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THE HUNT BOLT. A Movement Aided and Abetted by Ex-Gov. Nicholls. Efforts of the Democratic Committee to Prevent a Party Split. Every Possible Concession Offered the Bolters. They Refuse All Overtures and Keep Their Candidate in the Field. Re;ort of the Democratic Executive Com mittee to the Voters of the District. NEW OaLEANS, Oct. 13, 1884. To the People of the First Congressional Dis trict: The executive campaign committee of the regular Democratic-Conservative party deem it incumbent upon them to give to the body of the people in this district some explana tions of the methods by which the Hon. Carle ton Hunt procured the nomination of a self. constituted "convention," whose respecta bility, culture and influence are flaunted in the faces of the masses. 'lhey consider this a fitting occasion upon which to leind their notice to the declarations set forth in an "address" formulated, in the name of the "Reform Democracy," on Mr. Hunt's behalf. They formally, directly and unequivocally denounce as foully false the imputation that the nomination of the regular party was offered or promised to any man for a money consideration. They solemnly deny and challenge proof of the assertion publicly made, that, without consulting the people, the nominee of the regular Dl mocratic-Conservative party' 'had been selected long before the convention met to select a candidate, and even before the delegates to that convention had been elected." They desire to warn the good people of this district against the machinations of the fol lowers of one man, who, under the cloak of refaVr.t, seek delibetately, by falsehood ann misrepresentation, to deceive and mis lea the pitplc. They dlreot your attention to the fact that the party, the methods and the managers whom it now pl:ases JMr. hunt and his cabal to arraicn and malign. are the very party, m:~thods and men to whom this political Judas is indebted for his present elevation. ltrganized in a single Congressional dis trict exclusively in the interest of one man's candidacy, these honest "reform Democrats" d.singeionusly endeavor to justify their trea son to their party by pretending that the "organization of the Demnocratic party for legitimate exercise of party functions was kept too long a way from renewals by elections by the people, as secured by the usages and traditions of the party." At the very time the slander appeared in the public prints the Hunt people knew that a convention was about to be called by the executive committee whose appointment had been made under authority of the very con vention of 1882 whose nomination secured to Mr. Hurt his present seat in the Federal House of Representatives. 'I hese men whom Mr. Hunt aid the immac ulate Freddy King are engaged in leviliig and slandering, are the men to whom the 'reform' candidate, with humid eye and faltering voice acknowled"ed that he owed nomination and election-thesel the men to whom he swore eternal friendship and undy ing gratitude. The usages of the party require that the functions of the congressional executive coimittee should cease witl the assembling of the convention convened under its call. TI e history of the Democrat.e party estab lishes that in this respect party traditions have ever been jealously observed in the First Congressional District. Mr. Hunt knew and knows, as did the an thor of the famous 'address," that the body charged with the conduct of the congressional el etion in the district had never attempted to keop away from the people the right to control and renew the organization of this executive committee. The victims of AMr. Hunt's ingratitude say to him thathe, of all men, was bound to de ft nil them against this foul calumny, and that lie, by his silence, has approved and profitedl by the falsehood. This committee aftirm that the "reform Democracy" are seeking to defraud the pub lic by false pretences. That while chargic:g the regular organiza tion with conspirinti to choose for the people withoult th,-ir consent, these "reformers," sitting in secret. with no show of authority, madet up a list of names chosen from among the partisans of fIr. Hunt, called the per soans thus ce lcted together, and styled this inew ly eta ate l ring a "convention." That while the: certified that the members of tias "conv'ention" had been elected, they knew, as did Mr. John I)ymond, who de cl:ared' the fact over his signature that the Deilmcracy of the dtistrict lha not been con sulted. nor any ele ction held by the people. 'lThat while they vaunt their devotion to party traditions, they decline to submit the claimis of their candidate for indorsement by the people in accordance with Democratic nt ages. '1 hat, while they declare their unwavering fealty to the party, they have inaugurated a movement which jeopardizes its success. That, while they declaim against "rings" and "ring methods," they themsaelves stand forth the champions and representatives of a ring within whose narrow circle ino man was permitted to enter ihose love for Hunt was not believed to be moure enduring than his devrton to party. That, after having labored to blacker ,he characters of the men whose former su1 ..ort had forced him into prominence, this cring ing place-man, this pattern of pure and ex alted statentianship this most scrupulous Mr. IIunt through the chairman of his own executive committee sought a nonlination at the hands of the very men whose methods he mt linsa. That, when his own vaunted excrtions had proved barren of success, this egotistical braggart filches the honors won by abler men, and parades the achievements of a hRan dall ailt an iEllis as his very own. In order that yon may appreciate his char acter, his candidacy and his loyalty the his tory of the present campaign, as developed by the facts, is here subnutted for your in formation. It is written vagorously, but accurately, in the report of our predecessors to the con vent:on: liooms EXcUc'IVE CAMPAiO'N COsM(nITEEx of the hDeiotcralo4tiontservatlve P'arty t of the First 'ouwressiotnal District, I New Orleans. Sept. 'J. 184. J To t thPrc t of the De cerati-C.ns. srva tive Notminasting Convention of the First Co(''neesionl Dstrkit: As the members of your executive commit t'e we come Lefore you, in obedience to ;arty traditions, for the purvose of return ilng to the Democracy of the First ('Congree. sitonal District, in convention assembiet, the funttions and authority which, for a short space, had been entrnsted to our keeping. Prior to this termination of our ofHicial life we have deemed it to be within the line of our dtaty to submit to yon a report, anent the present situation of affairs within the party. Consequent ulpon the determination of certain gntltemen claiming to be Demo crate that the Hn. Carlet,n Hunt, in his candidacy Iwfoire the people, phould have, at whatever cost, the prestige of a nomination, an ausemblaget of pretended delegates has been hhl., which, thou gh unaccrcedted by any constititney. is pleased to recocnize itself as a "'party." andti to insist that itt meinbirs are alone authorized to act and sp' ak for ant in the name of the Democracy 'lhat you may appreciate the true ebarac ter and purposes of this pretendedl political crusade, we prpwe to narrate the history of an intrigue ilcntended to tdelude the public into the belie: tlhat the people had been con sulted uind that they had approved of the nomination, while in fact the plot had been arranged and the tender made exclusively by a gathering of political friends of the candi date. Shortly after the return of Mr. Hunt to New Orleans he discovered, to his great dis comfiture, that the gentlemen to whose exer tions on his behalf he owes the nomination, by virtue of which he now graces a seat in Congress, did not consider themselves under ay obhligat on to support his claims for re monalnaiom an did not propoe to aid his brndidaey. His friends, thoroughly advised in political matters, as they considered, did cation not conceive his popularit~yto be of such the pe character as to warrant them in submitting We, a tis name to the Democratic voters of the die- ienta rict for indorsement. of Hopeless of securing the nomination of thatv the regular Democratic convention, fearful shoul of tie result should an appeal be made on climat his behalf to the people, even in an election tages condctd under the auspices of his friends, that et he was driven to the necessity of organizing ble a pretaded convention, whose rnembers law, were selected asd accredited by Ihimself and comi his political lietenant to Am The first intimation to the pubihc of the right fact thet the people, rising in their majesty canno bad asserted their indeendance ahd had make, wrested the control of e party organize- their tion from a venal and inefficient committee, politic was contained in the following notice: th in To the Democratic Party of the First Congres- its pro slonal District: form] EXEcLTIE zOMMIaRTTEE OF THE REFORM DEMO-) sno 6S cratic Party, irst Congressional District. rank New Orleans, Sept. I, 1884. beforo The following delegates having been elected freely to a convention of the Democratic party of sar the First Congressional District, in the inter- The est of reform and perpetuation of the in.