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New Orleans Republican
New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana
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The State Central Committee held a meeting yesterday, addressing parish organizational disputes, approving reports including Judge Dibble's from Baton Rouge, and setting representation quotas for the State Convention on the first Wednesday in August.
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At the meeting of the State Central Committee yesterday considerable business was done.
Several communications were received from parish committees relative to disputes on organization, which were referred to the special committee composed of Messrs. Packard, Pinchback, Dibble, Lowell and Ingraham, with power to settle all controversies.
A report from the committee relative to the settlement of the difficulties which had arisen in several parishes was received and approved.
The report of Judge Dibble, who was sent to Baton Rouge to convene the convention of the parish, was read and approved.
The committee was granted full power to reconvene and organize the convention in that parish.
The quota of representation in the State Convention, which is to meet the first Wednesday in August, was fixed at one delegate for every 500 Republican voters.
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Yesterday
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reports approved; special committee empowered to settle disputes; quota fixed at one delegate per 500 republican voters for state convention.
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Meeting of State Central Committee handled communications from parish committees on organizational disputes, referred to special committee; approved report on settlement of parish difficulties; approved Judge Dibble's report from Baton Rouge and granted power to reconvene parish convention; fixed representation quota for State Convention on first Wednesday in August.