The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-06-29
THE GRANT-PACKARD STATE con-
VENTION.
Pistols drawn--The Lobby Empticd--DiS-
graceful Scenes.


! The Ticket.
We find in the Picayune of the 23rd,
the following dispatches descriptive OF
the proceedings of the regular Radical
State Convention held at Baton Rouge:
All quiet, and the President has an
nounced nominations in order.
Anthony Coleman, of lbervillc,
nominated Aristide Mary, and was
seconded by Mr.. Rodolph, of Orleans.
Cheers.
Mr.. Keyes, of Terrebonne, nomina-
ted Mr.. Pitt kellogg, and the nomina-
ton was seconded by Mr.. Samuel II.
Peters, of Caddo. [Cheers.]
Each of these nominations were ac-
companied by short speeches.
Williams, of Orleans, said he wished
to nominate the first man who had the
audacity to place his name on a Radi-
cal ticket in this State-Beiij. +. Flan-
ders. [sSensation.
Nominations for Governor were
| then closed.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Flanders. 1; Mary, IS; Billings, 1O3;
! Kellogg, 12S; Necessary to choice,
117.
Immediately on the announcement
! of the ballot, a wild scene of confusion
ensued. Everybody was on their feet
| Vociferating. One man charged that
counterfeit tickets had been used by
the Kellogg party. Mr.. Clark, Bill
lings man, got on the floor and was
| eral delegates got into fight. The din
was hushed by the band playing.
DRAWING; PISTOLS.
johnson, who precipitated the dis
turbance at the close of the first ballot,
! is described as a lunatic. In his words
with Ray he made q feint to draw q
| pistol, but did not actually do SO. Ray
| did draw his. The excitement was in
tense, the whole crowd swaying to and
! fro like the waves of the sea, and the
lobby stamping III the utmost confu-
sion. A general fight was expected,
but it all ended with Il few blows.
a FREE FIGHT.
The scene of disorder mentioned in
the last dispatch surpasscs description.
J The excitement was gotten up by II.
S. johnson; the Third Ward figured in
| it extensively. johnson complained
| that imitation tickets had been circu-
lated in the interest of Billings, not in
the interest of Kellogg, as stated in the
former dispatch. Evans and Ladd vo-
ciferated from the top of chairs on one
side Of the House, and Rodriguez from
the other. When the fght commenced,
tie Iobbies poured into the streets.
The fight was soon over and nobody
hurt. The fight was between r. Ray,
of East F'eliciana, and Thompson, of
the Fourth Ward.
The second ballot resulted as follows:
Mary 80, Billings III, kellogg 40.
One hundred and fOrty-SiN necessary
for nomination.
A dispatch has just been read in Con-
vcntion stating that Casey, and Pack
ard have been removed. The ConVen-
ton is wild with excitement. 1t is
supposed to be Il Billings trick.
EXCITEMENT INCREASING.
The third ballot is being taken. 1t is i'm
possible to tell what effect the speech of
! Mr.. Mary will have on it,. The an
nounccmcnt that he had withdrawn in
favor of Kellogg was not made by the
friends of Kellogg, but by the friends
Of Mary himself
It is charged that it was u piece OF
management by the Billings party to
make it appear that Kellogg's friends
had resorted to deception. Intimations
are made that some Of I<ellOgg's friends
are seeking to sell him out. The con-
fusion and the noise is like the din of a
battle, amidst which motions arc being
| made to adjourned until tomorrow,
| and some sine die.
The Billings party keep up their fu-
rious noise. Ladd roars, Burch throws
his arms widely about and every body
yells at the top of their voices. AS l
! write the crowd through sheer cXhaus-
| ton begins to quiet down 4 little. 1T is
under these circumstances the third
ballot is being taken.
| KELLOGG: NOMINATED.
On the third ballot, the President
! ruled that parishes without full delcga-
tions would only be allowed the votes
of the delegates actually present. This
! will doubtless cause Il loss to Kellogg.
The third ballot was rs follows:
Mary, 30; Billings, 1903; Kellogg, llS;
Kellogg was declared the nominee
! amid loud cheers.
| \ STOISE FOR IIEUTEN Mt COVER
! NnR-wIIn EXCITEMENT AMONG
| MEMBERS.
The cheering over the election Of
| l. all, hos II -nt lnIl