The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-23
ALEXANDRIA, La, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1871.

The very day of the election tn
voters of the ward didn't know wher
, the polls were. This is fact, which
You have seen. Who-did it, He VIII,
did it has lost all modesty. "Whon
the Gods will destroy, they first max,
mad.n The Gods have made thes,
men mad, but they can't hoodwinl
the people by their flimsy pretexts
No sooner had tho people seen thei
pretext than they were repudiated
They saw the handwriting on the wall
and dare not come ont boldly.
J, RIGHT wING-EvENING SESSION.
The Convention reassembled at Z,
, o'clock last evening Barber
Dibble, Campbell, Pinchback, and the
balance of the Warmoth army coming
: up in a smiling manner, which savored
of a most sanguine temperament. The
assemblage was, in the main, quite
respectable and enthusiastic looking,
and numbered perhaps six hundred
The band INDUCED in. a few prelimi.
nary bursts, aud at o'clock Pinch
; back called the Convention to order.
| The Secretary proceeded to call the
roll, when it was discovered that one
hundred and seven delegates answered
to their names. A quorum being pres
cnt, the Rev. Mr.. Olmstead invoked q
blessing upon the proceedings about
: to take place. The reading of the
minutes of the morning meeting was
dispensed with.
i A member of the Committee on
Resolutions stated that tie committee
was not prepared to report. Further
time was granted until to-day at noon
i A resolution by Underwood, of Baton
Rouge, was offered ''to create an Exc
cative Committee" two to be elected
! from each Congressional district, and
ten to be appointed by the President
of the Convention.
/ Judge Dibble moved that the reso-
luton be referred to committee OF
five, said committee to arrange details
ETC., and to report at the next meeting
of the Convention.
An amendment was then offered,
that the committee be appointed by the
Chair, to report in one hour.
The Chair appointed Dibble, Under
wood, Crosier, Hunsacker and Sterret
as the committee.
General Heron then offered the fol
lowing resolution, with a motion that
it be embodied in the report of the
Committee on Resolutions:
Resolred, That Senator j. r. West
be requested to introduce a resolution
at the next session of Congress calling
! upon President Grant, and other Off
GERS of the Government, for all the in
formation in their possession regarding
the use of the United States Custom
house in New Orleans, for the purpose
of holding State convention, and the
authority given the United States Mar
shall for the appointment Of Deputy
I United States Marshals, and bringing
into the Customhouse United States
troops to suppress the sitting of the
convention; also to furnish all verbal
information given Thea President by
Collector j. f. Casey on the same sub
ject, said information to be published,
that the Republican party may know
who is responsible for the action of the
Federal officials this day, with refer
ence to their attempt to break up the
: State convention by the use of U. S.
troops.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Pending the return of the committee
on the nomination of an Executive
Committee, Senator A B. Harris ad-
dressed the convention, and in the
course of his remarks alluded in severe
terms to the faction at the Customhouse
coupled with frequent expressions
touching the noble principles of the
Republican party.
The committee on Central Commit
tee now entered and pre-, ent ID The
following report:
Resolred, That there shall | g Con
gressional Committee in each Con
gressional District, composed of five
members, who shall be selected by til,
delegates in This Convention from til,
respective districts. They shall serv,
until the expiration of the State Com
! mittee.
Resolred, That there shall be Stat
Central Committee, to be composed o
twenty-one members; the delegates il
this convention from each Congress
/ sional District shall elect two members
the President shall appoint ten mem
! bers from the State at large, and h
l shall be ex-of1iciO a member and Presi
dent.
Rcsolued, That THIS committee slial
act until the assembling Of the mex
Republican convention. The commit
I tee shall call State Convention i
time for the selection of delegates t
I the National Convention for the nomi
: nation of President.
The resolutions were adopted.
: Major Swords presented the follow
!. ing resolution
n Resolued, That the President of tIi
! Convention appoint committee {
twenty Republican citizens {
Louisiana to visit Washington an
It represent to the President the actu;
O condition of affairs in this State, Wit
special reference to the unwarrantabl
= action of the Federal officers, and dt
n mand the removal of the followin
s gentlemen from their respective off
e ces:
! James F. Casey, Collector of Cul
toms; G. w. Lowell, PostmasteS; ]
. F. Herwig, Special Deputy Collectt
i of Customs; s. B. Packard, U.
}. Marshal; &. f. Joubert, q. s. Assesso
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