The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-27
PARISH MEETINGS.
ELECTION OF DELEG ATEs TO THE
STATE CONVENTION TO MEET AT
BATON ROUGE, AUGUST s.
EbPTvt1Ie.
PLAoUEMINE, July 20, 1878

IuAgObhlNb, July ~, 1910.
The delegates elected at the primary cleo
tion, held July 10, assembled at the court
mouse in the town Of Plaquemne this date.
Mr.. j. McWilliamB, chairman of the Parish
Executive Committee, called the convention
to order.
It was then moved and duly seconded that
Mr.. Fl. y. Browne act as temporary chair
man and Mr.. j. l.. Dardenne as temporary
secretary. Unanimously adopted.
On motion Of George Wales, ESQ., duly
seconded, the chair was authorized to ap-
point committee on resolutions.
The convention then took q recess in order
to give the committee time to report.
The committee in short time appeared
and reported the following resolutions:
/. ResotUed, That when Gov. Francis r.
Nichols did, In accepting the nomination ten
dered him by the Democratic Conservative
party In 1876, declare that il elected he would
administer the government in the interest Of
the whole people and not Of q party, which
pledge he reiterated wherever he had oCCa-
sion to address the public throughout the
memorable campaign which followed he an
nounced d policy to which he has inflexibly
adhered during the whole of his adminlstra-
ton thus far. That the fidelity which he has
shown to his pledges In this respect, and the
wisdom and craftsmanship COnspiCuously ex-
hibited by him on every occasion when diff
cult problems Of government have been sub
mitted to him for solution, entitle him not
only to the confidence OF the party which
elected him, but to the gratitude of every
friend of good government in Louisiana.
2. Bes0tUed, That while we, in common with
the Democracy Of the whole State, are anx-
iOus for change in the present organic law
still we are Of the opinion that the agitation
OF the subject at this time is inOppOrtrne
That it brings unnecessarily an element of
discOrd within the ranks of the party, har-
monious onall other questions in oil portions of
the State and now moving to the accomplish
ment Of its great purposes with the strength
which springs from perfect unity, and which
1t is hazarding in the extreme to jeopardize.
3. ReSOtUed, That we cordially approve and
fndorso the course of our Representative In
Congress, the Hon. Joseph I'll. Acklen.
The report was received and the resolutions
we're read seriatim for adoption.
On motion, duly seconded, it was deter
mined that the convention now go into an
election for delegates to the Baton Rouge
Convention in the following manner:
Each ward to elect one delegates and the
chair to appoint five delegates for the parish
at large.
The election for the different wards was as
follows:
First ward, JOS Parks, second ward, Geo
WALES; third ward, Il. j. Talbot; fourth
ward, I'll. s. Browne; fifth ward, A. Levert;
sixth ward, Frank Gallagher; seventh ward,
G. III. Dickinson; eighth ward, Alex Hebert.
And the chair appointed the following
named gentlemen as delegates for the parish
at large: @. W Slack, Sam Matthews, j. FL.
Shanks, William Martin and Jacob Nc
Williams.
onded that the proceedings of this convention
be published In the ibcrDiUe South and the
New Orleans papers. Adopted.
The convention then adjourned sine die.
II. s. BROWNE, President.
J. j.. DARDENNE, Secretary.