- sited tegrity and purity of the party, and to be ate t held at Masonic Hall, in the City of ew Or- near leans, on Saturday, Sept. , at 12 o'clock in., when are hereby requested to assemble atthe above strivii place and hour. By resolution of the comin- lad a mittee the basis of representation from the vote a several wards and parishes will be in ac- We. cordance with the apportionment fixed by For the election of Governor and President in seems 1880. prone Third Ward twelve votes-Win. B. Kountz, are t G. L Hall, '. Reily, F. D. Ring, A. Brit- sumo ton Wni. Hart, James '. Honsand, James first Wall, J. J. Anhertin, Thomas Moran, W. H. tated laogers, P. olennon, W. B. Conger, A. Bois- into blanc. gener Fourth Ward five votes--. O. Lyman, the D Edward Lilienthal, Allain Eustis, Edward of pa Kenna, Geo. Wolfe, Louis Opie. away Fifth Ward. six votes--. Le Gardeur, E. ple, a F. Lavillebeuvre, Jules Tuyes, Leon Quey- of t rouze, F. D. C'hretien, M. C. Berry, WJ. Hammond, J. M. Cressy, George Eike, Amil- d n car Ront. ccnsi Sixth Ward, five votes-J. Ad. Chalaron, seana Arthur Lambhert, S. B. Gill, Chas. Plillippi, trict I Jas. Provost Chas. G. Andry, Louis Arnauld, the cc Henry Plan e. and e Seventh Ward, five votes-Louis Power, tion A. J. illere, Louis A. Ilichards, Philip choos SBochanon, Henry Chiapella, Louis I'rados, ent a B. W. Hebrard, J. Suzeneau, A. Bonneval cent' y 8. Arent. posed Eight Ward, five votes--Dr. C. F. Seeman, John Volmner, Alex. A. ;andolph, Philip party Power, Jr., J. W. Dougherty, James Carn- a ret Sgn. It ii c-Ninth Ward, six votes-Fred. Zengel, Chas. tens: D Pershall, Octave Roger, Carl Alews, Jas. rethe Mackinson, Alfred Delavignme. A. B. Clerk. ang Fifteenth Ward five votes-J 0. McLean, mebt S3t. B. Aickman Henry T. Bcanregard, C. U. orate s Lewis, Dr. W.. V. Riley, Mat O'Brien, Mark once e os. Fra Parish of St. Benard, four votes-B. T. blyac eauregard, Victor Dubouchel, C. Marrero, were Sehastien Roy. their y Parish Plaquemines, four votes-Henry P. andt ,t Kernochan, John Dymond, Cyrille Cosse, ratio: Clement Bulot, Henry Gilmore, Dr. Hobert, The J. . neson. Mr. y By order of the Executive Committee: of a c Joust DYMoND, Chairman. tict. FRED a . Krnc, Secretary. Mr. This was also the first intimation which ward: reached the people themselves that an elec- noni: l tion had been held ins which they were per- Mr. d nutted to participate for the purpose of choos- maki t ing delegates to a Congressional nominating the convention. her Is e It is now generally known that this con- prost n vention, held under pretense of an authority andh received from the hands of the Democratic has i is voters of the district, was organized by a Crle select coterie whose members, after creating went themselves into a "party" and becoming its sitior Sexecutiive committee, vety kindly proceeded, saved by selecting the delegates, to reineve the peo- Mr. pie from the vcxations antd uncertaiuties He s which are consequent upon primary elec- Hunt tions. a meg This new fledged "party" thus firmly him t planted upon the very bedrock of "Demo- li bl i cratic principles" and "time-honored party fbt usage,' next held a "convention" as it wrth wars called, the proceedings of which, as pub- was o lished in the New Orleans Piedapme, we have thein' the honor to submit for your informiation. Mrn THE REFORM DEMIOCRACY, hi a In Session of Masonic Hall, Adopt an A ddress Th to the Popie--o-lon. Carleon Hton Ltani- mere S oents Renomienated for Conress. aron. s A convention called by the Executive Com- r. d mittee ot the Reform Democratic party, First id Congresional District, was held in Masonic ingto n Hall Saturday afternoon. The call stated that A r t the delegates had been elected to a conve- dorsi: eti, n of the Democratic party of the First and t d Congressional District in the interest of re- Vice form and the iperpetuation of the integrity Oi d and purity of the party. was a 'l his movement was inaugurated about as tive month ago by prominent men in the tile- Thic trict, and an organization was pi ivatoly ef- with g fected. woull It is said tohave very considerabloe trength no d and to possess tie means wherewith to con- Aft d duct an energetic campaign. malic o The delegates were elected y meetings held tlir in the several wards and parishes composing Hunt the district. and made up a fine body of rep- shoul eresentative men. The hall was far better ar o raned tn than oi the occasion of the llanters come g ('envention, ample seats being provided aLd pond, the speaker's stand being decorated with a - national flag and placards inscribed with the e s following extracts from speeches and mes t sages of Gov. Groer Cleveland:ir "If local rule is in any instance bad, weak by th or inefficient, those wh'o suffer from malad- part ministration have the remedy within their ,h ol own control." nomi S"'I believe in an open ant sturdy partisan- to C o ship which securca the legitimate advantages State is of party supremacy; but parties were made th c for the people, and I am unwiliing, keowing- We y ly, to give my assent to measures purely par- fully, tiesn, which will sacrifice or endanger their d interests." d 'rlle time-honored doctrines ot the Demo cratio party are dear to me. If honestly ap n plied in their pnrity, I know the affailrs of ' the government must be faithfullv adminis tered." Get There was a large attendance of spectators. noa e The meetinig was called to order by Mr. John nitl SDylmond, c:lirman of tle executive comuit- b t rtee, who ,amsed Mr. H. P. Kernochan as tent- tle F Spobrair chairman, and J. H. Cresrsy, of Or- meta Gleans, secretary. Tin i r. itoclan, on tarking the chair, said nbli he wtult no. make a speech, as the conven- th C tion haid aseibled to act, and lot to talk. ihe h y Onmotion of iMr. Chrctien, the following hers con-uit'ce on credentials was apopointed: se:ti F.ix. Chrdticn. fit.h ward, chair amn; T. it Blcilt, third: Edward Keena, fourth A. tion Lambert, sixth: L. Power, seventh: A. llan. not o etolp, eighlth: Charles Pershall, ninth; J. mall . BAickmAn, ifteenth:i Henry Gilnore, i SIlaqncmines- R.T. Beaurepgard, St. Bernard. i c A rCcess was taken, at the expiration of cnes w-hich the committee reported the following asa I r oll of delegates as duy clected: in th. TH'E DELEOATEF. at an S Thirdt Ward-Wni B. .Koontz, G. L. Hall, T. leily, F. . King, A. llrittun. William Hart, Janmes I'. Hoiuisnd, James Vall. J. J. Aubertin, 'Thomas Moran, W . Halogers, P. Glennoh, W. B. COnger, A. Boishblanc. Fourth Ward--W. II. L .man, Ed. Liien. ithai, Allain Eutisl, Edward Keens, GeorgeOi Wolfe. Louis Opie. , uon Fifth Ward l Lemardeur, E. F. Laville- t t S ,euvre, Junles Tys, Lellon Qucrouse F D.C of e SChretien, I. C. Barry, W. J. Hain nde, J. ust S n. resisy, (eo. Eike,. Amilcar loux. ment y ixth Ward-J. Al. Clalaron, ArturLam. te dbert, . . Gill, (has. 'hillipi, Jas. Prevoet t t oCIarle m. Andry, Louis Arnault, Heoryn ie mIJ'lanchi. theo 0 eveanth Ward--Louis Power, A.. Villere,atn SLor:is A. Ilichards, Philip Buchanan, Heuryu SChiapella, iLouis Prados, B. W. Hebrard, J. t Suezeeamu, A. Bonuevalr , 8. Arent . p Eigalth Ward-Dr. C. . SCeima n John Vol-e mer Alex. .4 Ibsndotph, Plilia nover, Jr.,do Nrinth rWard-sred. Zeengcl, wd .Chae ead, Octave loger, Carl lMews, ras. Mackinson, a Alfred Delavigne, A. B. Clark. Fifteenth Ward--J o. .McLean. 3. Ak. Ai wk n mal Henry Ti'. Beauregard, C. U. Lewis, u: Dr. W. n. tilcy, MIat O'Brien, Miark Moss. 1B'aish of St. Berncard--lt T. lauregard, Oh Victor Dubonedhel, C. iMarreo, uebastian Roy, B. S. btory. Parish of i'latiuemriner--Henry P. herno- a chan, John Dytmond, Cyrille Ceose, Clement B lulot, Henrar Grimore, Dr. Hebert J. H. 