The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-14
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4 AT q meeting of the Democrat
Executive Committee of the Thir
Congressional District, held on the gt
inst, the following resolutions wcr
4 adopted:
4 MIR. Pugh, of Assumption, for tn
4 purpose of getting at the sense of tn
committed, introduced the following
resolutions, and moved their adoption
4 Whereas, dissatisfaction has beef
expressed by several parishes in TIN
Third Congressional District at the &C
ltion of the congressional convention
held in April last in New Orleans, a
(which time candidate was nominated
1 ito represent this district in the Forty
seventh Congress; be it
1 Resolved, That the chairman of thin
convention confer with the chairman
of the late congressional executives com
mittee of the Third Congressional Dis
trict, and fix some date for the holding
of a convention for the Third Congress
sional District, provided said time shall
not be earlier than the fourth of Sep.
tember, and that said convention shall
be held at -.
Resolved, That we recommend that
the meeting for the election of dele
gates to the congressional convention
shall be held, as far as practicable, Oh
the same day.
Mr.. Breaux moved to strike out that
portion Of the resolution providing fol
a conference with the chairman of ths
late executive committee, and on Mr.
Pngh announcing that he had no OBJ
jections to the amendment, the motion
was carried without debate.
Mr.. Pngh here submitted his resolu
tions, amended in accordance with tn,
adopted motion and informal sugges
Irtions. They read as follows, the pre-
amble unchanged:
BE it Resolved, That the chairman
of this convention be authorized to Fl,
on a time for the holding of q oonven
tion 10 select q, candidate for the Forty
seventh Congress, and that Morgan
City be selected as the place of holding
the convention.
Be it further Resolved, That tn,
delegates to the congressional conven.
ton be elected by the parish conven
ltions.
A vote was taken on the first resoln.
tion, withtthe following result: Yeas
Ascension. Assumption, Iberia, Iber
vile, st. Martin, Lafayette and Yer.
million. Nays--St. Mary and Terre.
bonnie.
The delegates cast the entire vote Of
their parishes, and the result in mum
bers was al yeas, q nays.
1t was decided that the basis of re-
presentation should be the same as
fixed by the last State convention, and
liz was further decided that the parish
conventions should be composed of re-
representatives. from the wards, to be
elected by the people of each ward, the
executive committees of the parishes
to fix the apportionment.
After adopting resolutions express
ing confidence in the integrity and pa
tfiotism of Hon. John S. Billin, and
exonerating him from all charges, and
in communication of his actioniin.c cheer
fully yielding up his title to the snom-
ination which the April convention
conferred upon him, and which they
declared TO be regular, the committee
adjourned sine die.
After the adjournment, chairman
Simms fixed the fourth of September
for holding parish conventions, and
the eleventh Of Sept. for holding the
District convention, at Morgan City.
In view of the above facts, we hope
that our newly appointed executive
committee will meetand organize with
out any unnecessary delay, and call the
parish convention to convene on the
fourth of Sept.