St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-25

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or..Lol.-AS. Ia, eept. 7th, 1870.
Tnr UNDERSIGNED ;~r,., 70 abide. rv the ar;ion
~ ;hc :rursl sxrrutiy" ro,nmitlcs. OF he
Deno"rnfjc party 81 th' parish VI 81 land:s
10 , "s s>!I '"r ! ' c i' IL ''i ~
th.i, roy,cr viii ,li4,ua,c their lr!r..,.a from
inatzine nominations 1"r the offices Of in't1s
and district a'1orn"H as th'N Ar" III tfe. I'D,
tnH; non ' rnr "'. n, "i,'I, j" '.'S'n
tiou Of tn. convention, in regard 10 offices
purely rolitc*! might b" endangered.
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.nI .,oted that h. Irsjr,i = nr;v4ts
inn IA | 4 ms, % Ite,rI-
n ,n,nnany with nv vito md q loIv
III ooi"'F h.s ;ao " rst;r un
anI thn ~ ,,ro VIM, Iis chn;, IN
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n,;a and i; donhtcI fhnt H., had 80
cn,,c to ,' "n tn ,h[. "sic md vonjd And
nn ~" h.1 rn,nr in j.swis' own hu,,rr
liz IL ,hen nrucc,.I..} to -iarv tha! Ic;,iS
r,r,nnsc,, tnahidr hr lie nrtinn Of the
narish .ony.ntion. if womb. pu,i La,l
rr. .,,'r him 70 20 state. H. ma'
liz liz Ynrth,r n,urcc,IcJ t. 2iatc' That in
tho event of lie arr,utaDcc or nix nrn-
nn.i,ion hY ms. Mr.. Lewis voI|d II,
n,,1i,tr)v rcn,c tler;inDr.ljue inr df,;,-
Gates 70 the 1arj>}. convention. 3Dd in
futnre would e!cctipucrr for himxrit
anInne immediately asked him. i j.
nv accep;a,ce OF this prnrnsiti.,n,
coun!rl with nnv condition, that am
to cease working. Is far ~ iii my power,
for any of NV friends, and especially
for Pc,lmliu. Chachcrt and n1iiol, t.!
II il is. shall decline to accent" ., T.,
answered M. That on the contrary
was lief, free to DO Il. plcescd for tIi,,u
4 ,ter discussing the ur,},al,l. oii.r, ~
sncb An agreement on tho r,,ances a
NV friends in the cnnc4nti.,, ;nrlndinp
tho DR.. himself, told him to say to Wi,
Lewis would accept. On Friday, Sent
9Th slight personal a;:tr:. ion occl,lrc,i
between Lewis and myself, On Sutrr-
dav sent. VII, Robertson WIS in NV
office. Tho matter Of the oal,c,nent
arain came up, told him il ;nrsf hr
nut in writing. This was done. lie
leftthe office, and in d short time re-
turned and said, lis written, it was
satisfactory 20 Lewis. who would sign,
IL | would sign first. | remarked to
him, aint there trick III this renucstinc
me to sign flrsts No said he, didn't
como to Your house night 1T fore la At
and make this identical nrounsjtiou "a
you for Lewis. This is the same promo
sition, and vnlr signature amy,,.;E
simply to an aucCDtaucc, Wiior41:r.,n
signed it. DR.. Robertson va. tie in.
terme.lierr between LEWIS ana mystlf
had ;,at, no conversation with lewis
about the agreement, n.v mad I seen
him in reference ii il. For fifteen q;
sixteen days preceding this proposition
to me. had suffered intensely from
acute iuflamatolv rheumatism in tn,
right ankle. had been unable to walk
without crutclscs. had therefore .,ael
unable to Canvass the parish and had
not been ont If town. In my chen cen.
ditiou, it VIA ;,pl,arcllt could TO next
to nothing cauvaSsiuC, and that m,
; friends would have 10 carry INC. This
| did not feel at liberty to require them
10 do longer as knew they had erougt
to do, to take care Of themselves, with.
ont looking al tier me.
Therefore accented ln} ..nf.ouen:,
PROPOSITION, to abide tic action of III,
nayis;, cau,nIt;cn:
! lat. Because OF nv inability Ia par
! tictpate actively in the cauv0ss fo
! delegates TO the convention.
| "a. Because by accepting il WI
! satisfied that I conla mako ,lvs..li
potent agent and assistant to .ny friend
candidates fey l.,elk and sheriff in tn
convention, Instead os burden an'
! incnmbrance, AS ! would hnve proved ii
my crippled condition..
I. 81. BY eliminating the nomination o
judge and district attorney, from tn
work of the convention, WuN satisfle,
it would only be, made tho more har
momous III making nominations TO
other efiiees.
4th. hso announced SuD]ect to noml
natlon. Inc executive committee, "he
1t ordered the convocat'on OF tho con
ventlon, had directed 1t to ma se noml
nation for every o1licn except JndGc ant
district. attofncy 70 have persisted
after the action OF the committee, Il
demanding nomination, would HAY
put me ID opposition 10 lhe oni
recognized authority OF the party i
the parish tor tie time beng; Woul