The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-06-22
THE BATON ROUGE CONVENTIONS.

THE BATON ROUGE CONVENTIONS.
The two State Conventions which
have been holding sessions in the city
of Baton Rouge this week. one called
by the State Executive Committee of
which Lieut.. Gov. Pinchback is presi-
dent, the other by the committee over
which presides Z. S. Marshal Packard,
have up to the present writing pre-
sented no ticket of candidates for
State or other offices, but it is proba-
BILE one, if not both of them, may do
so to-day. Like the Democratic and
Reform Conventions, these assem-
blages at Baton Rouge have done no
thing of such Importance as to war
rant us giving a lengthy and minute
account of their proceedings, hence
we shall condense this article to the
smallest possible compass consistent
with an outline of the work of the
two Conventions.
The PINCHBACK CONVENTION,
as it is commonly called, met in the
hall of the Baton Rouge Academy at
~ o'clock NJ, Wednesday, June 10Th,
president Hon. Hugh j. Campbell in
the chair. After the roll had been
called and short addresses listened to
from several prominent gentlemen, a
resolution was presented and adopted
providing for the appointment by the
chair of committee of eleven, en-
dowed with authority to confer with
a like committee from the Packard
Convention upon the feasibility of the
fusion of the two Conventions upon
terms of perfect equality. The fol-
lowing is the committee: Messrs. H.
L. Swords, p b. S. Pinchback, A. Z.
Barber, NJ. H. Twitchell, II. Mahoney,
G. L. Halstead, d. Young, H. C.. Dib-
Bile, A. B. Harris, w. 2. Green, O..
Rey and H. j. Campbell. A motion
looking to the appointment of a com
mittee on resolutions was adopted by
d close vote. An evening session was
also held Wednesday, but as the con-
ference, committee was not prepared
to report-the Packard Convention
not having reached permanent or
ganization- business could be tran
sacted.
Day and evening sessions were also
held Thursday, but the Packard Con-
vention still being unorganized and
the conference committee unable to
report, nothing was done i'll the way
Of business.
During the session of Friday after
noon intelligence was received that
the Packard Convention had effected
permanent organization and appoint
ed a committee of conference. The
Convention adjourned until evening,
to allow the committees time to con-
fer. At 8 o'clock the Convention re-
The conference commit
tee submitted a communication from
the committee of the other Conven-
ton informing them of the unanimous
adoption by that body of a resolution
this Convention to indorse
Grant and Wilson and the Philadel-
pllia Convention, denouneing Greeley
and Brown and the Liberal Republi-
can movement, and repudiating all
past connection with H. c. Warmoth.
1t was unanimously agreed, amid the
most hearty, enthusiastic indignation,
that the dictatorial terms of the Pack
ard crowd were an insult to the Con-
vention and their acceptance entirely
out of the question.
At IL o'clock p. NJ. resolution to
adjourn to meet again in the Mechan-
les Institute, New Orleans, at noon
to-day, was unanimously adopted, and
at 2 A. NJ. all the delegates were on
the chartered steamboat B. l.. Hodge,
going to the Crescent City, with Jae-
gers famous band on the hurricane
roof filling the. air with enliyelling
music.
TIE PACKARD CONVENTION,
which met at Pixies Hall at the same
time of the assembling of the other
Convention, consumed two whole
lays in etfecting a permanent organ
Ization. L. Allan of West Baton
Rouge was elected temporary chair
man and t. W. Deklyne secretary. I
A packed committee on credentials
was appointed, who required all dele