New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-25
ADJOURNMENT OF THE ROWDIEs
Especial to the New Orleans Republtcan.I
First Dispatch.1

BATON ROUGE, June "A, 1917.
A new convention has been manufactured
The convention met this morning, as they
adjourned in a mob. and devoted the first
three hours to fixing up proxies and alter
mates. Over one-half of the original body
was thus composed of proxies.
The fourth congressional district delega-
tiOn nominated Samuel Peters and H AIRY
Lott for Congress, both colored men, who
retired to one side and drew lots for the
long and short terms, the latter filling the
vacancy created by the death of McCleery.
Lott got the short term, Peters the long .
CaddO has so many men on the ticket, all
colored, Antoine, for Lieutenant Governor,
being from that parish.
Bovee is to resign and give the place to
the CustOmhOuse candidate, this Off cial
| having got in when not down in the bills,
but then he is to get something.
! The mo objection" style in which the an
nOuncement of proxies is received shows
| the fOrgOne conclusion determined up on
! Sunday. The master of the rolls, De Klyn e,
| bawls himself hoarse in announcing the
changes, and the original roll has entirely
disappeared in the manufacture. The origi-
nal convention has almost entirely disap-
peared, many delegates who departed hav
| ing received their transportation home to
| New Orleans at the expense Of leaving be-
| hind an authorization for a proxy, suggested
by the Customhouse, to act.
At twelve o'clock NJ Chaplain Burch
prayed for a good ticket. The minutes
were dispensed with. A colored man strug-
Cling on the floor to call attention to some
thing in the PicGy1n,e is brOwbeaten with
cries of Business"
BOvee takes the platform. He desires to
decline and read his declination. A lull
takes place until he is finished. "A stern
sense Of duty to the colored people in
duces me to tender my declination" The
English of this is that place must be made
for a cOlOred man by the name of 0. c.
Blandin. He goes on to make speech, say
ing that his main object was to see if he
would be indorsed in resisting the tyran-
nical action of H. C. Warmoth. He was sa-
luted with three cheers. At the suggestion
of Bovee himself, who moves about on the
floor, at the conclusion of his speech a reso-
luton was passed putting his own action in
declining.
Ladd withdraws the name of Fabiu
Mckay Dunn for Auditor and substitutes
his name for Secretary of State. Packard
takes the floor and nominates o. G. Blandin
to represent the Creole interest. He avs
this and urges his election. He fings a
rope to the Reformers in his speech 1t
needs 30 prophet, considering the doctoring
of the rolls, to say that Blandin will be
nominated. So the fixing up goes on, the
Ladd party making no headway against
the CustomhOuse. Ingraham says he is
ambitious, but he would not come before
the convention for a nomination, as he al
ready holds an Office. He urges the Gus |
tomhOuse nomination. Mortimer +. Smith |
asks justice for the country. we can't |
take a cab and drive around visiting a |
thousand constituents. We have to work |
hard for what we do" Hence he Domi- |
mated Harry Lott. Lott withdraws from |
the nomination of the fourth district, be- |
cause it don't amount to anything, and also |
withdraws from that of Secretary Of State.
This has been fixed up by Packard to secure
Blandin's election. The contest will there
fore, show the relative strength Of Ladd's
party to Packard's.
1890 P. M.-The ballot begins. The
crowd are already talking about Auditor
The candidates are Merritt, Clinton, Mahan
and O'Hara. johnson, said to be a revenue
officer, is a new man, but onlya whipper-in,
who viii withdraw in ClintOn's Custom
house favorite) favor. Heavy electioneer-
ing goes on for Dunn, opposition to the
Customhouse, while the ballot goes on. It
can not kill off Packard's influence. There
are several wbippers-in for Auditor. These
gentry viii withdraw in favor Of the sue
cessful nominee for a consideration, vari-
Ously stated as to amount.
Filuel has withdrawn in favor Of Field
for Attorney General, and persuasion is now
going on to secure the withdrawal of Ray,
narrowing it down to Field and Carter.
P. M-The tellers count the votes, and
the following is the result Of the first ballot
for Secretary Of State: o. C. Blandin III.
Fabius Mex. Dunn 80. The nomination
was made unanimous by motion of Ladd.
1t is stated that johnson was put In the
field by Packard as a combination to defeat
Merritt for Auditor.
Second Dispsteh.l
BATON ROUGE, june "A, 1872
The fight is over the nomination for Au-
ditor. Keyes nominates O'Hara, and an
nouneed him as one of the "extinquished''