Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07
PROCEEDINGs DEMOCRATIC-CON-
SENTATIVE EXECUTIVE CON- :.
MITTEE.
BAYOU SARA, La,
August 3lst, 1873,

BAYOU SARA, La, 4
August 3lst, 1873.
The Democrutic.C onserva tive
Executive Committee of the Parish
of West Feliciana met pursuant to
adjournment.
a call of the roll showed the
presence of quorrm.
On motion the reading of the
minutes Of the proceeding. meeting
was dispensed with.
The special committee appointed
to confer with special committee
from Mr.. Duncan Stewards COM
mittee submitted statement of
facts connected with the campaign
and election OF 1875. And submits
ted the following as suitable propo-
sitions to be presented as a basis Of
compromise. f'
LIST. That the representation In
tie ensuing Democratic Conserva>
tive nominating convention shall be
by wards, and shall be fixed at one
delegate Tor every twenty-five dcm>
ocratic votes polled at the election
in 1876. That on this basis the
Ist ward St. Francisville and vi
cinity shall choose 5 delegates.
Bayou Sara 8. I'd ward 8. Sd ward
6. 4thward S. 9Th ward 8. 9th
ward q 7th ward 3. 9Th ward 3.
9th ward 5. 10th ward 10:
: That the mode OF election of del.
egates be left to the respective
wards, each ward choosing it's own
method of selecting delegates.
That the two Executive Commit
tees shall act together, but it shall
require two.thirds vote, provid-
ed quorum of each committee be
present, to pass any measure.
The above propositions having
been adopted were submitted to the
conference committee appointed by
Mr.. Duncan Stewart, who in course
of time submitted the following as
a substitute.
'Reduce representation of 9th
ward 10 one, and Och ward to three,
making representation of so votes
in the parish
The Two Presidents to order a
primary election, appoint two com
missioners for each ward for an
election Of delegates to a parish
convention.
Parish convention to . be called
to order by Messrs. Stewart and
Fisher, presidents. Convention
to appoint parish executive COM
mittee, and nominate parish officers.
The two executive COMM tees
now in Office to become .functus Of
fc'o upon the appointment of the
oew committee
In writing it, was asked of Mr..
Stewards committee who arc to
vote a: the primary election. Writ>
ten reply .eHery deeneesa tiee cen
sentative voter 2
Upon being asked of Mr.. Stew
prt's committee in writing @what
is the test and who is to judge
whether the applicant to vote is
a democraeic- conservative voter?
Answer in writing was declined to
be given, but verbal answer was
given to the following effect
That every queli6ed voter who
presented himself to vote Mt
the primaries and said he would
vote the democratic conservative
at the next election shall be entitled
TO vote
On motion it was resolved, that
the propositions be rejected for the
reason among others which the.
committee reserve the right of as
signing at some future time, that
the propositions together with the
written and verbal explanations
thereof involve the principle origi-
nally insisted on by the convention
assembled at Firemen's Hall, which
created this executive committee.
which principle is ennunciated in
the proceedings of the convention
held Oh Goth July 1878.
THAT this Committee, like the
body which created it cannot con-
sent to surrender the organization
of the Democratic Conservative
Party to the control Of the colored
voters of the Parish
X X
On motion Committee adjourned
to Wednesday the 4th September
1878.
G. L. FISHER.
President
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