The Opelousas courier., 1874-08-22
Parish Democratic Convention.

| august, 1874, for the purpose of ssddipp dele
gates to the Democratic State Convention tc
De PEI neld at Baton Rouge on the oath August
1914, and for the purpose of selecting q ParisI
Democratic Executive Committee, the dele
| gates selected at meetings in the different
wards assembled at the Court House. in Opel
ousas, on the 18th day Of August, 1874.
On motion, Jos. M. Moore, Esq, was called
/ 10 the ChaIr, and Albert Lastrapes chosen Sc
cretary. On motion, Messrs l. Garland
Louis Stagg and Lttell were constituted
a CoInmittee on Credentials and Apportion
nient. After due examination of the creden
tlais, the Committee reported the following
delegates as duly accredited to this Conven
tion, viz:
Opeiousas-H L Garland, Albert Lastrapes
J Z Roy, Bailey, J L Estorge, II Hayes, I
II Lewis. + Perrodin, B Il Rogers, Joseph Nj
Moore 0 Latour, George Pulford, J Morgan
II Littell Leonce Sandoz.
Bar,,ys Landng-D P Saizan, Moui6
| Theogene Richard, j r Melaneon, III L Melan.
CON.
Lafeur's Point - Valcourt Lafeur, Louis
Young. J b Lafieur, Auguste B Fontenot
Louis b Fontenot, Onezime B Fontenot
Upper aquemisae-Onezime M6che, Edou-
ard lreiean, Seveigne Pr6jean, VIM Dejean,
Noel Olivier. A Longuemare.
Petite Prai1ie-E A Carmouche, A Hicks
w Sylvester.
PUte Ptate-Joseph Derouen, Auguste Moli-
tor, Gerand Fontenot, Mark Lazaro, Francois
Brignac, CYRUS Brignac, Andre III Deshotels.
Plaisance-D Durio, A ID Dupre, Charles
Belfour, Martin Andrepont, Pitre, Arte-
mou Latieur, Lucien Perrodin, Emile 4 Dupr6,
Emile Poret, III Durio.
Pot,ste-Gur-L Loups-J P Ledoux, III Pousson,
Leon Hebert, Samuel Cart, Emile Leieune,
Philemon Miller, savigne Cart.
Conlee Croche-Aifred Pavy, Gustave Della
houssaye, Alexandra Doucet, Ad0lphe Guidry.
Bayou Bgmf-A w Littell, Louis Stagg.
MgFUelt0-FrOiZiu HEhert
Loncer. Ptaqueneine-J NJ Taylor, TLeodnle
Daigle, j Bruner, Ell NJ Andrus, Etienne La
tiolais, DIR Donovan.
Otd Grand P'airie-Cyprien Delafosse, Jr,
Ernest taaat BEghse Rgghss Henry JouOert ozeme F0n
Washington-S B Harmon, VIM Hoyt, 7.
Pitre, Fontenot, Jacob Ehrhardt, o
Reid. ....-s..
Faquetalqae-David Courville.
And the apportionment as follows:
OpelOusas, Ii votes; Barry's Landing, 16 :;
Latleurs Point, 7; Vile Plate, IL; Upper Pla-
quemine, 81; Petite Prairie, 3; Plaisance, 12;
Pointe-aux- Loups, IS Coulee Croche, Z; Ba-
you Beuf, s.: Mermento, 81 :; Lower Plaque
mine, 6; Old Grand Prairie, 9; Washington,
3; Faquataique, i.
On motion, the report of the committee was
adopted,
On motion, the following resolution was ad-
opted:
Resolved, That in the deliberations Of this
Convention, whenever any vote is to be taken,
that each ward delegation vote as p unit, the
delegates from each ward voting among them
selves upon any question to determine how the
vote Of the ward is to be cast.
