The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-07-06
a DIsTRlcr CONVENTION.

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parish that democratic District
/ Convention viii &c held 1t YER
miiionyille on tie I'D inst,
Tor the purpose Of nominating
democratic candidate for
the State Senate, and that the
democratic executive committees
of Caleasieu, Lafayette and Cam
eron. arc requested to cooperate
with St. Landry in holding that
convention. The parish Of Calca-
sieu Ii also requested, through its
delegates to that Senatorial Dis
trict Convention, to cooperate
with the parish Of st. Landry, in
nominating, at that convention,
candidates for District Judge and
District Attorney Of the 9Th Judi
ciaI District.
In view of this invitation, and 10
view of the fact that our last dem
ocratic Parish Convention lof June
10, 1876 unanimously adopted a
resolution fayoring q thorough or
ganization Of tha Democratic party,
to say nothing Of the obvious me-
cessity, justice and propriety, Of
democratic nominations for the
! State Senate, our democratic ex-
ecuiiye committee can not con-
sistently hesitate a moment to call
a parish convention to elect dele
| gates to the District Convention
! to be held ut VeYmilionviile on the
22d inst. Besides, harmony and
concert of action, so vitality impor-
tunt in the coming campaign, i'm
peratiyely demand that Cacasieu
! shall he represented in that con-
! vUutiou. This il the second time
within about two years that she
has been invited to meet her sister
parishes Of this Senatorial District
! in a Senatorial District Conven-
ton. The first invitation was re-
/ fused A second refusal can hardly
! fail to be regarded by the demOc-
racy Of 81. Landry, Lafayette and
Cameron as ploiu intimation
that the IL mocracy of CaIcasieu
DENY the right of the democracy
Of the district to nominate a can
! didale for the State Senate. ....
We copy tie foIIowing~ex5ract
! from the official report OF the pro-
ceedings of the st. Landry Exeou.
! tive Committee above referred to :
Whereas, the Convention of the dem
ocratic party Of the parish Of 81. Ian
I dry. assembled ut Opelousas in Novem-
Der last, declared by resolution passed.
by a unanimous vote of the delegates
composing said convention, that the
party would adhere strictly TO the poll
cy Of nominating candidates for all
Offices within the gift Of the people {;
and whereas the election of democrat
from this District to the State Senate,
at the approaching election, is q matter
Of the gravest consequence to the conn
try because the ascendency of the
democratic party in that body, may
turn npon the gain or loss Of one mem
Der and whereas, concert and har-
ulony Of actron, among the democrats
Of this district, are necessary in order
To place beyond doubt che election OF q
democratic Senator; therefore, re-
solved. that the Democratic Executive
Committees % the parishes Of Lnfa-
yatte, Cnlcasi8n and Cameron be re.
uuestad 10 take proper steps to CO
operate with tile PARISH Of Ut. Landry
III the holding 81 District Convention
FOr the purpose III nominating d candi-
date for the Senate for this Senatorial
District. and TINT the parish Of Calca-
Hieu be- requested ~ cooperate with
tie parish Of st. Landry, through itg
delegates b Eaid Convention, Ia the
nomination IL candidates for District
Judge and District Attorney for the Sth
Judicial District and in order 10 carry
ont the purposes az this request, be it
received that this committee suggest the
9ga day 0f July, 1876, as the day for
tha n3t4fstiuN al Rafd District I0nyan-