The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13
Packard's Convention.

lfrontthc Iberia Banner and Courier, June 29th1
arrived at Baton Rouge on Tuesday
evening, the 8th inst, and found that
Gity crowded with delegates to be4 the
T1Ihcnback and Packard Convictions.
l. ne lorlner holding forth in Academy
f1alI WhIle the latter occupies Pike
opera House, where the farce was being
enacted. During the evening the Pinch
p?cK delegates formed in procession
with the ~nrepresable Pinch at their
mead, and under the guidance of Mr..
Napoleon Underwood, serenaded the
Dem0cratic Mayor and other c0nserV0-
tive officials of that city, while the Gus
tom House, employees decked in their
new store clothes, were imbibing freely
the champagne furnished by MessrS.
Billings, Kellogg, Mary, and other as
pirantS to office.
The Packard Convention was COM
posed of men from "GOd knows where
representing no one, the regular dele
gates being refused a seat on floor, be-
cause they were opposed to Kellogg and
Jan La~grUhdn's orders from craft wcye
p]0Sitirc, he must secure the momjnGtov Of
het00g or loose has position lCith the Sfbcy
ChSt0m House officials.
ON Wednesday morning, Mr.. JAS.
Clarke, editor of the .8SRSBatOn
Rouge, took IL stand AfT0nf u ike's
Opera House, awaiting the a~rriyAS#bf !,
Henry Burch. who had written some
Scurrilous article in his paper the Era.
aud whom Mr.. Clarke had promised TO
thrash. Burch soon put in an appearance.
when MI. Clarke catching him by the
collar OF his coat, went for him in good
Old style, Furnishing him handsomely;
Burch finally broke away and sought
refuge III the Opera House, in the arms
of the rahble assembled there to whom
hn 1ApnInfai lic nCiChn,,, a.. IL
convention had been permanently Or
ganizcd, Mr.. Burch having been very
conspicuous, and having more to say to
any other member during the ~OrganiZa-
ton, Col. Border Of our Parish rose.
and addressed him in these words: Mr.,
Burch, | think You are the most inner
tlnCnt fellow | even saw. You want to
have the floor all the time, and want
everything your own way" (Then turn
ing to lngTaham,) Mr.. President, ImOve
E0u appoint Mr.. Burch us committee of
one, to entertain this convention during
the entIre session. He expressed himself
dlSg4Sted With the entire convention,
says Rlddell thinks that the responsible
lily Of the acts of the convention rested
on his shoulders, and that without the
assistance of said RiddeI, Kellogg could
not possibly be nominated.
In the case OfCOl Roy andO. II. Brews-
ter Speaker OF the house, whose seats ON
the t1O0r were contested, Mr.. Packard
rose to explain. He said MesSrs. Breyys-
ter and Roy were well known as good
Republicans and had never been re-
fused a seat i'll any Republican COnyen-
ton, that they had been unanimously
elected delegates from Claiborne at =
large mass meeting held in that Parish.
and that their credentials were regular
~ drawn up and signed by the officers
OftheP Parish Executive Committee. Mr.,
Brewster rose and stated that "he had
never been in that Parish; had never
heard OF the mass meeting alluded tu.
did not believe one had been held. and
had never seen the credentials. They
We're written and handed to him in that
building. Mr.. Roy was then called for
and said, 81 have nothing to say
Mr.. Packard soon disappeared behind
the flags, on the stage. Friday night
Pixies Hall was all excitement, charges
had been preferred that the rolls had
been tempered with, and names added
of men who were pledged to Kellogg.
Mr.. ROdrigues (col0rcd) took the stand,
and stated that four names had been
added to the roll. Turning to the Sec
rotary, Deklyne, he said, 'sMr. Deklyne.
these names have been added since We
adjourned, and you know it, Then
turning to the president, he said, 3" and
you Jim Ingraham wrote those names
you know" know your hand writing,
and you are packing this convention in
the interest of Kellogg. Ingraham sta
ted that he had not changed the names,
he had only traced over the names
WHICH We're lndinctly written there
(rather thin.)
During the day while taking a lemon
ade with some friends, Col. George w,
Carter passed, and was asked to join us,
He called for a lemonade, and ait the
same time remarked /" WarmOth re-
formed me-" when n of they0uDgmen
of Baton Rouge said, eyes, and he
should have hung you" Another
youngman anxious for q fray, said, " he
ought to have a head on him., to which
Carter replied, " have one, and apretty
good one it is" The young gent told
him he had better simmer or lie would
put a better and larger one on for him.
On my way up | took the steamer st.
Mary, Capt. Z. b. Trinidad. Col. j. B.
Price was aboard with a bushel Of his
circulars announcing him the indenen-
dent candidate for Congress from this
district. There We're on board about
one hundred delegates to both conven-
tons, .cOl0Ted and white. At the sug-
gestion of ME-. Price, who did it forelec-
tioneering purposes, Capt. Trinidad
permitted the colored delegates to go to
the table with the whites. Andtheyh had
ajolly good time together Mt the bar
drinking whiskey and champagne,
(some was one gloriously tight before we
arrived at Baton Rouge Col. Price said
he visited Baton Rouge in the interest
of Kellogg.
Mr.. James Bonino, the courteous
young bar-keeper on the ST. Mary, left
the bar when the colored men were
asked to drink there, and told Capt.
Trinidad that he did not go there to
wait on negroes. The Capt, however,
prevailed on him to return and serve
his sable customers, as he thought that
a mail contract might be had in that
way. Judge Train got up q series of
resolutions of thanks to Capt. r., and
spoke of the advantages of the st.
Mary as q mail carrier.
THE GRANT CoNvENTIoN.-Gen.
Grant is getting up a convention of the
unterrified Democracy to meet in Bal
timore on the 8th OF July-tbe day pre-
vious to the time appointed for the reg
ular Democratic Convention.
"A few sore heads, battered bV tho