The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-22
THE OTHER SIDE.
A Detailed Account of the PLAQUE.
mines Imbroglio.
The Statement in the Sunday Morn
ing Papers Denied The Ker-
nochan Faction vs. the
Wilkinson Faction.
PIAqUEMINEs PARISH, Sept. q

pLAQUEMINEs PARISH, Sept. Fl.
To the Editor OF Democrat:
The Kitty Nye stopped at Pointe-a-la- -Haehe
on Friday evening, the nineteenth, and took
on Capt. Wilson, Capt. Preble, Capt dersdorf.
Capt. Butcher, Capt. Jarvis, Capt. Tilford, all
old bar pilots, who remained on board that
night. The boat proceeded to Lyons Home
Place and from there returned, stopping
along the coast for the purpose Of bringing
persons desirous Of participating in the mass
meetingto be held on Saturday, the twentieth,
at 10 m. There was on board when the boat
reached Pointe a. la Hache about sixty or
seventy PERSONS who landed.
The mass meeting was called by DIR. t. FL.
BalloWe, president OF the Parish Committee,
and assembled and was called to order strict
ly according to call by DR.. Bailowe, the preei-
dent, at 1910 y. m.
The first business was statement by DR..
RallOWe of the objects OF the nesting: 10 re-
organize the committee, select four delegates
to Baton Rouge, and select q member Tor
the State Central Committee.
Mr.. w. IL. Fl. Brooks nominated II. r.
Kernoehan as president. No other norninn-
tion was made Messrs. s.. Martin, Iucien
solis Norbert Martin, Jr., A. Laltigue, Dne-
ZINE Martin and Gyrille Cosse, We're present
and participated.
There wers pfesentat this meeting q FULL rep
sentatiDn Of the citizens oil Plaqusminea, and
no New Orleans men had anything TO do with
the meeting. Only two New Orleans men
came on the boat and they took no part
whatever. Both OF the New Orleans men re-
ferred to have been and are working In Pla-
uunmnes parish.
Dir. Ballowe, president. put the nomination
of Mr. kernochan to vote, and 1t was cAr-
ried,
DIR. Ballowe declared Kernochan elected,
arose from the chair, shook hands with Mr.
Kernochan and resigned the chair to him.
A secretary was then elected by about the
same vote (Mr. f. G. Brooks), who also as
sumed his dutiea and the aigners 10 the
statement In the Sunday morning papers con
tnned present and voted on the question.
President Kernochan then declared that
nominations were In order for the slec-
tion of four delegates to the Baton Rouge
Convention.
At this iuncture DR.. J. B. Wilkinson en-
tered the hall and declared that snap indg--
ment was being taken OF the convention, and
called upon all Democrats to withdraw to
John Vinet's coffee house to hold q meeting.
This occurred about IL 80 p. m. Seven men
arose and left the meeting Leonard Arroyo,
Onezime Martin. Simon Martin, A. Lartigue,
DIR. Wilkinson, r. A. Wilkinson, Lucien Soils.
OF these parties who left the hall, four OF the
gentlemen named returned and participated
In the meeting over which Mr.. kernochan
presided, until 1t adjourned sine die.
The business Of the mesting proceeded quiet
Iy anu OEUhTIy 10 tuH PIsGblDH vi uGltRhkes,
the election Of n parish committee and the
election for delegate to repre- ent the parish
In the State Central Committee. The meet
ing adjourned about 2 o'clock, or perhaps a
little later No other meeting was organized
prior to the boat leaving, which was about 20
o'clock. After taking the voters back to their
homes, the boat returned To Pointe-a-La-
Hache, landed, and DR.. Ballowe, Maunsell
White, Mr.Kernochan, Captains Jarvis, PrebIe,
Tiiford, Gersdorff Ned Brooks, Vim. Fl. Brooks
RI bnea a.1rar nGH EpVanAHnh 6jtfprpnf
citizens, met the boilers, and the occurrences
OF the day were discussed In q friendly way
amid much hlarity-the boilers frankly ad-
mitting that the Kernochan party had got
ahead Of them by getting the largest number
of voters TO the meeting.
The meeting was duly called by lawful au-
thority, published about ten days In the par
ish paper, and met at the hour stated In the
call, or ten minutes after
The charge about Republicans Is absurd.
The Republicans are In vast majority, and
the Democrats have often made arrange
ments with them concerning local oif1ces.
The only person elected to the Baton Rouge
convention who has had any connection With
the Republicans is S. w. sawyer, who owns
four sugar plantations, and who is classed as
a Republican bee use the negroes have elect
ed him police juror, where he can protect
his large interests andthose Of brother plant
erS.
S.W. Sawyer introduced Gov. F. T. Nichols
| to the people at q mass meeting held at Oak
| Vile In 1876 vot.d for Nichols, and voted the
Democratic ticket In the last campaign. The
other three delegates are simon pure Demo-
Gratis, and have never supported any but o
| Democratic ticket.
| The parties who aign the protest in Sum
| days paper all voted the Republican ticket at
| the last election, except DR.. Hayes and Simon
Martin. The latter is now parish judge,
elected on the Democratic ticket, but when he
was previously elected to the same office, 1t
was upon the Republican ticket, after having
declined in writing Democratic nominations,
claiming to prefer the Republican nonlna-
| tfon.
Mr.. Whittlesey, Republican manager OF
Ell. G. Warmoth, was active In promoting a
bolt and, the writer ia informed, is the party
who telegraphed the card to the = atnes-
Is composed Of H. ?. Kernochan. owner OF
Searsdale plantation; s. W. Sawyer, owner
of Greenwood, Linwood, Cedar Grove az and
Augusta plantations; also ). Of the the pay q,
tfhe Happy Jack place; and Robert +. Will
son, an old bar pilot Of twenty-five years,
standing, VINO represents Pilot Town, having
! been chosen by the pilots to represent them
| The talk about the use OF q steamboat is
nonsense; the voters live along the coast, on
both sides Of the river. Some would have TO
come eighty miles to q meeting, over bad
roads, and some could rot reach meeting
except by steamboat.
| The Wilkinson faction supinely waited for
their friends to overcome these obstacles and
fluid their way to Pointa-a- Ia -Hache as best
they could, and the heInochan faction char
tered boat and band OF music picked up
| their supporters and outyoted the Wilkinson
faction. That Is the plain story.
/ The delegates are uninstructed and un-
pledged, and are men Of character, who will
act for the best interests OF the State.
| PLAQUEMNEs.
Official Proceedings of the Plaque.
| mines Convention.