The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-30
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PARISH COMMITTEE.


The Democratic Conservative Committee aa
aemhel Last aveninR pursuant tp adjournment,
In the lecture room Of Odd Fellows Hall
President n. "a, Shields In the chat, ani ~
members. . full quorum, present
| Mr. Dunraa moved suspension Of the rulaa
| TO take III a resolution presented by hi m NJ the
last maatne, and which was not read nj The
time. The committee refused to suspend the
| rules,
| Mr. James on behalf Of the special committee
| APPOINTED IT, take testimony In the fret ward
| contested cases reported tho evidence taken to.
gether with other documents connected With
| the contest
Mr. Bath moved That The documents he read
and that I'D further evidence lie admitted
Adopted.
| The secretary then real the testimony which
was quite voluminrua The evidence wAs, as
usual III aieh cases very conflicting. 1t sought
| W prove for the Mcnamara aide that there had
| been fraudulent votes nast that the police had
intetferea with voters that the Mcnamara side
was not allowed to challenge voters. On behalf
If Mr.. Mcnamara properly lied documents
we're ntroluead from the Registrar of Voters
that certain voters at the ward election we're
not entitled to vote, namely. la voters whose
| names had been stricken off the list Of regis
tration: twenty five persons whose namea were
on the pnl Hat were found tn be nalorad voters
and nftaen others Rre shown to have changed
their residences from the frat ward 10 other
wards prior ~ The alentpn.
Mr. Mcnamara took the lopr to argue hta
ease when Mr. Bath asked the privilege Of pro
pounding a question. which he granted. He
asked MIR Mcnamara. Are you Democrat
Conservatives: and are you not preparing to
form an organization out of the party2" or
| L. 81, Ffn,1
Mir Mcnamara replied by saying with ampha-
sis: i ain Democrat. but am also q member
e the a1,9n en- gonF rhf"Ed NJ
| you would fal very far hehind.'
| Mr. Mcnamara then nroneeaed TO argue his
| caaa on the figures mentioned above. During
| the argument Il wac further addueed TINT the
| total vote oast At the las election was 1903 tho
poll llst showing 1900 nalnss that Mt. CLARK,
| Mr.. McNamRras opponent had received eg5
| vntes, Mr.. Mcnamara aps and another oandi-
| date the remainder therefore giving CLARK
| plurality tand majority over Mcnamara nf
| lai votes from which according 10 Mir MeNa,na-
| IA q argument, the la fraudulent votes should
be stricken. Mr., Mcnamara further eontanded
that IN several inataneea persons had voted
twice On the papers IF persons who had not
voted at al. one Of the papers being that of Mr.,
In, y, ra hsa a lac as saat aa" The !. r9n
o'clock ~ the evening. which he deemed was
| impraotioahe
argue ha ease, but could not he found. where
upon Mr.. Keen moved to refer the election back
to the ward.
Mr. Lionel Adam opposed The motion The
| only question. he said that waa before tho com,
minen was whether Mi. .MeNamara had estah-
lishnd hia claim TO nreside over the First Ward
Central Club. After reviewing the charges and
referring to the rehntttng evidence, he added
that Mr.. M"Namara's eide Of the question wac
that two or three hundred fraudulent votaa hnd
been caat ut the election. Now 1t Waa In proof
that the poll liat tall'd with tho votes; Il was
Alr. Uavanac that ia fraudulent votes had been
caat II was also In evidence that al votes were
the plurality. obtained by Mr. Clark. Now, even
admitting that MI tho fraudulent votes el34l
were caat for Mt CLARK, and that tho other aide
was immaculate. MI. CLARK stil had majority
Of loa Votes oyer Mr.. MeNamara,, But were al
the fraudulent votes cast for Mr. CLARK, and had
this been proved? Was there any way OF proving
tha3 Under the circumstances he could not sec
back to the ward. He would therefore, move to
lay Mr.. keenH motion on the table, Adopted
BY II yeas to ~ nays.
Mr. Adam now moved to lny on the table Mr.
McNanaras contest without delay, Carried by
II ,yaaaa. blank aud II nnya.
Mr. Adam now moved that when this commit |
tee adjourn II adjourn until Friday evening mt
~ u m. Adopted
Mr. Ducros now offered q resolution pro-
viding that all meetings Of the Parish Commit |
toe be held with open doors: expnl ming that
he wiahad his constituents to know what he wis |
h"iEE r. tha s1mm'ttan i order that n case case
he didlnot want To shoulder the Responsibilities
If Others
After Home debate the resolution was ruled
out Of order. one days previous notice Of it's in
PRODUCTION not having been given.
MIR. Adam now moved that the preparations
for the next primary election be made the sps-
cial order for Friday next.
Mr.. Ducros moved to lay tho motion on the
table. At the same time saving that he bad
ready series III rules to offer TO tho meeting
lonkn to the same election.
The committee however, refused to lay the
motion Of Mr. Adam on tho table by u vote Of 20
Mr.. Dueros took the majority to task for
having at a previous meeting attempted to lay I
tlN af ttan rtt
the date of the primaries. His resolutions were
ready now and could be acted upon.
Mr. Adam replied that at the last meeting.
sibility. matters were different; then there was
nothing before the committee to occupy It's
time: on this occasion the first ward case had to
O'Clock. not q proper time to discuss the rules.
and several Of the members VINO lived milcs
away did not wish to walk home.
The meeting finally closed by the adoption Of
q motion to refer the preparations for the com
Ing 81 primaries 70 the committee lite on rules
nonnced the following standing committees:
Executive Committee-Kenner Scraehley.
first vice president and chairman: E. Reagan,
Adam. Second District; j. GaTidel. 2. Carey.
Third District; T, ]. Bath, s. +; Keen. Fourth
District; = Belcher,x Fifth District; John
Seventh District
Finance Comm ttee-sidney Lewis, second
vice Vie president, chairman; lsemy Clark, First
Ducros. Third District: McCrossin, Fourth
District: Cunningham. Fifth District; w. Il.
district. s'N'1 's'l's'' T. ? 0'uoOs' oe'en'n
,Canvassing and Registration-,W. H: James.
Chairman, of thirteenth ward: 4. a. Murphy.
CLARK. third wa, d T. j. Ford, fourth ward; O.
J. Laresche,, fifth ward: 8, F. Lewis, sixth
Il Tnak v nnth +
Leo EnsIandsE. txstth ward; 4 s Beei. T feus.