The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-01
to lay all debates and debaters on the
table. Loudly applauded and carried
Marks, Vigers. Evans and others speak

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Marks, Vigers. Evans and others speak.
MASS MEETING.
On the motion OF Young the conven
tion resolves itself into mas meeting
TO hear any gentleman who may have
anything to say on any subject, histori
cal, religious or otherwise.
Murrell gets In his longed-for speech
on Pinch's ingratitude. He loves Pinch
dearly, fondly, and yet nothing had been
done for him he had been put out. Hie
credentials were good enough; he knew
it, for he had signed them himself us
President and Secretary. He wound up
with the conventional threat OF sup
porting the Baton Rouge nominee
kissed his hand TO Pinch and left. and
returns in few minutes and makes a
speech on the other side of the house.
Dennis, his opponent, said 1t was the
first time that he had ever come to n
Republican Convention, and II would be
the last he had enough, moro than
enough Of Republican Conventions.
Some reference he malkes TO the Rev. q.
w. Bryant, who has been furnishing
the convention with prayers, in connec-
tion with the ragged edge Of hell, ere
ates u stir In the preachers OF the con
yention tsome fifty Or sxtyO
The Rev. Mr.. Bryant Is boosted for
ward. spelling for fight. He III ready
to meet an ybody anywhere, vt any time,
either spiritually OF Caipally. Wonders
off into gross blasphemy about Christ
and himself being brother carpet-bag
gers. and winds up In an attack on tax
collectors.
This calls forth speech from the tax
collecting Interest ~ represented by
Mr.. Dinkgrave. wherein he accused
Kellogg OF corruption and intimidation.
Demas. Gorhain, Morey and others
speak.
CONVENTION AGAIN.
III il discovered that the mass meet
ing has expired by limitation, and that
the convention Is now la order. Some
body suggests business. They have
been there eight hours and not d mo-
tion has been considered, not u ballot
taken, not single thing In the world
done but wranElc, quarrel, fight and
speak all day long.
A few shots In shooting gallery,
next door. create panic, and the mem
alarm, and they wander back.
Burch, Packard, Allain end others
speak.
PINCH SPEAKS.
Pinch grows excited and claims the
II have no preference for Governor.
do not wish to be hitcbed on to Gov.
Warmoth. ! have never said to him,
nor to any Of his friends, nor to any Of
mine, that was for him Nor am | for
Anderson, or Packard, OF Ludeling. /
have never expressed my preference for
any man for Governor, except that J
have said that Ludeling was my second
choice. When the proper time comes, /
wish TO name for you u candidate for
Governor, q man whom every one,
white and black, can support q man
who can defend the lives OF the colored
people of Louisiana. [Cries, BADGER
BadgerI1 j have reserved myself for
this great purpose. / have become
chairman to accomplish this. / thought
1t best 70 beat Packard, because he was
causing division among us. The negroes
OF the South can always get closer to the
Southern white man than the Northern
white man, in every respect but politics.
There they are Numerically opposed
have never been ia favor Of the report
Of the Committee on Credentials, and
hope 1t will be reconsidered.
wARMoTH SPEAKS.
Warmoth got the stage.
Il do not wish to defend my admins
tration as Immediately pure. / have
never 50 claimed. I.on1y say that / did
not allow the negroes to be shot down
by hundreds rs the present administra-
tion does. am sorry for the decision
Of the Committee on Credentials In the
East Feliciana case. Personally / like
the delegates from East Feliciana. / have
never refused them money when they
asked for it, as all have done"
jerks wants to know IL he had ever
asked for money?
Warmoth-"N but you got 1t. / ap-
pointed you tax collector, and, elieve,
you defauIted."
Packard thinks this in bad taste.
Warmoth Not near such bad taste
as stepping into an office Of the Asso-
ciated Press and sending a false and
fraudulent dispatch as you did"
Wranges between Warmoth Burch
aud others.
Fight In the centre Of the room Ray
aud others.
BALLOT Al LAST.
An attempt Is made to get back to
Morey's original motion, which nine
hours previous had opened the conven-
ton. Sloanaker and Sypher figure rs
OF the vote. Some distrust
is evinced by the delegates in the ballot
box. The supervisors receive suspicious
looking notes; are called away TO con
suit with friends. A crowd climbs into
the orchestra to overlook the matter.
Marks desires to resign from the com
mittee, supervising the vote, as the
votes cast exceed the number OF dele
gates present.
Pinch wants to hear the result first
when he hears that he will then decide
the vote is good or not.
119 for reconsideration, 1901 against.
Pinch decides 1t to be bad ballot,
and orders new election.
Riot again. Tussle between Morey
and Ryan. Several small fights. The
Administrationists do not want another
ballot. Packard cannot see that any
thing is possible.
Pinch proposes a new ballot.
Objections that it is too dark to see.
They have been there now nine hours
and nothing is done.
1t is finally concluded to adjourn to
at ii a. m, the convention to
proceedings from where
hey left off Thursday morning.