The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-10-02

The Trtie Delta furnishes. lib with d
graphic sketch If The doinas Of The
Gauls. Celtsand 1'rejans assembled d
the 81 Louis Hotel the other night, Il
hold d Democrat Parish Convention
for Orleans. Il will be remembered
that The ,isual harmonious wire.work.
ers Of Orleans, are just now at daggert
points Of discard, and they are mol
pulling long pull, a strong pull, and
s-pull altogether The difficulty al
first was to clear the rooin--that the
president Of The meeting might nee
himself, and hear his own voice cal
the meeting ITO order" The thing
was done by a small man in big wits.
kers. who afterwards with all the glo.
ry Of q brilliant coup Tetat, declared
the meeting ready for business. In
clearing the house they Ind forgotten
the reporters who had all TO vamous
with the rabble. A motion was made
to call them back, which was lost, but
notwithstanding the True Delta's man
cot In. TO furnish the world with The
following picturesque description Of
the proceedings.
At I o'clock, last evening, VIZ d.
rected our cotrse towards The Petite
Bro,ise, at the corner Of Chartres aud
st, tiouis streets, where the Democra-
tic Parish Convention was to assemble
To decide the fate Of the numerous
candidates for Parish Offices The
banuuetts were crowded with hundreds
of anxious constituents, aud scores of
still more anxious candidates. The
spacious bar room at the st. Louis
Hotel wis eramlned 10 oyerHowing,
and VIZ shall not be surprised to-day,
10 find that brandy has ''ris, : although
1t was going down pretty fast last
night. The candidates were there, in
toierab1e full force, electioneering, and
the delegates were caucusing and
4 few wings were mixed up With the
crowd, enjoying the sport Each can
didate was sanguine ofthe noinination,
and each delegate was rendy to swear
that bis fayorite would be the man.
Leaving the hotel-Aaiter waiting full
three quarters Of an hour, good elec-
tiun time, to get punch, Enough We
had received five hundred external
applications Of that sort)--we edged
our way out Of this composite crowd
Of Sasons, uauls, Celts, Teutons and
--hards aud softs, adainant.
ines and puttyheads. terrifeds and
unterriheds, ---atd lnasle our way to-
ward another crowd on the other side
pf the street, and, wadiug through this
living wall. we struggled upa stair.
case, into the room where the august
body, which was to decide the fate Of
Cato and Of Rome, were assembled
The convention had been called to
order but did not obey the call. The
hard listed Of The third were there, TO
soc their Representatives did their
luty. A motion was made to exclude
III but delegates, and then the trouble
was to find who the delegates were,
OF course the Louisiana Hotel Dele.
gatos, and Fnsnachts Delegates were
not far behind them. The third
u her generosity had sent two setts
# delegatcs---now, a committee had TO
be appointed to examine credentials,
of the COMMITTEES were in favor Of
he Fasnachts, and I for the Louisiana
Hotels There were minority, o. well
is majority reports AT length the
majority, as Ii usual in such cases got
possession Of the meeting --scalled the
house 10 order, drove the indictments
lown the back stairs---closed the doors
md went to business in q business
Ike manner.
The Convention regularly organ.
sed BY appointing Gen. Lacoste Pros
dent, Mr.. P. Seauseneau Vice Pres
dent, and A. Boudousquie Secretary.
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