Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-12
Proceedings Of Executive Committee.

executive committee Of the Democratic
Conservative party met at the Courthouse
IN Homer on Monday the 10th day Of Feb
ruary. The following members were pres
ent and answered to their names: J. T..
Meaaors, chairman; J. II. Cnrry, Jas. f.
Heard, George w. Fuller, Drayton b.
Hayes. Absent: A. l.. Atkins, w. If.
Spears, II. A. Lewis, ". l.. Oakes.
The motion of J. II. Curry, seconded by
d. B. Hayes, that We call mass meeting.
was put before the committee aud was
unanimously rejected.
The following resolution was presented
By James II. Curry and was unanimously
adopted;
Resolved, That on the 22d day of Feb
ruary the people of the various wards of
the parish shall hold m election at the
precints within the limits of their wards
for delegates to convention which shall
meet at Homer OF the oath day of Febru-
airy A. ID. 1879, and this convention Of
delegates from the people shall nominate
candidates of the party ~ delegates to the
constitutional convention to be held in
New Orleans on the 2lst day Of April lS79.
Resolved, That each ward in the parish
shall be entitled to one delegate for every
twenty-five Democratic votes at the cleo
ton in November ISIS, and one delegate
for the fraction Of twenty five over twelve.
Under this apportionnvnt the following
shall be the number OF delegates to which
each ward is entitled:
Ward l shall be entitled to 9; ward two,
10; ward three, 10; ward four, 4; ward five,
s; ward six, 6; ward seven, IL; ward eight,
S.
The polling places shall be the same as
those established by law for the general
election of ISIS, except that in wards
three and eight the polling places shall be
at Homer for ward and Haynesyille for
ward 3, and the following shall be the
commissioners of election;
At Summertieid-B. T. Ledbetter, J. W.
O'Bannon and J. II. Hay.
Ward 2-Jas. Owens, Jas. Gibson and o.
P. Anderson.
Ward 3-R. A. n. VIM, Thomas Brown.
Macy Meeks.
Ward 4-Robt. Alexander, Jno. Miller,
Isaac Miller.
Ward 5-R. J. Bridges, T. ", Brooks,
W. &. Barnes.
Ward 6-J. G. Copeland, J. d. Henry, r.
c. Hightower,
Ward Wv. W. Arbuckle, J. d. Pen
nington, W. &. Cvoksey.
Ward 81. W. Dawson, X. T. MeClen-
don, A. B. Boykin.
The result of these elections shall be
announced at the close of the election on
the 22nd, aud the returns shall be made to
the chairman of the executive committee
at Homer on the day Of the convention,
who shall call the convention To order and
shall announce the result, after which the
convention shall organize 1T such way
a. it may see proper, and shall decide upon
This convention shall meet at Homer in
the Courthouse on Monday the oath, i'm
mediatcly after the election and shall
nominate the candidates for the constitu-
,ioHal convention.
Gu motion of ID. Il. Hayes, seconded by
J. +. Heard. il was ordered that the chair
man OF the executive committee appoint
the delegates to the district convention at
Minden. The chairman appointed:
B. T. Ledbetter-J. W. O'Bannon. alter
nate: W. l.. Oakes-J. I. Tigner, alternate;
J. &. Warren--W. :. Copeland, alternate;
DIR. 5. NJ. ID. Webb-W. :. Bonner, alter
nate; I. J. Caidwcii-H. A. Mcfarland,
alternate; ". A. Watson-J. &. Copeland.
alternate; d. b. Haycs-John Phipp-
alternate; J. J. Dukc-T. II. Pennington,
alternate.
On motion Of u. b. Hayes it was order
ed that the delegates present at Mihdrn
cast the whole vote 81 the parish
On motion of J. u. Curry these pro-
ceedings were ordered to be published in
the Claiborne Guardian as full notice to
the people and commissioners OF election.
On motion of J. II. Curry the meeting
adjourned.
J. +. MyADoRs,
Chairman.