'H. M 1r. H. P. :Kernochan was elected perm- . nenA pre-ident anid Mr. J. . Cresy secre- have tary both by achlaomation. Judtge W. H. liogers moved the appoint- fe ment of a committee on adidrc .. Adopted. ihe The e chairi appointed the following com- igh Judge W. H. Rogers, chairman; W. B. yort K oontz, third warl: Allain Eudtis, LouisT S i e,forhwanrd: W.J. Hammond anUd Geen. tt l fit wSrd: s. A. Chalaron and James SPrTh.et, sixle ward: H. Chiapela stand S. Nor - renit, seventh ward: James Carrigan audJ. Sand James ackinson. ninth 'ward-; Dr. tom H. Riley aild Mat Os'Brien, fiftestoh ward excer Sebastian Roy and C. uoarers, St. Bernard: thie p 'ihe committee retired to prepare their re- et .1 port, and a reces was taketn for half an hour. The coommittre on address subunitted the ricer following as their report. t 51 Fellow-Citizens of the First Congressional when SDistrict of the State of Louisiana-lWe have tiveh c test together in popular convention to give of a expression to our adhere-ice to the time-hoin- cho ored prineiphcs of the Democratic party: to migh Sstrengthen artdi harmonize party action, and party Stc present to the people of this district a can- iepn didat worthy of ther sunirages to repreaent hir them in the Forty-ninth Congress of the toret i United States. Sat: The trm Democrat, as we understand it. formi is iguificant of the power of the whole body moc of the people, und s used by us to inaicate our detrmination to support the Constitu- poe, tiion of the United States and the Conetinu- ilie - tion of the State of Lonisiana; to maintain a oeb: a firm and impartialadministration of ju-sce, mont Sadlvance the cauae ofliberal and popuaredu- A cation, preserve and guard the industries of v the people, and protect the wages of labor. tb We, affirming in this connection as funda- th mental, that the fruits of American industry of of right belong to the American citizens: ti that voluntary immigration from abroad should be invited by the salubrity of our a climate the fertility of our soil, the advan- he tages of our system of tree government, but that equal chances among honest and honor- R, able workers, under the protection of the law, unrestrained by oppression and selfish combinations, should be of right incentires to American citizenship. We affirm that the of right of the people to assemble, as we now do, cannot be questioned and their right to ( make, and alter at such times as suits them, St their government itself: to organize their n political action: to preserve and perpetuate f the integrity of their party by keeping pure gi its practice and methods, and to promote re- a form, is undoubted. It is true that there are at no slaves in this country: that no order or , rank of persons exist here; that all are equal ti before the law: all have a right to speak tl freely: all to be exempt from the seizure and , search of their persons, and to bear arms. These principles cannot be too often in- tt sisted on: and we hold it especially appropri- aW ate to declare them anew in view of the tj near approach of the presidential election, when the people of our country are earnestly ti striving for the triumphant election of Cleve- tf land and Hendricks by a free ballot, a full t vote and a fair count. of We call the people to action I For the first time in this district there of seems to be a kind of indifference which i promises no good. For the first time persons ., are to be found who, claiming the right to , sunmmon the people, are still silent. For the h first time good men in our midst have hesiel. tated--cither forced into apathy or drawn T into antagonism. For the first time it is p generally claimed that the organization of Al the Democratic party for legitimate exercise fi of party functions has been kept too long away from renewals by elections bythe peo- : ple, as secured by the usages and traditions d For the first time it is currently reported, i and not authoritatively denied, hat without censulting the people the nominee for repre- at sentative from the First Congressional Dis trict has already been selected, long before the convention has met to select a candidate, y, and even before the delegates to that conven tion have been elected. This method of choosing for the people, without their con sent who will represent them-a method re cently adopted in this State-is so utterly op osed to Democratic principles, and so con tary to the time-honored usages of the Sparty, that it can no longer be tolerated by a free people.. It is time to arouse yourselves, fellow-citi- e: Zens: it is time for the people to consult to- Is gether to relieve the Democratic party from T dangers so imminent; to reform political ti me hods and agencies: restore and reinvig- ti orate the party of the people, and send it a: once more on its way to victory, a Frankly recognizing, tirmly and honora bly accepting the responsibilities of our trust, c' we return to our people with entire faith in o their loyalty and devotion to public duty, b and their determination to uphold our decla- i ration. ti The report and address were adopted. Mr. Dymond moved to go intonominations f of a candidate for Congress in the First Dis- tl trict. Adopted. Mr. Hammond moved that the roll of I wards and parishes be called in order that nominations might be made. Carried. Mr. Dymond nominated Carleton Hunt, ti making the following remarks in submitting o the same: "Louisiana to-day is in distress: p her lands are overflowed and her industries prostrated. We s]ould look to our friends r and begin at once. If there is any man who d c has been true to his trust, that man was o Carleton Hunt. Let us stand by him. He i went to Washington and in the face of opo- a sition boldly voted for our interests and has a saved millions of dollars to Louisiana." t Mr. J. M. Crtssy seconded the nomination. c SHe said it was only justice to re-elect Mr. - Hunt, wdho had in his course been guided by p a regard for the interests of the State. In t F him both capital and labor would have a re- P - iible representative. 0 There being no other nominations the roll a s was erlled and the full vote of the convention P was cast for Carleton Hunt, whose nomina- ii a tion was made unanimons. It Mr. Gilmore moved the appointment of a a committee to wait on Mr. Hunt and notify him of his nomination. Carried. t The chair appointed Messrs. Henry Gil- Y - more, Jules Tuyes, W. H. Rogers, J. A. Chal- f aron. W. I. Lyman. tlr. Chalaron moved that the convention y indorse thecourseof Carleton Hunt in Wash Sington. Carried. 0 A resolution by Mr. Reilly was adopted in- r dorsing the nomination of Gov. Cleveland t t and Thomas A. Hendricks for President and I V-ice President. ! On motion of Mr. Phil. Power, the chair i was authorized to appoint a campaign execu tive committee. The convention then adjourned stie die t with the understanding that the delegates a would be called together again in case the nomination for Congress should be declined. After taking the unnecessary trouble of i Smaking provision for the reassembling of i th;rir "convention," in the event that Mr. 1 Hunt, after having procured the nomination, I should undertake to decline it, these gentle- t men proceeded to enact the final scene of the s comedy by exchanging the following corres. I pondence: t NEw ORLEANS, Sept. 8, 1884. 