New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-27
Why McENERY WITHDREW
VOORHEES, AND THE PLATFORM
THE STATE FINANCES
TEE CANDIDATES CHOSEN
An Oratorical tournament, and the
Curtain Drops on the Third Act.


BATON RoUGE, July &c, 1876.
Tie convention Won. in.o the credentials
committee re port OF Assem- cling today arG
intense disgus. resulted from tie upset:ing
OF the findings in the cases Of ST. Landry
and Orleans, seventh ward.
The reasons assigned tor throwing ou-
The Diamond secord wacdeTs were urged TO
give the other contestants named a lalf
vote out the threats TO bol:, as II -he case
Of Nj. McCs'eb, nus: be .aken with salt.
Ike The promises Oh the coIcred Men to vote
the Democratic ticket.
SoIehesds are many and loud, and the
enthusiasm over the nominations is so
small as NO: 10 be discernlble. The uli-
versal query-How 90 you like the nomina-
tons 1neets with mere solemn looks and
headshak.ngs than cheers, and the sugges-
ton tha. it ought to have been reversed
meets with hearty indorsemen:.
curious feature n the excited debate on
the credential report was the prominence
which the colored question assumed in the
seventh ward. The contesting delegation
thrown out by the committee had received
the votes of 200 conservative Republicans,
as they called them, and in St. Landry par
ish the delegation admitted by the commit
tee received about the same number cf
votes from colored Democrats.
The question of receiving these votes
brought out strong partisan feeling, and for
time the disposition of the convention
seemed to be, in the words of one OF the
delegates, to give the niger the right to
vote for the Democratic ticket but not 70
take hand in the nominations.
Eventually the question was set at rest
by both delegations from the seventh ward
and from St. Landry beng each admitted
on q Lalt vote. on precisely opposite
grounds.
Duncan 2. Kenner is put down as the
Jonah Of the Diamond delegation. They
feared bis work if lie once 90. inside the
ring.
Penn was traded Gu: horribly. All HE
friends topped to Nichols and that he was
to have been LieuteIan. Governor was cen
ceded, but the Wilt men hur1ahed their
candidate through. B. F. Jonas was ramed,
but the char failed to heed the domination,
nor could your reporter hear second for
il.
Tie withdrawal Of McEuecy in favor Of
Nichols is reported to be IN virtue of an un-
de-standing that the former shall be sup
ported for the United States Senate.
The following is the order CT business
Hon. Albert NoorLies, "of Cameron, as the
chairman designated him, was made chair
man OF the committee on platform, and
produced a series of resolutions modelled
after the fashion of Manton Marbles st.
Louis reform protocol, but containing the
following declaration on the subject Of
State finances:
We pledge our party to the satisfaction
of all the legal obligations issued by the
State Of Louisiana.
After the platform had been read and
adopted, Mr.. Voorhies stepped forward and
said he had omitted to read three lines
which he had overlooked, pledging the
Democratic party to maintain system Of
public schools for white and black.
This addendum to the platform was re-
ceived in chilling silence.
Soon after seven o'clock nominations
were entered upon, Wilt, Heron, McEnery
and Nichols being the only candidates
named.
The first ballot resulted: Witz l42, Her
ron 80, McEnery so, Nichols III.
They maintained nearly the same strength
until the fourth ballot, when McEnery's
friends Withdrew him in favor Of General
Nichols, whose nomination was made unan-
imous.
The delegations then, by acclammation,
accorded Wilt the second place.
The candidates and others addressed the
convention till nearly midnight, Nichols
making manly speech, and Witt a very
egotisticsl one; McEnery and Heron,
strongly Confederate, harangues; j. B.
Eustis, q non-committal lecture, and E.
John Ellis, hitalutin rhodomontade,
commencing with modern doggerel, and
ending with quotation said to be from
the Prophet Isaiah, toretelling the exter-
mination of the carpet-bagger.
Without making further nominations the
convention adjourned until tomorrow.