The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-16
1 STORMY MEETING.
Speeches, Motions and Resolutions
by the Faithful In Council
Assembled.
An All Might Session OF the Rspubn-
can state Central Committee At
Exposition Hall


street side Of Exposition Hail.
The meeting was largely attended. almost the
entire force Of the employees Of tho Custom.
House being present either In the capacity OF
delegates or holders OF proxies.
A. J. Dumont presided and called the body TO
order at about O'Clock. Reporters were OK.
cluded and proceedings were opened by the
reading OF the minutes Of the previous meeting.
Their adoption was obiected to. ~ they included
y resolution. recorded ~ having passed. su.
thoriEipg the chairman to appoint 90 many
members OF the committee In addition TO those
authorized by the convention NJ he might
deem proper.
The information was ELECTED from the chair
that under the resolution he had appointed
forty. ono members from different portions Of
the State. Considerable excitement followed
the announcement and 4 fierce and angry
debate or discussion was indulged In. half d
dozen members being on the floor at once.
At last Demas succeeded In getting tho 1oor.
and declared that tho disputed resolution had
never pnssed the committee.
and he Declared that the resolution had been
adopted. and M dshed !. any man to oontradict him.
but he p hs ass ef ss
WHrmeth said the question whether the reso-
nnd hs moved shs nps
Of nve to ascertain the. facts of the case and to
also determins the right Of the committees 70
Leonard said that the committee originally
consisted OF thirty-six elected members and
twenty. five appointed By the chair By authority
tiSstion should BE- selected from them. - 'A'''
Wiekham declared that the resolution had
Warmoth insisted on bis motion, and II was
adopted and the chair appointed on the COM
mi,tee nj Wasmeso 1nSn 0giehard Merchant Leon
4 recess Of fifteen minutes WINS taken. to al
low the committee time to report.
warno.h. S made i report I a. ioIIows: That ssis
committee hnds thas, after two resolutions were
introduced to give the chairman power to ap.
ton OF Wickham. the chairman was authorized
70 appoint a. many members ~ no deemed
On the question Of the. right Of the committee
TO Increase its membership. the COMMITTEES ind
that Il has always been done, 30 a. to lot In
everybody who wanted to be member OF said
the committee recon mended tho adoption Of
the proceedings OF the last meeting. which was
Wickham offered q resolution calling State
convention to meet at New Orleans May -. and
fixing the same number OF delegates as were
~ Ments I IN noyea to Give IL. Mary six delegates.
Senator pe%ss wanted the parishes Q, East
Rouge 70 have four delegates. instead Of three.
So ms Hd S aro ysw S.s t. get BY @
want convention which would represent The
honest Republicans. then let an honest repre-
srest % Sprosr here occurred and dozen
colored delegates were. on the floor at once call
Ing the previous question.
cs@er, said they sSGT Would have %
question" and administered a severe rebuke to
tnem. He said they would vote It down. He
That q COMMITTEES Of i've be appointed to
make the apDortionment Of Delegates at the
q one T. ny ar ae
fraction Of two hundred and 1fty. except IN tie
bulldozsd parishes. whore the vote Of 1874 should
W At this point @ Judge Beattie took the floor. and
said that he was unlike others here who said
they were not partisans. he was 2 partisan.
terest OF partisans. The question was whether
the delegates to be sent to Chicago ehould rep:
resent the trce Republicans OF Louisiana and
publicans In louisiana wore for D. s. Grant as
President. he did not want delegation txed up
&c TN M
publicans Of Louisiana would send deleRa-
ton to Chicago yho would cast the solid vote
Each mention Of the name Of Grant brought
forth applause frora all outside Of the Federal
officials, and even some OF them moved their
Judge Beattie offered the following resolu-
ton:
Orleans on the nineteenth Of April. 1880. The
said convention to be called for the purpose OF
enSsna e hen e Jans
and for the purpose OF nominating an electora!
ticket and Representatives in CONGRESS. and
such other business as the convention may
ue After a1anS some discussion the resolution was
tabled by vote Of 50 yeas to Us nays,
wesry pencil drivers. who had been forced into
ana r.. a
cussed and debatsd again and again.
sed and e 70
Wickhams 8 resolution and flx the representa-
ton. parish By parish.
sentatives Of each parish Insisted for their con-
etituents on an increase Of representation over
that in the last state convention: .,, -
at fearful rate and amidst the greatest oonfu-
Warmoth at last got the floor. and moved and
reconsideration Of the whole subject
matter. and again put In his resolution pro
RRenR e
The adoption Of that portion OF Wiekhams
resolution fixing the date May d and New Or.
leans as the place OF meeting. YVES then moved,
and the yeas ana nays demanded.
Plnchback suggested that there was no me-
cessity Of calling the roll. as the secretary re-
corded all the Ocstom-House employees In the
Affirmative. and those who were not In the
building In the negative. and he would be
right
would have voted II he had got the naval Office.
Pinchback answered that he would vote as he
intended to vote now. and proceeded to maKe q
eneech The chairman. however used his club
with such effect that the noise drowned Pinch
backs voice and he subsided.
Astwood introduced q resolution recognizing
the Republican city committee. presided over
BY Charles Bibb IS the regular Republican par
ieh committee.
Plnchback spoke ct length In favor Of the
Organization. 80 that the difference In the par.
ish might be adjusted. He wanted the mater
teoihat II II did mot act dec16Ivelyr Il would