New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-24
THE PARISH CONVENTION
NOMINATION. OF ADM1H1STRAT0Rs
THE NOMINATION OF sHERHFs
TRANSACTION OF OTHER BUSINESS
SECOND DAY.

|
SECOND DAY.
| The adjourned meeting of the Republican
| Parish Convention was held Yesterday in the
| Senate chamber, at the Mechanics In
| stitute.
| The President, Lieutenant Governor
Dunn. called the convention to order, and
Captain w. L. Evans, secretary, called the
roll of members.
The Chair announced quorum.
! A motion was made by delegate that
the convention take a recess of ten minutes,
| to enable the members not yet arrived to
be present: Carried.
During the recess gentleman Of known
standing in the Republican party ascended
| the platform, and was commencing an ad-
dress to the assemblage ON the subject. as
we understood it, of the necessities Of the
hour in relation to the Republican party,
and the continued success of its principles.
hearing any address at the present moment
evidently thinking that the address might
exceed the ten minutes and occupy valu-
| able time. So the speaker desisted.
| The convention having reassembled, the
roll was again called.
| b. p Blanchard, of the Third Ward,
moved the nomination Of Captain James
| Lewis De m3uc unanimous, ana the uQLlOu
was unanimously carried.
| The Chair announced that the convention
had met to complete the business left un-
finished of making nominations for parish
! and municipal officers to be voted for by
the Republican party and others, at the
| election in November next. The first to be
nominated was a candidate for the Office of
| Administrator OF Assessments, and nOmi-
nations were now in order. The following
| II
| c. Boothby
| On motion, the nominations were declared
closed.
At this point a delegate arose and stated
that Captain BOOthby desired to withdraw
his name, which was done.
Hon. H. C. Dibble, from the Second Ward
moved that H. Bonzano be nominated by
| unanimously, and amid a storm of applause
| the Chair announced Mr. H. BOnzano as the
| nominee of the Republican party for the
| municipal Office of Administrator Of Assess
| ments.
The convention then went into the nOmi-
| nation Of candidate for Administrator Of
| Commerce, and the names of the following
| gentlemen were brought before the cOnven-
| ton: S. G. Emley, w. S. Mudgett. ST. +.
| Cazenave and E. Eichelberger The nomi-
nations were then declared closed.
| The Chair appointed as tellers Messrs. H.
| G. Dibble, Isham Nicholas and j. c. Miller.
On the first ballot s. G. Emley received
81, st. +. Cazenave Is. w. s. Nudgett 2. E.
Eichclberger l vote, and there was one vote
for William Baker, who had not been nOm-
| mated.
The result was read by the tellers, and
the Chair declared Mr.. S. c. Emley the duly
chosen candidate of the Republican party
for the office of Administrator of Commerce.
On motion the nomination was made unani-
nous.
The convention proceeded to elect a cam
| didate for the office of Sheriff for the civil
courts of the parish; and the following nom-
nations were made: &. 5. Sauvinet, j. W.
Swords and w. X. Fish.
The chair appointed Messrs. Blanchard.
DOugherty and Hunter as tellers
| On the first ballot there were 50 votes
| cast. 26 being necessary to a choice. and G.
S. Sauvinet received 25 j. w. Swords Ia !;
| and w. K. Fish IL. So there was no elec-
ton.
The second ballot resulted as follows: c.
| S. Sauvinet 35; j. w. Swords l3; and w.
| K. Fish votes.
The result being declared by the tellers,
| the Chair announced that c. S. Sauviner
| had been chosen the candidate OF the Re
| publican party for the office of Sheriff OF
| civil courts Of the parish of Orleans. The
nomination was made unanimous.
The convention went into an election for
a candidate for the office of Sheriff of the
criminal court of the parish of Orleans.
and the following nominations were made: !:
Messrs. Pat. Creagh, J. A. Masicot, A. r.
Dumas. William George.
| The Chair appointed Messrs. Davisson,
BOutte and Dupart as tellers.
| On the first ballot Pat. Creagh received
q, j. A. Masicot l9, A. p. Dumas ), and
William George votes-there being no
election.
A delegate stated to the convention, on
behalf of Captain George, that he desired
| to withdraw his name from the nomination
| in favor OF j. A. MasicOt.
On motion, the name of A. p. Dumas was
dropped from the list of nominations, as
having had the lowest number Of votes on
the last ballot. The contest was therefore,
entirely between Messrs. Creagh and
| MasicOt
On the second ballot, the following was
| the result: j. A. MasicOt received u and
Pat Creagh % votes. There was one vote
| for A. p. Dumas.
| The result having been declared by the
| tellers, the Chair announced Judge j. A.
MasicOt the choice OF the convention as
candidate for the office of Criminal Sheriff
at the ensuing November election.
| On motion, duly seconded, the nomination
was declared unanimous.
This ended the nominations to be made
by the convention as a whole, the cOnven-
| tiOn being now to divide on the Second.
| Third and Fifth Districts to nominate a
Coroner for that portion of the parish below
| Canal street: and the delegates from the
First, Fourth and Sixth Districts to nomi-
nate a Coroner for the portion Of the parish
above Canal street. Both nominations to
be reported back to the convention.
After some explanation where and when
the sections of the convention for the nomi-
nations of COrOners should meet, the whole
being unintelligible amidst the noisy con-
gratulatiOns by the friends of the success
full aspirants after the honors OF office,
the convention adjourned to receive the
reports OF the two sections of the cOnven-
| ton relative to the nominations for Cor
| Oners.
| During the whole of the ballotings most
of the delegates. and many spectators kept
| score. and there was a religious silence"
| broken only by the calling of the teller. and
| the bassO prOfundO voice of Assistant Sec
| retary Craig, as he announced the score
The ballOting was certainly as interesting
and exciting a game OF keno, or rouge ct
| nOir, only not so expensive to most of those
| who took part in the game.
Mixed up with the labOrs of the conven-
ton, there was no small spice of fun, arising
| mostly from the efforts of friends of candi-
dates in their behalf. Generally, these lit
| tie tits were sub rosa, but occasionally some
one would forget himself and speak out in
| meeting But setting aside the necessary
excitement and its inevitable manifestations,
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