The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-13
NEWS OF THE CITY.
THE RTvEr PARTY CONVENTION.
IA Full Ticket for Parish Officers
Placed In the Field.

HEuAE NY 1HHlEHAH ~. W. Army Ht hu0uL
o'clock.
On the roll call delegations from fourteen
wards announced their presence.
On call for reports OF committees, tho com
1nittee Oh
submitted document setting forth that the
association was organized because the control
nf nominations was centered III the hands Ut
politicians and that Its objects were
First-Te nominate good men for parish
Offices and intelligent men for tho Legislature.
Hecond-To secure new city charter
Third-To secure the passage OF u law pro-
hibitinR the employment Of the crews 81 yes
sells in taking In or dlscharEtng cargoes.
Fourth--The abolition Of licenses.
Effth-A general cleo ion law. In which pro-
visions ehalI be- made for the government of
primaries of all political parties, and for the
Infitetion OF severe penalties for violation
thereof either at a primary Or general cleo
tion. with such q law stuf1lng ballot boxes,
fraudulent counting colonizlnE and repeating
would be impossible. and
sisth-A law prohibiting the employment VI
cpnvirts outside the Penitentary.
The following
uoMMuNtcArfoN FRpM THE COTTON EXCHANGE
NEw ORLEANS uoTToN EXCHANGE.
New Orleans. November H. 1872. !
y I'LL q, Army. ESQ., Chairman Of the Anti Ring
Convention
acknowledges receipt Of your communication
pf yesterday aud accompanying copy 81 reso-
ainn a , N. BY H. All tss r.
submit to the convention the names Of such
peraons. a., they, may deem neeessafy and
state in response that. while the honor con-
yeyed by ths inytatl " 10 duly appreclated. It
nj within II hs ssoys9 4 H. HE ooten Es
tIon ID purely commercial In Its character. and
lts partiylpatlon in any manner name, y party ~,
oh the wishes of its members.
#. G. HESTER. Secretary.
Nominations we're declared In order. and
ron CIVIL SHERIFF
hIr. Leon Queyrouse was nominated by aecla-
mation.
ron CRIMINAL SHERIFF
the names ut Jas. Nugent aud John q. Roche
we're placed before the Convention, and tho call
of the roll was ordered, bnt before II was
cluead tina name of JohR q. Roche was with.
drawn and Mr.. JAS. Nugent was unanimously
nominated.
ron RECORDER or MORTGAGES
NIL. Ernest Miltenberger was nominated by
reclamation.
ron REGISTER Or uoSyEYANcEH
n. @. Minor, j. z. Childress and ]. r. g. Arnault
we're placed Ia nomina alton, but during tho call
WITHDRAWN, and the nnminAtion of Mr.. II. u.
Minor Was made BY reclamation.
FOR CORONER.
TAs naeF 1 RI Warrf A. sops n pr r I'll
Before ANNOUNCEMENT OF the first eallot oil
lutaa Tor opppsinE candidates were changed TO
Dr. Warren stone and he was elected by aeela-
nation.
NOMINATIONS FoR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
were postponed temporarily, to allow probable
candidates To algatfy their Willingness to 40
D1pt the nomination.
ron CLERK or rHE ctvtt COURT.
Mr.. Al. Mcnamara. Of the fret ward was nomi-
mated NY aceamatian.
ron oLEHK or THE CRIMINAL COURT,
The. names Of Geo. u, Lord, Warren L. Davis
ma Ihos n Birn h w9re placed Laced, bafore
tqllowsi Lord 49,, Davis ~. birmingham Hsis
The name Of Davis was dropped aud The
second ballot wac gone into with the following
result. Birmingham NJ. l. ,rd es hnnk 1. and
NH. Geo H, Lotd was derlHrad tho choice Of the
Convention.
ron JUDGE UPPER CRY COURT.
COL. A. i. Tucker was nominated by aoolama-
ron JUDGE LOWER crry COURT.
III b. uhretien aud Thomas y. Cooley were
Auhmttted and on the first ballot T. T. Ohra
ftAn wAa nominated by u vote WI III w "a fpr
Cooley and blank, the entire convention vot-
FOR CLERK UPPER CITY COURT.
The names Ut Daniel r. Walsh and II @. Pol
look wera placed before the convention.
The first ballot resulted In tho nemination of
Daniel 2. Walsh BY vote Of IS to % for Pol
ron CLERK LOWER cry COURT.
Thoa IL. Birmingham and Jules Vlenna were
put before the convention. aud Ihos. 10 BIZ
Mingham was nomtnated 81 the nrat hailot. the
After tue calling Ut the roll. ana before the
announcement OF tho result, tnere was oonstd-
cradle changing vi votes and great c,nfuson
attendant on the lobbying and swapping. which
brought the changes about. AND ~ thn midst y
&c Delegate sam Houston. OF the fourteenth
ward. took the h9nr aud urged the president 10
maintain order He satd thai the body had o. en-
acting in respectable manner Mp 70 this time.
but now the members were forgetting thom
His remarks we're objected To BY another del
& eRnte, who declared til " oHtua with b al grace
frcm man like Delegate Houston. who, No to
short time ago, was fighting the Democratic
Delegate Houston proposed 70 answer. but
was brought 10 order BY the chair and
eQuelehed. for. although there we're other times
i III confusion, Delegate Houston did not again
Insist on order.
coNsTAnLEs.
For constable or the upper city nSurt. the fol-
Emanael Blessy. jas LYNN. Peter Kaiser. ii.
j II. Nixon. Before the announcement Of the vote
the name ot Lynch was Withdrawn. and ths r.
suit was declared to be rs follows: Clark II.
The name OF Nixon was dropped, and the
name OF Blessy being withdrawn. the contest
narrowed down to Kaiser aud Clark. aud the
roll was called ON the second ballot and resulted
Iii the nomination Of Kaiser. he receiving II
votes to ~ for CLARK.
on this nomination there was urIte lively
time accustomed BY the delegate who had set
down on Delegate Houston urging that the
thirteenth ward wanted and must have man
on the ticket and other delegations insisting
that their wards had been left so far.
For constable Of the Liver City Court, y. y
EfHnUhnTU
body. and D, Il. blanchard was declared the
choice of the Convention by ayote of "a to 40 for
Barry.
Nominations for
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
were again called far. and the following names
ware submitted: II. II. Bryan. Octo N, Ogden
A Hanhoia.
During roll call the name OF II. H. Bryan was
withdrawn.
The ballot resulted In the nomination OF 2
ii M. Ogden, he receiving aa votes and A. Sam.