1 oHen. Carleton Hunt, New Orleans: Sir--The undersigned committee, appointed k by the convention of the reform Democratic party, held at Masonic Hall, Saturday, Sept. r 6, have the honor to inform you of your nomination as candidate for Representative - to Congress from the First District of the State of Louisiana by the unanimous vote of t e the convention. We have the honor to remain, very respect fully, your obedient servants, r H. E. GILonRE, Chairman: J. A. CHIALAROi, W. R. LYMAN, JUL.S TUYESs f W. H. RooEns. NEw ORLEANS, Sept. 8, 1884. Gentlemen - I accept, with grateful ac- e knowledgment, the nomination to the Forty Sninth Congress of the United States made p by the recent Democratic convenrion from the First Congressional District, and which , met at MIasonic Hall, Sept. 6, 1884. " The convention, as is well known to the 1 publio, was conspicuously distinguished by - the ~dignity anid hlarmony of its course, by the high character and standing of its mem Sbers in the community and by their repre sentative names, reputafion and influence. It is conseucntly with profound gratific .tion that I leanfrom the proceedmings that not only was the nomination you have for- t mally conveyed to me made without a dissent- i ing voice, but that it was deemed proper, be- t s. ides, to ipprove, by a unaniu,ous vote, the y f course I have considered itmyduty to pursue g as a Representative of the State of Louisiana t in the Iorty-eighth Congress. NordoIfail, a at such a tine, to recall the cordial sanid de- e voted support given me in my first nomina tion of two awars ago, andti by favor of which c I entered the public service. For that nomi nation I will always entertain heartfelt grati- I tude. The principles which the convention has considered it wise to declare anew, and insist upon, are evidntly fundamental. Theyhave i' at all times been the principles of the party e of the people, and are indeed essential to the existence of the American system of govern- i ment. c In a communication of the present nature 1 it does not appear to be at all necessary for me, who have acted with the Democracy in the political contests for a long time, to speak t at any length in this connection. t It is alh important that the choice of a Rep Sresentative in Congress be made directly by the people. It gives an additional sense ofi d dignity aInd duty to the neople to have ths a done, and a strong and wise direction to pop- t ularstudies and pursuits. It makes defer. a ence from the representative to the people absolutely necessary, arouses a patriotio f spirit of examination into public affairs, a while by means of pubhe discussion a sound f generalopinion is certain to be developed. I lpresentative American institutions are I founded upon these and like considerations. Offices are merely trusts. and offticeholders t mere acents accouintable to the people. t Standing upon the rectrd it has so lately t been my duty as a member of Congress to a make. I uropose to go therefore immediately o the people of the disntrict to render the ac- t count lowe them of the manner in which I 1 have discharged the honorable functions they t have clothed me with, and to give at thie same t time my hnumblle efforts in behalf of the elec- e tion of Cleveland and Hendricks. I have the honor to be, gentlemen. with I highest esteem and regard, very respectfully your fellow-citizen and obedient servant, t CARLETON HUWT. To Messrs. n E. Gilnore, Chairman. and J.A. Chaisron, W. R. Lymnan, Jules Tuyea, W. H. t Ilogers. Cotinuittee. 1 Not long after the ad'onrnmentof this "re- t Sform convention" thus organized according b to most approved traditional methods, your a executive committee was called together for the purpose of discussing the political situa- a tion. Its members viewed with solicitude anrd re- ii ret this attempt to force upon the people the nomination of Mr. Hunt. They con- t sidered that a division within the party was, at this time, specially to be deprecated: that the submission to popular favor of the claims of rival Democratic candidates in a district a 1 where the Democratic majority was compara- I a tively small was likely to result in the election d of a Republican Congressman to represent a - he district: and that such a catastrophe a might entailin its consequences the loss of t 1 party supremacy in the Federal House of r - Itepresentatives. Therefore, they conceived t their duty to be by every honorable endeavor e to restore party unity within the district. Satistied ofour ability to refute she charges I formladatedagainst us by the "refoirm De- l mocracy, " even to the satisfaction of our ac. ( e cusers, we besought acouference for the par- a - poe, and addressed the request to Jadge - ocrs or. the reason that President Ker Snochan had not ye.made public the appont ment of an executive committee. e A perfect vindication, we conceived, in volved proof of our readiness to submit to c the people's right to choose the pominee of r the party, and to purrender to a convention I of their representatives the nowers and func tions temporarily vested in our committee. . Our first note occasioned the necessity for a further correspondence, all of which is here inserted without abridgment: NEw ORLtEsA, Sept. 18, 1884. Hon. W. H. Rogers, Chairman Committee on Res olutions of the late Congressional Conven tion of the "Beform Democracy:" r M Dear Judge--The executive committee ii of the First Congressional District have ap- I pointed a sub-committee composed of r Messrs. John Fitzpatrick 'Thos Duffy, Chas. Sturges, F. Dudenhefsr, )L. F. Peterson and t: myself, who are instrueted to request a con- e ference with the representatives of your or- 14 ganization. to the end that the endeavor may be made, on their part, by every honor- i able means, to adjust existing differences f and to "strengthen and harmonize party ac- a tion." The members of this committee feel c that you have been misinformed as to their t motives and purposes, and that acting upon t unfourded apprehensions yon have placed a them before the public in a false light. They t ask as a matter of justice that you accord i them an opportunity to be heard. They propose to convince you that at no time have they entertained any purpose save that of ascertaining, by a free expression of their preference at the ballot-box, the choice of the Democracy of the district. f They believe with Mr. Hunt that the choice of a Representative in Congress should be r made "directly by the people," and agree t • with your committee that, in accordance a with Democratic prilciples and the time Shonored usages of the party, the people should be permitted to choose for themselves. To this end they are prepared to accept any Splan which your committee may devise for c Sascertaining the public preference which is e fair and practicab e. i Having no information as to the appoint ment of any executive committee by Presi dent Kernochan, I address myself to you. assuring you that our committee will agree to any reasonable proposition calculated to solve the present unfortunate misunder- I standing, and request you to arrange a i meeting. e Our committee will be ready to. receive i yours at this office, or meet them elsewhere, t as ou may prefer, on Saturday at noon. i ¥exv cordially' our, Ch IOSL ADAmS, Chairman. NEw OnLExAS, Sept. 23, 1884. Hon. Lionel Adams, Chairman: y Dear Sir--Your open letter, dated Sept. 18, 1884, addressed to the Hon. W.H. HRoers, chairnan of committee on resolutions of the late Congressional convention of the Reform a Democracy, has been handed me on my re 1 turn to the city and submitted to the execu tive committee, which was appointed by me t after the adjournment of the convention. I am instructed to answer: You state that your committee request a conference with the representatives of our a organization, to the end that every honora ble means may be employed to adust exist e ing differences and to harmonize party ac- I tion. You state further that we havebeen misin a formed as to your motives and purposes, and that acting upon unfounded anprehensions we have placed you before the public in a f false light. ,t You ask an opportunity to be heard. You propose to convinee us that you, at no time, have entertained any purpose save that g of ascertaining, by a free expression of their g preference at the ballot-box, the choice of the s Democracy of the district. Is lye deeply regret that your committee has o deemed it proper to adopt the form of an s open letter in the ostensible effort to har e monize difficulties within the party. If the 1 adjustment of differences which exist, as you s seem to imply, be sincerely desired, we fear this will not be readily accomplished by dis . cussion. There is no intimation in your letter that y your committee is authorized to speak in n this connection, or that the method o. a com paratively few persons, marking out a course or determining a conclusion for the people 11 against which they have so repeatedly ex n pressed themselves, can in any manner, as to 1 L. Its baneful influences, be cured, even by a meeting with a representative committee of I a another and living organization. y Assuming, however, for the purposes of this correspondence, that authority is with I t- you, you will, on further consideration, not 1. fail to perceive that such a result cannot be I accomplished in the manner proposed in n your letter of the 18th instant. i We remain persuaded that we are thor oughly advised on political matters and ar- i I rangements in the First Congressional Dis d trict, and we believe that the public, with d ourselves, hold it useless and a vain thing al together, and therefore undesirable to join ir in private discussions, provoked at so late a 1- season, and on an occasion when your com mittee has formally delivered over its powers to a meeting in convention fixed by your ý3 selves for the 20th instant. 