The New York herald., 1874-08-11
BEAUTIES OF NEGRO RULE.
How Conventions Are Carried I'm Loui-
siana.


siana.
The telegraph has announced briefly scene OF
riot and tumut in the Republican Convention held
at New Orleans on the 9th. The New Orleans papers
received yesterday contain full details Of the dis
graceful proceedings OF Pinchback's negroes Ihe
Iic1yune Of the 7th says
About twelve O'Clock the delegates wandered IN
slowly and l0afed, cigar In hand, around tue room
lnstilled some artificial lie into the convention,
Tor the delegates soon became noisy and ODStrep-
order. 1t took quite q lively rat-a.tating Of the
chalrman's hammer to get even a temporary quiet
30 tnat communication from the Committee on
Oredentas could be read, asking lOr more time, as
IT was not yet able to report through press OF oua
adjournment aroused the latent fury Of the meet
ing. Ray, Green and others started the tumut,
order Impossible, Resigned his seat and trotted up
and down the platform ike an excited ana I'M
ANOTHER ADJOURNMENT.
Finding that all appeals IN behalf Of the republi
can party produced not q seconds intermissi0n OF
the noise, the President resumed his seat and
called Tor the vote on adjournment. The howls-
Tor there was no voting nothing but hOwls and
shouts-were Interpreted to mean adjournment to
three O'clock. and, this being announced, there
was simultaneous rush for the door. The hail
was soon cleared and the delegates marched on to
enjoy the pleasures OF q convention dinner
THIRD SESSION.
At three O'Clock the third meeting was called to
cesses were demoralizing. that the three hours Of
recess had been spent IN drinking merry wniskey
and listening to fiery harangues. nerce 9aiDOr
was in almost every eye and terrific war was ap-
parent.
The report OF the Committee on Credentlas was
read amid unexampled decorum. Eve:y one felt
sufficiently Interested to keep quiet. The report
was o substantial blow, as expected to Pnchback.
The committee had, indeed, through iear or pos.
sibly with the intention OF Offering compromise,
admitted Pinch himself, together with the ad-
vnrptc cfrnfi fiNvn An1n ntAuf n
in all the other wards and parishes Pincn's sup
porters were ruled out.
PINCHBACK'S SPEECH.
The report ended amid loud cneers PlnchbacS,
for the first time arose from his seat. The Presi-
dent seemed anxious to let the ex-senator, ex.
Lieutenant Governor, &c, have the moor, although
q dozen other parties were claiming IT, anu
Pinch started out rather more mildly than was
II am pledged to recognize the action OF the
people, yet l refuse to recognize the Odl0us dis-
tinstion made IN the @ rensn wara omtrse enIer my
against the outrageous conduct OF rufi1ans IN the
Tenth ward on the lst Of August: II these prac-
tices are allowed 1t will be q nrebrand to the re-
publican party. have no personal ends to sub
serve, put consider the action OF the committee
either to represent the Tenth ward or not; want
no halfway measures"
Loud cheering followed Pinchback's speech, and
r. r. Ray Of East Feiiclana, who seems leading
spirit In the convention, rose to denounce the
action OF the city republican bullies and rufians
who mad never carried o single election, but who
were always loudest In tnelr denunciatlons ana
talk.
THE BATTLE ROYAL.
The convention seemed getting nearer and
nearer every minute to o fgnt; not side argu-
ments were going on IN every corner, and several
couples adjourned to the street to settle their dl
fculties there.
Green, another freorand. got up and wandered
on lev fh nrntes4 81 tSa
who informed Green that he had had more whlsIey
than was good ior him.
the midst ofa vote that nobody heard, understood
or voted on, and about which TO this hour there
remains as much doubt as about "who got that
whlskey skin f'' cry OF Fight, fghtw was heard
Everybody pressed forward to see the fight, but
it soon became apparent that 1t was real one.
an earnest one, and one which was better viewed
1t appears that the fight commenced between
fight at FIRST, but returned to the hall. Jones
assaulted Green, both drawing pistols. Friends
congregated around, and soon ensued one Of the
most outrageous and disgusting fights that ever
dlsgraced political meeting.
PISTOLS AND KNIVES
were drawn, and hardly portion Of the room was
safe. The lOokers-on ran for the gallery. There
was in one corner stampede, and the crowd,
about fifty strong, rushed under the table, where
they lay grovelnng In the dust until the light was
Up Up and and down the han rushed the contestants,
cursing, yelling, shouting, nlnging up chairs ard
attacking all the enemies they met. At one time
there were at least
hitting ct each oLher with their fists, or trying
with uneasy, nervous. jim-jam tremblings to get
good aim at some cn0lce leader OIL the 0tner side.
About twenty police rushed into the room and
succeeded IN arresting dozen or SO OF the dele
gates. Instead, however. OF being able to accom-
pllsh any good, they were rather roughly treated
themselves. Sergeant Gray, at their head. sac
B. +. Joubert. Green, r r. Ray. william Vigers,
William weeks, Frank White and dozen Others
were the chief contestants, and fought for half
hour with wonderful endurance. several persons
were slightly injured; White, OF Paquemnes. got
q severe cut on nis hand, and some ofthe delegates
showed wonderous and hitherto unobserved phren-
ologlcal bumps on their heads.
DISGUSTED.
The more respectable OF the delegates looked on
greatly dlsgusted. One old negro expressed his
feelings In some what strong terms, and was will
ing 1Or the democrats to carry the election. They
would certainly do better than this.