The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-15
THE PARISH COMMITTEE.
THE CONVERSATION OF KENNER,
BEARD AND SMITH o
ADMITTED.

The Democratic Conservative Committee held
a lengthy and animated meeting last evening.
President Shields, in the chair, said that the
committee had been called together to pass
upon the nominations Of last Tuesday. and to
consider CONVERSATIONS from the second and
eighth wards.
The senatorial and representative districts
were taken up, with the exception of the
Fourth Senatorial District and the Second Rep
resentative District and Endorsed by the com
mittee. The fourteenth ward candidate. how
ever. was not Endorsed. no returns from that
ward having been received. A great deal OF
debate Of an unimportaut character occurred
relating to the status of candidates In the dis
tricts not acted upon. suggested by the follow
ing communication:
Rooms EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DEMOCRATIC
Conservative Organization.
Mr.. b. g. Shields. President Parish Committee:
Dear Sir-At the request of contestants u. T.
Smith and j. @. Beard1 of the second ward, and
per resolution Of cur committee. / have ap-
pointed a subcommittee of three. 8, 8. Car
report to this committee what action, If any. It is
necessary to take In the premises and | am
instructed to ask the appointment of q similar
committee on your part to meet them at IL to-
| morrow. and to ask your assistance In securing
the ballot-box and ballots of the election on
Tuesday last IN the secon6 ward 4, v,s.nrs
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Chairman Executive Committee.
At the same time q document purporting to
be a protest OF Messrs. Beard and Smith was
read.
The question Of admitting the protest OF Mr..
Duncan It.. Kenner against the election In the
second ward for the nominee of the Fourth
| Senatorial District was brought up, giving rise
again to desultory debate. At this j~uncture Mr..
Tobias Gibson, representing Messrs. Kenner,
Smith and Beard. was admitted to the floor.
Mr.. Gibson said that he did not appear to ad-
dress the committee on the merits of Mr.. Ken
ner's case, but simply to say what had occurred
In the Citizens committee. He had met a sub
committee of the Citizens organization. who
had required specific charges on the protest.
He had offered to b Ike an amended protest.
| but was informed br the Citizens committee
that they would file one themselves with the
Parish Committee. He had offered also to sign
| Mr.. Kenper's protest for him. but this was re-
fused on the grounds that the rules of the Par
ish COMMITTEES required that Mr.. henner should
sign 1t himself, and that If Mr.. kenner, had
slept on his rights the committee could not
remedy this condition.
Mr.. M. Z. Lagan. representing the other side
Of the question, WAS also admitted to the floor.
but had nothing to say but TO thank the com
mittee for Its courtesy. since the case was not
yet up on Its merits.
o. motion the president was authorized to
appoint a committee OF three to confer with the
Citizens committee. as requested. Messrs:
Lobtano, Walsh. of the sixteenth ward. and
Loehbruner were appointed such q committee.
MI. Lionel Adams now moved that the com
mittee be- instructed in their conference not to
consider any protests but those already pre-
Mr.. James took occasion to remark that the
protest OF Messrs. Smith and Beard were not
made in accordance with the rules. and that
they did not set forth any reason for contesta-
ton.
Mr.. Freret moved to table Mr.. Adams motion.
u H.. 1900 I--A -. - ..~E1 - a. ~ fAar 49,
DEBATE Mr.. Adams withdrew his original mo-
ton. and offered as q substitute q resolution to
the effect that Mr.. Kenner having failed to com
ply with rule 6 OF the Parish Committee. was
not entitled to contest, and that the sense of the
Parish Committee Is that the document filed by
hessrs. Smith and Beard is no protest. there
aud therefore that 1t was not a protest In ac-
cordance witt rule6. which reads as follows:
All protests to be made out in duplicate, and
must be fled In writing Immediately after the
vote shall have been counted, and oil GROUNDS
OF objection, must be stated in the came pro
test: one shall be transmitted with the tally
sheet to the Executive Committee. Of the
Citizens Democratic organization, and one TO
the President OF the Parish Committee of the
Democratic Conservative parry"
Mr.. Burke moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Lost by a vote Of IL to IL,
Mr.. Adams resolution was then carried by O
vote of IA to 10.
The resolution was then clinched on a res0-
lution. to reconsider and. lay on the table by a
Prior to the above Mr.. Freret offered the fol-
lowing:
Be T resolped, That the president of the Dem
o%cratic- Conservative Parish Committee be d.
rected to prepare the official list OF the candi-
dates selected at the primary election of March
IL, 1879. and that he be directed to Invite the
chairman OF the Citizens Democratic organiza-
ton to sign the said list as official. and that he
publish said list in the DEMOCRAT and PicdDLne
newspapers on Saturday. Sunday. Monday and
Tuesday, as the ticket to be supported by the
voters of both organizations at the election to
be held on March 18. 1879.
On motion OF Mr.. Barry the resolution was
amended by excepting the second ward from
the operations of the resolution. and as amend
ed was adopted.
The committee adjourned to this evening at
Z O'Clock.