The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-08
The Pinchback Committee.
A Meeting.

The Pinchback Committee-the committee
appointed at the meeting of Pinchbacks
crowd at the church on Common stretched
a meeting yesterday in the private office OF
Superintendent of Education Brown.
The Pinchback Committee was poor
crowd. and could not afford to I" hire hall,
and Superintendent Brown was accommo-
dating, and gave the use Of his Office, for
which the State pays as the Office OF Superin-
tendent of Public Education, for a political
meeting.
There was present at the meeting the fol-
lowing named individuals: G. G. Antoine,
Lieutenant Governor; Stamps, Senator; Burch,
| Senator; Brown, Superintendent OF Public
Education; Ladd, of the Third Ward; Du-
mont. senator and School Director; h. H.
Raw, member of the House and fugitive from
East Feliciana; CorDin, Secretary OF the
School Board; Milton Jones, r; Gaudaln' W;
P. Green, f. c. Antoine, j. Sella Martin and
Ruby. reporter of Pinchback's paper-all
"small fry"
The general public-after the crowd had as
sembled--were requested to leave. The office
of the State Superintendent OF Public Educa-
ton was, for the time being. to be used rs a
place of meeting for the friends (O OF Pinch
back.
The general public did leave, and Stamps
took the chair and called the meeting to
order.
The reporters took upa position In the
other Office, the public Office of the State Su-
perintendent, and made themselves comfort
able. They made themselves comfortable too
near the door leading to the prtuote ofhce Oh
the State Superintendent to suit the crowd on
the inside. and " sergeant-at-arms was sent
ont to remove them. The "sergeant-at-arms'
did not remove them and reported that he
could not, and State Superintendent Brown
came out. He succeeded no better than the
, sergeant alarms The reporters continued
to be comfortable. and the meeting went on
I Burch took the floor, and referred patheti.
callv to two letters of Pinchback, IN winch
, that individual said his friends in this town
! had "gone back on him. :,
An address to Congress, setting forth the
! claims (?) of Pinchback, and urging on Con
, gress their recognition, was read
Considerable discussion ensued, all ovel
one word in an article, and this article reac
\ about as follows:
eve 1.-THE Crowd anticipate favorable
conclusion, but should your claim to you
q seat be decided adversely, and the nation re-
!. fuse to accept your services, then we VIII re
Z ceiye the result with becoming dignity ant
Q selfrespect, and your constituents Will accort
d you on your return fitting welcome" =,
:, The one word contested was "accept,
u some of the crowd thought it should rea
= receive"
). Birch moved to amend by assuring Pinot
/. that they (the Crowd) would support him Il
If the future as they had done in the past.
: More discussion ensued, during whlc
=, Ladd said that letters of instruction had beel
n received from Pinchback and should be acte
u up to. This proposition was cried down, an
70 after some further talk the article as 1t orig
r. naly stood was adopted, as was the Who'll
ID address.
After the reading and adoption OF an &C
le dress "To the American People, ABOUT 10
condition of the colored people, the meeun
~ adjourned.