New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-08
THE BOLTERs' CONvEN TION.
Second Days Farce.

ltocn tllc CurlSLl0O DeDuDuCau
Association in convention assembled"
went through the second act of it'd farce yes
terday, to the intense delight of an appre-
ciative audience.
The adjournment the day previous ap-
pointed ten o'clock yesterday ab the hour
of meeting, but it was about half past eleven
before the curtain rose. g.
In the absence of the president Rev. Mr.
Satchell, the chair was taken by Rev. Mr..
Fisk, who called the meeting to order, and
opened with prayer.
1t was resolved that three dele gates who
had not been present the day before, be
now requested to hand in the credentials.
Then a recess of five minutes was taken,
but prolonged to about half an hour.
On the resumption of business, the names
of delegates from the parish of st. James
were reported, namely, Rev. Jesse King and
Rev. Daniel King.
The roll being called the name of fifty
six delegates were called. A number Of
these were not present, but that seemed to
make no difference, as somebody answered
for them. There being some dispute and
uncertainty about this, Mr.. II. Rafael was
appointed assistant secretary, and then the
roll was called again, with sOmfwhat un-
certain result as to who was and who
wasn't.
DR.. G. T. Brozeene now move d that the
concatenation 90 into nOmiHatiOn for
Mayor. Carried.
Mr. Cunningham nominated Joseph II.
Wilson, upon which a delegate jumped up
sharp, and moved that the nominations be
closed. A great Outcry arose at this, and
did not subside until at last it was discOv
cred that the motion to close had not been
seconded. Mr. Glaudin then nominated A.
P Dumas.
One of the pelegates here sprang up and
began a buncumbe speech about fair play,
but as the concatenatiOn were not prepared
to hear anything about fair play, he was
compelled to desst. The nominations for
Mayor were then closed.
Messrs. Glaudin and Brozeen were ap-
pointed tellers, and the following was the
result of the ballotting:
At the first ballot Wilson and Dumas got
twenty votes each, making tie. At the
second ballot Dumas got twenty three votes
and Wilson twenty votes So A. P. Dumas
was declared the candidate of the toncatena-
ton, for Mayor.
A considerable breeze arose at this point,
which soon became gale. Df. BrOzene
made a motion to appoint a cOmmi mittee to in
form Mr.. Dumas of his nomination. This
occasioned riotOus dispute, some saying
the move was a trick to get away the mem
bers while the next nomination was going
on-others crying out that Dumas had
signed no pledge to support the Christian he,
publican Association. The dispute waxed
fast and furious, but was compromised by
the appointment Of three persons not mem
bers of the convention.
After that there was another wild con-
tention about motion offered by Mr.. Bech-
tel to read resolution passed the day be-
fore concerning pledge to be sighed by all
candidates for nomination. MIR. ROdrigues
was particularly vehement. swinging about
with a plentitude of gesticulatiOn that would
have done credit to a gymnast. 1T was lm-
possible to understand what he meant by
listening to what he said. He appeared to
ascribe to himself all the publ virtue,
leaving none for anybody else.
After a tremendous clamOr and confusion
of tongues, ROdrigues was induced to sit
down, as out of order.
As soon as the last blatant was sup
pressed, another rose and commenced: IN Y
fellow Christians men is men of any species.
goes in to support all humanisln. done
did plenty. None work more than me IN
the pilgrimage Of Republlcanlsm.
likes
Here the speaker was interrupted by
twenty voices and sat down.
1t was now announced that the nominee
for Mayor, Mr.. A. p. Dumas, had arrived.
He was brought up to the speakers chair,
where delegate made an address of thanks
in his behalf. When the Major, in prOpria
persona, attempted to speak it was evident
| that he was no adept in the national Ian
| guaye of the United States. He said: "Je
| accapt ze nomination of that convention
| and subscribe to that platform"
And now came the star scene of the per
| formance. Rev. Benjamin Buchanan, who
| is the pastor of Baptist congregation in
| Algiers, and delegate from the Fifth Dis
| trict, after consulting with his colleague
| Edmond Jones, arose and said:
"Mr. President and brethren, l am a
member of the Christian Republican Asso
| citation, because l believe that Christian
| should be Christian in everything he does
! can't sit in silence and hear and see such
| goings on as have been done in this conven
| ton. came here because | thought this
| was the convention to mend anything that
was wrong in the Republican party, to make
| us all do right and heal our baGkslidings
| did not know that this was an assembly tt
undo all that the Republican party has done
heretofore for the benefit Of the South.
did not know that this convention went in
for breaking up the Republican party by
making dissensions in its ranks, and sc
| making it easy for an enemy to swallow III
| all. 90 in for reform, not for destruction
| and whatever may be wrong III the Repub
| lican party can be made right better by
staying in the pOrty than by bOlting.
| thought that this convention would make
| things right, but all it seems to pe doing Ii
to elect boilers in place of the regular
nominees of the Republican party. go il
| to indorse the State administration and thu
nominations for city offices. All these mel
who are before us to be nominated TO
an Office, would find the Republican part,
all right and sound if they had been put il
some Office by it, They would think an.
party first-rate that gave them an office
Jews would be Christians and Christians
would be Jews, if they could ONLY get =
Here the speaker could get no further; b
had been interrupted frequently during tn
latter part Of his speech, and now ne wa
assailed by such storm of voices, and sucl
a clamor of tongues, that, as Byron says
realized the phrase OF hell broke loose. a,
The noise was all the greater from tn
vociferous cheers that greeted the speake
from the spectators 1t was quite apparent
too that more than one Of theI delegate
sided with Mr.. Buchanan. But the stel
torian voice of Randolph and others llk
him prevailed Besides, just at th1s moment
a row between the sergeant-at-atms ana
spectator, which threatened serious diff
Guilty. occurred. SO Mr.. Buchanan wa
silenced by the chair deciding that he coui
| not speak, as there was no motion DeIOr
the house. Mr.. Buchanan aptlF rejoine
that he was silenced because he was speal
ing the truth. not because he VI as out q
order: that other delegates could spout rig
marole, whether in order or not, If the
only went in strong enough to do thing
that would break the party, and help tn
enemy. -,
He was unable to go further, the nois
was too great. .I
DR.. Brozeen moved to go into tFe nomint
ton of Administrator of COmmerfe.
Mr.. Glaudin offered an amend ment, sui
stituting Administrator OF Assessments.
H. Bonzano, John P. Becker, r Y. Mana