The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-10-01
DEMOCRATIC PARISH CONTENTION

rsassembled at the State House after an ad-
journment of nearly one week. The Committee
on Credentials, consisting of one mem Der from
each of the eleven delegations whose seats
were not contested, presented majority report
signed by ten members and minority report
signed by Mr. II. T. Lawler, of the Twelfth
Ward. The majority report favored the seating
of the coutesting delegations from the Second,
Third and Thirteenth Wards on half vote
each, and the admission, on . full vote, from
the Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Wards of the
delegations who had credentials signed by the
officers of their Central Club. Mr.. Lawler'e
minority report recommended the seating, on a
full vote, of the Shakespeare delegation from
the Second Ward, and of the Pettigrew OF
| Wizard delegation from the Third, and that
new elections be held in the Fourth and Fifth
Wards on Thursday. After some discussion,
the majority report was adopted by vote OF
GO to 13.
The Convention was then permanently or
ganized with the following officers:
E. J. O'Brien, First Ward, President.
VIM. A. Bell, Sixth Ward, First Vice Presi.
dent.
H. T. Lawler, Twelfth Ward. Second Vice
President
Geo. Schreloer, Secretary.
A. J. Kelly and F. Armant, Assistant Score
taries.
Ed. Flood, Sergeant t-at-Arms.
BY consent the following resolutions were
read and IN animousiy adopted:
By Mr.. N. Bienvenu:
Whereas, there are before the Governor of
this State, awaiting his signature bills fixing
the compensation of the Criminal Sheriff for the
parish of Orleans, to establish the fees OF the
Civil Sheriff for the parish of Orleans, and q
bill to fix the compensation of the Clerks OF the
First District Court and of the Superior Court,
Be 1t resoEred, That each and every candidate
before this convention be required and under
stood to pledge himself by the faot of accepting
nomination from said convention, to conform
himself to the above acts from the moment
they become laws by the signature of the Gov
ernor without reference to the plea of their
being eT post fdcto in effect.
Resolred further, That in case Gov. w. P.
Kellogg should not sign any of said acts, and
that the next Legislature should enact laws on
the subject above indicated, each and every
nominee of said convention is required and un-
derstood by the fact of accepting the nomi ma
tion from said convention, to pledge himself to
con form to said laws without reference to tho
plea of their being er post Jdcto in effect.
BY Mr.. Lawler:
Whereas the salvation of the Democratic
Conservative party, and the truest interests of
the honest citizens of the State of Louisiana;
may rest in the hands of our coming General
and
Whereas, it is of vital Importance that posi-
tiops of a legislative and Judicial character
should be held only by men of purest integrity,
therefore be iG
Resolred That it is the sense of this conven-
tion that the nominations for candidates to po-
BitlonB, legislative and judicial be confined to
men whose honesty and obity are unqueS-
toned and above suspicion, and hose political
record is clear and shows no utilization with
our enemies in the past, and no instance of pro
noting nriVRt0 intor66G6 to the DreiuOlC6 OF the
general good.
By T. J. Ford
Resolred That any delegate nominating any
person for the votes of this convention shall at
the came time furnish the pledge, of said can
didate in writing that, whether he be chosen
| OF not, he will faithfully abide by the decision
| of said convention, and will not allow the use
! of his name will he support any nomina-
| ton in opposition to the choice of this conven-
tion, and that no name shall be submitted and
| no person balloted for without the su omission
| first of such pledge in writing, which shall be
| retained by the Secretary and turned over 10
| the Parish Committee.
The Convention then adjourned till Tuesday
at 10 O'clock.
Long before the hour fixed for the meeting,
the streets in the neighborhood of the State
House and the corridors aud committee roomH
of the building itself, were crowded with citi'
zens of all classes.
at about one O'Clock the real work COM
menoed, (Mr. Pillsbury having been nominated
for Mayor by acclAmstion), with the struggle
between Messrs. McCaffrey and Burke for the
very important Office of Administrators OF I'm
provements, and by half-past six O'Clock all th'
paroohial nominations had been made.
The Convention then adjourned till Wednes
day at l2 O'Clock, when the oOroners for tn
! upper and lower districts Were elected and tn
oana,d,Asn foe the Senate sud House Of RsPgC