The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-19
NEWS OF THE CITY.
whit the Democrat Reporters Saw
and Heard Yesterday.
THE NINTH WARD.
IA Meeting In Favor of Repatriation
Results In d Fiasco.

Results In b E1aBnO.
Mccarthy Square, ia the ninth ward dls-
niavad an array Of kerosene lamps upon
,,,atIarn In the middle Of the square. Inc
.aaant af this lishting-up was to get up g
rrnv,t fna,u the solid voters Of the ward 70
anataIn the majority report Of the Committee
On the state Debt. When the meeting was
called III order, at 80 p. M, by "a. Del
about asa persons were present.
Mr., DO Iale, who was candidate on the
National ticket against Lieut.. Gov. Witt 1or
fhe Convention, announced the object OF the
meeting To be an Endorsement OF the majority
renort of the Convention. He nominated y.
n. Colbus, O. Garondelet street broker, %
president, and ----- d Hemecourt as secretary.
Col. zacharie was introduced to the meet
inr. and spoke In substance as follows:
II do not see how our people could be made
III nav the whole OF the bonds. In 1867 two
millions of levee bonds were Issued. The act
provided that they should not be put on the
market except at par. From 1867 TO 1870 the
bonds remained Ia the Governors office, and
the Radicals took them up and issued them
~ new bonds upon the market. This pro-
ceeding violated the constitution. The Con-
yention should take up the subject Of the
State debt and declare the Illegal part q y
W NJ an told We have ratified the s22,oooOoo OF
the debt, whether valid or inyalid, no matter
how the bonds were issued. The Convention
pledged itself to support the credit OF the
State; but 'a fraud cannot be ratified; 90
not exactly know what portion OF the debt IS
fraudulent; there are two kinds Of frauds,
the criminal one, and that Ia which the agent
9oes beyond his power"
The speaker illustrated his position by
many examples: MIR. Semmes, continued
the speaker Tin his argument before the Con-
vention, said that our State was prosperous.
He omits what was the cost OF production be-
fore the war as compared to the present time.
Louisiana cannot be generous TO the bond
holders. /"
Convention to adopt constitutional enact
naents and said that he was glad to see q
spirit Of conciliatlOn In the Convention to
etrikeout and nulllfy that portion OF the debt
which was illegal, and to pay every dollar
that we honestly owe.
WHEN THE SPEAKER
had concluded Mr.. De Lse stepped forward
and announced that resolution was about
to be read by the secretary.
In a low tone OF voice (neard only at few
PAGES distant) the secretary read the follow
Ing resolution:
Resolped, That the citizens OF the ninth ward.
Ill mass meeting assembled. indorBe the major
ity report of the Committee Oh State Debt.
E . Resolned That as the bondholders. through
the Funding Board, have mixed the legal and
Illegal debt of the State to prevent US from
knowing which are the valid bonds. and where,
as the proof lies In their own argument. con-
Tossing that u part OF the debt is illegal. hence
The impossibility OF paying one part and notthe
other and where. as this Is their only reason.
the only point OF argument they fer. we, the
people OF the ninth ward. dsnounca all bonds
funded az illegal. ana therefore fraudulent.
Rescued. That We request our Repre-
sentatiyes in the Convention to indorse the ma
iorltY report, such being the peoples will.
The resolution was voted down BY large
majority. At this moment q substitute was
offered To the resolution, US follows:
Whereas. the people Of the ninth ward, BY a
large majority, elaett TO represent them In the
Constitutional Convention two Of their fellow
eitizel a. inswheBe fidelity to the people Of the
tate they have the fullest confidence; and
Whereas, the Constitutional Convention has
under cons Iteration the report OF the Commit
Resolped. That this meeting leaves the dele
gates from the ninth ward on this important
question, as ou all others that may arise unin-
etructed.
The president of the meeting declined to
put the substitute to q vote, stating that the
meeting was not called for that purpose
Whereupon the substitute was read to the
meeting, and upon being put to vote, WAS
adopted by reclamation, there being few, II
any, dissenting voices.
After come moments of hesitancy, Mr. De-
Lisle remarked, good naturedly, that he
Thought they had butter djeHFn, and, on mo-
tion, they adjourned.