The Opelousas courier., 1874-08-22


lowing correspondence took place:
TO the Conference Committee of the Demo,
cratic Convention u
Gentlemen-In order to effect cordial uni IN
and cooperation on the part of all citizens op-
posed to the existing evils under which the
! State is now suffering, the delegates repre-.
senting the organization known as the White
League propose to the delegates representing
the Democratic organization: That the repre-
| sentatives of each organization elect eight
delegates to the Convention to be held at
! Baton Rouge.
| tsigned) EFT Lewis, j A Taylor, B Cush-
man, John | Gardiner, John s Haw, Willis
Prescott, NJ Lynch, NJ D Kavanagh.
Ansger of the Democratic COMMITTEES.
70 the proposition made, that the delegates
representing the organization known as the
White League shall select eight of the dele
gates to the Convention to be held at Batou
Rouge, we can not concur.
(Signed) Louis Stagg, Henry l. Garland, d
Saizan, VIM Deiean, Louis Young, Homere
Durio, r III Littell
Having rejected our proposition in this curt
manner, without giving any reason therefor,
and manifesting no disposition to offer or sug-
gest any plan or mode by which the object of
the conference could be obtained, we then
handed to them the following additional com
munication:
To Ell l. Garland and others of the Committee:
Having rejected our proposition, have you
any to make or suggest in behalf of your Con-
yention
tSigned) I Lewis, NJ D Kavanagh, Willis
Prescott. b NJ Lynch, B Cushman, John S
Haw, John l Gardiner A Taylor.
To which we received the following reply:
To E I Lewis and others of the Committee:
We came to receive propositions from you
and have none to make. The sense of our
Democratic Convention is that opponents to
Republicans should unite in the Democratic
organization. You do hot propose to thus
unite.
.(signed) Fl L Garland, Louis Stagg, R H
Littell, Louis Young, Homere Durio, ID p
Saizan, VIM Dejean. ..'-
In submitting this report, your Committee
deem it proper to remark that no spirit of con-
Citation, nor desire for union, manifested it.
self in the action of the Democratic Commit
tee; that they neither seemed disposed to dis
cuss with us in joint session the prOpriety of
the proposition we had submitted, nor to in
augurate any measures for the accomplish
ment of the objects for which they were ap-
pointed; that, though in our communication
to the Democratic Convention, it was dis
tinctly stated that the object of this confer
ence was to secure some joint action between
the two bodies in the selection of delegates to
the Baton Rouge Convention, and the Demo-
cratic Convention requested to appoint their
Committee for this purpose, yet, notwith-
standing this, the Democratic Committee
stated in conversation with us, that they had
no authority to make any propositions, and
declined absolutely to make any that though
i'll their last communication they state the
sense of the Democratic Convention to be
" that opponents to Republicans should unite
in the Democratic organization, " they de-
eiined to make any suggestion looking to such
consumniation. In conclusion, We desire to
say that we saw on the part of the Democratic
Conference Committee no apparent desire for
our cooperation or aid in the coming campaign
Respectfully submitted
E. T. LEWIS,
Chairman of Conference Committee
On motion of DR. I A Cooke, the report of
the Committee was adopted, and the Colnmit<
tee discharged.
Nominations for delegates to the Conven-
tion being in order, the following named gen
tlemen were nominated:
DR. John 4 Taylor, 4 T Lewis, DR. Thos
Cooke, d Tarlton, NJ D Kayanagh, B NJ
Dupre, l Littell, M G May, John Gardiner,
J Massie Martin, Adoiphe Lastrapes, John S
Haw, p Doremus, A P Williams, Willis
Prescott, James Moore, IL Z Wilson, o
Smith, w Wartelle, Andre Maehe, r John
Smith, Francois Robin, Leopold Godchaux,
Felix Dejean and F Courtney.
All OF said gentlemen having been elected,
on motion Of DIR T A Cooke, it was resolved
that the election of said delegates be declared
unanimous.
Mf II Lewis then oHered the folio wing
resolution, which was unanimously adopted
Resolred, That in increasing the White
League clubs, or in forming new clubs, We
will not require of those who may hereafter
join, the abandonment of any pledge pre-
viously given to any white candidate for the |
Office of Sheriff; it being understood, how
ever, that those who have entered, or may
enter the organization without such pledges,
are to be bound by the action of the party.
On motion of Laurent Dupre, the Conyen-
lion adjourned sine die.
M. d. KAVANAGH, President.
!. 3: 3. TEnIEos. M51s,ans' Secretaries.