton.
No hAndsOmer or more thorough vindcation of
Samuel Douglas McEnery and of all the officers
in charge of the various departments of the State
government could have been devised than is con-
tanned in the following words, which constitute
the second plank in the platform:
That we endorse the administration of Grover
Cleveland, and believe that the interests of the
Union will be best subeerved by his election.
We also endorse the administration of Gov. Sam.
uel Douglas McEnery as a recognition Of the emf
nent services to the State of a faithful public serv.
amt and we affirm that the administration Of pub
lie Affairs In Louisiana has, during the last eleven
years. brought the State out of anarchy, developed
wealth and prosperity, and paved the way to the
high position Louisiana Is entitled to among the
States, and we pledge ourselves to its perpetua-
ton.
If these words had been uttered by the Mich.
oils managers 10 the beginning Of the campaign,
it is safe TO say that Gov. McEnery would never
have been induced to revoke his determination
not TO be candidate for reelection.
That they are said now and incorporated into
the platform OF the Democratic Convention, is as
proud a vindication and rs complete a victory
for the administration of Gov. HcEnery and for
his many warm friends and supporters as could
be imagined, and constitute in themselves q
singing rebuke TO those who for purely partisan
purposes INDUCED throughout the campaign in
defamation and SANDER
The struggle is over Let US trust that all the
bitterness and heart burnings engendered will die
out and be forgotten. common foe confronts
US, and TO that foe the Democracy of Louisiana
must new, as in the glorious but troubled past,
present united and unflinching front.