The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-06
THE STATE CONVENTION.
GEN. a. =. MERRON ELECTED PERMA~
NENT CHAIRMAN.
Committee ON Credentials - C0nNemHa~
tory Resolutions Regarding Certain
Delegates from the Tenth Ward of
SBHFAmsss.
Especial to the Democrat.1

BATON ROUGE, Aug. 5, :35 .. m,-Col.
Patton called the convention to order at
1870 q. H.. as chairman Of the State Cen
tral Committee, and appointed Col. Andrew
8. Heron, Of Baton Rouge, as temporary
chairman. Mr. Charles S. Ledig was ap-
pointed temporary secretary. The loll of
parishes being called, all the delegates an
s fsWefed to their names, the country parishes
being chiefly represented by proxies. St.
Charles. Vernon and Washington were not
represented
John Fitzpatrick, third ward, Orleans
offered resolution calling upon the chair
man to appoint a committee Of nine as q com
mittes on ctedentials-one member from each
Congressional District and three from the
State at large, which resolution was adopted
The chairman appointed the following gen
tlenan as the committee: John Fitzpatrick,
chairman, First Congressional District; Col
slmbus Fl. Allen. Second Congressional Dis
tFiet; Samuel Matthews, Of Iberville, Third
Congressional District: VIM. A. Strong, Fourth
Congressional District; Geo. H. Ellis, Fifth
Congressional District; Thos. G. Sparks.
Sixth Congressional District; JAS Collens
Charles Lee and J. W. Duncan to represent
the State at large.
On motion the convention adjourned In
order to give the committee time to report.
At 8 .. N. Chairman Heron called the Con-
vention to order. The COMMITTEES on Creden-
biaIs not having reported the Convention ad-
journed until 6 o. III.
AT 6 p. n;. the Convention was called to Or
der by Chairman Heron. The report of the
Committee ON Credentials was read
Mr.. Ellis submitted Il minority report. On
motion the majority report was adopted by q
vote Of 292 yeas to 100 nays.
On motion of Geo. W. Dupre, ESQ.,, the
Convention went into permanent organiza-
tion.
Geo. w. Dupre nominated Gen. A. s. Heron
as chairman, who was elected by acclamation'
1Isssrs. Ledig, Kelly and Armant were
elected secretaries
w. w. Farmer offered O resolution calling
upon the chairman to appoint three members
from each congressional district and one from
the State at large to act as a committee on
platform and resolutions.
Messrs. Wickliffe, Semmes and Fitzpatrick
were elected vice presidents
james D. Houston. third ward parish OF
Orleans, offered the following resolution:
Whereas. it Is matter Of public notoriety
anH susceptible Of proof that b. Redington,
H. III. Tilton, Thos. Mullen and VIM. Mulligan.
delegates to this convention from the tenth
-sEald, parish Of Orleans, have offered to sell
theff yute5 On any and all questions before this
convention. and
Whereas. it is due to the honor and dignity
Of this body and of the Democratic party that
such conduct should be signally and severely
reprobated and published; therefore
Reso5ped, That the said e. Redington, Ell
be and are hereby expelled from this body.
Resolued, That the remaining delegates
from the tenth ward be and are hereby author
lied and empowered to cast the number Of
votes to which their ward Is entitled.
A committee Of five from the country dele
gates were appointed to investigate the
charges
The convention then adjourned until to-day
at IL IN. Fl.