The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-07-14
THE MASS MgETIsG.

,led in the Town Hall, on Saturday.
,he 10th of July, 1880.
Tie meeting wa called to order
~ Benjamin Turner, the Chairman,
after tie official call had been read
by the Secretary, James Andrews, Jr.
The announcement that the Chair
was ready to hear as 10 the perma
nent organization of the meeting,
brought out the names of Hon. j. u.
White and Senator Luckett for Pres
ldent. Senator Luckett at once took
the floor and addressed the meeting
in speech with the true ring and
replete with sound, democratic doc
trines, and in behalf of the ratifica-
ton of Hancock a1d English. The
Senator was listened TO with marked
and the repeated plaudits
of his hearers was convincing fact,
that he had the hearts of his fellow
democrats enlisted in his behalf and
that of the standard bearers Of the
National Democracy, Hancock and
English. At the close Of the Sena
tors speech, he withdrew his own
name as Chairman of tbs meeting
and asked th at the meeting be as
harmonious and unanimous as was
the nomination of Hancock.
On motion then Hon. j. G. White
was called on to preside, with the
following gentlemen as Vice-Presi
dents, selected by the meeting: Fl.
R. Cummings, B. Cooper and j. W.
Prescott, on motion NJ. Mayer; and
on similar motion, and in the same
manner, E. R. Biossat and w. W.
Wilmington, Jr., were selected as
Secretaries.
On motion Of Judge Thornton, the
Chair was requested to appoint ten
Delegates to the Natchitochcs Con
gressional Convention called for the
9th of September, 1880, which mo-
tion was amended by E. G. Hunter
that the meeting elect the ten dele.
gates. The original motion and the
amendment were clearly and ably ar
gued by these two gentlemen, and
on vote to lay the amendment OF
the table, it was adopted by ma
jority of one vote.
AS the Chairman was about to Sc
lcct the ten delegates, Judge Black
man offered proviso that the Chai
be instructed to appoint no one, WHIT
at the last State election had not yo
ted the State, District and Psrochia
Democratic ticket. This provist
was at once opposed by Judge Thorn
ton, who spoke ably against it
whilst Judge Blackman defended hi!
proviso. After being put to vote
the proviso passed by seven major
ity. The Chair then appointed th'
following delegates to the Congress
ional Convention to be held at Nat
chitochcs, on the 9th of Septembe
1880, after. the meeting had unani
mously decided that the Chairman
name should be added to the list
F. Seip, Lewis Texada, r. L. Luck
EFT, j. C. Wise, ". +. Blackman, }
R. Thornton, Thos. 3. French, j. L
Connella, r. 2. Hunter, C. L. Robin
son, ]. G. White.
On motion the chairman appointe'
a Committee on Resolutions consist
ing as follows:
W. C. McGimsey, H. A. Boyce
Jas. Andrews, Jr., T. A. Blanchard
J. R. Waters.
The Committee retired for fey
moments, during which recess Sena
tor Luckett mentioned that com
mercial and representative gentle
man Of the City Of New York, Mr.. S
H. Lowenberg, was present at tn
meeting and requested that he be in
vited to address the meeting. Thi
request was cordially granted an
the gentleman was introduced to th
meeting. Mr.. Lowenberg is a read
and effective speaker, and at one
captured the attention Of the aud
ence, and as Democrat at home i
a Hancock ratification meeting
voiced the sentiments Of his gran
party, now uniled in the Empir
State, ready to give Hancock an
English the 35 electoral votes of Ne
York, at the same time giving Loui.
lana all honor for having nominate
the next President. Mr.. Lowenber
was rendered the hearty thanks
the assemblage.
| The Committee on Resolution
then returned, and through the
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