New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-25
CUR BATON ROUGE LETTER.

Tie Packard Convention - Candidate;
Feverish and BiliOus-lIembers Fight
ing Among Themselves CHss Words
Against tn CUstOmhOuse- Mastery In
fuence of Pinehback - Ingraham'a
MaIIet-Ca ling the ROII-FHnny Scenes
and DISCRIMINATION for Gov
ernOr-The BaIIOfinR DescFibed-The
Lively Row. Candidates in Groups
Bottles of Whisky in the Cenre-Sup-
plies Sent In by GaIlOns-KeIlOgR NOm-
mated for G0vernOr-AntOiBe for Lieu
tenant GOvernor-BOvee for Secretary
Of State-Lewis for Congressman at
Lnrge-HOw the Nominations Were
Made.
Especial Correspondence Of the Republican
BATON ROUGE, June %, 10 A. NJ.
The promise for fair day is not good.
The congressional delegates have not fixed
the business. Candidates are feverish and
bilious, and there being no outside conven-
ton that is to be fought or united, no enc
my in sight, the consequence is that the
members are ready to fight themselves.
The convention has not yet met. The com
mittee appointed to smell out the doctored
roll will have, as every other committee has
had here, two reports, majority and minor
ity, and members are so loud in their cuss
words against the CustOmhOuse and the
system they have tried in vain to inaugu-
rate that there is good prospect of the
devil being to pay and no pitch hot" The
prospects of Flanders as a compromise can
didate are said to be Frightening, but the
Kellogg men are confident in case his name
is introduced of having their candidate
\ elected. Kellogg talks big-not the sign
of confident man. Burch is caucusing
his crowd whoever he may be favoring
Pinchback's followers create hole in the
milestone through which one can see the
beginning of the end of this thing. The
mastery of this man over the body of men
who are in his convention was never more
evident than yesterday, and ears as well as
eyes are open for the developments at the
Mechanics Institute to-day.
The first thing done when the convention
assembled was a report from the committee
to investigate the roll, which said the list
was all 0. K.-twO Billings men were on
tbs committee. This cOtfined the roll bust
ness.
In order to afford clear insight into the
way the convention is conducted, give
report Of proceedings Of the last day:
Ingraham has an iron mallet. At twenty
minutes past ten he pounds away on the
pleasant fiction, to be called to order. The
young man by the name of DeKlyne whose
feet are looked at with wonder and amaze
ment by the underlings below, calls the
roll in an obscure voice, like one who has
something in his throat that stutfs him up
Every now and then some one, during the
call Of the roll comes up to buzz the presi-
dent this being the most favorable OppOr-
tunity. The sergeants alarms are thiuned
out, Ingraham having discovered who the
greater part Of these electioneerers are in
favor of, and hence there are not so many
in the aisle. The lobby is remarkably thin.
The committee appointed to watch the sec
retary look over his shoulder while he reads
the roll; this clerk of Packard's not being
trusted, they're "bound to see what's going
on"
The venerable John Ray sits on the plat
form twidling his thumbs, and this author
OF the party platform looks blandly con-
sciOus his herculean labors in this respect
will not 20 unrewardTd. The noise undu-
lates about the house as the waves circle
about a stone when dropped in the water
How the answers or names are heard is a
mystery; the esecretary knows no more about
it than any one else. Big Brewster reclines
his six feetfOur also on the platform, with
no more expression in his face-he is a can
didate-than is in pot of butter. In the
course of time the roll comes to an end, the
300 names being all called over, and the
wearisOme drOne dying out. The eXcitable
Merrill is lobbying IN his usual violent man
ner, his hands saying ten words to his
mouth one; the left who are Billings and
Mary, the right who are Kellogg and Mary,
are all penetrated by lObbyism in the midst
of which lngraham announces 1877 members
present, and the fact that the house will be
opened with prayer. The preacher, father
Of the irrepressIble Burch, without whose
participation the convention could not
breathe nor live nor move, rises to
invoke the blessing on the late split
Of the party, and GALS for the D.
vine blessing on the proceedings of the day.
He is in his person a most abOminable indi-
vidual unbearable in his manner and style,
and devOtes the time between his morning
blasphemy and evening drinks in election
eering for Kellogg and Mary. The prayer
comes 10 an end. The chair announces:
Report of the committee on revision of the
rolls, which are found to Oppress the minor
i'y, and in fact turn out the handle of the
party whip.
The committee find the roll correct (wbo
doubted it y but as a tub to the frOlicsome
whale that raised such a rumpus, fling in a
censure on the parish of Concordia. Here
followed a string of bosh, got up by the
CnstomhOuse in the way of credentials.
Mr.. Bertonneau--" move the report be
received and adopted, and call for the pre-
vious question
Mr.. Burch-"I want to know if that
committee found the roll entirely correct
or only examined as far as COncOrdia."
Burch, Mary's friend, has been outgen-
eraled, and hence is disposed TO kick in the
traces.
Mudgett, who is Billings fugleman, offers
q resolution which specifies the order of
nominations, and urges its adoption by sus
pending the rule requiring all resolutions to
be referred to the committee.
A Voice" Let's hear that agin'
Before it is read again MEMBER inter |
rupts-generaly the case-with pint Of |
information"
The chair enters into long explanation |
and speech, and talks like an old woman to |
several members on the floor. Some white |
man. said to be Colonel Turner, moves that |
Immediately on the adoption of the resOlu- |
ton the ballot begin. Burch up again. The |
house is tired of him, and furiOusly cry out |
question. Everybody gets up to suspend |
the rules. Turner again on the same mo |
tion, demanding the previous question, |
which was adopted, the routine OF nOmina- |
tiOns selected, and the nominations com |
menCe, the sergeants-at arms taking their /
places as lOg-rollers and electiOneerers,
while others go for paper as tally lists, |
Mahan climbing the stage and saying truly |
"nOw the fights coming, eh y and glance |
az the awful confusion of the house tends |
TO show the fight had begun already.
The chair makes buncOmbe speech, say |
ing I'VE are arrived at that that period when |
we are to receive the nominations of the |
high ang noble Office of Governor" He |
saws that every one is allowed five minutes !
to press the claims of the candidates nom