The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17
Grant and Wilson Endorsed.
The Liberal Element WithGraws,
Straight Ticket Nominated.
Pinchback forGoverno1..

Pursuant to the adjournment of the
22nd of June, the Regular Republican
State Convention, commonly known
as the Pinchback Convention, assem-
bled in the Hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Mechanics Institute, New
Orleans, on Friday, August 9th, at II
o'clock NJ, and was called to order
by Hon. Hugh J. Campbell, president.
After Committee on Credentials
had reported the names of additional
delegates elected since the last ses-
sion, an effort was made to reorganize
the Convention by the election of new
officers.
President Campbell regarded this an
attempt to GUST him from the chair,
so he rendered his resignation, which
the Convention, after considerable fill
clustering on the part of some dele
gates DESTROYS of making themselves
prominent, refused to accept by a
vote of 1872 to 100.
A motion was adopted to elect a
committee of fifteen to confer with a
like committee from the Custom
House party, the delegates from each
Congressional District to assemble
and designate three of their number
as members of said committees. A
half-hour recess was taken, the dele
! gates from the various districts met
in different rooms of the building, and
| when the Convention was called to
order the following Committee on
Conference was.announced
{ First District-P B. s. Pinehbaek, of Or
leans; Harry Mahoney, of Plaquemines !;
Octave Rey, of Orleans.
Second District-P. Joseph, of Orleans !;
Oscar Crozier, OF Lafourche; VIM. j. Green,
of Orleans.
Third District-H. Stevens, of East Baton
Rouge; Geo. Washington, of Assumption !;
l.. E. Bentley, of Ascension
Fourth District-Geo. Y. Kelso, of Rapides
Geo. L. Smith, of Caddo; Raford Blunt, OF
Natchitoches
Fifth District-A. B. Harris and David
Young, of Coneordia; Schuyler Marvin, of
CatahOula.
The Convention having no further
business to transact until after the re-
suit of the deliberations of the Con-
ference Committee, adjourned until
next day.
: The Conference Committee assem-
bled Immediately after adjournment,
and organized by electing Hon. A. B.
Harris chairman and L. E. Bentley
,, secretary. The next day they twice
5 met the committee from the Custom
: House party, headed by j. Henri
Burch. At the first meeting the Gus
tom-House committee submitted a
proposition that the Pinchback Con-
vention ratify the Philadelphia ma
D tional and Baton Rouge State tickets.
! The Pinchback committee submitted
l their proposition that the names OF
Kellogg and Antoine be withdrawn
from the Baton Rouge ticket, a candi-
> date for Governor substituted who
: should be acceptable to the Conven-
ton they represented, and the candi-
date for Lieutenant Governor to be
! nominated by said Convention. AT
the second meeting the chairman OF
: each committee announced that the
proposition of the other had been re-
d liected. The Pinchback committee
T proposed that the candidates for Lieu
e tenant Governor, Auditor and Super
i intendent of Public Education on the
Baton Rouge ticket be displaced, and
the vacancies filed by their Conven-
: ton. The Custom House committee
in turn proposed that the Pinchback
Convention ratify the Philadelphia
national ticket and nominate candi-
date for Congress at large in place OF
Hon. James Lewis, who would be
withdrawn from the Baton Rouge tick
ct. The committees then adjourned
to Ii o'clock Monday.
The Convention held three sessions
Saturday, but transacted no business
adjourning finally until 10 o'clock
Monday.
The third meeting of the Conference
Committees took place pursuant to
adjournment. The propositions made
at the preceding meeting had been re-
jected by both committees. Neither
committee being prepared to make
other concessions, all efforts at com
promise were abandoned.
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