Gazette and sentinel., 1860-03-10
Democratic State Convention.

o~cratic Central Committee, the State
Convention met in the Hall of Rcprcscn-
tativcS, at - o'clock of the 9TH inst.
General John j. Lewis, of Claiborne.
arose and called the Convention To or
der. He stated that he mad been AIT
thorizcd and requested by different com
mittccs, for the purpose of cfircting III
organization to nominate the Hon. \. c.
Carter. of East Feliciana, as President
of the Convention. This nomination
was agreed to by reclamation.
Gen. Lewis. also nominated as Sccrc-
tarics of the Convention, McsSrs. York
of Concordia. and Dupuy of lbcrville,
which nomination was also agreed to.
Mr.. Il. B. Todd, of M~orchortsc, moved
that the roll be called by parishes, and
that delegates should answer to their
names as they were called.
Mr.. York. of Concordia. being absent
for the moment, Mr.. Pearcc, of Bien-
vile, moved that Mr.. Oscar Arroyo, of
~Plaqueminc, be appointed to ACT tempo
rarily in his stead.
Mr.. Lawrence thought there would be
no objection to Mr.. Arroyo as Secretary
of the Convention, although he was not
a delegate. He hoped no objections
would bc offered, as he was a very com
petcnt gentleman.
No objections were made, and Mr..
Arroyo took hisscat i'll accordance with
the above motion.
Mr.. Todd Withdrew his previous mo-
ton, and moved that the President ap
point a Committee of five on credentials.
Mr.. Babin, of Avoyclles, moved that
the roll be called by parishes, and that
as the different delegations were called,
they should come forward and register
their names.
Mr.. Haynes, Of East Fcliciana,
thought the best course was to appoint
a Committee on Credentials.
This was the custom heretofore adopt
ed.
Mr.. Delony, of Carroll, moved TO lay
the motion to appoint a Committee on
Credentials on the table. He called the
ayes and nays on his motion.
lie was unwilling to submit his Gre
dentials to the Committee which would
be appointed by the President of the
Convention. The Committee, he thought,
were already cut and dried, and the
! President of the Convention would APP
point q Committee whose views con-
| formed with the views Of his side of the
house.
Mr.. Duncan, of Carroll, in reply to
Mr.. Delony, said that the members Of
this Convention had assembled as Dem
ocrats and selected their President. He
acquicsccd in the choice of the COnven-
ton, and as far as he was concerned,
va willing, OF the ptrt of the dc'cSa-
ton from Carroll, to trust his crcden-
tials in the hands Of the Committee
which would be appointed by the Pre-
sident of the Convention.
The remarks of these two gentlemen
were received with applause from DIFF
fcrent sides of the house.
Mr.. CAN'T, of st. Landry, said the
action of the proposed Comnittee would
not determine finally who were the true
delegates to this Convention. All that
this Committee could do was to report
who were delegates claiming seats
without opposition, and where a confic-
ton occurred to report the facts to the
Convention, which would then decide
| who were the true delegates. The mo-
ton was perfectly plain and simple.
Mr.. Lawrence trusted the gentleman
would withdraw his motion to lay on the
table.
Mr.. Delony said he would withdraw
the motion, This remarks in so doing
were inaudibie at the reporters desk.)
Mr.. Tucker, of St. Mary, said it had
always been the course in cases like the
present, that the President of the Con-
v%ention appoint a Committee on Gre
dentials. lie saw no reason in this in
stance for departing from the establish
ed usages of the Democratic party.
Gen. Carter, the President of the
Convention, here arose and stated that
if it dcvolved upon him to appoint the
committee he should appoint none but
Democrats, and if any gentleman dis
trusted their Democracy they might be
sure they would not be placed OH the
Committee.
The question was here loudly called
for, and the President stated that the
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