The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-08

The Meeting tn Amend Those Resolutions
10 Authorize the Issue Of Certificate
utfne rfarse Of lRegIefratiOu.

to Authorize the Issue Of Certificates
Mt tile Time Of registration.
The Democratic and !. Conservative
Parish Committee held a meeting last
night to consider the expediency OF
amending the reorganization" resolu-
tions, in order to authorize the registrars
to issue certificates to the voters at the
time they shall register.
After disposing OF some private busi-
ness, the subject Of the delinquent can
didates at the last election-in the mat
ter OF assessments was taken up, and
owing to the absence OF the chairman OF
the Finance Committee, Mr.. Byrne, the
matter was ordered to lie over.
The following resolution was then
offered by Mr.. r.. i. Bower, and
adopted:
Rooms DEMOCRATIC PARISH COMMITTEE,
New Orleans, June z, 1876.
ResOlred, That resolution No. Q, adopt
ed by the Parish Committee May 80.
1876, be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows:
That the Presidents of the Central
Ward clubs shall also appoint, or the
clubs shall elect, commissioners who
shall attend to the revision OF said regis
tration books in duplicate, from the 2lst
to the 28th OF June, inclusive.
The commissioners Ut registration APP
pointed or elected under resolution NO.
/, to issue to each registered voter a GER
tificate of registration at the time OF such
registration. PAUL WATERMAN,
Chairman pro TEN.
T.. L. Bower, Secretary.
Mr.. B. M. Harrod, delegate from the
Eleventh Ward. now asked that the roll
be called, and that the representatives
from each ward be requested to state
how the reorganization resolutions had
been received in their wards.
Mr.. Calvin answered from the First
Ward, stating that every man he had
spoken to on the subject in his ward OBJ
iected to the resolutions, but that the
ward was nevertheless complying with
them.
Mr.. Wilde. from the Second Ward,
made similar remarks.
Mr.. Reynolds, from the Third Ward !,
stated that there were objections, but
the ward was working under the resolu-
lions.
stated that the resolutions had been
virtually accepted, but that there were
discussions regarding. the appointment
OF commissioners. 4u0 W0Au Veso 0OOue
proceeding with registration. :,
Mr.. Rivet. from the Fifth Ward, said
that his ward had gone to work and
three hundred voters had already regis
tered. :.
Mr.. Brewster objected to the authority
of the committee to pass such resolu-
tions. but his ward, the sixth, had gone
to work also under the resolutions.
The Seventh and Eighth Wards were
unrepresented.,
Mr.. Munich said that everything was
going on smoothly in the Ninth Ward.
Mr.. Freret, from the Tenth, said that
registration was going on IN that ward
Mr.. Harrod, In answer, simply read
the resolution from the Eleventh Ward
disregarding the, action OF the Parish
| Committee.
Mr.. Vinten. from the Twelfth; Mr.
Bower. from the Thirteenth, and Mr..
Carter, from the Fourteenth, said that
| in their respective wards they were pro.
ceeding with registration under the re-
Mr.. Conner, from the Fifteenth, with
much soavity, replied that things were
lovely In Algiers.
The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Wards
{Carrollton) were not represented.
/ All OF which was recorded.
Mr., Harrod now offered q resolution
providing that the District Judges ano
members of the Legislature should be
considered State officers, and that the
State Convention, to meet in Baton
Rouge in July, should be authorized e
nominate them.
The resolutions not receiving q SECOND
were withdrawn,
The Com miftee tl1en adjourned a
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