1e The Democracy of the First Congressional District has already spoken. The convention )f has been held. It was first in the State to 4 f indorse Cleveland and Hendricks, and by its r. firm and prompt action in this direction it ,, has aroused public interest and preserved to e. the party our best and truest citizens End I re saved Louisiana to the Democratic party. g. The convention named by unanimous vote the Hon. Carleton Hunt as the candidate. He is well known to be a sterling Democrat. He has just served in the Forty-eighth Con gress, and in a trying season, the interests of Louisiana with entire fidelity. o The address of the reform Democratic . party contains a full declaration of their r principles and purposes. They are not mis informed as to facts and have acted upon no ie unfounded apprehensions. The position they assumed was adopted only after anxious and serious reflection and discussion upon thorough information, and under a full ap preciation of the gravity of the situation. We have appealed to an intelligent public opinion, and to a free vote and a fair count at the coming election in November. If our cause is just, the people, who are the source of all political power in this country, will approve it, and we will suc c- eed. If we have been mistaken we must be C- defeated, but it will be by the action of the n pe wewill leave nothing undone that ought h 4o be done in order to secure the success of the Democratic party, of which we count our 0 selves devoted members. ' Respectfully for the committee, SHEavY P. KzENocnm. 1 - Hon. W. H. Rodgers, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Beforn Democracy of the S First Congressional District. itDear Sir-Permit me, throngh your favor, 1 to acknowledge receipt of reply to my com I- munication to the - instant, forwarded by - the Hen. W. P. Kernochan, on behalf of 0 your committee. e The Congressional Executive Committee of a the Democratic party in th6 First District in I, struct me to copvey their expresslons of re g- ret at having given to their portion of the 5- corresponlence a publicity of which your h comnuttee disapprove. The term of an - '"open letter" was adopted as an earnest of i- their great anxiety to preserve by all honor able means the party unity. 5 The purpose was to secure a conference, 1 It not to provoke a discussion. They sought to i 'e indicte how much they deprecate the exist y ence of differences and how lully disposed 1 0 they are romake much greater concessions 1 1- in the interest of reconciliation than your commitite have a iaht reasonably to expect. I e Their chief solicitude was and is to organize r a convention which will represent in the full- 1 est sense the constitueney on whose behalf k the nomination of a candidate for election to the Congress of the United States is to be - made. y Therefore it is that they deem it inju. I i dicious to indulge in recrimination, or to 1 is say morein reply to your aniuadversions s- upon the methods of the regular party or- 1 r- ganization, which your committee is pleased le to consider as composed of "comparatively Sfew persons," than that to these methods Sand persors the Hon. MIr. Hunt is indebted Sfor the nomination, by virtue of which he i~. ow occupies a seat in the Federal House of Representatives. 5. iThey desire to appeal to your sense of jus- 1 s tice. Far front questioning your devotion to the Democratic party, they adjure you, in y the name of that fealty not to endanger its o success by opposing their efforts to conciliate. F You express the fear that they are seeking - to "determine conclusions for the people." I Their reply is an invitation to you to join y them in the endeavor indisputably to ascer e tain the will of that people. Eager to remove every suspicion of unfairness in the manner of sele.:ting delegates to the Congressional h Nominating Convention, they offer to set 7 aside party usages to the extent of securing the appointment in each ward of the judge and one-half of the commissioners of election . upon the recommendation of your commit. Stee. For the purpose of enabling your po litical associates to participate therein, the u- time fixed for the holding of the election will a be extended, if your committee should favor ir a postponement. Tr his committee speak advisedly. Their - agreements will bind the party organization. .hey are prepared to establish their author ity m this regard aid to satisfy your com mittee that they hase promised no more than they can fulfill. S Theyconsiader that they have submitted to 1 Srour body propositions to which your party Sloynlty andsense of hJustice will impel you to t acc'le. Unless your committee is fixed in u- the resolution to de!line having the candi n dacy of the Hon. Mr. Hunt submitted for it approval to the Democracy of this dishtict, 0 and predeterrined to refuse any proposal If which does not in terms guarantee him the f regular party nomination, they feel hopeful d ota sucesful adijusatment of existing ditlffer r ences. In view of the fact thatSaturday of this a week is fixed as the time for the election of delegates to the Democratic Nominating SConvention, they direct me to beg the favor - of animmediate reply. Respectfull, LiesO ADMSI Chaaman. ,- For the Committee. - Ieommuni-ation will be laid before thq SFollowin is the reply of- Judge odge n chairman of the executive committee of the "oh f reform Democracy, to the communication of sent a Mr. Adams: NEW OnLEAis. Sept. 25, 1884. Hon. Lionel Adams, Chairman Executive 'Com r mnittee: et a My Dear Sir-Your letter, writtenin behalf b o of your committee, was reeie.ed this noon. . it Acting under your suggestion '"hat in view of the fact that Saturday (to-morrow) may of this week is fixed as the time for the elec- dur tion of delegates to the Democratic nominat- ed a Sing convention of the First Congressional da District, you beg the favor of an imnan diate f reply." answer at once. eled . t is now evident from your present note, it t ha that the real purpose of your invitation to a conference was not fully disclosed in your ae c letter of the 8th instant. r In that you only ask to be heard that you t" might kave the opportunity to dispel "un' e founded anprehenimona" and relieve your- and selves of the sfalse light" in which the re- Cha I cent Democratic convention, through its a r tion on the 6th instant, had placed you, and be n to accept "any plan"' devised by us 'fair refe d and practicable." It now appears that you y had really in view the purpose to invite n as d into contest at primaries ordered by your selves. 0 We have assured you in our reply of the f on S23d instant, that we were "thoroughly ad- righ f vised in political matters and arrangement e in the First Congressional District." In the the face, therefore, of your silence upon this pri S very frank and direct statement, may we not miss e repeat what we there said-' 'we believe that a the public, with ourselves, hold it useless and e a vain thing altogether and unadvisable" to n-on enter with you into your primaries, fixed by cil .e yourselves for an early day (to-morrow morn h ing), under the rules and regulation of a y parish committee, whose term of office, ao r cording to all usage, has long since expired accr is and which, since the assembling of the nom inating convention in 1880, has not re- o turned to the people for a renewal of its i- power or authority. We i. You offer "to set asie party usages to theclu !e extent of securing the appointment to each U ward of the judge and one-half of the com- tdt r- missioners of election" upon our recom a mendation and to extend "the time fixed for ihn the holding of the election " unmindful, it mor e is resdetfully submitted, that in a part of part the district delegates have been already an- tehi nounced as selected and accredited, and of tin the claims of others whom the daily papers an announce interested in the contest provoked e by your own resolution. n Under these circumstances the suggestion dut in your letter that your 'committee spe ha advisediy" andpromise ' no more t they that can fulfill" creates no surprise withns. It is Sagainst that assumption of authoriy, when nd u exercised by a "comparatively few persons " mat - as stated in our first communication,that tr e ex w Democracy of the district rotests. We are not without a knowledge