New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-20

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q =. n Alexasder Declouet! temporary
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Tie 'bodr avent into election Of permanent
predd6nis 81 Sfofaon Of e. 81. McCaleb, ].
r. Heal. ~ Bien vile. and w. w. Pugh, Of
& A.snmnfion. ke;nc the nominees, and the
] ele~tion tr.sSnared in the choice Of J.. Z.
He.d. & Who rec.i ved I94ls votes,s his OPP
ponent receiving 75ls.
Escortsd 70 the stand, Mr.. Head thanked
the conyentiou for tie honor conferred.
Though It had been fora time problemsh
cal whether the Marty was or was not in
axixtence. the fact must now be for ever set
/ 4 rest.snd xhe doubt dispelled. He relied
ON the body itaelf to assist hin, in keeping
craar
Mesars. ": ". Puah and B. p. Tompkins,
of Iynion. were elected frat and second vice
pfeaidents.
.rba temnnrarv secretar;es. Oscar Arroyo
ana j. Lewis we're reta. ned a. permanents.
ror ~ ahla manner in which he had at
tanded e his duties. thanks Of the conven-
t;cr vera rendered 10 A.s Declouet. =
The rulAs Of the House Of Representatives
af the STATE. Of 1867. being announced as
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principles OF Parliamentary law, tne pres
idert. with stroke Of his extempOrized
oavaI. declared the convention fully organ
ized and ready for business.
The attack ON Mr.. Davidson was then re-
newed BY. ]. r. Alcss sGauthreaux, who, in
Offering resolutions Of eypulsion, met the
opposition by saying that more injustice
would be done, more harm to the party, by
permitting the subject Of the motion to re-
main in his seat, than by losing the vote Of
Livingston. The resolutions ne offered COM
mitted the convention to the statement
" that they neither believed nor admitted
the fact Of bis election IS q delegate and that
having been read out Of the party. he was
not eligible to seat, even II ne nad peen
elected" A
The sense of the members was that this
resolution be laid on the table; the motion
being made by ex-Lieutensnt Governor
Hyams, and the vote being l6S to loS.
Nj. Carleton Hunt then onereo tne ioi
lowing resolution:
R<solrcd, That this convention is of the
opinion that Governor aa was9o.a s .,.e un,
NOasny 2. sne 80 ana na,;s;c.T e"nnect;nn
with him would be dishonorable and IN
jurious to the best interests OF Louisiana .
The adoption Of the resolution, he pro-
caasl al TO sav. would do more for the suc-
cesa Of the Democratic party than any other
aet: for NO body that had ever assembled
had attracted the same amount of attention
"a tb;s.
Jndue i. RYAN. of Rapides, rose to the
loor and said It was his understanding the
couventiou. in assembling from all parts of
tbA state. mad agreed to mite and combine,
tbrow;pu awav no votes. but taking all they
conld yet. .What in the name of God,
said he. shave we to do with Governor
Warmoth. or with his SUPPORT What con-
nect;on have we with him Let us bid
good morrow to the devil himself in case we
meet up with him. The idea Of the Judge
was that it seemed to be out Of the range of
conventional duties to take this resolution
up and pass upon it.
sMr. e. ii. McCaleb believed It the right