New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-11

nal Revenue Collectors stockdaie. Johnston and Whit.
ter Assistant Assessors Rice, BeaureOard, and Ridde
Clinton, Treasurer Dillingham;, Naval oicer Packard
| u. s. Marshall Lowell, Postmaster OF EeW-Oreans
Heating, Postmaster OF Shreveport and Ingrabam Of
the Internal Revenue Department, were mem
bers OF the Convention. These, and Congress
men sypher, Darrell and Sheldon were In
mates OF Keogg's headquarters. The Pres-
dent OF the Convention was Jim Ingraham, a Gov
eminent official; the temporary chairman was Allaln
OF West Baton Rouge. Custom house employe Baque,
clerk in Casey's Office Assistant Secretary, and the
Secretary DO Klyne, docket clerk In Paokard's
Office 8. Johnston Collector of Internal Revenue in
Ouachita, represented BienvIle, and Chairman OF
the Committee Credentials Whittier OF Baton
Rouge. another Internal Revenue man, represented
Rapides. Parker OF Ouacha, Johnston's chief clerk,
represented Blenye. Dillingham;, Naval Officer al
New Orleans, was put on the rolls delegate from
Concordia. Hogan Of Ouaclta, Assessor OF Internal
Revenue, represented Union Parish Jones OF Blenyie'
Collector of Internal Revenue represented Sabine Be
sides these there were, the city delegation alone,
about Customhouse employees. All Of this influence
had been promised TO Billings; but Grants orders must
be obeyed and Kellogg must be nominated and Casey
must 20 to the Senate. SO Billings whose remaining
forces active and resolute, resolved 10 make the
ISSUE He called Casey, and requested him 20 state
that the Customhouse employees should be at liberty TO
vote az they pleased. Casey declined and war was de-
clared On counting up It found that Kellogg had
about 1870 votes, Billings about 100. and Mary 6o.
The first ballot taken the fourth day The Con-
yenton in uproar Of excitement. Almost every
member was armed, and q expected every mo
ment Flanders, Mayor OF New-Orleans, who held nm
self ia reserve as a compromise candidate sat by
rapdoor 10 the stage ready to dive out OF eight at the
first alarm Corn.feld negroes gestieulated Wildly ana
declared themselves Gods chosen people, upon whom
the worlds eyes resting with wonder ana eNpec-
ton Packard and De Klyne stood by the teIlers to
tIau nfGu1x pan
Africans stood guard over the balothat cluehing u
with one hand and slowing the other away as signal
of fair play. Jim Clarke, BIllings's generalssimo'
marched boldly among the delegates with porteonhae
full Of greenbacks his hand pistol In his pocket ana
vigorous denunciaons OF the Custom house thieves az
the end his tongue The ballot showed l2s Tor he
logg 1903 for Billings, for Mary and for Flanders
Many Billings had wrapped their ballots IN Kellogg
tickets and so escaped Packard's scrutiny.
Butresisanee was useless On the third ballot Kellogg
was nominated 1t Is said by The Times that I'D efoer "
secure the needed made private pledge 10 the
negroes that would go back" on Casey run Tor the
Senate again. leave the State in the hands OF negro
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. This would be emInently char
aceriso OF the man who subscribed money to two adj
verse State committees In '67; who was johnson re
pubcan who assured the Democrats that ne was reay
to come over to them at moments notice. ana VINO De-
came one Of Grants most abect and subseryent TOOLS
in the Senate. Kellogg is the very embodiment OF
carpet.baceery He snapped off judgeshp in Nebraska
for the Colectorshp in Neworeans he swapped on the
Coectorshp place in the Senate; his place IN inc
Senate for gubernatorial nomination. and, generaly'
anything either of place principle for anything ese
that would pay And all this time be never hao
more than nominal residence in louisiana Next 10
him on the ticket comes Antoine, now State sena'or-
formerly barber. Antoine is genuine Afrlcah' eho
rant and depraved but possessed Of kind OF eathke
cunning The value OF his vote in the Senate quoted
at s5O0s1 $780, according to circumstances o. '" carter
the editor of The National Republican, was a
candidate for Attorney General, but Withdrew
when he saw that Packard Co. were resolved
to beat him. has drawn out Of that crowd and re-
nOunced his editorial position. About so delegates
boted from the Convention and refuge 10 support inc
ticket Billings, Mary, and Carter have combined To eau
mass meeting for tonight in order TO denounee the
Custom house ring and demand the removal OF the OF
fcials This efectualy ruins Grants prospects III
Louisiana The CustOmhouse organization itself Is now
broken and the remaining fraction Is only ring OF OF
cals supported by and most Ignorant OF the
negro population and halfdozen absurd and ridiculous
white men, calling themselves Reformers Tie Pinch
back Convention, which met concurrently with the
Grant Convention could not succeed in eecting union
with that body adjourned to meet in this city on the
9th Of August when 1t will probably ratify the Liberal
ticket There is doubt that the Liberal party
will sweep the state, and you may set down Lousianl
for 25OO majority for Greeley and Brown.