New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-31

Repabiican Conventiep 4. Assuwpeten.

Republican Convenei0n In AssumpetOn.
Pursuant to the call Of the joint commit
tea of i've Organized under the protocol Of
| adjustment agreed to between the commit.
tee presided over by George Armstead on
May 2, 1876, and the committee presided
over by Mayer Cahen on May 5. 1876, this
convention met 1T tho sch00lhOuse ct Ma.
poleonville ON May q, 1876.
The following delegates having received
certificates of their election at the primary
election lheld ON the twentieth instant I'M.
der q cali of said Joint committee, being
placed upon the roll a. delegates from the
several wards set opposite their names,
were present and answered to their names,
- follows:
Washington. Levi Williams, second ward;
Jonas Hughes, third ward; Moses Hite,
Lucien Pugh, fourth ward; Moses Hender-
son, fifth ward; Getaway johnson, sixth
ward; Henry Williams, seventh ward;
George Drury. George Armstead, A. @.
Jones. Joseph Csstine, eighth ward; Ed
ward Ford. Henry Nixon, ninth ward; T.
D. Cox, Patrick Bonman, tenth ward; NO
election held in the eleventh ward; Sesd
Daigle, twelfth ward; no election held in
the thirteenth ward.
Absent-Oliver Brown, fourteenth ward.
Present, 10; absent, l; vacancies, 2.
George Washington was elected tenn
porary chairman and Thomas Devine tenn.
porary secretary. T. D. Cox, Esq, chair
man Joint committee of five. declared the
temporary organization of the convention
completed, and delivered the convention to
the temporary chairman, who was nominated
and unanimously elected permanent chair
man. Mr. Devine was elected permanent
secretary.
Nominations of delegates to the conven-
ton to be held In New Orleans ON May 80,
were next in order, and the following nomi-
nations were made and unanimously elected:
George Drury, Joseph Thompson, Jonas
Hughes and Joseph Castine.
Nominations to the convention to be held
in New Orleans June q, 1876, were next
declared in order. and the following named
persens were unanimously elected: George
Drurv, George Armstead, George Washing.
ton. Lew Williams, A. g. Jones.
The following resolutions were introduced
by Mr.. George D4ury, duly seconded
by George Armstead, and unanimously
adopted:
Resolved by the Republicans of the parish
of Assumption in convention assembled,
That in President Grant and his admins
tration we have ever had the utmsst reason
for confidence; his unswerving course haa
been a source Of protection to the helpless
and weak. and now that the end of his Sec
ond term is drawing nigh, We desire to ten
der him our heartfelt thanks, and to pledge
to him every support within our power.
Resoired, That the thanks of this conven-
ton be rendered to Senator 0. P. Morton
for his persistent interest in the Repub-
licans of the South. and particularly are
they due from US Of Louisiana for his able
efforts in behalf of our thrice elected Senator
P. B. s. Pinchback.
RESOLVED, That to Governor William P.
Kellogg and his administration is due not
only the thanks Of the Republicans Of this
STATE, but of the whole people. The in.
flexible course in the interest of economy
and reform which has characterized his
administration. and BY which in face of the
grsvest difficulties and most determined
opposition, even to open revolution, has
been carried to . successful termination,
and entities them to our continued con-
fidence; We believe that the next genera
ton, if not the present one, will thank him
for his wise financial policy.
Resolced That the pledges made by the
Republican party Of 1872 have been carried
ont in the reduction of our State debt,
lowe. rates of taxation and largely re-
duced appropriations.
nei2hborhood we have been blessed with
peace and tranquility, our political friends
and brothers in other portions of the State
have been subjected to the horrors Of mob
law, we call upon the Democracy to exert
the power they claim to have in the cele-
brated conference of 1874 to put stop to
the present reign of terror and persecution
existing elsewhere. They then formally
acknowledged to have the power to do so,
and we demand. in the interest of humanity,
that they exercise that power.
The following resolution was offered and
adopted:
Resoired, That the members upon the
roll of the present convention 10y viz
the of the power vested in it under the
adjustment a2reement) be and the same are
hereby declared the Parish Executive Com
mittee of the parish of Assumption for the
ensuing two years. and that the presi-
dent of said committee when elected shall
have power to fill the vacancies now exist
ing in wards eleven and thirteen, and shall
also have the power to appoint five addi-
tional memb ers at large.
There being no further business before
the convention, on motion duly seconded,
the same adjourned sine die.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Chairman.
THOMAS DEvINE. Secretary.