The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-24
sEME NATIONAL. PARTY,
ggEwTrNG or THE PARRISH COMMIT
TEE 0F THE NATIONAL PARTY.
gHeYcssafes frem tine seventh and Eleventh
Wards Are Seated, and the Commit"
see Organized Permanently.

aEeEcssates frgm tine Seventh @nd Eleventh
wards Are Seated, and the Commit"
see Organized Permanently.
THE parish committee OF the National party
met yesterday at IL o'clock, at Turner's Hall,
for the purpose Of electing officers and organ
izing permanently. The meeting was called to
order by Mr.. r. L. Bruce.
The secretary being absent. Mr. q. Ia. Law
gepee was elected secretary.I
Tho reports from the seventh ward being
read, showed that at the meeting held at the St.
Bernard Market on Monday. August 10, Mr.
Hagins was appointed secretary. A motion
was then made to go into
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
Before the question was put. tho minority
moved to elect the officers Of the club as they
had come with printed tickets. Confusion en-
aued. and the secretary left with the books and
paners The books and papers were taken
from him.
The minority left and the meeting was again
called to order and tho following officers
elected
President A. b. Ker; fret vice president p L.
Albert, SECOND vice president, G. W. Whitaker
third vice president George Morrison; secra-
tary, L. j. Joubert: assistant secretary, 7.
arms arms III, Z. Mich holae.
Deleeato4 to t The Parish Cor Committee-victor
The report Ia signed L. Richard. chairman
Henry Bullou Jos. J ohm nnd Jos. G.. Winston
THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
to hold an election In the seventh ward reported
in WrtnE that on m9ndayd AuguS I r. tney met
There was much excitement ana noise and
no meeting could be held. II on election iss to
4 carry It on. and when the voting will he in
order each voter shall have to come forward
and deposit In the box o printed or written
i discussion arose ns to tho action to be taken
with regard TO the communication regarding
The trouble in the s9venh IVA Tara AFTER grea5 pt
whether the communication should be COM
naftted to the committee on credentials Of the
The eleventh ward reports were then read
the meeting, says the report, was called to order
by u. Wilson and a. s. Cutter.
IT WAS RESOLVED
fo 20 into Immediate election of officers and
delegates to the parish committee. Mr.. Wilson
The following officers were elected G. r Cor
don, p1 esiden1: A. M. @. Hearsey and V. Smith
vice pr sdents: James L. Morrison, secretary
II j. A. Allen, assistant s-cretary; Il q, Nichol,
son, treasurer: W. Z. Hunt L. Desdunes and
E. L. Hopkins, delegates to the parish commit
The eleventh ward club then adjourned to
e meet ON Sixth street nenr st. David
THE CoNfMITTKB APPOINTED
to organize the Central Club Of the eleventh
ward reported hat they have visited the, two
faet ons and % are sorry to say that they vii not
hnrTn0il1E9. inc rluD OF WHICH WE. JOun LlppeT
is president aud a. Pearson secretary says it is
possessed of q charter from Toledo. Ohio the
bead and centre of the National party In the
Union.
tsigned) 4. s: CUTLER, Chairman.
The motion to accept the officers and dele
gates from the eleventh ward was carried.
1t was moved and accepted to refer the eev-
enth ward report to the committee on creuen-
The committee retired. and after q lapse of
two hours submitted the following resolution
as its decision:
Resolued, Tha We the committee. recommend
the seating Of the delegates from the club pre-
sided over by Mr.. Ker.
Mr Jackson member of the committee on
credentials, opp sed the adoption of the resolu-
Sion, on The ground that the committee on cre-
ward matter. could not positively declare who
was entitled to the majority.
Mr. Hagins called for the reading OF the ere
dentials Of the members of the Parish Commit
tee for the seventh ward The secretary
READ THEM AS FOLLOWS:
Jos Duvgneaud T. 0. Christol. Victor Gar
dere Jno Woods, Edward Cornu. Esnert Bal
lou.
dentiale and Mr.. A. j, Ker the Others
The yeas and nays being called on the uues-
tfon OF setting the delrgatts of the seventh
ward resulted in yeas &c. nays 8.
Accepted.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
was next moved and the balotJing resulted as
follows:
President-N Underwood.
Secr+tary-J B. Lawrence
First Assistant Secretary-M. G. Creigh.
Second Assistant Secreary-J. A, Hegney.
Treasuler-R l.. Bruce
Sergeant tat Arms-J. @. Cooner.
Assistant re' geants- -At-Arms-J. &. Goodrich
and ohn Turner.
After discus sion on politics In general the
comm! ittee adjourned subject to the call OF the