New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-21
OFFICIAL JouRnAL THE srATE or LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY, APRIL 81, 1872.

Wynne Rogers rose to question Of priv
| ilege to answer the aspersiOns on the cit,
| delegates by the country members. 1t ap
peareG he was answering q statement thai
the city delegates had met to force nOmina
tions on the party. He had voted for post
ponement.
A gentleman from the country remarked
the statements of Mr.. Rogers had no more
to do with the business of the convention
than the man in the moon.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. E. II
McCaleb to appoint q new central execu
tive committee.
Mr.. Eugene H. Kelley opposed the motion,
as the convention had not yet adjourned,
moved the old committee be continued in
service. a-t
Mr.. H. d. Ogden, the chairman of the
committee. asked to be relived. The COM
mittee. under the belief that the party was
still alive, had gone to work, and now it
would not be believed but the party showed
signs of life.
The resolution was withdrawn, and the
house gave to the committee their unani-
nous approval, and ON the suggestion OF
A. DeclOuet, it was adopted that sab
generosity of the delegates present.
The matter concerning the committee on
resolutions came up and Mr.. r. 1T. Hunter
called upon the committee for their report
upon the subject of Governor Warmoth.
In answer, Mr.. Carlton Hunt took the
stand and read the address. The address
was of the usual form adopted on such oc-
casione, and the resolutions embodied the
principles of the Democratic party in refer
ence to the dominant party, spoke OF op-
pressive taxation and the necessity Of all
NOOA ronn1o IN OF I'd and a
State.
The last resolution, denunciatory of Gov
ernOr Warmoth, was the only one about
which there was any discussion, it being
the same previously offered by Carlton
Hunt and referred.
A query was of what have we to do with
Governor WarmOth2
An uproar followed, Mr.. Heron stating
it was impolitic to adopt an address at this
time.
The question now came up to lay the
resolutions on the table with view to
recommittal. The motion to lay on the
table did not prevail by 80 yeas to Isl nays.
1t appeared as the desire of the house to
come to a direct vote upon the resolution
den0uncing Governor Warm0th, and for
this purpose q motion was made to take the
several resolutions up scriatina, bus this was
opposed, and the members fell into par
iamentary tangle, in the midst OF which
Mr. Michael Lardner offered an amend
ment repudiating Ulysses s. Grant, which
amendment was opposed, plainly indicating
the prevailing opinions in the body. The
previous question was then called, and the
resolution adopted by 1l9 yeas to 73 nays.
The resolutions were then taken up one
by one and adopted mem CON, until the res0-
luton denOuncing Governor WarmOth was
reached, which vas the signal for number
of motions, but the final result was the
adoption of the resolution.
An amendment ''that we repudiate with
disgust President Grant and his Custom
house clique" was opposed, but finally a
new resolution was made to operate as a
substitute. Other resolutions Of similar
import, but cOuched in more ambiguous
language were offered, and finally passed.
Mr.. Kelley-I move the reference Of all
these resolutions to the committee.
Cries of mo v' mo !" MOP THAT won't
do" THAT won't do"
Mr.. Kelley-When the convention meets
in June the resolution will come up.
Derisive cries and laughter.
Lieutenant Governor VOORHEES, reminded
the members they voted the previous ques-
ton with the understanding that a motion
to repudiate General Grant would be i'm
mediately offered.
Z. j. Ellis took the floor on the Grant
question, and speaking upon the substitute
he had written, which condemned Grant for
his nepotism and tyranny, said that all OF
the evils coming from Governor Warmoth
were due to the agency Of General Grant.
Unless the stream is purified at the source,
it is useless to purify it at the bottom. AL
the evils that had afflicted Louisiana had
flown from Washington sources of recon-
struction.
His substitute of the previous resolution
was then adopted:
THAT we condemn the corruption,
nepotism, greed, extravaganza and tyranny
of President U. s. Grant and the federal
administration, and hail with joy the up
rising of the whole people to hurl him from
power"
On the unanimous adoption of votes Of
thanks to the president and secretaries,
the convention adjourned until the third
of June.