New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-06
Meeting of the National Republican Com
mittee.

mittee.
A special dispatch from New York
August 9, to the Chicago Tribune, says:
TIE executive committee of the Repub
Iican National Committee met to-day at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, which is to be its
Headquarters during the campaign. The
full list of the executive committee com
prise Zachariah Chandler; chairman; r. C.
Mccormick, secretary; A. B. Cornell. JOB u
NJ. Forbes, Marshall Jewell, William II
Kemble, George A. Haisey, William K
Chandler, Charles c. Fulton, Ex-Governor
E. F. Noyes, William Cumback, James p
California; j. l.. Averill. j. j. Patterson, j
Y. Stone and Ellhu Enos. OF these, the
only ones absent were Halsey, Root
Gorham, Averill and Stone. Daniel Shep.
herd, of Chicago, was present IN place
of Mr.. Root. Elk Governor Morgan, chair.
man of the last Republican National
Committee. was also present by invi-
tatiOn. Most OF these members were in the
rooms engaged in conversation at 10 A. NJ
but it was nes rly eleven o'clock before they
were called to order by the chairman.
From this time until after P NJ. they held
continuous private consultation, allOwin
no one excepting few prominent party
leaders to enter their apartments. Ex-GOv-
ernor Noyes, of Ohio, coming to the meet
ing as the representative OF Governor
Hayes, gave at the beginning of the session
the views entertained by Governor Hayes
in regard to the points which should most
engage the attention and support of the
party. Members from various parts of the
country expressed their views, giving also
the result of their observation and inquiries
concerning the chances of Republican vic
tories in their States.
The general tenor of these reports was
very encouraging, and it was agreed by all
the members that the party had never en-
joyed more favorable prospect of victory
at this stage of presidential campaign.
The reports from the South were especially
encouraging, the members from Southern
States declaring that the party was quite
sure of carrying North Carolina, South
Carolina and Louisiana, while Missouri and
West Virginia might easily be carried if
the campaign was conduc ted in those States
with proper zeal. The committee deter
mined that, while prosecuting the CAIN
paign as vigorously as possible throughout
the entire country, it would make the States
named in the South. and New York and In
diana in the North, the principal objective
points of attack for the campaign. This
action is said to be in accord with the ex-
pressed views of Governor Hayes.
For the collection and distribution of
money to be expended in the campaign the
committee appointed Messrs. Jewell, Gro
we'll and Forbes to serve as committee of
finance.
Hereafter members of the national COM
mittee living West are to have headquar-
tiers in Chicago, and the Chicago branch
will be largely independent in its opera
tons, though remaining under the au-
thOrity of the executive committee. Much
of the time of the committee to day was
occupied in arranging the details of offices,
clerks of departments, etc. 1t was decided
that nine members of the executive com
mite shall constitute quorum, and that
the committee shall meet from time to time
az deemed advisable by the chairman and
secretary. These officers are to be- daily in
the committee rooms at the hotel. The
secretary will be in constant communca-
ton with the other memo OF the national
committee in all parts of The country. In
dividual members Of the committee were
quite taciturn in regard to the result of the
meeting, and majority left the city as
soon as the session ended.
Ex-Governor Noyes, of Ohio, said that
general Republican victory next fall seemed
TO him almost certainty. His own State
would, of course, give large MAJORITY tor
Hayes and Wheeler, and he telt snre Indiana
would 90 Republican. He thought if Gov
ernOr Hendricks had refused to accept the
secoud place on the Democratic ticket he
might have been the most troublesome OPP
ponent against majority for Hayes in his
State, but yolked with Tilden, his influence
amounted to little.
Senator Patterson, of South Carolina,
said the Republican party might safely de-
pend upon carrying his State and North
carolina, and the prospect for carrying
Louisiana was every day becoming brighter.
He thought the Hamburg massacre was the
result of a general organized attempt OF
the Democracy OF the State to overawe the
negroes at the coming election, but that
affair was precipitated on the country
sooner than bad been planed, and the reac-
ton against such unjustifed and brutal
slaughter was likely to prove very disas-
trous to the Democratic party in the State.
Governor Kellogg, Of Louisiana, who is
in the city, expressed to-day the greatest
confidence that the Republicans woald
carry North Carolina, South Carolina,
Florida and Louisiana. He said they could
certainly carry Mississippi on a fair cleo
ton, but there was no hope of that, as every
means was taken to prevent it.
The End of the Impeachment Trial.