The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-26
THE CONTEsTATfONs IN BATON
ROUGE

Our kilograms yesterday afternoon
announced that the Committee on Ore
dentials at Baton Rouge had agreed te
report In favor OF Kirk and against
Brown, from the First Ward Of New
Orleans, and in favor of the Shakes
peare delegation and against the Dia
mond delegation, from the Second
Ward. In the former case the contes-
tants. w. Il. Kirk and w. II. Brown,
ran on the same ticket. The result OF
the election Was selection from the
two tickets in the field with Mr..
Kirk at the end Of the list. two
votes ahead of Mr.. Brown. In the sec
ond case matters are somewhat more
mixed up There were three tickets In
the field which we're voted for at the
poll designated by the President Of the
Central Ward Club. Four of the clubs
Of the ward having asked, It Is reported,
for a representation among the COM
missioners of election. aud being re-
fused. concluded TO open y poll of their
own, and Invited the voters Of the ward
to cast their ballots al their polling
place, announcing at the same time
that they would submit their claims
to the Baton Rouge Convention.
The result was the election OF the
following delegates at the regular !"
or Diamond polling place as far as
could be ascertained the next day: T.
w. Botbick, M. ID. Lagan, r. ii. Wilde.
]. Lynch, nj. 9. Reyes. =. NJ. Terrell,
Dan Owens, j. 4. Pecot, John Logan.
John Doyle, A. J. Fitzpatrick, II. II.
Graham. At the other poll where there
was no opposition the following ticket
was elected: Jos. A. Shakespeare. Doug
las M. Fitzpatrick, w. /. Houston. w.
b. McCutehon, John O'Neill. DIR. Sam
uel Chopin, w. H. Reynolds, Archibald
Mitchell, Thos. Deveraux, q. w. Stock
ton, Anton Winter and Denis O'Leary.
1t eventually cropped out, however,
that Hon. Duncan i. Kenner had been
elected on the Diamond" or regular"
ticket.
This is what the DEMOCRAT said Satur.
day in this connection, on the second
day after the election under the head
of political Talk" 1T was announced
Yesterday evening that Hon. Duncan i.
Kenner was elected delegate at the
Diamond polls. in the Second Ward
Such. indeed, turned out TO be the fact.
no one, not even Mr.. Kenner,
knew VI before the afternoon. The
counting at these polls was completed
by 8 o'clock in the morning, but 1t was
impossible to find out who were elected.
o determined silence being kept upon
that point. az well az upon the number
OF votes cast
viewed IN the subject by DEMOCRAT
he expressed himself surprised
ut the result. and even said that he
could hardly believe 1t he did not know
how il could be 80. unless some of his
back Of town" friends had rallied to
his support during the afternoon of the
election. Unfortunately, scandalousl
rumor got abroad TO the effect that Mr.. |
kenner had really received but very
few votes aud had been counted in" by |
iropping the name OF Mr.. Graham
from the list Of those who were elected. |
Mr., Graham, however, it was reported,
had kicked and refused to become a
oarty to such a proceeding, and had
gone so far rs to threaten TO publish
'ard in the papers denouncing 1t IL 1t
we're attempted. Thereafter it was re-
ported that Mr.. A. j. Fitzpatrick 3 name
lad been dropped and that Mr.. Ken
ler's had been substituted for 1t.
These rumors are so widely circulated
wen now, that 1t is difficult at this stage
II the proceedings of the convention to
gnore them, and 1t Ia. barely possible
hat the refusal to give to the clubs
famed representation among the COM
nissioners OF election, and evidence CO.
nciding with the rumofs referred to
Ibove, may have caused the agreement
N the part of the Committee on Gre
lentials TO report in favor of rejecting
he Diamond delegation and Of admit
ing that headed by Mr.. Shakespeare.
Since writing the above we are in
ormed that Mr.. A. J. Fitzpatrick is In
3aton Rouge. whittier he went with the
Intention of appearing before the Com
nittee on Credentials to put in his claim
or his seat and testify In the matter of
he contested election of Mr.. Kenner.