The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27
THE CAM pAIGN.

i Tho Democratic executive committee M
Terrebonne parlah met at Houma. October
| l9, and faorganiHed
I Tha executive commit VI deserve the
thanka Of tho country delegates. for timing
the convention next To circus day.-lshreye-
| port Standard.
The Greenhack Senatorial and Judicial con-
| ventions of the Webster District will meet 81
| Minden nn Monday, November 4, 70 nominate
candidates for district Offices.
Tho lhcrvlle Republican parish convention
was held at PlaQuemine October 10. a reso-
lut ION was adopted indoraing Grant On mo
tion II was resolved that the Governor bn re-
1uested to appoint =. A. Verret as clerk to
| the ragistrarOf vntela.
There ia some trouble In the Republican
ranks In ut. John. A. q. Bahrock, q leader ~
the party and a delegate to the latc cunstltn-
tional convention, has bolted the parish nom
iuatona and announces himself "a al inde-
pendent candidate fot sheriff.
They say that Mr. Uheevera, WHO is parisl,
Judge in Ascension. has mind to run for
| tile district iuagaship AZ ~ \. Earhart,
whom some ,niarhievoua fellows call Redhart.
he will probably he nominated and elected as
district attorney.--lst. James loulelanais
4 on written posters sticking about town y
| Ia soen that u III L. Ga,ldet Ia announced as
m independent candidate for the LeEisla-.
lature and Leon H. Gaudet makes himself
| known as an independent candidate for clerk
Of the diatrict court. IFrhibodauN Sentinel.
Baton Rouge parish will have lively
canyaas thla campaign. TWENTY-FIVE nnn- l,n
4 tion OF the Democrats: tne thousand Ot
\ these were color, "A men. who pledged them
selvra to vote the Democratic ticket In De-
Cenhrr
The Republican parish nominations Ia st.
4 James Az nnt mrrt with favor. number of
delegates huted tho convention. and organ
1 lied nlsowhere They finally determined to
cali another nominating convention. To meet
4 November ], and put another ltepnbilcan
/ ticket III tho field.
4 At the parish Republican convention last
Saturday, 4 resolution was introduced ny
| Alcee Johnson of the sixth ward. naoralng
Judge Ja,nea L. Colo ~ tho candidate st the
Republican party Of thia parish Cor district
| Judge Tho resolution was unanimously
| adopted ilhcrviie South.
| The areenhack parish nominating conven-
| tinn III Webster n,st last Monday nj Minden.
| Dir. j. s. Cheshire was elected chairman and
n. ". Smith secretary. Tho following nom'-
| natons wore then madc: j, w. Reagan Tor
sheriff DR. cheshire for coroner, a. w, War
rem for clerk of tho court. and Irwin Fulton
for Representative.
| Wa regret to 600 that there are u few Dem
oerats I'm our parish wfD have not yet had
the aolpnaas of their def Il hOaled after tho
| action Of the Democratic ,onvention at Baton
Rouge We are gratili d 4, know, however,
that this class of men compose hut small
portion of the Democratic party Of our par
ish. ~ tberyiIlc South
| Tho II epuhl,cans of onr parish held their
convention ON Saturday last for tho nomlnh,
| tion of delegates to the State convention and
| for the selection nj mcmhars or parish eT
ecutive committee, and for other purposes.
| The proceedings were conducted IN stormy,
bo,aterons manner, and showed qulte u lack
| of unanmity, The struggle for positions "a
delegates and members of the executive com,
mittee was quite hlttcr. The next move Will
be for the nomination of 4 parish and district
| ticket. and Judging from the numerous can
didatcs iu the field for the various offices, the
next parish convention will be lively one
| liherville South.
The following st the Democratic Parish Tx
eeutive Committee OF Oaddo: Ward I, Hugh
Dickson. ward2, q. ~. Huckaby; ward !, r.
fucker ward g. Darcy Simpson; ward 7,
Dr. Gus lInndrcka; ward g. "A. b. CroWder.
From the Parish at Large NJ. Hollings-
worth, r.. Il. Re''. 4. A. Conway. james Noel,
s. NJ Morrison j. H. Gilliland, D. =. Mon
cure.
The judicial convention of the East Fell
ciana-St Helena district was a very fractional
affair. The committee on credentials report
ed rs follows:
| ave also find that each delega tn from st
Helena Is numerically entitled to = Of vote; !;
that each delegate from the first ward 81
East Feieana Is entitled to 27-l15 of vote,
and that each Of the other delegates from East
Felicana il entitled to o-23 of u vote
The ballot being taken for district Judge,
,, resulted as Follows w. l.. Herman 23-23o
votes, J. c. kilbourne 2t7-23o votes. u, ..
Medne 9o-ll5 votes. The president an
nouneed Mr. kcruan as tho choice OF the con-
vention. q. F.. y ). Of 81. Helena, was then
unanimously nominated Tor district attorney.
Considerable dissatisfaction With the dis
triet judicial and Senatorial nominations OK
lists In Bienvlle. The district consists OF four
parishes Claiborne, Rossler. webster hnd
Bienville, and nominal I'd four candidates,
district Judge and district altorhey and tWo
Senator'S Bienvile thinks that she ought To
have had ut least one of these She com
plains that, although her majority had al
ways elected the Democratic district cand-
dates she has not, during the past ten years,
enjoyed single district office. A protest mas
, accordingly been signed BY number 81 the
leading citizens of Bienvile protesting
: against the district nominations and agree
inE '.to oppose, BY our votes ana our lnlu-
ence, the election of the ticket nominated at
Minden for judicial officers and Senators
and we further agree to vote for and use ollt
influence to elect some Of our own eitlzens tc
| each Q. said positions, and we hereby cor.
: whatever political faith color or creed, tc
r unite with US In asserting the political rights
OF our parish" A mass meeting has been
called for the first Saturday In November tc
: consider this question. r.
The Caddo parish convention met Tuesday
! October 81 at Shreveport, and was called K
order by N. C. Blanchard, chairman OF I'M
+ executive committed. Regular organization
: was Elected by the election Of G. j. Foster ~
permanent nst1 al chairman, ana +. A. Leonard q
Taylor Vas Nominated without opposition
Mr. S. Grain and J. 4. Shepherd were put, Il
nomination for district att orney, ana Ihe ~
mer nominated by a vote of 81 to 25. Capt,
NJ. Mutt was unanimously nominated 70
Senator Two votes were taken for kepre
. sentative, resulting in the nomination o1 =
= G. Grain and IT, Il. Vaughan. After fourtee
: ballots for sheriff. John Lake was nominated
: The other candidates are: w. 7. Ford !, fo
! clerk of the district court, AID Dr. Wm. VI
4 ner for coroner. ]. nj Foster, present lncuIn
! bent, was elected a delegate to the State exec
: = utive committee.
J, Resolutions were then adopted, indorsln
:; the Baton Rouge ticket, the new constitute
Y and the debt ordinance. The following va
! also adopted:
\ PasnffsI That the action of the MOorlngS