The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-05
The June Calcasieu C0nven-
6hOm.


70 the Democracy Of Caleasfeu. ST.
Landry, Lafayette and Cameron
0n the fourth OF June last /
left Lake Charles, to attend the
Supreme Court at Opelousas, and
returned to Lake Charles June
Oath. on the 18th Of jane, the
following notice appeared ID the
Lake Charles WEEKLY Echo
10 THE PEopfR or cALoAsTBU.
The Democratic party OF the
parish of Galcasieu, upon due con-
sideration, request and require the
people of the different wards Of
said parish to meet la general as
sembly ia their different wards,
and elect delegates To meet in a
convention Of the Democratic
party at Lake Charles. Louisiana,
on Thursday, June rs. 1874.
The object of said meeting is to
select candidate for the State
Senate in the next election.
The different wards Of the par
ish are entitled 60 representation
in said Parish Convention In the
following proportions, viz First
Ward, two delegates; Second Ward,
two delegates; Third Ward, four
delegates; Fourth Ward, two dele
gates; Fifth Ward, three delegates;
Sixth Ward, four delegates; and
Seventh Ward, four delegates.
That said ward meetings shall
have the right and privilege to in4
struct their delegates to the Cen
eral Perish Convention, who to
vote for ia said convention.
BY order 81 the Parish Central
Committee.
A. H. Moss, Chairman.
The frst inlimation I ever re-
ceiyed about calling such q con-
vention, was from q copy Of the
Echo of June 18th, received By
me at Opelousas, about June 18th.
The convention met at Lake
Charles, June 25th, Eve of the
seven wards being represented.
The delegates, as q body, were
eminently respectable gentlemen.
A committee Of FIVE delegates, ap.
pointed by the convention for that
purpose, waited upon DR.. VIM. H.
Kirkman and myself, to ascertain
il We were willing to place our
selves before the convention as
Democratic candidates fOE nom
ination, and whether we would
submit to the decision of the con-
vention. In reply to the commits
tee, DR.. Kirkman agreed 10 abide
by the decision Of the convention,
and I refused to submit my name
to the convention, or to abide by
lis decision, for reasons in writing,
which were published with the Of
fioial proceedings Of che conven-
ton, in the WEEKLY Echo Of July
4th. Those reasons were 10 sub
stances ist-Recause ma parish
in the district had The I'll ght nor
authority to select candidate for
Senator, except 10 a parish con-
vention, duly ordered, called and
organized, for the purpose Of elect
ing delegates % a dislrict Conven-
ton; aud then such parish con-
vention could do no more than
instruct such delegates to vote for
particular candidate il such
district convention.
2dly. Because there was no
sufficient notice of the ward meet
ings to elect delegates to the con-
ventiou; 90 public written nor
printed notices of the times and
places of holding such ward meet
ings having been posted up ID the
several wards Of the parish. nor
published Ia any newspaper.
3dly. Because on account Of
the brief interval twelve days.
between the publication Of the
call and the holding 81 tbe con
vention, and on account OF the
we'll known want 81 mail commu-
nication III Calcasieu, there was
no sufficient notice 60 Che Demo-
cracy 81 the parish Of the holding
of tie convention.