The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-08-24

| &Ao Observation-Disclosures s'lAlDcTsll NOllNc1tlnl
is about to meet in this city, it will not
be out of place to refresh the memories
| of some of its delegates, and many of
| its advocates, with a few scraps from
recent political history.
1t is contended by the boilers from
the Democratic party, that the action
of the Convention, was precipitatc and
injudicious, and i'll the country they
charge that it was the result of New
! Orleans dictation.
They now approve of the call for tho
Liberal Convention, and denounce the
Democratic Convention fornot postpon-
ing their nominations.
In the latter Convention, John NJ.
Sandidge, of this city, (sitting in the
Convention as a delegate from Bossier,)
| offered the following resolutions:
hesolred, That in view of the possible,
II not probable, action of the Demo-
cratic party ut the approaching Balti-
more Convention, in declining to NOM
mate third candidate for the Presi-
dency, and of the endorsement of the
Cincinnati movement, the present
Executive Committee of the Democratic
party of Louisiana are instructed to call
a new convention, to be held at Baton
Rouge on the 1st Monday of September
next, in which our friends of the Re-
form party and all the clements Of
opposition to Grant are invited to par
ticipate, when a State ticket will be
nominated: and that this Convention
do now adjourn sine die.
The yeas and nays being called, re-
suited as follows:
YEAs-Avoyells ,, West Baton
Rouge J., Concordia !, East Filiciana S,
Grant l, Iberville =, Livingstone I,
Morehouse II, Natchitoches p, Pointe
Coupee 8, Vernon I, Webster 1, Winn
I; Orleans, first Ward -. Total, %.
NAYs-Ascension 3, Assumption S,
Avoyelles 2, East Baton Rouge 5, West
Baton Rouge II, Bienville i, Bossier ),
Caddo 10, Calcasieu 5, Cameron I, Car
roll 3, Catahoula 3, Claiborne 10, Con-
cordia J, DeSoto 4, West Filiciana .,
Franklin 4, Iberia l, Jackson S, Jef1er-
son 7, Lafayette 5, Lafourche 6, Liv
ingston I Madison /, Morehouse II,
Ouachita 4, Plaquemines I, Rapides 5,
Richland I, st. Bernard 2, st. Charles 1,
st. Helena 4, st. James 3, st. John the
Baptist 3, ST. Landry 16, st. Martin 4,
st. Mary 6, st. Tammany 2, Tensas l,
Terrebonne 4, Tangipahoa l, Union S,
Vermilion 3, Washington 2, Winn 1
Orleans-First Ward 7, Second Ward 8,
Third Ward -, Fourth Ward S, Fifth
w e'A\a y, NoA-NIh w dIN y, ocNclitl w iIu
6, Eight Ward 5, Ninth Ward 6, Tenth
Ward 9, Eleventh Ward 6, Twelfth
Ward 3, Thirteenth Ward 8, Fourteenth
Ward 2, Fifteenth Ward 3-Total 1921
The resolution was lost.
This resolution embodics tho exact
spirit of the call for the Liberal Convcn-
ton. 1t received % votes.
Gen. Allen Thomas, who recently
made Liberal speech in Ascension,
and is a delegate to the 5th of August
Convention, was the first to rise and
cast the vote o: Ascension against the
proposition.
Assumption, whose Delegation in
cluded Hon. w. w. Pugh, voted the
same way. Gen. a. S. Heron rose in
his seat and cast the vote of his parish
against the proposition, saying "East
Baton Rouge will never consent to dis
band the Democratic party.'
The parish of Bossicr cast its vote
against the resolution of its own dele
gate.
w. T.. Blackman cast the ten votes
of Claiborne the same way, having the
advice and assistance in SO doing of his
colleagues, Napier Bartlett and Judge
J. S. Young.
Rapides, whose delegation included
Il. G. Manning, James "A. Wise, Lew.
TeNada, w. w. Wilmington, Jr., and
Niontford Wells, voted the same way. :
st. Landry, whose vote included DIR.
J. "A. Taylor, voted the same way.
. Col. Duncan S. Cage east the vote of
Terrebonne against the proposition,
with the concurrence of his colleagues,
Tobias Gibson and Ed. McColIum.
CaddO voted against the prOpositiOn
Mr.. Alex. Boarman being present as
one of the delegation.
The resolution of Mr.. Sandidgc hav-
ing been almost unanimously defeated,
the Convention resolved to go into
nominations.
Whereupon Gen. Allen Thomas arose
and nominated Col. John McInery for
Governor.
Gen. Heron seconded the nominal
ton.
Duncan S. Cage [whosc letter pub
lishcd yesterday, addressed to J. II.
kennard,) has greatly grieved his nu-
| merous friends, nominated Gen. r. l..
Gibson. Mr.. Blackman himself cast
the vote of his parish for Col. Nc
Emery.
The nomination of Col. McEnery was
made unanimous, every parish in the
State DartIciDatiDr cSrcpt Fast f'ilici-