The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-20
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ALExANRIA, LA,

thf J IoWB'tItt on CREDENTIALS. |
Oh motion IF Z. J Barrett VIM. +. |
Kelan waa made tempmary Chairman
aud H. J. Wrig Temporary Secretary.
On motion nf W }. DeLacy the Chair
appointed w J DrIacy, 4. J. Grin
stead. Henry Farr, Danl jefferson and
Charles Brown IN a Committee on Gre |
drntlals.
On mntinn If E. j. Barrett the f'h#ir !
appointed E. J. Bnrrr't, H L. Bar
CESS. K. NJ M""re, Thompson COX, " !
ami Bap'istt Drew as IL Committee on
permanent Organization aud Rules.
Both committees reported after Il
brief abScrce and the Convention MAS
perninnrn'Iy orras ICED by the election
If VIM s, Ktlsn rs chairman, II. j. !
Wright, Secretary, Watkins Amiler. |
$erAeant-aF Arms. with two assistants,
and the adoption of tue common rules |
governing such political organizations.
Thus tar the proceedings were order
3y and everything worked $40 nDtl,lY.
bit thu. tigi.t "aa Ntm'n rua,n;p' rt.t' "s.
q n,olion made h, Mr. E J lsmrrr;i
flnl m4.jo,IiN # fhr forty twn vote.
III the Convention should M required
for the nomination Of Parish officers. -
This brought 10 his feet that great
champion Of unwaslrd Repnieieanism
F"m Cnkei,, Of X. p. 4. fame, whn
liked ht. nsnli"ii IA far IA il vent. hut
it did not go fal enougi,--ile wanted
the Senatorial and judicial nnmina-
tiOna made by the Parish Convention,
and nnder the same majority rule
Cokety took oucasion to say that he
was clIaa pioning the Cause of the Rev.
VIM. MnrTell for the Senatorial robes
and of John Orsborn for The judicial
ermine. and he was lond nioutl,ed III
his vehement assertions that things
bad been fixed mp M as 10 slaughter
these two innocent Republic n lambs.
and that he. Cokely, was not the boy
to tamely submit to any such doings.
Two litie lambs had Thompson Coke
ly, %!
The fleece of one was wainkly, t'other
white as snow;
These sheep of his'n shoulda't be
slaughtered. oh, no!
By any parliamentary tactics fixed mp
so!
The discussion drew attention to the
peculiar phrasrplngy of the call for the
Convention, and it seemed to he dis
covered for the first time that the Sen
atnr was to be nominated by the Par
,sh Convention, bnt that the Judicial
officers should be nominated b, five
DELEGATES to b. elected BY the C"nven.
ton tn meet the delegates from Grant
and Vernon in District Con ention-
During the discussion Cokelv intima-
led his dnnbt of the pnrity of the mo
tives of his opponents, and ire was
flo"red by The assertion that had IA he,
said they were, the, had never Dor
Towed money from any candidate ~
They seemed to have the documents
ON Tom, and he bad ta admit shat h.,
had Dor, owed Sl20r) from his "cleni"
fos the judicial fnnnrs, i,nt it all went
tor the henetit nf the Rapidps Planters
Association.
NJ, Barretts H1ntSsn was carried hut
our doughty knight rallied to the
charge with a resolution in writing in
trnded tn ,entw the fray. His rrsn,n-
ton was call, Il for and the Secretary
read it verbat,m:--"R rsoiu;ion. Dis
trict Judge, District Attorney. Scna
ton, three egislat"ns. &.."-- down tn
'onstahles, with no other words On the
paper. and his purpose seemed tn BE- to
! indicate in what order the Couvention
should take them np. and to bind the
Convention 80 t" do. No point ST or
der being made tha, the gnestinn had
already been settled, the discussion
was renewed with surh vigop az to
show thar the real fight of thp day was
being made right then 1t was to be
Tnkely ar no tnkeiy, and he was re-
solved to do or die. He got the floor
and told his hearers that Krlso was
not the choice of the Republicans voters
al Vernon and Rap,drs. and thaf iusi
us sure rs he was nominated so snIe
would Mr. Lewis Texada he the next
Senator. He said that charges without
rumuer had been hr0Hght against
Kplso aud that he vas his hitter poit
zeal enemy; and thar FIVE delegates had
already been fixed up who would OPP
pose his rwn men and he was no, going
to stand it. John K.lso replied. and
when IN. asserted that Geo. Y Krlso
was the choice at the people he was
loudly applandtd and there were
cheers for KelSo.
The roll WAS called 10 decide the
question and Cokeiy got three votes
tor his motion, which was lost.
Rev. VIM. MnrrelI was then brought
forward amt addressed the Convention.
1t was urged against his claims that he
was an itneIant preacher only tempo
rarily here, and this seemed to squrlcli
him. He got votes for Senator and
Kelso 50, and Krlsn was then nnani-
moasl, nominated for Senator.
! E. j. Barrett in the chair. A letter
was read addressed tn the Convention
by S. B. Packard, advising good uumi
nations.
The nomination of Representatives
was then taken up. W. j. DeLacy
propnsed the name of Mr.. E. j Barrett
by acclan,ation. Mr.. Barrett then adj
dressed tie Convention. He said he
didn'l ask them Tor the nomination,
That he could make no money out of it,
but that if they ch"se to nominate him
by reclamation he could promise them
that he would get 800 white votes on
the North side of Red River, upon q
certain interest or issue Hpon which he
and the people were agreed. A new
Parish-Rcp.] There was one dis
senting voice only, and Mr.. Barrett
declined, bar was urged to accept. and
his nomination was then made mani
nous.
w. J. DeLacy. Baptiste Drew, John
Mayo, w. II. Mills, V. w. Porter, w.
S. Kelsu aud Walter Hynson were put
in nomination. Bapris,e Drew, from
Cheney received IS votes aud was