, 1874-08-14

The Republican Convention Mt Now
efrics1ysa.
The telegraph lnu announced briefly ecene /
Of riot ant! tumult in tho Republican Convcu.lou
held ut Nav 0rleaua un tue 9Th. THO PicdyuNe |
OF tile 9Th sayB:
''Aioous II o'clock tho delegates wandered in
slowly and loafed, cigar in hand, aso'lnd tho
room in careless manner. Whisky seemed to
hsvo mlstiiicd somo arti1lral 1ifo INTO tho Con-
venticn, Tor tho hcfcgatcB soon bccarne noisy |
and ooBtreperouH. even before tho assembly Sas
called to order. 1t took quito lively rat-a-
ta.ting Of the Chairllan's hammar. to got oson
,ann;eaon saMnfafy from sS she oosnm,stss % on % csa
'icntiais con1a bo read, nuhing for moro
tituo. aa 1t was not yot able to report. through
press Of bus t,ess. Even sneh L. mild and unin..
lalent fury Of the mco!ing. !lay, Green, and
others started tho t,1mult, which Boon hold high
reyel. Tie p,'egidens, finding order inpogsiblc,
resigned his s'aat and trottcd Up and down tho
platlornl like Ill excited R1!l imprisoned bear.
Finding ttlat all appeals in hehalF Of the llopnb~
leau party prod. lcal not seconds i,stelTnissloli
OF tho noise, tho President resumed bis Beat aud
called for tho voto on adjournment. Ihe bowls
mud shouts-wore Interpreted to mean adjourn
mont to s O'Clock. and, this boing anpoI1iced,
there WAS Himulta nouuB ruah for tho door. Tie
flail was boon ciparel, and tho Delegates march
dinner. At ) o'clock tho third meotlns was call
cd to order. 1t was soon evident that these
many recosges were denoralizng, tint the throo
hours OF recess had boen spent in drinkin. fiery
whisky md 1ittoning to tlcry harangnos. florco
Glaulor was III almost esory eye, and a torrlilo
war was apparent. The report Of tho Commit
tee on Credentials was read amid unoxample1
decorun,. Every ono felt snllicio,stly intoroatoa
to keep quiet: The report was q D.; substantial
blow, as expected, to pinchlaca. The Commit
too bud, indeed, through foar, or possibly with
tho lntenhion Of offering con,proaiae, admitted
Pinch him so!f, tos;uthar with tho Administration
delegates .frou the Tenth Ward. but i'll NIL the
other waldaa parishes pineh's papporsers wore
ruled out. Tho report cnacd alnid loud choora.
pinchbaHh for tho first time, arosa from his Eoas.
The prestt !nt seemed nnxiouA to lot tho OK Sen
ntot, ex-Li entanant-Goycrnor. etc., have tho
floor altlouk III dozen other parties we're cllln1ng
was expected T am piedgcd to recognize tho
action Of tho people, yet ] refuse to recognize
tho odious u iatincsion made III the Tent1 Ward.
enter my .pr"test against tho action of the
q t ,S otsagso'1s 49, cSocr of nst =.
II these prao ticcs aro allowed It will he ilro-
brand to tho i epNblican party. I Aaye uo per-
aonal ends to- jnbAerve, hut consider tho action
Of tho Commit tee as direct personal insult 10
mo. mn o:at:tled either to roprcscnt tho Tenth
Ward or not J want no lalf-way mcnaures.,
Loud ci,ceri ng followed pinchbacka speech. and
Il. X. Hay, e,f East Felfclnnn. vino seems 4 lead-
iug spirit i1t tie Convention, roao to denouueo
the actiou OF tho city Republican buiics and
rllf1lanB, Who had never carried ., single
election, Tut who woro always lonlost III
their den lnclatio OH and talk. Tho Con-
vontion II so1ncd getting nearer atld nearer
ovory paiu ate to . fight; hot bido arguments
wpro goin {, on il evcry corner, aud several
couples ad tousned to tho street to sottlo thoit
difficulties tIioro. Grten. another tirobraMd, rot
mp and wa ntored q, few wmamentB in rambling
speech, twitl,atnndn,g tho vigorous Iroteat OF
had more whisky tllAu waB good for him. Thuto
was ilyo minuLsB' rost, and suddenly, III tilc
| midst OF D vote thai nobody heard, understood,
or voted Q d, aud nbout which to this hour there
remnnB us il,lletl doubt us about Who got thai
whisky stin7''. cry Of Flight! 1ight!" wat
| hsard. Eycrybe fdy pressed for%4rd to zoo tAt
fight, hut Hool il; became apparent t!lat 1t VIVA
raal ono. au carn est QUO. mud QUO which waa bet
| tor viewed MI distance: It appensl
mud Ionca. fln, two Ind gune onts1de tt
light at first, but returned to tllD hull. Jonet
ausaultod ureon, hush drawing rHtolu. fr1ent
! congrcEatod aroil ID, a1ld sDol ouBled ono OF th
most outragouu4 I'D disgusting fights tint oyo
| knives wero drawn and hardly portion of til
room YRS eafo. u le lookarg-oa rar far tho gal
| lory. Tlloro WAS Il one corner staiHpe.!e. an
the crowd nbont 1fsy stronr, rteslait ,,naer t'a
tie tght was well ovor. Up snd down Tie alA
r,'sca tho cour.a, ;antB curling. yollinS, shout
Ing, ngn& up oa lrs, n1,d attaching III! tho QUO
| mica they mot. ~ nne tine tero Wero at ]cae
oA Cut4}4td hAts!I1$ A!tA@Hf ~ t"oH Hf'4@
with tlor iiats, tr yini; with nnoasy, nervous
jlna.-}aln tremui1gs 70 got good ann ut sous
cholco loader Of ths otlor Hiao. About twont
police ruAlled iuso tho room and a,It
ceodcd In arrcstlng 1ozen or 90 OF the dele
gntos. Instcat,. ht,ua sor, OF being nblo to at
eomplisll any good, Il ICY were lahar rongl',
treated themselves. II ,rgt. Gray, nt ahclr hgad
succeeded IN knoeRlng donn hail.n,Sozen, 4! t!eit
gates. 3. i. Jonbcrt, t1reon, H. L. Ray, W1ll!ar
figorb. William, WcekD, 'ralllI White, aud toxo
otAorH wero the chlof col loatnnsB. anl iouEhs 10
hnlia,l-llour with wonlu, ful endurance, soSos1
peryola wore slightly wounded; White, g
rlnnucnines. not yorv f. ,yore CIT on liis haat
and Aonle of the delegation etiowed wo'iaFoua M
EitAerto unohsowed phre uolo.lGHl unmpS o
their hoads. Tlls moro sos, 'eetabio Of tno ueit
! caica ioolod Gu. greatly dtsgugtcd. Ono ol
negro expressed llslf III st ro''g tettna, a1lt VA
J Wiling for tho Democrats to- oalry tho etecttol
| They would certainly do be:s er than thld."
A Man Shoots Il Girl = ho 11nu jcpt
| GA EaiEn
t~ton Ia. {Aua. 1o correspe' sse.es tAs Dts A0t''
1tappoars that Que dedt Is. a yoang eprlg :
tho lnw, wan jltod about hreo Jouls Binca |
Miss Mary Frey, tho daughl nr ot = farmer liyil
| uexs Nswtou. 1sdlla took is III auccoda great