The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-17


my life, and l have done u great mapv
good things III my life. TApplausp.1
hn' II IL get the white people and
NE nlack people of this State to lay off
tlaclf pre]udIces and feelings o%nacConnt
ol Eoi"rI II 70 come together in one
political organization, representa- hotL
races on the ticket and both r~accso;m
the party, | shall believe that I ~
accomplished the greatest good and tbe
greatest achievement Of my life.
Ana now, gentlemen, | thank You for
your p0Iite. attention, and | say thatmv
sympathy is entirely with Won. nv
heart and soul are with YOU, and that
WlnteNcr shall he the result Of yo1r d.
llbFratl0nS, WhOmS0evrr Won Shall So
lect us your standard bearers. Won shall
nave my support, my voice, my helm in
clectlng them and in CARRYING Them
successfully through under the banner
OF Greeley and Brown. TTremeniOns
~AppIauSe.l
The following nominations were
made for Governor:
Mt. R0uth, of CaddO nominated Da-
yldSon 3: Penn, of Orleans. Seconded
by, Mr.; Thomas J. Foster.
4E' Paxton, of Red River, nomina-,
W. "'1i!A II HdlltluRC. u
Mr.; HOUSTON, of St. Tammany, ndsTfi-
mated I, North Cullom.
Mr.. Favr0t, of West B;~sasr%MSA loo
nominated A. S. Heron.
Mr.. Sterling of East Feliciana, nom
mated Thomas l.. Manning.
Mr.. J. b. Wilmington nominated
Taylor Beattie.
Thomas I. Manning and +. North
Gullom declined, the latter in favor of
Penn.
Mr.. Lewis motion that a two-third
vote prevail on the ballot for Governor
was lost.
The name of John VI. Sandidge was
withdrawn by Mr.. Brown.
The convention proceeded to a bal
lot, and before the result was nm
nollnced, Mr.. A. 5. Heron rose and
moved the nomination of Davidson Il,
Penn he made unanimous.
This was carried in II storm of cheers.
At tins moment, amid loud cries for
Narm0th and Penn, the Governor ap-
peared advancing through the pnrQuctte.
He had scarcely assembled the first SteVA
to reach the stage when he was well
comed by Il gale Of cheers which en-
dllred for several minutes, and was
echoed and rc-cch0ed from the arches
that touched the floor to the glister of
nights IN the dome. Amid this whirl-
wind OF enthusiasm, while men wildly
waved their hats and handkerchiefs,
t0St ai0ft their canes and threw their
arms wildly about, Governor WarmOtb
stepped forward and saying, " Let Jr,r
not interrupt the proceedings Of the
convention" announced that "yoJ have
made the best nomination." The storm
OF cheering rose again ut this, and Mr.,
Davidson Is. Penn, heiMgledb by the hand
forward, was introduced by Governor
WarmOth IN
TIE NENT GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA.
So wild were the waves of cheering
that dashed madly about the arches and
corridors of the building, that the voice
of Mi. Penn was of no more effect than
IL cuckOO'S note in IL thunderstorm, anil
it was several minutes before the Wild
temper of the house could permit him
to be heard. He then said
| would dO violence to my feelings
were | not to return my heartfelt
thanks to you for selecting me as the
standard bearer In the battle now inau-
gulated, 1t is not the first timo
! have borne the flag Of Louisiana.
Something tells me the deeds Of this
day cannot end otherwise than in sue
cess. | have iii past political record,
but l have integrity, and that is ut
your service in the great eause in which
we are all enlisted,
a simultaneous movement was now
made to adjourn until the next day at
ten o'clock, and it was carried.
While the enthusiasm was yet at its
height, the entire convention poured
out into the street, and followed amid
the cheers of the .pOpulacc q band of
music to the st. Charles Hotel.