The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-15

| " dlIoN Cuo COhlHlttte tlHlo " report.
At the expiration Of the recess the
committee submitted the following re-
port: =.@. 4~..1
| DONALDsONvILLE,L La, Nov. 10, 1879.
70 the Hon. President and members of
the Republican Nominating Conven
ton of the Twenty second Judicial
! District:
Your committee on credentials beg
leave to report the following delegates
entitled to seats in this convention:
PARISH OF ST. JAMES.
Two delegations, on half vote each.
Dezegates-J. w. Shade, VIM. johnson,
Philip Pierce, Henderson Bolding, John
johnson, Richard Fantroy, VIM. Landix,
Jules Leblanc. 4lte,nates-Victor Miles,
v. Dickerson, S. F. Siskron, Richard
SHINES, VIM. Riley.
| Second dclegat0n-Lucien Como, Z. 3.
Cohen, J. B. Blaze, G. w. Payne, r. A.
Harrison, Lunin Brown, Charles Oubre,
J.. N. Miller. Alternates-Jonas Martin,
Armand Mirre. .M
| PARISH OF ASCENSION.
| Dc1eyates-Pierre Landry, P. A. Jones,
j.. E. Bentley, Chas. Shallowhorne, Au-
$ustus Knight, Jesse Mcguire, George
Robertson, Arthur Burnett. a1tcrAates-
Nathan Ross, Peter James Cornelius
Smith, Edward Cantey, S. Fl. Mullen,
w. Z. Davis, J. H. Profiitt, VIM. Scott.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. SHADE, Chairman;
AUGUSTUS KNIGHT,
| C. SHALLOWHORNE,
PHILIP PIERCE,
Il. FANTROY.
Immediately after the reading of the
report, Mr. Dickerson vacated the chair,
! and Jos. w. Shade was chosen tempo
rary chairman.
The report Of the committee on ere
dentials was adopted unanimously.
The secretary called the roll twenty
delegates answered TO their Names
On motion of Aug. Knight, P. Landry
of Ascension was elected permanent
president and assumed the chair. L. f.
Bentley was chosen permanent secretary.
On motion, N. Fl. Wilson was appointed
sergeant-at-arms. s=
On motion of Mr.. Shade it was decided
to proceed to the nomination of canli-
dates for District Judge and District At
torney by ballot, the chair to appoint
two tellers. Messrs- Shade and Knight
were appointed tcllers to count the bal
lots.
Nominations for District Judge being
declared i'll order, Geo. w. Payne nonli-
mated Hon. Henry L. Duffel; A. Burnett
nominated Hon. John A. Checvers The
nominations were closed and a ballot
taken, resulting as follows:
Whole votes Half votes Total
Dutfcl, .-----.----.7 IL ]24
Cheevers, -1 l II
Hon. Henry L. Dutfel having received
a majority of the votes cast, was declared
duly nominated for District Judge.
On motion, the nomination was made
unanimous.
On motion Of Geo. w. Payne, Hon. T.
3. Earhart was nominated for District
Attorney by reclamation.
On motion of j. w. Shade, it was re-
solved that the chair appoint judicial
district committee, consisting of four
members from each parish and 10 presi-
dent of this convention, who shall be &c
0fcio chairman Of said committee.
The committee was then appointed, as
follows: st. James j. W. Shade, Geo.
w. Payne, Richard Fantroy, Philip
Pierce. -4scension-P. A. Jones, L. E |
Bentley, Arthur Burnett, Augustus
Knight. z.-..
On motion, Mcssrs. Burnett and Payne
were appointed committee to notify |
Mr.. Earhart of his nomination, and the
committee presently returned with the |
nominee for District Attorney, who adj
dressed the convention appropriately,
accepting with grateful appreciation the
honor conferred upon him and pledging
his best efforts towards carrying the Re
publican banner to victory i'll the dis
trict.
On motion, the chair was authorized to
appoint a committee to apprise Judge
Dutfel of his nomination.
The secretary was directed to forward
the proceedings of the convention to the
New Orleans Observer, New Orleans Lou
isianian, st. james Louisianais and Don
CHIEF with a request for
their publication. .5
On motion to adjourn. the yeas and
nays were demanded, and the vote stood.
yeas, IL; nays 81, twenty-one members
voting.
President Landry congratulated the
members upon the result Of their labors
on behalf of Republican success, and de-
clared the convention adjourned sine de-
The following is the committee to no
tify Hon. Henry L. Duffel of his nomina-
lion for District Judge: L. E. Bentley,
]. J. Sullivan, Augustus Knight, Charles
Arthur Burnett, V. Miles,
'. Dickerson, VIM. Riley, Lucien Como,
R. A. Harrison and John johnson.
P. LANDRY,
L. E. BENTLEY, President.
Secretary.
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