New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-30
Speeches of the Successful and On
successful Candidates.
How the conservative COlOred" Vote
is to be Manipulated.
REBEL ECHOES FROM THE EX.C0NFeD.
ERATE LEADERS.
McEnery's Advice to "Aggress" and
"Aggress" till the Last Carpet
Bagger and Scallawag
is Disposed Of.
NICHOLL,S CONDEMNATION OF FU.
SION FINGERS, ETC.

4 SION FINGERS, ETC.
Il The telegraphic reports OF the Baton
Rouge gathering furnished by the reporters
of the REPUBLICAN leave some of the more
Interesting features of that gathering still
10 be told in detail. 1t will take many
weeks before the true inwardness OF that
curiously manipulated assemblage can be
aid bare.
Wednesday laet was the great field day
bf the convention without prayer or other
preliminaries 1.-THE Shreveport minister who
bficiated the previous day had 80 strongly
Invoked the Almighty blessing upon "Tby
ervants here present." that some Of the
twenty one delegates are said to have be-
eome alarmed), the convention plunged at
brce into business
Mr.. j. Il. Alcee Gauthreaux, chairman OF
The committee on credentials, was called
hpon to read their report. The twenty-One
members of the committee had managed to
divide themselves up into majority and
Tour minorities: consequently five different
Question considered was the contest from
the parish of
ST. LANDRY.
Il This was an especially pretty quarrel
Creole against American, with the "nigger"
thrown in. Eighty odd delegates, forming
|h majority of the parish convention, had
met at the Courthouse st Opelousas at the
time and place designated for the purpose,
And nominated ticket of nine Americans,
beaded by ex-Speaker Estilette. Sixty
zbdd delegates met in separate hall and
dominated nine Creoles, headed by Mr..
Moore, the parish being only entitled to
nine votes in the convention. A majority
of the committee on credentials reported in
1svor of the Estilette delegation. A min
ority report, drawn up by Mr.. Mari, op-
Dosed the recommendation of the majority
IN the ground that a number Of colored
hen, presumed to be Republicans, had par
cipated in the election of some of the Es-
lette delegates. "While we gladly well
bme the votes Of the colored people" said
4. Mari, land desire their cooperation
then acting in accordance with their own
Dnest convictions, we can not recognize
be right of Republicans, white or colored,
participate in the primary elections Of
e Democratic party"
"In other words" added second ward
Few Orleans) delegate, 'nigger can vote
our nominees, but can't take hand in
hr nominations"
Mr.. Estilette took the floor and denied
nphatically that the colored men who
tied his ticket were Republicans.
Mr.. Brigham, of Morehouse, on the other
Ind asserted that 100 negroes, known
epublicans, had voted the Estilette ticket
e charged Mr.. Estilette with using the
epublicans of st. Landry to obtain con-
ol OF the local Offices and with being un-
r the influence of Thomas C. Anderson.
b regarded the Moore delegation as the
1ly simon pure Democracy of st. Landry.
MIR. Gauthreaux said the statements Of
e gentleman from Morehouse were, to
" the least of them, unfair. An attempt
ID 'Yeen made to impress upon the COM
tte& on credentials that Mr.. Estilette
hs linked with the Republican party. In
etigation had not only dispelled that i'm
ession but had made it clear to eighteen
embers of the committee that the other
etion leaned that way.
delegate from Lafourche said, as one
the eighteen members alluded to by Mr.
buthreaux, he was not quite SO clear on
subject. There were very strong sur
ses and conjectures with respect to Mr..
tilette, but they did not come before the
mmittee in such shape that they could
Re cognizence of them"
Governor Wickliffe appealed to the con
ntion, in Gods name, to heal up these |
lie difficulties and unite like brothers. He |
y in favor Of admitting both delegates on
half vote.
motion to this effect was put and car
d-yeas 2O6, nays l22.
Both the st. Landry delegations were
bsequently admitted, and manifested
ir brotherly unity by voting dead
Ainst each other on every question and
hdidate brought before the convention
ereafter.
THE SECOND WARD, NEW ORLEANS,
hs the next bone of contention. "A ma
ty of the committee on credentials re-
ted against Duncan F. Kenner and the
|er delegates whose credentials were
ularly attested by Robert Diamond, the
sident OF the ward club, and in favor of
ting the Shakespeare set of delegates,
Ose credentials were not go attested.
r minority report signed by ten of the
enty- one members of the committee.
ommended that both delegations should
rejected. The arguments used in the
(ority report sounded like an extract
% Matt Carpenters report on the Fusion
hds of 1872. The Diamond faction we're
rged with holding in the their hands the
re machinery of the election, and re-.
ng to their opponents proper representa-
both during registration and at the