The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-06-27

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hirkmanpu5lishes card, ii which,
referring to d previously published
private suggestion to cali con-
vention for the purpose of nomi-
mating q candidate for State Sem
ator Of this district, lie OR. K.l
says
This idea. in part, meets fully
with my opinion and appreciation,
and one that I would willingly
abide by provided it Be a Con-
Tention Of the people Of Calcasieu;
and let them decide who shah be
their candidate Upon
those conditions I viii abide the
decision Of my people; otherwise,
I am determined 10 run the race
through, unless requested to with
draw BIZ majority OF my solici-
tors.
We observe, first, that Dr. Kirk
man has q perfect light to submit,
or refuse to submit his name to
| any convention but ifhe imagfnes
for a moment that the Democracy
or the Conservatives Of St. Landry
will support him, or any other
man, for the State Senate, n9fely
because the people Of Calcasieu
choose to take the responsibility
land we don't believe they wilI) Of
nominating him, he il simply and
badly mistaken. From what we
can learn. even from several Of the
ST. Landry signeTs Of DIR. Kirk
mans announcement as q candi-
date, he is already destitute Of any
| considerable support by the Dem
ocracy and Conservatives of ST.
Landry, and the above expressions
in his card Will ALLEVIATE his few
friends among them here. Tt viii
be noticed that he distinctly refuses
to abide by tie result Of such
convention. (which has As much
right to nominate candidate for
| President of the United States as
Eit has to nominate q candidate for
the Tenth Senatorial District un-
| less its nomination is to be bind
ling on the entire district. It is
also significant that he does not
refer to this convention as a
/ ]" Democratic Convention; indeed,
neither of the words, +" Democrat,
Democratic" nor sConserva-
| tive" appear in his card He
/ says s Upon those conditions /
viii abide the decision of 1ly 1ls0-
| ple," Now, if DIR. Kirkman IS a
| Democrat, this course in the Kel-
1 logg Legislaturei to the contrary
notwithstanding litisvery remark,
I able, to say the least Of il, that ii
he is willing to abide By any nom-
1 nation at All, he is not willing to
abide bY the only nomination
which the Democrats and Consery
atiyes of st. Landry, Lafayette,
Cameron and Calcasieu- his en-
tire district can or win respect
!. e, a nomination By q District
/ Convention.
lid the same copy Of the Echo
/ ia which this card appears, there
is call for a Convention Of the
I Democratic party Of Caloasieu, to
be held at Lake Charles, Oh the
25th instant, frorn which We clip
the following suggestive sentence
The object of said meeting is to
select Il candidate for the State
Senate ii the next election. In
the same paper. the editor Of that
truly Democratic journal intimates
nnmistakably that The convention
Is 50 be q packed concern, and
uses the following sensible Ian,
| guage
s.Is the contest as To who shall be
4 Senator % be determined ID the
parish of Calcasieu We are well
aware that our Senatorial Distric.
81 composed of ST Landry, Lafay-
elite, Caleasieu and Cameron. This
being the case, are we, citizens os
one of the smallest parishes in
point ol population, 70 say to the
other nerlshes 1hls q ouf choice
We did not deem yoRr advice ne-
cessarY. hut made tha saleo.