New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-20
CONVENTION OF INDEPENDENCE CLUBS
Second Day.

| The meeting was called to order by r. II.
| Mari, Esq, acting president, at the head
| quarters of the Constitution Club, on st.
Charles street. pursuant to adjournment OF
Friday evening.
Mr. Pecot, of the Solid Mems Club, sub
mitted a resolution that committee on ere
dentials be appointed and that no club be
received or recognized which was not Or
ganlzed prior to the meeting of the Reform,
Liberal and Democratic conventions. Also,
| that no club shall be allowed to vote on
this resolution except the twenty-three
clubs represented on Friday evening.
After some discussion the resolutions
were adopted.
The chair was instructed to appoint six
rgeants-at-arms, which was done.
The chair announced the following com
mittee of credentials: Messrs. Fred Holy
land, Octave Morel, Edwin Harris, j. d.
Watson, Walter Thompson and +. A Pc
terson-oneotrom each district.
mr. Watson, of the Third Districtq de-
clined to st8ye.
Mr.. Hinman, of the "Minute Men, want
ed to know who made that slate.
The president said he had selected the
committee after advising with gentlemen
from each district; was sorry it was Oh
Jected to, but such being the case, he would
at once recall the appointments and ask
the delegates from the clubs of the various
districts to make the nominations aad he
would appoint the parties SO named.
Mr. Duffy, of the johnson Rangers"
moved that the list first named by the
president be ratified, except the member
from the Third District, and that tho dele
gates from the Third District be allowed
i've minutes to select a member Of the COM
mittee. Carried with enthusiasm.
The Third District delegates agreed upon
Mr., Touglett as their member Of. the COM
mittee.
On motion, the meeting took recess of
fifteen minutes to give the committee time
to report.
AT about nine o'clock, Mr. Mari again
called the meeting to order, anda sergeant
alarms was dispatched to the committee on
credentials to learn when they would be
ready to report.
In about nalf an hour the committee on
credentials appeared: headed by Fred. Holy
land, chairman, and the report was read.
The conclusion Of the reading Of the re
port produced great disorder, which the
president succeeded in suppressing only by
making strong appeal to BE better feel
ings Of the delegates.
The following named clubs were finally
accorded representation, after about three
hours struggle and sometimes considerable
disorder
Orleans Club. Pendleton Guards, Blair
OhdL"0 kLiIOLAuICi(s luu5ptuutIEA OutLNls"
fourth ard; Chanticleer Club; Fifth Distri
Auxiliary Club; Booth Guards, first ward;
Greeley ZouaYes; Crescent Mounted Club;
Fossil Guards; Seymour CalPts; Brown
Rangers; German Democratic Club, ninth
ward; Fernon Guards; First Ward
Workingmen's Club; Eighth Ward
Wide Awakes; Seymour Southrons;
Eleventh Ward Liberal Auxiliary Club,
jackson Railroad Club, second ward Mel
npnpnP IlItp bprS Scott fAnnTda WoShinn.
tonsDemocratic Club, sixth ward; Fifth
Ward Workingmen's Cl@b, Constitution
Club, Lewis Guards, Frank Blair Cadets,
Curry G&lrds White Hat Clut@third, ward;
Seymour Legion, Minute Men 3f 70,
Broom Rangers Frank Blair Guards,
Senior, of '68: Hugh NIcCloskey Guards,
eleventh ward; Third Ward Greeley and
Brown Campaign oClub; FoRrth, Auxii-
aGy Club, se6Olol gard; Jonns0n Ran
gers; johnson Ra4gers, mother club;
ID. B. Penn Guards; Hancock Club;
Claiborne Guards; Ames Rangers;
Solid Mems Club; EHfans de McEnery;
McCIoslly Guards, third ward; Fifth Dis
trict Auxiliary Club; Young Mems Greeley
and Brown Club, third ward; Working
mems Greeley and Brown Cub, tenth ward;
Old Hickory Club; WiUgtield Rangers;
Skinner Guards.
4 strong effort was made to admit the
Eighth Ward Central Liberal Club. Sew
eral delegate9 declared that they were in
structed to withdraw in case central clubs
of any ward were admitted to representa-
tion, this being purely convention Of in
deIeendent clubs.
The motion to admit was finally lost by
majority OF those against it. a
A motion was then made to expel the
Fifth District Auxiliary Club, which, it
was explained, was really the centSsl club
of the fifteenth ward.