The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-14
TIE STATE CONVENTION.
The Work of 81 lectir ~ Delegates
and Electors Completed.
The Question Of Authority to Nom
mate Cane idates for Mem
bers. of Congress.

The Demo ,cfatio- Conservative State Conven-
II on assers bied again yesterday at noon at
Masonic ydai. the Hon. James Jeffries presid-
ing. and. all the parishes represented. excepting
he tbr 90 absent on the frst day.
Mr. w. II. Todd. Of the tenth ward, offered the
folio wing resolution:
Whereas. under the official call Issued by the
lempsratic State Central COMMITTEE OF daae d,ad
for the purpose Of designating the time place
and bas is OF representation Of the several CON
pose OF nominating candidates for 0ongress. as M
we'll as for telectng delegates 70 the national Is
convention 9 saao 10 thnrafore be- "a Il
Eesolrsas That conventions bs assembled In
each congressional district Of this state on % or
peiole WsdnesaaY M ssa Drnose @ Il nominating cand
D Bsi 5uther rssolued. That the delegates duly
assrsfons a.sss,ssa a'rIct I Vresueotvsy sha mme
diately after the adj ,urnment of this 60, conyen-
fi0n assem- bfs for tho purpose OF selecting con-
rreaaionaI executive commi tees, who shall be-
charged " til carrying into effect the purpose ot
these resolutions. and 10 designate the place IN
their respective districts at which such congress
aional eonvo ntie ns shall be held
he Il further rt soued. That the basis OF repre-
sentation Ia tbs several c2ngress,ional conYsn
Bs Il Jtaititer resoped That these resolutions
shall only nave feet IN those congressional
fistriets as have no central congressional COM
mittee.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick. of Orleans. offered an amend
men providing In effect that the resolution
should not apply to the districts that had al
ready made their nominations for Congress-
men.
MIR. Kidd, of Jackson. took occasion to cay
that this convention had not been called for the
purpose OF nomin ating candidates for members
OF Congress.
Further debate was provoked by the question.
which resulted In n declaration by the Chair
that both the resolution and the amendment
could be entertained by the convention. which
was the sovereign power OF the Democratic
party OF the State.
The discussion suggested q call for the read
ing Of the action of the State Central Committee
on the subject which was read as follows:
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEES. New Orleans. March II. 1880.
At the regular meeting. Of the Democratic
State Central Oommi,tee 9t the sfate Of Louisi Isl
following resolutions ware adopted:
RESOLVED. That 9, convention Of the party be
day Of April at such place as may be selected
by the chairman Of this COMMITTEES. for the pur-
pose OF selecting delegates TO the national con-
vention to assemble In Cincinnati on the TWEEN
tvseecond OF June, and to designate the time,
place and basis OF representation Of the several
congressional convenaions 70 9e nela m roF % one
Rrees In such districts as have no central CEN
Rressicna committee.
said convention shal! bs the same as in the
State Convention which assembled at Baton
Rouge, October 9, 1879. except when the Demo
cratic vote was Increased ut the election on
December q. 1879 In which case that vote shall
Resotued That the Parish Committee of the
city of New Orleans and OF the different par
ishea be instructed to cause delegates to be
selected to eaid convention on the basis OF said
representation.
MIRA. J. Lewis. of Orleans. also asked that
the resolutions of the Parish Committee on the
subject be read but 1t was decided that no
official report of the committee was offered
but only newspaper report from the DEMO
GRAFT which conld not be admitted. The report
of the DEMOCRAT is as follows:
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
In view Of the differences Of opinion existing
concerning the nomination OF a CONGRESSMAN
by the delegates to the State convention. the fol-
ieh committees ealing an election Of deleeates
to said convention is republished:
TEE PARISH ooMMirTEE-AN ELECTION CALLED
FOR THE TENTH OF APRIL
"A called meeting Of the Democratic. Couserv-
alive Parish was s he,d last night Pres
chair. and the following named delegates pres
Jas. Barry, q. Reagan. second ward; Remy
CLARK, j. B. Durnin. third ward; Lionel Adam.
+. j. Ford. fourth ward: O. j.: Laresche tby
proxy Leon Durieu. ffth ward John Brewster.
Fernar fi tby proxyl. jos. daridel. seventh ward:
John l.: Newman. eighth ward; T. Casey, Jos.
Lusk. ninth ward: Jas, Reed tenth ward; Thos.
ward; Leon EnRiandtr, John Graner. twelfth
ward; A.. 8. Beck !, ] Casey, fourteenth ward:
"President Shields stated ,hatthe meeting had
been convened for the purpose of taking steps
to hold an election fer delegates 70 the conven-
tion at Cincinnati and ON me tion 1t was resolved
that the election shall be held on the tenth OF
April, that the rules Of the last primary elec-
delegates be limited to the selection Of delegates
to the national convention at Cincinnati
Very much has been said and considerable
been caused by the action Of Gen. Gitson's
the meeting OF the State Central Committee
the matter OF congressional nominations was
discussed, and II was understood that no con
grHesional nominations would be made in the
First. Second and Sixth Congressional Dis
tricts-. each district should provide for spe-
a each o oasns S sss sFss The
solved that the functions of the delegates
elected TO this convention should be limited to
Convention. The wards. almost without ex-
ception. conformed TO this limitation, and In
many II was expressly 80 agreed and fully un-
derstood. Under these facts there seems to be
good grounds for surprise and opposition to
the course pursued.
The following letter. In substance was pre-.
scented from Mr.. Lingan. but was ruled out and
not permitted to be read by those who pressed
the nomination:
NEW ORLEANS, April IL. 1890 10 a. m.
Arthur Lambert, Es q seventh Ward:
M Dear Scr Il am Informed that Gen. r. L.
Gibson's friends are pressing nominations by
the delegates 70 the present convention, You
that my indgment was The de%lssates % ss.. should
that In the recent election In our district the
d delegates were expressly inhibited from max.
ing nominations except for delegates to the
Cincinnati Convention. Under these. oiroum-
stances. In the event that nominations are
pressed, you will please withdraw my name
and announce that / shall not consider myself
bound BY any nomination made Most truly,
your friend. JAMES LINGAN.
Mr., Ably thought that to introduce the nomi-
nation OF members of the Federal House of
Representatives into the convention would
have the effect of creating discord.
Mr.. Mosse, Of Orleans. wanted to know
whether congressman could be chosen under
afhe resolution of the State Central Committee