Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-15
whig Meeting in West j. Rouge.

In pursuance of pubic notice, the Wings OF Inc
Parish of West Baton Rouge convened at the
Court House on Saturday the sth of May, at II
o'clock. A. M. On motion of Col. Sam'L. NJ. D
| Clark, JOHN BUTLER, Esq, was appointed Presi'
dent, and VIM. RENAUD and b. X. CH1NN, secreta'
: ries.
The President, upon taking the chair, in a few
eloquent remarks, explained the object OF the
MISUNDERSTANDING the Wings to choose no mar
| who was not fully competent, in every sense Of
the word, to fill the important station OF member
| of a Convention which was to change the organ
ic law of the State, &c.
On motion of A. Barrow. it was
Res0vcd, That in the nomination OF candidates,
the vote should be taken by ballot.
Valmont Hebert proposed w. JONES LYLE
| as the choice of the Wings of this Parish as one
of the candidates for delegates from this Senatorl-
al District. subject to the nomination of the Wing
| District Convention to meet in Plaquemine on
Saturday the 18th instant--which proposition was
unanimously accepted; and on motion of B. r:
Chinn the following gentlemen We're appointed
delegates to said convention, with instruction to
| vote for DR.. Lyle and any other person that the
Wings of Iberville should designate as their choice
for the other Senatorial candidate for delegate, viz:
Judge D. Favrot, Hiaire Bergeron,
Louis Petit, VIM. White,
J. V, Durable, Nolan Stewart,
Valmont Hebert, Col. Clark,
J. B. Labauve, A. Barrow,
J. L. Peyronnin, B. r. Chinn,
Dan'l. Hicky, John Lobdell,
John BUTLER, Octave Leblanc, Jr.,
F. A. Woods, u. Broussard,
Charles Smith, Dorville Landry.
Rcsolped, further, that in case of the absence of
a majority of these delegates, any number present
shall be authorized to cast the vote of this Parish
in convention.
On motion of Col. Clark, it was
Du.J..J That fhIe convention por, nro,ool To
nominate a suitable person as a candidate for DEL
egate to the Convention from this Parish.
Valmont Hebert nominated John L. Lobdell,
4. Barrow nominated H. M. Favrot, Esq.
F. \. Woods nominated Col. Nolan Stewart.
Messrs. Clark and Pipes were appointed tellers
to count the votes.
On the second ballot, JOHN L. LOBDELL,
Esq, was duly chosen, having received a majority
of the whole number of votes polled, and on mo-
ton, he was unanimously accepted by the meet
Ing,
On motion of Col. Clark, the following persons
Were elected officers of a Club for this Parish,
which is to cooperate with the Wing State Execu-
tive Committee:
Hon. Louis Favrot, President.
Tae Presidents.
Charles Smith, Poydras precinct;
S. NJ. d. Clark, Crosse Tete Landing precinct;
J. V. Durable, Court House do;
Valmont Hebert, Bruslee Landing do;
Hilalre Bergeron, Sardine Point, do.
H.. NJ. Favrot, Secretary; NJ. Barrow. Treasurer.
Erecutire and Kigilance Committees.
H. S. Flynn, G. M. Hamilton, VIM. Eckles, w.
W. Lennon and John H. Ceilings, for the Poy-
dras precinct.
B. r. CHM, C. S. Lobdell, P. P. Babin, H. A.
Castle, Octave Leblanc, Jr, U. Broussard, Valen-
tin Trahau, Joachim Richard, James w. Pipes
and James R. Devall, for the Crosse Tete Land
ing precinct.
A. w. Pope, Charles Pipes, O.. Bernard, Jr,
and A. Hebert, for the Court House precinct.
Bernard Peyronnin, J. B. Labauve, Adolphe Du-
puy, Treville Babin, Frame A. Woods and Dor
vile Landry, for the Bruslee Landing precinct.
VIM. White, Louis Petit, Dan'l Hicky, Frank
White and Joseph Breaux, for Sardine Point pre-
cinct.
On motion of B. r. Chinn-
Resotued, That this committee be invited to hold |
its first meeting on Saturday the 22d instant, at
the Court House.
On motion of A. Barrow. the Secretaries were
to forward copies of the proceedings of |
his meeting to the Baton Rouge Gazette and Pla-
luemine Sentinel, requesting their publication in
he next issue of their papers.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
tSigned) JOHN BUTLER, Presiaen,.
y w p f%EYsAUD' Secretaries.