The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-09
THE KECoAsTHUCrIoN CONVENTION
sIXTIETH DAY.
SATURDAY. Feb. 8. ls6s.

SATURDAY, Feb. 8, 1865.
Convention met at 10 A. NJ; ffty-six dele.
gates present. Pinchbeck, Of Orleans, in the chair
series Of resolutions by Packard, of Orleans,
asking OF Congress special relief for the New Or
leans, 0pelousas and Great Western Railroad, re-
Installing the road In its grant Of land as il stood
June Sd, 1866, (the expiration OF the ten years
allowed for building the road and asking for the
completion thereof an allowance Of eight years
further time, was read and laid over.
A resolution by WicklItfe. OF Orleans, appoint
ing committee to ascertain the indebtedness Of
the convention to the New Orleans Tribune, Re-
publican and Advocate, was also read aud laid
over.
The resolution oy Burrell, Of st. Charles, pro-
vidiDg that the warrants Of delegates be payable
by tax collectors in the parishes, was called no
and discussed. 1t was, together with a substitute
and amendment, tabled.
The following articles were adopted:
ART. =. The election for ratification or re.
lection of the Constitution shall be held on Friday
and Saturday, the - and - day of March, 1868,
and the polls shall be kept open from o'clock
A. N. TO O'Clock P. NJ. At that election all those
in favor Of ratfying the Constitution shall have
written or printed on their ballots. =" for the Con-
stitution," and those opposed to ratfying the
Constitution shall have written or printed on their
ballots, against the Constitution"
AFT. -. In order to establish civil govern
ment, as required by act of Congress passed
March %, 1861, an election shall be held at the
same time and places at which the Constitution is
submitted for ratification or rejection, for all
State, judicial, parish and municipal officers, for
members OF the General Assembly and for con.
gressiOnal representatives, at which election the
electors who are qualified under the reconstruction
acts of Congress shall vote, and none Others.
At this point Mr.. BertOnneau, of Orleans, rose
to state that most of the ex.members of the City
Council who had been removed by Gen. Hancock
were in the lobby. and moved that they be invited
within the bar of this convention.
Judge Cooley trusted that no such motion would
prevail, as he considered that its adoption would
be direct insult to Gen. Hancock.
Mr.. BertOnneau said be did not offer it as such.
Mr.. Smith, of Orleans, said that while many OF
those alluded to were his warmest friends. he
would not advise the adoption Of the resolution,
in view of the recent elections 10 Ohio aud Penn
sylvania.
Mr.. NeWsham, of East Feliciana, thought the
convention and Gen. Hancock were entirely indie
pendent of each other, and he trusted that the
delegates would in voting, have this fact in view.
Judge Crawford, Of Caldwell, opposed the mo-
ton.
Mr.. Crane, of Orleans considered that such Cd.
position to Gen. Hancock would prove futile.
Mr.. Reagan, of Baton Rouge, did not consider
that Gen. HancOcks authority affected the right
of the convention TO invite within the bar any dis
tDguished visitors who might enter the hall.
Judge Cooley amended by also including those
gentlemen who had been appointed to the coun-
Gil in their places.D
The whole subject was laid upon the table.
The following article was subsequently adopted,
viz:
ART. =. At the election for officers Of the civil
government authorized and required by Congress,
to be established by this convention all registered
electors may vote in any parish in which they may
happen TO be on the days of election, upon the pre-
sentation of their registration papers PrOuided,
That in all cases when electors may offer to vote in
any parish where they were notregistered, a list Of
such persons shall be taken by the commissioners
of election, and the number Of their registration
papers, and the name OF the parish in which they
were registered. Ard the ballots cast shall be
numbered, and correspond with the numbers an
neXed to the name of each voter upon the regis.
trstiOn lists. In counting the votes, the proper
authorities TO whom this task shall be assigned by
this convention, shall in all s1ch cases examine
the registration lists Of the parishes in which all
such voters shall purpOrt to have registered, and
in case the registration lists Of said parishes show
such papers TO be correct, such votes shall be
counted; but in case the registration lists do not
show such papers to be correct, such votes shall
be thrown out, and not counted, and in all cases
where elector shall have voted oftener than
once at said election his vote shall be thrown out
and not counted
The convention adjourned to Monday, the 10th
inst, at 10 A. NJ.