The Lake Charles echo., 1878-07-18
Address 10 the DermOcratic-
Conservative VOTERS of Cab
casseu Parrish.


Parrish Convention Of sud party to as
senible Mt the Court House in Lake
Charles in said parish on IlHURSDAN, /
July 25fh, 1873, at III o'clock A. M. |
for the following purposes, to-wit !:
lat Appointing seven T) delegates
10 the State Convention of said purity,
to be held at Button Rouge on Monday,
august 9th, 1879.
2fllv. Appointing seven f7j delegates
10 represent C.ilcasieu parrish in the
lIonrresai onal Convention, of said party
for the 81 Congressional District, when
ever aud wherever held.
3,ily. Appointing seven ~ delegates
to represent G;ilcasieu parrish ID the
tsenat orial Convention of said party for
the 10th Senatorial District, whenever
and wherever held.
4tiily. Appointing q Parish Executive
committee nf said party, and repre-
sentative of said parish OH the State
Central Committee.
And we hereby order ward elections
ON SATURDAY., Juiy 10Th, 1878, at
fhegpolls hereinafter designated, Tor the
election of delegates to said Parish
Convention.
The basis of representation OF the
eight wards of said parish in said Par
iah Convention shall be one delegate
for every twenty five votes cast for Gov
,ernor Francis T. Nichols at the genei-
nj election in November 1876 Accord
ing to said lsttsis of representation the
apportionmeilt and ward elections Shall
be as follows, to-wit:
The first ward shall hold it's election
Mt James Coles store at Hickory Fiat
and shall elect seven delegates.
The second ward shall hold its elee-
tion ut LelImans store on the Alermen-
teal1 and shall elect three delegates
The third ward shall hold its election
at the Court House at Lake Charles,
and shall elect thirteen delegates.
The fourth ward shall hold its cleo
zion ut @. Il. Moss store at Vincent's
Settlement, and shall elect six delegates.
The fifth ward shall hold its election
at Malachi NJ. Lyons store, at Big
Woods, and shall elect five delegates.
Thesi ward shall holdits,electlon
ut NJ C. Frazer g. Bro'sstore, and shall
elect three delegates.
The seventh ward shall hold its cleo
stion at Richardson e. Peningers store,
Sugar Town and shall electten delegates.
Tlle eighth ward shall hold its elec-
zion ut Oscar S. Lyons store and shall
elect four delegates.
1t is ordered that the polls shall he
opened on Saturday, July 10th, 1878,
,tts9 a. NJ, and closed at s p. M. The
vote sinai lbe by ballot, and the election
at each polling place shall he held I'M
der the supervision and control Of three
commissioners. two ofwhom. appointed
as follows, shall choose the third:
AT Hickory Flat, Abner Cole and ID.
B. Harmon.
At Mermentean, David ID. Antrus
and Jean lCarstex
At Lake Charles, IT, b Ferren and
Adolph Meyer.
Alto H. Moss store, Dosite Vincent
and Levi Ellender.
AT Malachi A. Lyons store, j. M
Fancher and David "A. Lyons.
AT NJ. C. Frazer g. Bros store, Jesse
B. caves and j. E. McMahnn.
AT Richardson a. Reninger's store, II.
U. Peninger and James NJ Hanchey.
Att0scarS LYONS store, j. T.. Hewitt
and w IL. Perkins
Should either of the above named
commissioners be absent from the poll
ing place ut 8 A. H., .1uiy 10th, 1878,
the acknowledgements voters pres
sent may appoint some citizen to act IL
place of the absentee; and lifneithef ol
the above, commissioners are present ID
the polling place at that time the dem
.ocratic. conservative voters present may
appoint three commissionerstpco conauci
Al ,l,.,n al
powers rs those herein above naneG
and appointed, and shall perform al
duties as such.
AT said ward elections ali member:
OF the democratic-consefvat party
whether registered or NOT, including
those who have attained the age ,o
gtweiity-ane years since the last genera
election, who voted the national ant
state democratic ticket at the last elec
tion, and who shall declare their inten
tiiun to abide by the action Of the Stat,
Convention to be held at Baton Rouge
shall be entitled TO vote; aud the com
missioners of election shall se2clnd,
from voting all persons who on being
challenged shall tbe found to be ineli
gible under the above binstrnctions
The commissioners of election, q
each polling place, shall furnish tin
delegates elected at each poll withicer
ttifieates of their election, and said Ger
tificates shall entitle the delegateslhald
ing them TO iseatsin the Parish Conven
ition until the permanent organization
thereof.
representation in the Parish Con
gentionbylproxy yshallbe allowed ,ezcep
itheprexy belhimselfa deIegatefromth
same ward ls the delegate ar delegate
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