of the an Sauthority delegated to committees of politi- Witv cal organizations; but when the duties for eiv a which they were organized have been dis r charged and the members of their own or ganization, the creators of committees, have T Sbeen summoned to express their willr no loi Spower can be reorganized to set that right TI aside. It is now for your people about to as- Cla Ssemble in convention to act in the present ex- Evo d igency as they consider most patriotic. Mu "In the name of that fealty" which we ac- Dan La knowledge to the Democratic party, we ap- Kuh peal to the people for their support, and we Fc do not fear that we appeal in vain. W. 0 Respectfully, your obedient servant, pro it W. H. RoezR, Fi ir Chairman Executive Committee. dos, i nSo long as there remained a possibility of Lan inducing the gentlemen to meet our sub- Ter ia committee in conference, we have scrupu- Si: n lonely avoided enterin upon any disecussion En: r- which might tend to place new difficulties in Pad h the way of an arrangement. i A SWe d o not, however, propose to return to man e your keeping the trust confided to our care Jo fwithout denouncing as calumnious and - Flot founded he charges heaped upon us. Ei tt decline to pass unnoticed the declaration Cha in that the course of these blatant reformers ln was justified by the faithlessness and venality Ni Sof y3our party managers. Gtuir le We assert that were Mr. Hunt ipcliued to int n regard the express will of the people and the Hu to party success as being paramount tothe aspi- har rations of the individual, the present unfor- i f tunate divisions would already have ceased Moo toexist. Pets f In the letter which we are expected to be- Pa r lieve was written by Mr. Kernochan, it is eon- An o deavered to read this committee a lesmon in Ben i propriety. The assertion is made that it was Pe an ind necae act upon our part to make pub- Rob lie the motives which induced us to address i the reform Democracy," and we are wisely vich r- informed that "an adjustment of differ- 'j'l h ences will not be readily accomplished by a beet h discussion in the newspapers." Have we not circ Sthe a perfect right to assume, applying this imp n declaration to his own conduct, tllat rby . fr a nishing a copy of his eommunication for publication in the Pcane, before the orig-join rminalhadbeen delivered to its address, Mr. Re r Kernochan sought a public "discussion" in de order to render more difficult an adjustment or al of difference? Mayi we not also, with per- tht n feet propriety venture to ask how our sec- they Sond note, sent under private cover, fond its vent s w y into print, and why the letter-press pled it copy of the letler which closed the corre- sN ,d have been furnished for publicatin? iati It is intimated that in our first comiuni- satio te cation we sought to conceal our true purpose chit e which was afterward disclosed. hon t. We are unable to discover upon what pre- to 1 n tense this assertion is founded. Do not both ingi f letters convey in the most unmistakable fore terms a readiness and an anxiety to heal a et ic breach, to unite the Democracy of the dis- in ir trict, and to submit the pretensions of Mr. mot - Hunt to the arbitration of the people? Ce.n t oo 1o we advance a more complete proof of the N in conciliatory spirit of our committee, of itha the is fairness, or of its recognition of the sover- tin ,n eignty of the people than lies in the method p- which we have proposed for ascertaining the o will of that constituency which we repre- neso t of rival candidates for a party nomination oral dbrectly to the people who constitute that "ie re party evidence a disposition e upon the art of is comparatively few persons 'to determine I c- conclusions for the people," or a design to S"choose for the people oithout their con- ir t seint ?" C Is it not a fact that although more than trau t twenty days ego Mr. Hunt signified his ac- ait f ceptance of th nomination tendererd by the en r- Masonic Hall Democracy, yet on the 2:d of September the appointment by Mr. cerno- con chan of an executive committee haidl not i been notified to the public? Is it not within frn the knowledge of every representative upon trii Sthis floor that u to theis time no canvas in Pa the interest of Mr. Hunt has been inaugura. ted. nor have appointments been made for r, those meetings at which that gentleman's i - promise to render an account to the people ' iv of the district is to be kept? of ,f We announce that since the return of Mr rep Hunt neverhas an intimation been received dee Of by thiscommittee, either from himself or Iis mit Sfriends, that an earlycal lof the nominating I e. convention was consideredc esirable. is What, then, becomes of their pretens that nad ir iyour party managers have been guilty of in- ofr Lu ditference, or that persons "cbainng the The rf rght 14 summon the people"have been silent Pre r- at a time when the were required to speakps ta Our committee, the only political orgn. le 1, tion charged on behalf of the Democratioc o party with the conduct of the congressional dua t electioi, within the First District, held its prel id authority under appointment bythie coiiven is tion of 18e82, which nominated Mr. eunt. tan ir We have ver sought to encroach unn the the t. prerogatives of the peoplel , nur to oppnose the te exercisea of uteir thority to select repgsnl Fedn I tetives anew for the conduct of each election. the SAt the very time thatthe accusation against bya a or committee of plotting to have its organi- prol ic zation "kept away from renewals by elec- rive tions by the people" was, in ii. Kernochan's i. letter, authoritatively renewed, we had si- our to reay issued a public call ordering the hold- or is g of this convention, Whose province it will - r- be to provide for the appointment of our euc cessors. ofs ly Have not the Democratic people of this district been furnished an opportunity to erat cd choose for themselves, and is not your pres- of a 1e ence here conclusive of the fact that theybor, if have exercised that right?- How meanly labo false then is the imputation that it was poesi- and . ble to select the nominee of this convention ligh to in advance of your election as its members! capi in Who is there to pretend that you have not, is after a free leh tion and a fair count, been e. vested with authority to voice the sovereign ym g will of your fellow-DemoErats in the First Congressional Districtl Whence will now too in come the insinuation that improper influ- t r- ences have been used nm the endeavor to con. so trol your suffrages, To which oneof you can er the reproach be nmade that he has bartered Hon al away his independence? DI et And, yet, men who, sitting in their offices, itbe ug have organized the shadow of a con'ention. the le who selecting exclusively from among the con in partisans of Mr. Hunt have appointed to be trio .t Its members delegates whose names they of 1 o- have never ventured to'submit for approval tot) ieto the people, these have dared to affirm in end ill advance of our action that we intended to mot ir withhold from the Democracy of the district o their right of suffrage; to accuse us of that d ir crime againsmt its free exercise of which they you n. stand self-convicted. In your election we ate r- find our own vindication! n- Is there a delegate upon this floor who un comes here unaccredited by the choice of a people freely expressed and honesly ascer to lained? Have you not, in ver truth con-Ho iy secrated your allegiance to "Democratic to principles" and to the 'time-honored usages u and traditions of the part ?" Do yno not D i. stand herewith the consent and byauthority the r of the Democracy of your district, to do that 9th whih. i r judgment seems wisest and non niost patriotic, which wl best promote the of I se welfare of your people and the success of ian ul your party? tric r- Toyou, representatives of the third, the U fifth, the eighth and the. fifteenth wards, is may we not appeal to certify that the choice yen of your eoplehas been canvassed that5 by I their baots, your constituencies have em- den ir powered you to speak in their names? oft You, delegates from the fourth, the sixth. woo te seventh and the ninth wards, selected Bias snot ree the imputation that. yu have b~eenan "chosen for the people without their o- atrn sent?" the " An attempt has been made to drag into I ha this controversy the title under which the resol parish committee of Orleans parish assumes fully to manage its political