The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-25
LOUISIANA.


BATON ROUGE, June "a, 1877.
On Saturday night Kellogg addressed the crowd
in front OF his headquarters, when he affirmed his
intention OF inaugurating an honest government in
the interests of reform. He denied using dollar
in the way of bribery to secure his election. Sew
eral other speakers followed with patitudinous re-
marks. On Saturday night Billings took away with
him about twenty disgusted delegates, ana many
others also left for home. Great difficulty was con-
sequenty experienced when the Convention met
this morning in seating the alternates who were
on hand. plentiful supply OF free whiskcy taste
OF social equality and occasionally little money
gave value to the position OF the delegates
which was actively sought after. Each faction
had recruited its army without difficulty, but
about hour was spent in settling the rival claims
and re-establishing the Convention on a nominal
ing basis. II was as disorderly as ever and opened
with the formal withdrawal OF Mr.. Bovee, who had
been nominated for Secretary of state In favor or
o. q. Blandn, New Orleans niger. Bovee said
he only sought the office in order to be endorsed
against Warmoth's tyranny.
s. Peters (white), OF Caddo, was then an
nounced as having been nominated for Congress for
the short term by the delegates from the Fourth
Congressional district. Several names were put IN
nomination for Secretary Of State, but were nearly
all withdrawn again amid a whir OF excite
ment, Blandn being nominated on the first ballot
by vote of III to 90 for a rival candidate.
II was then announced that j. II. Sypher had been
nominated for Congress by the delegates OF TN, the
Half a dozen Of candidates were placed In nomina-
ton for Auditor, and resulted in the nomination OF
Charles Clinton, at present United States Treasury
Agent in New Orleans, by vote OF l62 against 100
scattering
With coats or and high sense OF responsibility
the Attorney Generalship was then tackled and
the hackers Of FIELDS Belden and Colonel George W..
Carter rushed their names before the Convention in
quick succession amid applause and misses pretty
well distributed Carter most unexpectedly, and
somewhat irrcgularly came forward at this point
and made speech He said he was q true republi-
can and recognized the wisdom OF fair dealing In
the leaders and of harmony in the ranks. Nothing
else could win the fight. He had never asked any
thing nor did he do so now. He had only to say he
did not want to be on the ticket and therefore
dignified body. John Ray the author OF all the
inquitous laws on the new statute books, was then
also placed in nomination. The first ballot resulted
A. p. Fields, 100; Belden, SO; Ray, So. Both The
| latter then withdrew and Fields was declared
unanimously nominated.
1t was now plain TO be seen that the Custom House
slate was to be completed at all hazards despite
the protests OF the country delegates, which were
loud, long and violent. Burch took the moor, and
inveighed against the ticket. The convention
was now hopeessly beyond all bounds Of propriety,
and amid din and uprOar which would have
disgraced FIJI war dance the Chairman declared
the nominations for superintendent OF Public Educa
ton In order. Here the country negroes made
they centred on Trimble colored), In opposition to
BOothly, who was on the slate. The contest was
desperate, enlivened by several fights on the floor
and in the Hobbies. They were on the point OF
winning when Packard solved the problem by fore
ing both candidates to decline, and Mr.. Charles W.
This completes the ticket; and as nothing Is left
for the assembled wisdom but to have war dance
and dispense, your reporter bids them adeu, salts
fed that they will adjourn sine ale tonight.