New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-29
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
OLD CENTRAL EXECUTIVE RE
PUBLICAN COMMITTEE

Pursuant to adjournment last Thursday
evening at Economy hall, a minority Of the
old central executive committee, including
the officers of that body, met Thursday at
the same hall at the unusual, though posi-
bly, legal hour of six O'Clock. As the main
body of the committee knew nothing OF this,
neither they nor our reporter were present.
But in all haste the honorable chairman
took the chair, and in a few solemn words
addressed the twenty. 1t is unnecessary to
give his remarks-they were short and this
time hurried. Suffice it to say, that their
burden was, that in our proper motion we
ascend up to our native seat: descent and
fall to us is adverse"
This must forever continue to be the COM
mittee. His hearers took him at his word.
and fearing soon the dreadful usual hour of
o'clock would come, bringing the more
dreaded majority of the committee who
would outvote them and legally dissolve the
committee by resolving to turn over its rec
ords to the present and true central eXecu-
tive committee, they hastily moved an ad-
iournment for two weeks and vacated the
hall.
Att o'clock, the usual hour for members
to commence gathering, a number of the
majority of the committee arrived, and see
ing the hall cleared and hearing an adjourn
ment had taken place, without knowing the
cause left tor their homes. But by eight
o'clock, the more common hour for calling
the committee to order, there had still col.
lected some twenty-five to thirty of the ma
iority of the committee, who became organ
lied by calling Mr.. Wm. Mulford of the
committee to the chair, and electing J. G.
Ingraham secretary. The roll being called
the following gentlemen of the committee
answered to their names, besides few of
the dissatisfied who had remained:
VIM. Mulford, James H. lngraham, Victor
Jourdain. Aristide Mary, John f. Mollere,
E. B. II. Duplessis, J. P. Cazelar, S. w.
Lewis, John k. Clay, F; G. Llorens, E. Ma
carty, F. E. Dumas, H. G. Dibble, L. A.
Snaer, r. 7. Cromwell, J. W. Menard, F.
Windels, o. Reid, A. Raynal, VIM. Voss, E.
Staes, K. F. Daunoy, 5. S. Fish, J. Hale
Sypher, II. C. Warmoth.
Mr.. Mulford, on taking the chair, said he
trusted the committee would be as prudent
as possible in their action, lay aside all ex-
| citement and passion, and deal as tenderly
with the unworthy action of the retiring
| minority as the nature of the case would
permit. He counseled the members to take
| no harsh steps toward them, but be lenieni
| to all who had once acted together with this
committee rs Republicans, however un
manly they may have acted toward us and
the harmony of the party.
Mr.. II. C. Bibble seconded the action o.
| these men last Thursday night, when theil
minority by action which all would recol
| lect, defeated the will of q majority of tn,
| committee whose wish was to legally dis
| solve this body, and turn over its affairs I,
| the new committee, which could alone ac
| hereafter. He stated that again to-nign
| these same men, some twenty 70 twenty-five
| in number-a minority of the committee
| had defeated the loyal action Of the majoZ
| ity by the further fraud OF meeting befor