The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-07
THE FAITHFUL AND THE I'm.
FAITHFUL.
The Situation.
4 Free Fight and General Knock
Down.

The oppositions yesterday rallied in their
null strength, and the vicinity Of the st. Lous
Hotel, ~ well D. the building itself, boiled over
Win excitensbnt, s~eated, and smelled ANYTHING
but sweet.
At 1880 O'Clock David mounted the platform
ana siter rappinS his mallct for some moments
without any peroeptible results, he begged the
gentlemen ~ to come to order, and after some
more rappdng it was taken for granted that the
gentlemen had come to order, and the Secretary
arose aud In scnOrous voice announced that the
Committee ON Credentials wanted further time In
report.
Ten gentlemen. by count immediately and
succes9vely moved that time be granted. and
zen othor gentemen moved recess until II
O'CLOCK. FMS motion was acceptable to all the
other gentlemen. was signitied by their wells
and . scramble for the door.
TIE SITUATION,
az our reporter understands it, Is lovely to the
view OF the outsider.
There has been o,nsiderable talk If a compro-
mise, and Morey, the administration candidate,
has been Withdrawn by the Administration and
James Le w. put up as compromise candida ate,
and offered for Pachback acc. ptanco. but
Pinch wall have none of him. He mas been too
open and too bitter an opponent.
The Com nit!ee On Credentials were bothered
over the TENN Ward contest and their action in
the matter could not be predicted There was one
proposition that Pinch be admitted on half vote,
but as an offset to this the fact that it would
be taclt admission of his charges OF corfu ption
and Intimidation by the police, and the fear Of the
trouble he will create if he gets his seat. This
rear also operated against his admission on a
whole vote. and besides, Packard would not have
it, Then again, they were afraid to deny him alto
gether.
Pinohbaok stands for the whole hog or none"
and ne WI have 1t, or know the reason why.
As the m.tter now stands,
ls certain, bnt there is telling whether or not
things in general will remain a. they now are for
any length N time. These politicians are such
slippery cusses and slide around in the easiest
and most graceful manner from the tightest
places, while the public wonder why and how they
At II M. the Convention reassembled, with
YOung IN the hair, and amidst yelling such az
the doomed Of another world hotter than tina are
supposed Il, give the mallet kept falling, falling
until David got tired, when he ceased his exer-
tons in this style, and in voice rvaling that of
all the other gentlemen, read q communication
from tie Committee on Credentials, setting
forth that, owing to the amount Of work which
had been put III their hands work that they
were not brought up toy, they would be unable
TO report until O'Clock.
After the com nunlca ton had been read several
times, it's purPcrt was realized by number, in
fact, by . majority of the gentlemen and they
were disappointed, but there was no help for it,
and . recess or adjournment to specified time
WAS the only thing i'll order, unless the gent.e-
men wished to remain and gaze each at the
other which the gentlemen did not wish to do.
There was no. difference of opinio re~srds
this, but tnere was decided difference as to the
hour to which an adjournment should to made,
and there was considerable tumult, during which
David advanced plaintive appeals for order to the
gentlemen and plaintive appeals to the members
Of the prcss to take down the names of tur-
1-D.x l.al,.
selves, interspersel with ,mmands to the s r.
geant-et-Arms to seat Mr.. Ray and sundry other
members. mingled with the threats OF Mr.. Ray
and tho sundry other members, to Fuse up" the
Sergeant-at-Arms, if they tried it On"
To put q stop to the noise, Young finally de-
olared recess until O'clock
At tho appointed hour. the members again
fled in, aud the way in WHICH the lntermission
had been employed WAS plainly visible in the
countenAnces of many, whose watery eyes and
calculated movements, proclaimed a thorough
drunk.
At sos O'Clock the Convention was as orderly
as it was expected it ever would be, and the le
port Of the Committee on Credentials announced
~ ready, was declared in order.
The gentlemen, could do nothing without
shouting, and otwithstandin. the frantic efforts
Of David 70 keep them quiet, they would shout.
There was misunderstanding because some |
individuals wanted Vlgers to read the report |
and some other individuals wanted Bacquie to do
Il, David ruled in favor of Bacquie, ana he pro- |
oeeded 10 read it. While he was hard at it Green |
and Ray disagreed and exchanged co npliments
in q very lively manner. Ray subsidized, and
Green and weeks had it, the secretary all the
while sercnely reading the report. When he
reached this parish interest was awakened, and
when
THE TENTH WARD CONTEST
vas reached silence reigned, and the secretary
announced that the contesting delegations had
been seated on half votes. Bacqu;e continued,
and when this parish was finished, Ray Murrell
and Weeks al made speeches at the same time,
while Racauie went on until the end was reached,
when Raw got q chance to make motion, which
was that the report be received and taken up
parish b. parish and ward. He mado speech,
and 20 did forty other members, to the indigna-
q who assured 20 tas
their gas " q the proper time
Green got the eye Of the chair through getting
his ear, aud moved a substitute that the re-
port be adopted as whole.
Weeks made the point of order that Green was
out Of order, because he was not IN ms seat ana
he rules which guided them provided that men,
bers must occupy their seats;
Green inaisted that he had scat, and pointed
70 it With triumph, only TO find it filled by an OPP
indienst,on Of Green and more speeches.:
Chair decided that. inasmuch US there had been
40 drawing for seats, the point was not wen
Green was happy and renewed his motion, and
allied for the previous question.
Tnmend me racket followed, winch was
proueht 10 an end by Green withdrawing his call
% allow
FINCHBACK :.
q, have . say. He said that he had no objection
= oonmderinv the report but he did object to Its
ldoption - a whole He wanted eacn ware anu
,srish taken up separately and acted upon.
While he was on the floor he would take occas
I'm 10 refer to the extraordinary conclusions ol
he committee. He thought that the same wise
discrimination, the same display oi judgment
houId have been used in passing on the other
contested wards as was used in passing "n the
Tenth Ward. ,d
vhile he would not have objected to IL Ili-seat,