The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-06-11
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONTE'N-

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7YON.
The convention re-assembled at
the Opera House, on Monday the
Sd inst, and was called to order by
Hon. J. r. Head, President OF the
Convention.
A motion was made to go into n
permanent organization, which was
ruled out Of order.
A committee on credentials was
appointed and after half an hour re-
turned and submitted their report.
j. Hunter Collins, of West Felici-
ana, rosed to q priviledged question
and stated that he had been ruled
out by the committee on credentials,
and gave statement of the circum-
stances under which he had been
elected. He said that on the first OF
April, the President Of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee propos-
ed to great many of our promi-
nent citizens to call mass meeting
for the purpose Of electing delegates
to the State Convention. He said
that he was an aspirant for the
judgeship Of the 9TH Judicial Dis
trict, at this point the speaker was
interrupted. Mr.. Collins resumed
My credentials being ruled out, I
wish to state to the convention what
are the facts of the case. Mr.. Pow
ell, President of the Parish Commit
tee, did not call the mass meeting,
and q te,c days before the conven-
ton met, the Democrats Of my par
ish seeing that Mr.. Powell erred in
his duty to the Democratic party of
my parish, took it upon themselves
to call mass convention, at which
myself among others, was elected to
represent the Democracy Of West
Feliciana. The same convention
. elected Mr.. Powell as a delegate
He came to New Orleans, and after
consulting with certain parties, ask
ed Inc to take his name off the Gre
dentials as it might injure bis pros
poets as a candidate for the judge
ship Of the District. 1 replied that
I had nothing to do with it.
There is no Democratic paper pub
/; lished in our parish, but a notice
= was published in the SEMI WEEKLY
l. REPUBLICAN,, calling u meeting Of the
: Democrats Of our parish to take &C.
: ton upon our conduct at the first
4 session of this convention and t6
J. signify whether they endorsed ou1
Il action or not. That meeting aru
J. held, and they passed resolutions ell
n dolsing our conduct here, and re
d turning us as delegates. Since I Ill
g rived i'll the city, met Mr.. Wick
life, who is admitted as a DELEGATE
n here, and he said to ME, You al
IS no Democrat" I have never claim
1t ed to be anything but a Democrat
ct but some of Mr.. Wic]klife's dclega
,e ton I know are not Democrats On
Is Of them ran on the Warmoth Re
H. publican ticket, DIR. Wilcox, wa
T. elected Coroner On the Republica
in ticl;et.-ED. REP. He was admi
ID ted. Another of that delegation VII
O. is seated within the bar of this col
k vention, was engaged in the manip,
IS lation of the ballot boxes at the 10
of election. He too, claims to be
d. Democrat. No one has worlze
he harder for the Democracy than
ID. have done, and I merely wished
tb make this statement of facts to Il
le convention.
he Ex-Gov. Wicklifa said The del
gates that came with me came to /
d. present the Democracy Of our paris
,g, He asked the Secretary to read Il
mt resolutions passed at a meeting
Us, the Democracy Of West Feliciana.
he The resolutions alluded to by E
or Gov. Wickliffe were not read
&C. The convention, on the secol
Of day, appointed q committee to co
he fer with the Reform Party. II
Ter committee was authorized to form
NJ State ticket. On the third day t