New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-23

ing, deferring further action until the
meeting OF the convention in June. Sew
eral motions were made to adjourn sine die,
but from some cause the chair failed to
put them. Finally, Mr. Carleton Hunt
| asked that the committee on ad-
dress and resolutions be permitted
to retire short time, in order
to prepare report. Mr.. Bryan, of CAL
casieu, then gave notice that if the con-
yention was going to continue business he
! would move that the secretary be instruct
ed to call the roll to ascertain whether
there was quorum present, it being quite
apparent that large number Of delegates
had left with the understanding they
would not return. The chair treated the
motion for a call Of the roll in the same
manner that the motions to adjourn had
been treated. In the meantime the COM
mittee on address and resolutions retired
and returned to the convention and an
nounced that they had determined to let
the matter rest until the meeting of the
convention in June. 1t was to this COM
rnittee that the resolution denunciatory
of Governor Warmoth had been referred,
and the report made to the convention on
Saturday evening, and accepted by that
body, led us to announce that the
resolution in question had been suffered
to become part Of the rubbish of the
present convention. Shortly after this
committee had made their report, and in
the midst of much confusion, a motion to
adjourn until half-past seven o'clock that
night was entertained by the chair and
delared carried. A motion had been
previously made to appoint new central
executive committee, and as that matter
had not been attended to, it was under
stood that it was pretty much the only
business that would come before the con-
vention in evening session. But it seems
this was only a dodge; that the main OBJ
ject OF the evening session was to call up
and pass upon the address and resolutions
this convention had already decided to
leave untouched When the convention
met in the evening, the subject of a new
central executive committee came up, and
was readily disposed OF by a with
drawal of the resolution introduced
by Mr.. E. H. McCaleb authorizing the
appointment of new central ex-
ecutive committee. Then, on motion of
Mr.. r. NJ. T. Hunter, the committee on
resolutions were called upon to make a
report in regard to the resolution denun-
ciatory Of Governor Warmoth, and Mr..
Carleton Hunt embraced the opportunity
to read the address and resolutions the
convention had determined q few hours
before-when much larger number of
delegates were present-should not be
touched; believing the matter could be
much better handled when the convention
met in June. But this did not satisfy
some Of the gentlemen who are particu-
larly down on Governor Warmoth and
were anxious to take ''snap judgment"
on him. They had the extreme satisfac-
ton Of forcing through their resolution
against the Governor at a time when at
least one-third of the members of the con-
vention had left for their homes in the
country. This may be considered smart
by those who engineered it through the
in the last moments of its
session, but it is mot the clean thing"
Such victory as that will bring no laurels
that are worthy of noble deeds A full
and fair vote of the convention denounc-
ing Governor Warmoth might have had
some force as an expression of Demo-
cratic convention against him. But as the
has been obtained it reflects
only the bitter feelings of few disap-
pointed, ambitious politicians, who are
anxious to supplant him.