Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-05-21
DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT BRULY
LANDING.

DEMOChA1lC AL BRuLY
LANDING.
A Democratic Convention agreeabIy
and pursuant to previous notice and
agreement, ID and for the parish Of West
Baton Rouge, me at the ball room Of
Messrs. [. Bourg Go, at Bruly Land
ing On Saturday May l4th, 1859.
Mr.. J. T. Landry called the organiza.
tion Of the Convention BY nominating
Bv|ezaire Landry, E~q,-as President.
On motion Of the same gentleman.
Mr.. Raphael Hebert, Jr., was appointed
Secretary. !:
The object of said Convention being
explained by the President, Mr.. ] I.
Landry offered the following resolution
which was ad. pied:
Resolved, That the President Of hi.
Convention appoint a com mittee of three
members to select and report to tbi,
Convention, subject to its approval, stan.
ding delegates and sub-deIegates to the
several State, Congressional; District.
Senatorial and Board of Public Work.
Conventions. III i
Whereupon, the President appointed
on said committee, Messrs. IT. Landry.
E. b. Trinidad and Adams Hebert.
Said committee having retired. after
elaboration, reported the following Tel.
eggates and sub~deIegates to wit:
State C0nvention.-lst. delegate. Raj.
esaire Landry; sub-delegates, Louis LIE.
vogue, Adams Hebert and viiIeneuye
Blanchard. End delegate, .Uzelien Raft:
ray 5; sub-de'egates, J. B. Nurdin, E. Lee
Bail and L. s. Hereford.
Senatorial Conventon.-lst delegate.
Alexander Denham; sub,delegates, W.
B. Robertson, Philip Bauer and P. LAT :
ton. I'd delegate, Amedee Landry
sub-de'egates, E. B. Trinidad, Auguste
Cassie and Theodore Blanchard.
Congressional Convcntion.-lst dele.
gate, N 3. Robertson subdeIepateAaI
d. ~. Nolan, J A. Bird and HENRI
Hanradan: delegate, J. I. Laodry..I
sub-deeleggaates, AT, edzHebert, Raphsel
Hebsrt and Oscar Lapdlry.#Z,z
Board g Pubic York. Convention
-1st delegate, RapaelfAAHsbelt sub DEL
segates, Gaudin Cazes, Narcisse Landry;
j.. and F. a. Williams. "a delegate.
J. Tras Landry sub-de egates, Dr.: j. A:
Leeeque, Auggusltiinn ]Leclerq, and Fitmin
Serette. - ~
The Convention then approved con-
tfrned the foregoing delegates.
A test question being then submitted >
to the Convention as regards the candi-
dates, when 1t appeared that the Hon.
A. S. Heron was the unanimous chotn1S
If said Convention for candidate for
Governor; HonsE. W.Robertsonstor the
office of State Auditor Tor. Congress, j.
L. Sterling ]; for State Senator, Of the
Senatorial Diswict,comopossed Of East
and West Baton R5uge and Eas, Felici-
ana, Hon. Alexander Barrow, BY accIa-
nation +; for Board Of Public Works.;
Caldwell.
Mr.. Trinidad offered the following res
o%lntion, which was adopted:
RESOLVED, Elta; B. Landry, Esq. Pres
ident OF the presei. Convention. be re-
quested and authorised to select and ap-
point a Parocllials Central Democratic
Committee. Of seven members, to5;,ct du-
-ringgithl,e coming canvass, and TINT len.
days BE- allowed him 10 make sucl, SELL
ection, after which jbesWll I've pubic
noticetnereof il the5Adyocate,zsfd also
i'll the parish paper. Il
On motion ofHJ:.T.SLandry, thanks
were rendered toHtbe5 President and Sc.
relary Of the Convention, and to Messrs..
T:.Dourg 4 Co., for the use Of their bal
room. - ..aSssS@ i
On notion Of Mr.. g.5TeaLandry,
Resolved, That c4piissoft the proceed
ings Of INSTRUMENTATION. Le. transmitted
BY tie Secretary, to The Democratic AID
v,ocate and % the Sugar Planter, for
publication; andzthatcoples of.said pub
i<hedsproceedings from either Of those
newspapers will be credentials 8 the
deIegatesSin the several Conventions.
~ BELEZAK IRE Landry,
HEBERr, JR., Pfeadent.
Secretary.