The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1876-01-14
DEMOCRATIC AND CONSERVATIVE
STATE CONVENTION.

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was elected permanent President; D.
S. Cage, A., Roman, II. l.. Garland,
Vice Presidents; Oscar Arroyo, A.. D.
Henriques, and rhos. l.. Maxwell
Secretaries. GOV. John Nclncry, Lit
Gov. Penn, l.. A. Wilt and Speaker
Estillette, were invited to seats on the
platform. BY request Hon. T.. John
Ellis addressed the Convention on the
political affairs Of louisiana.
On motion of DAMP Scully, II COM
mittce of one from each Congression:
District was appointed to report upon
State and Municipal taxation. on
motion Of II. Ii. Mari, a committee Of
nine was appointed to prepare Il memo
rial to be addressed to the Congress of
the United States, on the condition OF
affairs of Louisiana.
The following gentlemen were elected
delegates to the next National Demo-
ocratic Convention,
DELEGATES FOL; THE STATE At LARGE.
II. G. Wickliffe, Hon. II. II. Mari,
r.. Il. Kidd and Hon. II. G. Manning.
ALrEENArEs.
james r.. Brewer, ESD, Gen. Alex.
De Clouct, Albert Noorhics and Il. T..
Jonas.
FROM THE CUNGEESSIONA DISTRICTS.
First District-l.ouis st. Martin,
John Tobin. Aforementioned ous-
ley, r. n. Bozonicr, of orleans.
Second DISTRICT. j. Mellon, j..
Mcconnell, of Orleans Altcrnute+--
+. p. rochc, st. james, j. .. Landry,
Of Orleans.
Third District-t. c. Goode, of Tcrrc-
bone; Joseph l.. Brent, of Ascension.
Aiternates-,Iohn Avery, Of Iberia; T..
T.. Gates, Of ST. Mary.
Fourth Distritt--J. j. Jctfrics, OF
Rapilcs, Hon. !ohn G. Moucurc, OF
Cnddo. Altcrn,tcs-Gen.P y. a. Morse,
of Natchitochcs, Judge J. -. Watkins,
of Webster.
Fifth District-ll. G. Mitchell, of
Claiborne, james Il. Cochran, of NIadi-
son. Alternatcs-Napier Bartlett, of
Jackson, l.. V. kecscv, of Tcnsus.
Sixth District-W. ii. Pipes, of East
Fcliciana, Henry l.. Garland, OF st,
Landry. Atcrnatcs-S. =. Thorpe, OF
Avoyclles, james II. Muse, OF ~.
Helena.
The following Resolutions wrrr re-
ported and adopted:
Whereas, thrusurpatiOn OF the gov
crnmcnt of the State of Louisiana,
through the prrNrrsion OF functions OF
tho General Government, is an evil
which weighs heavily on the people OF
this State, and while il is II constant
mcnancc to tue pcrpctuity Of rcprcs"n-
tativc Institutions; and the Federal
Congress-, whose duty it is to guarantee
to the several States u republican form
of government, can not ignore the
present condition of hcSpotism and
so detrimental to the mate
rial interests Of Louisiana
Whereas, the Wheeler adjustment
had no reference whatever to the cleo
tons of November, 1872; nor did it
ever extend to all the contested cleo
prcssly limited to the investigation OF
contested seats in the House
of Representatives, and to two contcs-
ted seats in the Senate, among the new
elected Senators;
Whereas, the said adjustment never
pretended to ascertain or determine
beyond the status of these
seats of the General Assem-
bly,, and, inaslnuch as the powers OF
the Legislature are strictly defined and
limited by constitutional provisions,
and it was not competent for them to
submit to arbitration the conflicting
claims of the rural State governments,
and as those who supported said adjust
ncnt never intended or contcmpi;,tcd'l
that, by any possibility, said adjust
ncnt should embrace any question be-
yond that of tho contested seats in the
Legislature;
Whereas, the Radical party OF Lott
isiana, at whose prorpting,s the said
has been foistcd upon this
State, has devised the most coInprc
hensivc system of measures, through
Ubiquitous election and registration
laws, arbitrary Returning Board with
unlimited prcroga,ivcs, and through
fraudulent census returns, measures
devised for the purpose of prrpctuat-
ing the existence Of this usurpati"n,
with which it is Thoroughly identified
and
Whereas, the said u5urpatory gov
crnmcnt has never been acknowledged
by the people of Louisiana and il docs
not maintain its prccarious tcuurc OF