New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-12
DAILY CRESCENT
Demooratio State Convention

/ BATON Rouge. March q 1870
dhe a9iestes to the Democratic Convention Of the
state Of Louisiana met in the hail Of the ouse Of Repre-
| Sentatives at 10 O'Clock A. NJ " t
on motion Of DIR. DeIoney the fonva,.io, mo-, -.
Ppariy organized BY calling Cen Albert G. Carter Of
~ es eiielana to the chair and the appointment Of d
v Laoat OF NewOrleans Secretary and teo Frstis r.
| Assistant Secretary ~ ' '.'s''i'' ~ ir,'
on notion the Rev hr Crenshaw invoked the blessings
9f Divine Providence upon the deiberatinns ~ ths
Convention; after which Mr. Corcoran NJ Sor, ~ s,,i'
moved tha Dr. Scott of Fast Baton Rouge be renuested
ton. hl Vi eiis 'ohVeh-
ir fhihps rose to state that az his name had been
pf4P95ea @ sea BY the friends of Mr. Douglas in connection
| second the motion "'''" he WIS gad 10
Mhereupon DR. Scott became President by accsmatiou
me following gentlemen then called Ia tye cba;r
| Ls Hce-Pfesdents: Colonel hilips Of De soto tba
Hon J. B. Plauehe DR. Maurice Cannon samuel lee and
On motion. the Acting Secretary and as;atan, so.ra
i5 were requested to act permanent officers Of the
| Mr. Sandidge offered the following resolution.
Resored That the democratic Senators Of the Jeo;s,,
ia, no LepLt'eht more than one parish shall be
aoWeu TO cast the vote to which their district may he
thttted where there is democratic and
@ e democratic representatives of any Of the parishes
mat have not appointed special delegates to ts ronvep
ton snail be authorized cast the votes tn which ha;r
may be respectively entitled which was seconded
On motion of Mr. Noise of Plaouemines bs E.e,,sn.,
Governor aker being present was invited to take seat
on e stand with the President Vice Presidents If the
Mr. Goreoran- of Orleans offered the following reso,u
tion. which was on motion. adopted = 4.
That the President appoint committee of civ IF h,
ten Carter should be chairman to examine and rennr
upon the credentials OF the gentlemen CONFUSING this
convention wherenpon the President named the folaw
rug zen Carter A. $. Heron T. N Brown Emile La
sere A. Prescott, Judge Penn
u was moved that the rules the House Of Repreaep
s te " ts state should be adopted by this Conyen-
tion which motion prevailed whereupon the Convention
Adjourned to meet at O'Clock, p ~
EsENIsG sEssloN-The Convention met prrsua,t IA .d-
jol1rnment The President in the chair
The minutes of the morning session were read and an
proved NA @t
Judge Snyder of Madison offered the following rpsol-
ton which Was motion of Mr. Hiestaud Of Jefferson
amended so as to read follows
Rssotred That this meeting proceed to vote for their
choice Tor candidate for the Presidency that the mem
ber when called shall cast their their preference
and from the city of Newrlean the vote shall he taken
r topa by wards and representative districts when
there is vote in parish ward district the shall
be considered as dead vote and shall be counted and
that the delegates from the First and Second Nunicpa
ties vote by wards and that the each ward be cast
ny person CHOSEN BY the delegates for that purpose and
that the delegates from the Third Municipality vote by
representative districts in the above expressed
The Committee on Credentials then made the following
report:
That they examined the various eredential, sb
tted and found that forty parishes were represent
ed and three parishes. to wit St Martin Tensas and
| G0Dcordia. unrepresented.
Mr. Clark ofOrleans then nominated in pursuance with
the resolution offered by the gentleman from Madison the
name of stephen A. Douglas of Illinois.
W. II. Wilder of Orleans nominated General Lewis
Cass
Robert Mott of Orleans, nominated James Buchanan
The Convention then proceeded ballot and the Par
lsh of Ascension having been called upon to cast their
vote. Mr. Penn of St Tammany state that nas-
much as Mr.. Buchanan had not been put in nomination
by of his friends he desired to withdraw the name of
hat gentleman and cas- the vote of st. Tammany for
Lewis Cass
The Parishes St John the Baptist St Charles Terre
bonnie and fourche Interior asked to change their
IN favor OF LEWIS Cass having previously Mr.
Buchanan.
The votes being counted it found that the follow