affairs. We are pw te C erless to interfere with the local or]aniza- pnlybi tion, nor have we the right to make answer ofe in its namq. This branch of the discussion th may be dismissed with the comment that itis st our and not the parish committee which con- A ducted the election at which you were select- ary a ed as delegates to this convention that h k True, the rules of the local committee to dire were adopted for the government of that its a election, but this was because of our inabil- tobelI ity to devise more perfect or fairer substi- Neit tutes. These regulations which constitute a relic a complete system of checks upon fraud and merchi oppression, were framed and adopted upon throw the recommendation of a committee of mcha which the Hon. Louis Bush was chairman Bet and Messrs. John Phelps, A. H. ay, John golden Chaffe and Ju!es Aldige were members. propo Why, then, is the fact thatthe electinwas to ated be conducted in accordance w referred to with such show o indignation wages If there be any measure of sincerity in the intern assertion of a determination upon the part of the a the gentlemen of "Reform Democracy" to I be: secure to the people the exercise of their Lonisi right to choose for themselves, upon what ton u pretext can they seek to justify their refusal fore. i o abide the result of an election at which adopte their organization was to be accorded the from t privilege of naming a majority of the co- I bel missioners and judges of lction en We regret to be compelled to make the an- issis nouncement that all our efforts toward con- an e ciliation have been defeated by the conduct rote of the managers of Mr. Hunt' campain.. from We are constrained to report that there- I fa puted represdntiative committee of this "liv- merh ing organization," while denying to your mere accredited agents theprerogative of seaking I am on your behalf, arrogate to themsees the tion right to exercise an authority which they among refuse to believe was delegated to us. I in We are pained to be forced to the con- crati elusion that, notwithetanding their pro- of all testations of devotion to the party and its r, ai traditions and usages they hold the preten- boron sions of their oandidate to be higher and also of more sacred than even the success of their lighte party, and that while denyin with ardent tions c vehemence the right of pohtical organiza I rn tions to choose for the people, deliberately and publicly refuse to ascertain whether For I their own preference for Mr. Hunt is shared T in by the Democratic voters of the district. Conscious of having performed our full duty to the party, which for a brief time we OFI have had the honor to represent: confident that your labors, conducted with wisdom and patriotism, will be crowned with ulti- The si mate success-we render to you in whom is now lodged the sovereignty of this account of our efforts t uren e and harmonize party action. o so with the hope that our endeavors may re ceive the sanction of our approval politic Very respectfully, LioL ADA , stood Chairman, for the Committee by the The convention was composed of the fol the Ne lowing delegates. "Frie Third Ward, Fifteen Delegates-Raiy feel s, Clark, J. Desp to, Tim Mca, Geo. M Evoy, M. J. Eagan, J. J. McFarland, E. J. uumel Mumford E. Rotney, S. T. Giore, P. M- servic SDermott Thos. P. Brenr an.Joh Clark, . nde Kuhner hos. Baldwin, John Fitzpatrick. Fourth Ward, Five Delegates-F. Wieand gins W. E. Caufield Henry An Mdr chaeloyce, proxy to T. J. Ford; Amede aaubrret. have 1 Fifth Ward, Seven Deleg ate-Hon. A. Pra- s doe, Jr.; Chas. Sturges. Dr. L. Theard A. Lawson, Gaston Bonafon. Ale Sens C J. e Terranova. Sixth Ward, Four Delegates-. L. De- mou Fuentes, proxy to Chas. A. Butler: Theo. to x Paderas, Joe. Beaulieu, C. R. Kenned Seventh Ward-Beon. L. O n man: Wm. Swan, Alex. Lesep, N Vint erl of John H. Manuel, Charles Burmeister, A. of th Flotte, Isaac Meyers. knBrn Eighth Ward, Five Delegate B Chaires Morel, Joseph Oliver, DaelJ.De hnoy. William Hawthorn. parall Ninth Ward, Nine Delegates-Hon. V. carpet Guillotte, F. Dudenhefer, Louis St. Martin, is lea Anthony Sambola. M.L . Leroy. John thog Huben, Peter Selso, John Luk . Rein hardt. Fifteenth Ward, Four Delegates-T. . I Mooney, Mat. Howe, Peter Cusich, L. J. Peterson. the Parish of St. Bernard, Four DelegatesH Armstrong C. Armstrong, John Taffe Benito Ojida. stye Parish of Plaquemines Thr a Robert Hiugel, Leon Marti . e Geo. Fried G. A. B. Hayes, Mark Cogno- U vich, Jules Ballis, J. Richmard. a The attention of the convention having a been directed to the rumor so assiduously cirdulated by the partisans of Mr. Hunt tha improper influence had been employed moved procure the party nominatio campaign they lie was nailed by the adopt ofthesub- Unite joined resolution by a unanimous vote: ning r Resolved, That the delegates of this convention he did denounce as false and slanderous nypublicaton or assertion calculated to create the impression Sthat their suffrages, or those of the peope whom they represent, or the nomination of this con- sinee' vention. had for any money consideration been lationi pledged to any man or person from this ongres- curreil atonal district. name Notwithstanding such solemn and authori- of Lot itative denial, which forbade all further ac- rac, Ssation unaccdompanied by of, this very cia Schivalrous and refined gentleman tis most rear honorable Mr. Runt, goes about rom ace 'T to place excusing his own insincerity and of whi ingratitude upon the plea that his seat (is w forsooth), had been sold for $2000, a isiana yet acknowledges that his assertion is su- was be tained by no better authoritythanananony- that it u paragraph which appdefeat York newspaper. Eforti No word of re proach can bein the the fair fame of the venerable Louis St. Mar- There tin, the regular candidate of the party. howev Grown gray in the public service, his vior- t, a one age leaves him still long years of useful- States ness and of honor. His country's and hu- move imanity's friend, his very poverty makes hon- -"O or able his well-spent life. Hseapefre * "leaves some ancient virtu Honest, able, firm and cour people and familiar with their to his State, his people and virtues deserve, as they comn Chosen against his wihes, traditions of that grand o - faithful servitor he has bee generations, he bows to the ple in convention assembled, - consent, p In experience rich, in cons firm gdudance your interest trusted. PLATFORM OF THE BEGUxAR n BERVATIVE PARTY OF TEo sIONAL DISTRICT. o' Speaking in e name of ofthe First Congressional Ditit] eiscne representatives in conventio dee.n it a duty to our conse mit for their approval a decl cciples: ~dca "i1. We indorse with unani nation by the Democratic par of Grover Cleveland, of N Thomas A. Hendricks, of I President and Vice President States, and pledge them ourn glance and warmest support. " 2. We affirm that the sugaradrc i-Prc dustries of Louisiana are dep t 1)reservation upon friendly that therefore we favor suca tariff as will secure those pr the dangers of foreign compe "3. We believe it to be t Federal government to care f the Mississippi river and its t by an efficient and thorough protect the great valley of river from overflow. "4. We favor a policy whic our merchant marne their fu commerce of the seas. a"5. We oppose the import Slabor, orthe introduction an of servile racest '6. Adopting the language eratie platform of ~1884, we fvrtherpa . of all laws restricting the fre bor, and the enactment of labor organizations may be and of ali such legislation asw lighten the people as to the tr capital and labor'," [Correspondence FIRST CONORESSIONAL DISTRIC Acceptance of Hon. Louts Booe EXzErUTIVz CAMPAINCu the First Cengressional ]DitiDeo ofol cratic Conservative k ary SHon. Louis St. Martin: Dear Sir-In accordance wi it becomes my duty, as the re the Democratic-.onservativ convention of the First Con trict, formally to tender you o he prty to be Its candidat eO soethnev eMuse fTR enclose the platform adopt t i 3 mous vote of that body, and I quest your immediate accceot I didacy tendered you and your indorsement of the pri ated by the Democracy of the vention assembled. I remair Tios. J. Fo h Nxw O'LEA-S, O Hon. T. 3. Ford, Chairman Exec Committee, First Congressoa itc.ait Democratic Party: Dear Sir-- have the honor the receipt of your communia no teete 9th instant, informing me ofcal fm i tl I nomination by the Democra of theFirst Congressional D iana as their candidate to rep trict in