National Republican., 1882-08-29
The KeIlopr Nomination.

Kellogg was nominated to represent the
Third Congressional District of Louisiana
in the next House. This district is known
as the "sugar- bowl" of the Pelican State,
and just before the cup was presented to
the Senator an effort was made to- con-
tribute little hot water. The Kellogg
convention met at the place and time
prescribed by the district committee, and
showed sixteen uncontested delegates
and thirteen other persons whose titles
were challenged by the friends of an
other Congressional aspirant, Taylor
Beattie. On Monday Beattie had noti-
fed the district committee, of which he
was member, that unless it accepted u
roll which he had framed as the tempo
rary roll of the convention he would
bolt, and when the committee
adopted resolution TO declare
the sixteen uncontested delegates
such temporary roll Beattie made
good his word and took his hat and his
leave with three others of the district
committee of twenty-three members. AS
this roll comprised the six only Beattie
delegates and was in pursuance of the
customary and necessary method to COM
pass preliminary organization, Beattie
clearly violated party discipline. OF
Beattie's six delegates, four from La
fourche parish) wereappointed by Beattie
himself and, indeed, included himself
When the convention met at the
time designated in the call the six
uncontested Beattie men were absent,
as were also the thirteen Beattie
contestants. 1t was evident that their
leader meant to verify his menace to the
very end. The convention, after some
delay, proceeded to temporary organi-
zation, elected the president and secre-
tary of the district committee rs the
president and secretary of the conven-
ton, and created committee on creden-
tials, which notified the contestants sew
orally in writing of its readiness to pass
upon their claims. "1n no instance"
says the New Orleans TimeS-Democrdt,
"did it receive an answer" and there
being no challenge, the thirteen men
whose seats Beattie men had originally
proposed to claim were therefore seated.
Judge Fontelieu, a man and jurist of dis
tinguished worth, was then made per-
manent chairman and L. A. Martinez, an
old friend of Beattie,was made secretary
and Senator kellogg was soon after NOM
mated. Martinets previous intimate re-
lations with Beattie gave marked en-
phasis to the following statement made
hui ln Annr Of fha
The report says:
L. A. Martinez spoke at some length, declaring
during his remarks that Beattic had told Kellogg
in Washington that he (Kcllogg) would give him
Beatte) the place of collector of the port of New
orleans Kellogg should go 10 Congress If the
place was not given, Beattie would run, if he had
TO do so rs an independent
Voice-Did you hear him 3?
Martinet-Judge Beat,ie reported that to me not
ten days ago i'll the presence of Mr.. Gray
Gray corroborated the statement aud wild yells
and cheers followed.
Mr.. Gray is the publisher of Louis
lana journal, The Free Press, which down
to its last issue before the convention
assembled had Beattie's name at the head
gress. Beattie seems to have estranged
himself with marvellous success from his
| own friends. In his own convention"
in little courthouse hard by, the contest
ants were ofcourse all seated, and Beattie
was nominated" He may be foolish
enough to dispute Senator Kelloggs title
to the Republican suffrage of the district.
How man with only six uncontested
delegates four of whom Gncluding him
self he himself appointed, can compose
a convention and confer legitimacy upon
it in the party name, is a conundrum.
In 1850 the same gentleman improvised
second Republican electoral ticket in
his district after the State conven-
tion had nominated its ticket. This
mutinous sort of politics serves only to
grieve Republicans and crafty Democrats
and the Bourbon candidate from the dis
trict in Question-Acklen--wil be very
glad, doubtless, to have Beattie persist il
his wayward course. 1t is but shor
period since Mr.. Beattie left the Demo
cratic party, and his memory must ad
monish him that to fout at the authority
of party is not the best way to invite
or to deserve its confidence. The
statement published in our Saturday
issue, from Judge Fontelieu, chairman
both Of the district committee and o
the regular convention, corroborates oul
recital. He says "Beattie, with four
delegates from his own parish, appointed
by and including himself" with two
others, one of which was ga telegraph
proxy" organized a bolting convention
We are not surprised to learn that the
State Central Committee of Louisian;
has pronounced atiirmatively upon the
nomination of Kellogg, and to note tina
the Democratic prints of New Orleans
advert to the Kellogg convention as the
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