New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-05
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

"O AdSC OCCA lAlOAAA CA sA3os q A"AAoNA
of gentlemen, drawn from different
country parishes aud city warde, will
assemble at St. Patrick's Hall in this city
to-day, organize, report on ward club
credentials and proxies, and call them
selves the Democratic convention of Lou
isiana. The business TO come before such
q body at this time has not been clearly
defined. No proclamation for a national
convention has been issued, and delegates
to that body are not yet called for We
are not on the eve of State election, and
| it is too soon to nominate or parcel out
the men expected to hold future
offices within the gift Of Democratic
people. Our Conservative friends agree
with us that it is yet too soon to stir up
muddy political waters; our merchants
desire few months delay for the transac-
| ton of a little business before the fight
| commences. The malconten.s are in no
way Influenced by conservative citizens
or business men. They represent the
sorehead and sour mash element of ''the
people," and they must be heard. They
will accomplish nothing, but they have
resolutions to offer and compressed elo-
quence to air. The organ of the mourners
says: ''We believe that a convention,
charged with more sacred trust, has
rarely before met in this State" Before
singing the song which reveals the shape
| and nature of this trust, the organ plays
the following prelude:
| Denied the right of self government,
| crushed beneath usurpation forced upon
| her people by the unlawful use OF the fed
! eral military power, Louisiana halls this
! assemblage of her devoted sons at the coun-
| Gil board, and eagerly looks to them for her
| Olsen thrallment.
Louisiana is fairly represented in the
Congress of the United States. She has
legally constituted State government,
working tremendously, and recognized by
the highest authority in the land. There
is disposition to place her on record as
a peaceful, law-abiding and loyal State.
For the sake of a better fame for Louis
lana, we hope the hail which welcomes
men disposed to attempt the overthrow Of
the State government, for the second time,
is very feeble, and that we may not be
long bored by such council boards. Yet
the organ says:
If the conven ton, speaking for all the
people of the State, will convince the ma
tional Congress that the people have not
acquiesced in the Kellogg usurpa'ion, that
BODY will hear our cause and give US re-
lief This is the conventions most import
ant duty: for unless the usurpation be over
thrown there is no hope for the people by
peaceful measures, or through the election
of 1876.
1t is fortunate that the picked men and
proxy holders who meet at st. Patrick
Hall to-day do not represent call the
people of the State. A portion of ''the
people" are represented by the Demo-
cratic House of Representatives and the
Republican Senate of Louisiana, now
meeting in General Assembly. The Leg
islature of louisiana long since bridged
the breach made by the street revolution
lists The Republicans conceded much,
and the Democrats, whose party inter-
ests can rot be doubted, yielded some
thing in the interests Of peace, and peace
was restored. What is known as the
Wheeler compromise was adopted with
but little opposition. For the benefit OF
the Democrat the protocol of that adjust
ment is here published:
WHEREAS, 1t is desirable to adjust the
difficulties growing out OF the election IN
this State in 1872, the action of the Return
ing Board in declaring and promuigdtihs
the results of the election in the month OF
November la {, and the organization OF the
House of REPRESENTATIVES on the fourth Of
January last. and adjustment beng deemed
necessary to le re-establishment of peace
and order IN this State
Now, Their. tore, the undersigned mem
bers of the { ,nservative party, claiming 10
have been elected members OF the House OF
Representatives, and that their certlhcates
of election have been illegally withheld by
the Returning Board. hereby severally
agree to submit their claims to seats in the
House of Repl esentatives to the award and
arbitament Of the gentlemen composing the
Louisiana co amittee, of which George +.
Hoar is cha man, and consisting OF the
following nam d gentlemen: George +. Hoar,
William A. Wheeler, w: +. Frye, Samuel ).
Marshal. Clarkson N. Potter, Charles
Foster and William Walter Phelps, and
said gentlemen, or majority of the same,
acting in their individual capacity, are
hereby author ;zed to examine and deter
mine the same upon the equities Of the
several cases; and when such award shall
be made, We hereby severally agree TO
abide by the same, and such OF US as may
become members of the House OF Representa-
t,vas nnder this arrangement hereby sew
erally agree to sustain by our influence and
votes the joint resolution hereinafter set
forth.
Ed. E. Kidd, George NJ. Stafford, Ruffin
Il. Beasley, James Brice, E. F. \. Dugas,
George A. Kelley, Edmund Nc Callum, j. y.
Quinn, John j. Koran, Thomas r. Vaughn,
Charles Schiller, A. d. Land, William +.
Schwing, John L. Scales; as q contestant
for seat in the lower house, l sign the above
agreement, w. H. Keys, James Jeffers, Il
L. Luckett, c. c. Dunn, by A. Il. Leonard,
agent and attorney.
And the undersigned, claiming to have |
been elected Senators from the eighth and
twenty second senatorial districts, hereby |
agree to submit their claims to the forego- |
ing award. and in all respects to abide the |
~ F.s. GOODE.
j. B. ELAN. |
And the undersigned, holding certificates |
from the Returning Board, hereby severally |
agree that on the coming in of the award |
Of the foregoing arbitratOrs they will. when |
the same shall have been ratified by the |
report of the Committee on Elections and |
Qualifications of the body in session in the |
State House, claiming to be the House of |
Representatives, attend the sittings of said |
House for the sole purpose of adopting said |
report, and If the said report shall be /
adopted and the members embraced in the |