the Forty-nith C United States, and also a cop form and resolutions adopd a vention.1 I accept this nomination wi -deuce, sincerely re re~tting thttechief of theeconvention did not fal uo n or a i worthy than myself to carry standard of that grand olda rights and equal rewards wihIhv loved so long and so much. Btti nx a apected and unsolicited nomintios rel o arian spontaneosi tenderedlaemen prd alternative but to bow in humble ad"n -an cm~cieut and thoroug ytmod~ to the decree of the convention .I favor a policy whieh wil restoer.t -merchant marine their fullpare of tahe merce of the seas. I -.. I have carefully read the ulatfm i, resolutions ado pted by your oeinvean Samo~ng u po of servile rances. , SIfully indorse them as also the pofl c ratie platformzo 1884 favoring h tof all laws restricting thConventi pb, and thuse suenactment of rselawins ebyt Sbor organisaDemocrations may be o but ýet'trvrinciyles and seutimentemeetwi also of all such p eplation as. ary and imprautieable theories of thea that have long since been discarded. It to direct taxation or internal revenue,. Sits army of sapies and nlabormers. Ths . rmain, very respeoc, f to be longer tolerated.e: Taos. 3, Fono, Chairman. : OFFICE-HOLDERS ON THE STUMpL Neither am I in favor of prom Wahibitive i Sarellc of the at es t-Democrat would.,' S"Wmzerchant marineo, destroy our ctrue political th ingof employment thouis awell mechanics and laboring men. Bestood atthese national capital, a extremes there tgolden path, a road to prosperity, propby those to following s pecial frino i ciated in your platform of the pro Sthe New York Wor, prmaintenanced this wagFriends of labor and the administraduation here beal Sfeel some embarrassment on accost Snumerous 'violdsons of the President'i: service ordnterofnal revenue tearx, ago. The liquidsdon understand it. Everybody knows that 3 Ons. Raisin. Morris. Thomas and the the nbattalion of Federal debt progresses. from have belien runningthat the sugaryland rice *all summer, and with no diminution at Speculiar seal or modification of the pe methods that have madependent for theirm sopr Stion upos in frithe past. Thlegis of itself was a to excite such a rprotectise and chagrin, butsho comes the astounding information thatprod eral officials in Louisiana are engaged la' frof the modangers of foremarkable campaign comnsei known ineve that it is the duty of the. Scampaign whichare for bitterness, p M ~ississippi river and its tributaries,' parallel evfficien in thorough system ofodJe, carpet-bag timhe great Valley of twelve years ago, from ovorflow. I favor a policy which will restore 't is leading upmarine theiro a state of thingse erce thoughtful men segard with alam unequivo.olly opposed to the' -tion ofA partuper labor or is traveling all overd nouncing tihe State government ins the mosng our peomle of servile race. They their work infully the lanSixth Conf threson cratie platform of 1884 fav~oring the triof all, where a stricting the.free acti was on hand to l r , an d the enactment of laws by wo . last yearaniations may bdeceased. Of thed are Gen. Allen Thomn as, coiner of SUnighten the people relat Nive to the trueans a Ctiorles of capital ange, Umted States labor. I remain, very respectfully, attorney for the CommEasteern trit of Taos. J, Foin,_Chairman. OFFICE-HOLDERS ON THE STUMP The Situation as Viewed from Washi Dan.. ' Hsying been defeated in that qatr Spmoved ini to anoThe Times-Democrat.he tWesywnoToye Oct. 3.-The trn.st` Umtb Stts iis'e t oh Meio a poitical things ined to Louisiana s wreentll stleave ofod abstthe national capita is sow e ident by the following special from Washgingtoi the Nciw York World, prinths caused this on sincehi is ends of the administrat on hereeg feel some embarrassment on accout ofý numerous violations of the President's order service order of acyear ago, They don't understand it. Everybody knows that ginsof LouRaisiana, Morris, Thomas and the. battalion of Federaltment officials from neB have been running the Maryland p all summer, and ppowith no diminteeution ofevel peculiar zeal or modification of the methods that have made them so Justly. Smouh President was warned somelfwas to excite surprise and chagrin, but' icomes the astounding nfHe was told thrmation theat -was beisngeued by a noisy local factioun erthat officials in Louisianald be tare engag defeat of the most remarkable campaignsatio known in thatde truly remarkable Stater It a campaign which, for bitterness, h*e parallel even in the finaffair, e olrefused blto takod carpet-bag times of twelve years ago, -There are enougl Federal official soe!a is leading up to a state of things isthoughtful men regardition b with un alarm. - ttsminister to xo would seem move anrty sdoubtraveling. aoverLo "no coursthe Stait is undgovernmenstood in the most -extreme violence. They' thformed quwork ine that Sixthe Louingression "Paigners do not represent the Preeid trict wthe attackre a ontest was on hand theo p lratce of Mr. Robertson of, elected to Con -last year but since deceased. Of the are Glen. Allen Thomas, coiner oft" United Stater do not at New Orleans, andti Charles Parlange, United States a ttoney for the Eastern District ofi "Having been defeated inthat quarter, motrved into another par of the State, w they were jointempt of thes 0. - pUnited States miordser to Mexicothe ontrary." nine returned to Louisiana recently laeof absence, and it is now evident- hdisofrthe purpose of engaging. in. 4 niethas caused asensation Appointmenthis is ce of the most conspthe uo 8peal to The Timues-Democrat. BArox BOUoE, OcL 4.---Cot John You latiof8reveporthe President's order thate Demhalt curre State canominating onvention of 18made namvirtue of the so-alled adminiestrated in convention, as agapoinst the regular Jr., and this enlistmentna, of prominewit .mebe brs-^at-large of the De~mocratic .uentral Committee in place of Joseph J- anceased, appointeesd . F. Perrodinlevel t regarded as significant. S'Thes appointment was are subjet to'ra I of what was going on byy the State gentral Committee.mai was very olose to him and familiar with' i isianapoThe G was told that theinal . was being used by a noisy local faction:. that its eousffect would has be the appeara rdefeat of the administration paretwey h ale and law-abidmng citizens. ase I bakeir walk ("Lsi Iiforms Maedic ,.011887,,). The author firetmade bEr of obs were mvationsde to involve Collectorhe tions of normal progre~sslon, and foud - tioon the affair, but le is lessed to hake thbc left, and the angle of deviation o. ax of the faeot from a stugLFederalffght ieialsoo.ice however, to usidefy the laim of the ft. But this is not all. Dr. Peracchis h ists, and now this participation by the U of the feren diaunosis b~etween v sorts of evil-doers. The followin t0 States minguisingter to Mexrsicos whiould seem -move any doubt. "Of course, it is understood inw servaeons have enathea him ouisiana 1. Thievers-In those who arresd to appropriate the property of the a pronounced widea n of the base oand port togetfar with a ue faca step.reman _ 2. Assassinne --In th. e whle an e matee their hearte the base of sport is not and this ionthempt oft the Presdentli less obtuse, but the sinistrarity" b their foot-prints is very markedL. _ These discoveries are of a very in of follqwint him as he ts h might also be prt to a practical god citizens could diaenose D.m hS trate s no minatin convbeentin of 15,.' "Hernant" In ][tmsia. London Daily News. : The Russian language is so Hle~st vroue of Russia that very few Westernh .will b able to form an opinion r mer st l of the Russian trDns oatio dani,s" about to be produced at l Thesere. a ictor Hugo's famous pa .been turned into Roseman verse~b (at Tatoncheff;aand the traditional Cm m th pie e ha bspritofCimonals.:V-t ,Me diclrectordbe. oowdfo t copy~of tbhethtre]rancain. M. i ". has been inited to visit Moscow in. eassist a t the first eresentetio ofte ianized "Hernan ci" though wheth Sgo_ so far to see so oile may well t e itherto "Hernanith has been eh y in guesia through the overs of ers a stne name, whic'h was composbyed L s.the basis of Victor Hugo's drams..I indeed, been the fatera se Vparationof Sfoot from "Hernani'ne and .sls I t eft" to "aLucrezia Borfeiat aof "io~o whmhthey haebeen sht.I 4. uwere now livinggh would axs gratified at hearaigh t lai s onwth ariut to se tan ion tei to r Hernaein ih its originosidsb e _ s Ioercao. h n ho. 1. Thiees-Inthsett who aore rd to appo priate the0propertyea sof ter a pronounced ieigo.h aeo