The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-08
THE PRIMARIES.
The Delegates Elected Yesterday
to the Parish Convention.
A Peaceful But Warm Contest Over
the Balloting The Full Re-
suit of the Election.

The election for delegates to the parish
convention came off yesterday, the polls
opening ut 0 q. m. and closing at 7 r. M AS
d rule the days proceedings we're very peace
able and orderly, and On the whole the vote
was rather small, excepting in two or three
wards. The following is the result:
FIRST WARD. %.-5
John McCloskey 900, Baslle Bourda 298,
Owen Jameson 200, Gus Alexander 3O7, John
Gibson 297, j.. Waldron 299. j. D. Donovan 3o3,
J. Brandao 273, J. Rankin 300, Eug. M. Fox 800.
The total vote cast was 392. The opposition
ticket was what was known az the Murphy
ticket, headed by Caspar Lott, and averaging
vote Of ST. On the conclusion of the count
Mr.. Murphy filed protest, which did not set
forth any grounds of action or species Of
rnalyersation. II purported to be signed by
several delegates On the opposition. but the
Judge, Mr.. Donovan challenging proof OF the
authenticity OF the document, discovered
that forgery had been committed. an ad-
mission Of ore Of the parties alleged to have
signed II. He, therefore, disregardets the
paper and had the document signed us re-
turned.
SECOND WARD. .... .*
- lin this ward the following ticket was elect
ati and no protest entered, the total vote be-
ing little over six hundred: u. SINGER, M
Gallagher, e. Reagan, M. Leonard. A. J.
! Dunn, T. Clark, John Driscol. Z. Connell, j
Ford, O. r. Miller. j. j. Thomas, M. Kilroy.
THIRD WARD.
The total vote cast In this ward was s70
and the following delegates were declared
elected: John Fitzpatrick, Patrick Kane
John White. nj. y. Schwarm, Tim Mckay
Jas. Duffy, Thos. Gregson, H. D. Mumford
Louis Dubroc, Jas. Mclaughlin, i. Cab
John Cooney, M. Collins j, Calvin. Pat Sui
Ivan, Manuel Dreifus, Jaa Farrell.
The opposition alleges intimidation In this
ward and expressed d determination to pro-
test.
FOURTH WARD.
No opposition in this ward. Tho election
resulted as follows 2. Mcintyre, +. Adam,
F. eraser, II. Roose, II. nj. Joyce, q. Cast and
Y. Duffy.
FIFTH WARD
combination ticket and no opposition. The
delegates elected were: Jules LHote 461,
pRtorno, 463. Eug. D'Herate 423, Henry X.
{ Ducastaing 47O. Carl SCHNEIDER 457, Nj. LiuzZa
z63, Eug. Lussan Ago, q. A. Lanata 455.
SIXTH WARD.
There was only one ticket in this ward, the
result of the harmony between the two fac
] tIons The vote was as follows: q y. Cain
2g5, James Pollock 265. Ii. A. Sass 264. Geo.
: 3. Wiltz aga, FL. Messonnier 265, E. Blanc 155,
Major M. I'll. Andry 1856.
SEVENTH WARD.
This ward was also d unit IN favor 81 the
fcll0wing delegation: George M. Barnett, y.
Asher, Joe Garsdel, John Rogers, z. Fred
Thomas, A. s. Audler, w. }. Dunn, Paul g.
I Voorhies. A. Vedrenne.
EIGHTH WARD.
1n the eighth ward there was also only ont
Z ticket. the following, which was elected
Chas. Morel 262, M. McCune 344, Geo. Ber-
noudy 900, Alex. Brewster 1858. Vincent Buya
$50, Gus. Ieefe 213, John Bnrrus 3o1. MIR. W
II. Brooks, who ran independently OF the
q ticket, received 166 votes.
NINTH WARD.
There were two tickets in the field In this
ward, known as the Dudenhefer and the
Hullotte tickets. The election, although an
extraordinarily close one, passed off without
any Incident worthy Of notice, with the fol
lowing result:
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