The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-21

states. 4l4o that no was the choice OF tne hepup.
Fill was recsived With Tremendous cheers
end referred % the committee on resolutions
w ". q. brown offered resolution that the
State Central Committee be composed Of thirty
tx representatives, selected ~ heretofore
from the senatorial districts EIGHT pen, members o.
convention, and that the latter DO declared q
o6icio q member.
efforts BY t6e Bhermanites to defeat Ii. '''o>'
By this time the lobby and the members had
| dashed themselves Into q great state Of excite
ment IN ths midst OF which the sycamore form
He failed to still the storm. however. but
worked In resolution that the convention pro-
coed into the
NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR.
A din Of half an hours duration ensued and.
finally, the resolution prevailed.
Plnchbaek then took the floor and put the
q Taor Ra before hs tSn Lon
coming campaign was forlorn hope for the
Republicans, and II any, man entered the con
es such @ Ss not Dig
Beattie because no thought he would attract
some white support, AMI be eeoneidered that
vas va o over. e' He Repab1tcans had d.
BAD NAME.
and they could not outliveit The selection Of
Benttie, he said would disarm the Southern
people OF the plea that the negro will not vote
IOI u fOTHleT S4uVbuOiuHE.
Preacher Bryant seconded the nomination,
and treated the audience to scriptural story
and truly star-spanglsd- banner address.
On the conclusion OF BryRnts speech.
TAYLOR BEATrIE
was nominated unanimously for Governor by a
"a. committee was then appointed to wait upon
Judge Beattie and Ina few minutes they re-
JUDGE BEArTIE's REMARKS.
Ha daairad RI n n tta fatta n font
monial of respect given him By the convention.
He thought originally that the entire ticket
Ss saa RRss e q sass
the body and he therefore felt the more COM
plimented by the nomination at that time. He
to 90 into the contest vigorously and with d
sense Of the labor necessary to achieve success
The enemy ls orRanized he slid. while we are
vantages He said there existed growing dis
affection In the ranks OF the Democratic party
and It affected some Of the best people Of the
He was Republican. he stated. because the
principles OF the party were most consonant
with tho interests Of his State. He was a native
and he cannot be recreant to her
interests.
He claimed that he had heard many political |
opponents express approval ot Republican
principles. and disRpprOval of the officers So |
ected. He therefore suggested that the. proper |
method for them TO pursue is to come into the |
or w more q Gs
'arrted on with some respect for the prejudices
II the subjects, and urged that an unexception-
lhle ticket be put forward.
He proposed to carry tho
BANNER OF REPUBLIcANIsM
a this struggle. which he does not consider d
ororn hope; but, before finally accepting the
domination. he desired to know Of what mate
ial the remainder OF the ticket was COM
'Osed.
J.R. q. PrTKIN
7as then called to the footlights to deliver him
e!f. having been previously crushed out In the
10. He exposed the wounds inflicted upon him
y the Hayes administration. and said he was
Ding to pluck u apples for other people no more
entton on the selection Of Beattie.
NJ Hebert moved % that ,; committee Of fifteen
arntnR the selection OF persons for the other
laces on the ticket.
GREAT CONFUSION
ere ensued tDemas In the chairl. when col
aimed the door in the ground that he had s not
sassed" the chatt ali day. The appeal. how
YER. was unsuccessful. and he was forced to
Ike his seat on a call for the previous question
d o motion to adopt the resolution.
There ensued upon this scene Of wild con-
lsion which lasted about half an hour. and In
hitch q dozen speakers frequently held the
oor at one time and several obstreperous
lembers. rising to various pints" OF ORDER
I'D to be pressed into their seats by the SER
II
Order was at length established and the roll
allied on the motion to call the previous ques-
on.
The roll call was made under decided difficult
o., and met with several Interruptions. One /
these was an attempt at o fight between two
)lored members, one of whom impeached the
eracity Of the other. but they were liz
PROMPTLY SUPPRESSED.
The roll was then called and the resolution
1opted.
The following were appointed a committee to
ait upon Judge Beattie and confer about the
elections for the other places: Il. 0. Hebert, g,
/. Hill J. Sullivan, james Lewis. Vim. Murrell.
90. w. Bryant G.. Hawkins. Jack Wharton.
aver Cahen, Thos. Gage. Dave Young. E. {
anti and A. Maurice.
A motion was then made and carried to ap-
oint committee on resolutions. The follow
tx were appointed: Burwel. Davidson Her
srt. Forman. Harper. Morgan, Thompson,
all Jotfrion, Damas, Mahoney Dckerson |
lunt. Wtckham. Green Allan.
AS tempers now ran high and there were sew
'al personal quarrels and n prospect of more,
70 convention adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock l
lis morning.
THE COUNTERFEIT CASE.
[r. L. P. Rouquette is Honorably I
Discharged. I