Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-09

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delegates elected are hereby notified to at
tend and respond to the notice OF the Pres
ident upon the day Of meeting. e"i q
By Mr.. Ray: 'a -lh sill -
Resolved, That only those whaarS re-
turned as delegates to the Convention, &C.
cording to the returns forwarded to the
President of the Executive Committee,
and to those who may contest the seats
Of such delegates rs may be shown BY evil
dence presented to the President of the
Executive COMMITTEES and their Secretary,
shall be admitted to the hall of the Con-
vention until after the permanent organ
ization of the Convention, and shat the
President of the Central Executive Com
mittes be authorized TO prepare tickets
and list of the persons to be admitted,
and submit the same to this committee on
Tuesday evening the eighth instant, for
their action.
And whereas, 1t is now clearly apparent
that said Executive COMMITTEES has not
only exceeded its powers, but usurped
powers which can only be exercised by the
members OF the convention, and at time
when the powers of the present State Cen
trail Committee will have expired by limit
alton. and
Whereas, The facts are patent that it is
the intention OF the members comprising
the sub-executive committee, of which s.
b. Packard is chairman, to fraudulently
pack said convention, as may readily be
inferred from the resolutions int nced
by Mr.. Ray, in the interest Of q small
clique, composed of few federal office
holders and malcontents, who are using
their utmost energies to rule or ruin the
Republican party of Louisiana. be it
Resolved, That We, the regularly consti-
tuted delegation of the parish of Orleans.
in committee, enter our solemn protest
against the action of the State Central
Committee IA anti-Republican and a usurp-
alton Of rights solely belonging to the
people in convention assembled.
Resolved, That the Executive Committee
of the Parish Of Orleans prepare state
ment of all the facts which are necessary.
to show that some of the federal Office
holders of Louisiana, who are members
of the State Central Committee, have con
tnbuted their best efforts to disrupt, de-
moralize and disorganize the Republican
party of this State; be it further
Resolved, That certified copies Of the
resolutions offered by Mr.. Ray be sent to
the National Executive Committee of the
Republican party, at Washington, namely:
!. The resolution calling convention,
and in which the place of meeting was
purposely omitted. e.. -.
2. The resolution of August 3, 1871,
creating 8 b. Packard a committee ON
credentials. with power to decide who are
the bona fide delegates. and who are the
contestants; all OF which is to be done be-
fore a meeting of the convention, which
is to be private affair, as tickets of adj
mittance are required. 80 30.
j. d. O'Connel presented the fol.
lowing resolutions, which Mr.. William
H. Green moved to- table. .-a.
The motion to table being lost, the
question REQUIRED upon the adoption
Of the resolutions, and was carried. y
WHEREAS, The State Central Executive
Committee OF the Republican party of the
State Of Louisiana, contrary to the rules
governing and prerogatives vested in sll
conventions and deliberative assemblies
pretend to the uhwarrantable and unpre-
cedented assumption of receiving the ere
dentials, and thereby constituting them
selves judges Of the election returns and
qualifications of the delegates to the con-
vention; and
Whereas, The said committee, in order
the more easily to control and manipulate
the convention, and thereby perpetuate
their own power, which power has been
grossly abused by said committee, and
more especially by the president and cor
responding secretary of said committee,
s. B. Packard and P. F. Herwig, in Rarb-
ling the resolution of the committee cal
ling State Convention, by omitting in
the publication of the resolution the par
ticular time and place Of meeting; and
Whereas, The same committee has en-
croached upon the rights and privileges of
the parish of Orleans, and Of this COM
mittee, by designating day for the cleo
ton Of delegates to the State Convention,
and thereby and otherwise attempting to
suppress the right of the people to elect
their own parish committee; and
Whereas, The duty of designating day
for the election, being a strictly local mat
ter, belongs solely and exclusively to the
parish committee; therefore, be it ya.f
Resolved, That the commissioners of
election in each of the wards of the city
of New Orleans shall make duplicate GER
tificates Of election for the candidates
receiving the highest number Of votes.
said certificates TO be marked Original"
and duplicate, countenigned and at
tested BY the presidents and secretaries Of
the mother ward clubs, the duplicates"
to be delivered by the commissioners Of
election, in the presence Of the presidents
and secretaries of the mother clubs, to the
president of the State Central Executive