The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-02
rHE RADICAL CONVENTION.
NOTHING MR. spHEcHEs. rf0H1y aNb
HOWLs.
SOBER.

Convention comes 10 0fueF Wild
prayer. Everything very dignified and |
quiet members rs peaeeable as lambs.
and looking exceedingly sober and
sleepy in fact. the convention is on the
tail end of big long drunk. Yester-
days wbisky and howls, caucus to one
o'clock. nightmare afterwards, etc.
have done what Pinch's gavel could not
do produced temporary quiet and
decorum In the convention. Members
are physically incapable OF bowling.
Even the strong and sonorous voice Of
Bureh is completely gone nothing left
but q hoarse whisper.
Pinch leads off, Of course. "woos
him as mildly as sucking dove All
is agreed on the entire matter ended.
What Is needed is simply a resolution
and a ballot There Is not the least di
versity of opinion in the convention.
The Republican party Is again united,
PARLIAMENTARY.
Mr.. Morey offers u comprehensive
three headed motion, that the CON
vsntion reconsider the report OF the
committee on credentials, reeolnmit 1t
to the committee, and on this the last
vote be called. and that the vote be by
ballot"
Packard Is willing II 1t will only be
changed so as to read that tho conven-
ton reconsider the report Of the Com
mittee on Credentials, reeommit IL TO
the committee that on this the last roll
be called that the vote be taken by bhl-
lot. that the committee report In five
minutes that the contests then be con-
sidered, that on this the ballot be by
the original roll. !"
i Having reached this easy, PLAIN and
lucid explanation Packard launched
out in pronunciation Of oil kinds Of
political trickery.
LITTLE MIXED.
Mr. Bureh moved that this roll should
be the other roll, and that said roll be
reconsdered as u roll. and the past roll.
Believes he does not understand the
question very well.
Sypher, Allan. Blunt. Matthews,
MORRISON and others speak, twisting up
the proposition still more.
|, Stamps tries his hand at it wants
the Committee on Credentials to define
their position and report now the report
! they will be prepared to make In case
they are called on for new report. Not
being considered to have distinguished
himself, he Is hauled down by the coat
tails by friend. No light yet on
Morey's resolution.
Young pitches in. hitting out right
and left. Enreh only had half Il vote,
and that was more than he was entitled
to. us he had not been in. Baton Rouge
: for two years, yet his half vote did more
J talking than q whole delegation.
4 Warmoth. Cage. Allan, Burch, Evans
: and others speak on various subjects.
The Administration. pinch and every
] body else have rejected the morning
t compromise and are back again at the
old scenes The bar only turning out
lemonade, the convention had, for
tunately, been quiet up to this time, but
whisky gets u show again and the old
: bowling recommences. and goes on for
an hour or so to the tune OF /" Red Hot,
"Star Spangled Banner" etc.
Threats OF bolt. Dumont, for the
> Administrationists, swears they are not
: going to stand this, and will only tole-
rate the original roll. A rumor that the
stage Is going to be stormed en- mnsse,
!. and that blood will flow. 'The South
ern Republicans are going to murder
T somebody" A feeling OF dread.
CHEEK.
: Warmoth gets the stand. Cries of
"Hurrah" and "Put him out"
: 1.-THE question might just as well be
settled now as ever. The temporary
organization OF q convention Is every
: thing. / and my friends have captured
r this. captured the Committee on Creden-
tials, got the report in our favor that we
wanted, got In our delegates, and 'ye are
!, not going to give up. / am here, am
r going to give you q fair, full and free
Y fight; / am not going to be driven
q away. The Customhouse rolls are open
to every man here that will vote their
! ticket; and II any man that holds Office
2 dares to vote mine, he Is threatened
with expulsion from office. | am from
. the same State as your Governor. All
we Illinoisians, from the President
Q down, run politics in the same way and
j when we capture q convention, as have
4 done here, why we don't give 1t up. /
! did go over to the Democrats In 1872 and
!, try mighty hard to beat your ticket,
! Kellogg and the rest, and, under similar
circumstances, would do it again. But
: I don't intend to bolt the nominations,
this time. Ii there is to be bolt any
where Mr.. Packard has got to do 1t, for
!. I've got this convention"
| Packard, Burch and others speak.
MORE SPEECHES.
It Is agreed that the Administration
shall choose speaker to reply. Wharton
. insists that the neutrals shall have a
g speaker. An unknown wants everybody
Q to speak; it will only take q few weeks
/ more. Agreed to.
: The Rev. Mr.. Bryant is hoisted up to
!. answer Warmoth, but is cried down as
0 not delegate, although he offers a
t pocketful Of proxies from deposed mem,
l. bers.
Andy Dumont tries speech and gets
> terribly mixed up under Dave Young's
: question. =.
4 Demas starts an opposition speech on
> the other side of the stage. Tucker Is
! recognized by the chair, and the whole
. crowd speak at once. The situation il
growing critical and tumult is threat
I ened