The following communication was then re-
ceiyed
To the President of the Democratic Conven-
ton ....s .s
beg leave to represent to your honorable
Body, that the Write League Convention now
ia session in this town. has appointed the fol-
lowing committee: E. L. Lewis, B. N. Lynch
Willis Prescott, Sohn A. Taylor, B. Cushman
j Haw. and John I Gardiner, to confer with
q like committee from your body for the pur-
pose of securing some Joint action between the
two bodies, in the selection of delegates to the
Baton Rouge Convention, and to request that
said committee be appointed.
e. T. LEWIS.
On behalf of Convention
On motion, Messrs. Louis Stagg. D. P. Sal
zan, H L. Garland, Louis Young, VIM Dejean
Homer Durio, aud f Ell Littell were appointed
by the chair q committee to confer with the
committee Of the White League convention,
and the secretary was directed to inform the
said White League Convention of the action
of the Democratic Convention.
The following correspondence then passed
between the two committees: ....--
In order to effect a cordial union and coope-
ration on the part of all citizens opposed to
the existing evils under which the State is now
suffering, the delegates representing the orga-
n1zation known as the White League, propose
to the delegates representing the Democratic
Ist. That the representatives of
each organization elect eight delegates to the
Convention to be held at Baton Rouge.
e L Lewis. + j A Taylor.
Willis Prescott. John S Haw.
John Gardiner. B Lynch.
III D Kavanagh. B Cushman.
To the proposition made that the delegates
the organization known as the
White League shall select eight of the dele
g3tes to the Convention to be held at Baton
Rouge, we cannot concur. ae-srsz
Louis Stagg, RH Littell,
Louis Young, Homer Durio,
d P Saizan, VIM Dejean,
= Henry L Garland.
To Henry Garland and others of the Com
mittee:
Having rejected our proposition, have you
any to make or suggest on behalf of your Con
yention .s&& E&&
lSignedl Lewis, NJ d Kavanagh, Willis
Prescott, b NJ Lynch, b Cushman, John
Haw, John Gardiner, j A Taylor.
To Lewis and others of the Committee:
We came TO receive propositions from you,
and we have none to make. The sense OF our
Democratic Convention is that all opponents
to Republicapism should unite in the Demo
cratic organization. You do not propose to
thus unite. s.-. .
(signedl Louis stagg. r. H. Littell, Louis
Young. Homer Durio, D. p. Saizan, VIM. De-
jean, Ii. l.. Garland. @
On motion, the Convention sustained tile
action of the Democratic Committee, the vote
being l30 to a. z
On motion, the Convention proceeded to the
election of delegates to the State Democratic
Convention to be held at Baton Rouge OH the
9th August, 1874. Upon the counting Of the.
M ha ri Ilpa
duly elected, viz: j. NJ. Moore, Henry Z. Gar
land, John J. Morgan, f. PerrOdin, A. Bailey,
VIM. EIkins, j. L..Estorge, H. L. Melaneon,
D. P. Saizan, Louis Stagg, A. Gasrigues, Ho-
mer Durio, G. b. Andrus, Z. IL. Lewis, James
Webb, John F. Smith. s - ..z..a .
On motion the Chair appointed the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee of the parish Of
st. Landry, to-wit: J. T.. Estorge, LII. Hays,
Louis Stagg, ID. P. Saizan, Auguste Molitor,
John f. Smith, c. b. Andrus, A. b. Cart, D.
Durio.
! The following resolutions were then offered,
Resolved, That copies of the proceedings of
this Convention be furnished to the papers
published in Opelousas, and to the N. @. Bul-
letin, with the request that they be published
in the French and English languages.
Resolved, That the thanks Of this Conyen-
tion are hereby rendered to the editors and
proprietors of the n. O. Bulletin for the able
and fearless manner in which it has defended
and advanced the cause of our right to self
government.
On motion, the Convention adjourned sine
die. JOS. M. MOORE, President.
ALBERT LAsTRAPEs, Secretary.
EXCITEMENT IN ST.. MARTfEvTLLE.-KeLOgg'
officers forced to resigB.-New Iberia, Aug. IL.
-Messrs Jos. A. Breaux, and Laurent Re-
noudet. of this place, returned from st. Mar
tinville this afternoon, and report that about