The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-28
ORGANIZATION IN POINT COUPEE.
PARISH COyTEyTION-DELEGA TO
BATON ROEGE.

Point COupee Delegates UniEstructed.
A large and enthusiastic mass meet
ing OF the Democratic Conservative
party OF the parish Of Point Coupee,
called to assemble en- this, the oath day
Of June, 1876, at the Courthouse OF said
parish, for the purpose OF organizing
Parish Central Committee, and OF ap-
pointing delegates TO the Baton Rouge
Convention. was permanently organized
for its business by the election OF Robt.s
Semple, Esq, as president, and Robert
Montgomery as secretary; whereupon,
Mr. l.. b. Claiborne offered resolution
that the president appoint committee
Of seven to whom all resolutions should
be referred in writing, whose duty 1T
should be to embody the same in re-
port to be submitted to the convention
for debate and action, which was
adopted. To constitute this committee
the president named the following gen.
tiemen, to wit: l.. y. Claiborne, James
Vignes, V. BAIL, Archer Smith, Arcad
Major, Eugene Cooley and Thomas u.
Sparks. recess was then taken to al
low said committee to make its report
when, on re-assem bling, report en-
bodying the following resolutions was
discussed and finally adopted by the
convention, to wit:
kesOired, That the members here present from
each ward Of the parish sAail select two persons
from heir respective wards. who shall be mem
bers Of and constitute the Parish Central Com
mittee. and two persons from their RES eeuve
wards TO be delegates 70 the Baton Rouge Con-
hesotred. That no delegate TO said convention
at Baton Rouge shall have the power TO appoint
his proxy. AM they snail go into the convention
Il solred. That the Parish Central Committee
shall meet On the first Monday Of August for
the purpose of organizing, and that the Sec
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their appointment. and that the ward members
OF the Central Committee be charged with the
duty Of organizing clubs in their respective
wards at as early date as possible. such clubs
TO be placed in communication with the Central
Committee through their presidents, reporting
their organizations and forces from time 10 time
till the general election in November.
Resoloed further That the delegates to the State
Convention at Baton Rouge shab act also al the
Congressional Senatorial and judicial Consen-
tons.
Iesolred further That II is the opinion Of this
meeting that full ticket of the Democratic
Conservative party should be placed before the
people TO be voted for at the coming election IN
November. and that no man should be placed on
that ticket for any position. either executive. lu
dicial or legislative, who il not identified With
the Democratic Conservative party and out
spoken In behalf OF that party; and be 1t further
that the nomination OF all district and parochiai
officers, in whose nominations this parish is in
terested should be had az an early day.
The following delegates to the State
nounced by the President as having
been selected in accordance with the
foregoing resolutions, namely: First
ward, l.. M. Powell and w. A. Carmi-
chael; second ward, II. q. Callahan and
S. Barbre; third ward, Richard u. Smith
and Jonas PIatt; fourth ward, |. u.
Bachelor and ID. Leatherman fifth
ward, Eugene Tircuit and Eugene
Oubre sixth ward, Robert Semple and
Robert Montgomery; seventh ward, JAS.
Vignes and NJ. Thompson eighth ward,
Oyide Lieux and Jack Deplaigne; ninth
ward, L. Is. Claiborne and A. Vignes;
tenth ward, H. Patin, Jr., and Clement
Sampson; eleventh ward, Paulin De-
plaigne and #. A. Decuir; twelfth ward,
Charles Grummiilion and Paul Joffrion
thirteenth ward, f. J. Major and Oscar
Begeron fourteenth ward L. Ii. Sparks
and J. t. Mathews.
The following named gentlemen were
announced as the Parish Central Com
mittee l.. NJ. Powell, W. A. Carmichael,
H. q. Callahan, s. Barbre, w. ID. COyle,
Joseph NOrras, Divide LeJune, Oyide
Lacour, Raphael Provoety, JuIesGerard.
Jules Labatut, V. BAIL, M. Thomp-
son, Henry Ledoux, Ovide Lienx, Jack
Deplaigne, J.. II. Seibert, +. v. Samp-
son, II. Patin, Jr., Clement Sampson,
Panlin DepIaigne, r. A. Decuir, Arcad
Major, Paul Joffrion, +: }. Major, ID.
Balsly, J. III. Picket and j. B. Major.
On motion it was resolved that copies
of these proceedings be forwarded to
the Baton Rouge Ad0Ocate, New Orleans
Bee, DEMOCRAT and Picaytne for publ
ton.
The meeting then adjourned.
RoBT. SRMPLE, President.
ROBT. MONTGOMERY, Secretary.