The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-10-09

The result was 464 votes for Knobloch
and Is for Pugh.
A committee of niue N credentials was
then appointed. The committee reported;
its report was adopted. Hon. Clay KnO-
bloch and ThOs. !. Shaffer were continued
as permanent chairman and secretary. Hon.
John S. Billiu was placed in nomination as
the Democratic Conservative candidate for
Congress from the Third Congressional Dis
trict, and elected by acclamation.
The committee have thought proper to
make the foregoing statement of facts. As
in :heir opinion a statement of the ease is
the best argument in favor of the regular
nomination. The only ostensible ground
or pretext offered by the holsters was the
ruling Of the chair in regard to the attempt
on the part OF Il cOntesting delegate to east
the whole vote of Lafayette for Mr.. Pugh.
This ruling had been acquiesced in be-
fore the vote VISA taken, in temporary Or
ganization {; and besides, the ruling was
nlanifestly correct.
Authority to make up tho roll of the par
ishes from credentials prima facie good
must lie lodged somewhere, otherwise, in IL
possible case of contests existing in every
parish, no one could call the convention to
order or decide what parishes were entitled
to vote on temporary organization.
In the case of the parish of Iberia, where
the chair had admitted it OH a whole vote,
no opposition whatever was made. ii 9
chair based his action on credentials prin a
facts good he did not attempt to deciue
Oh the merits, as he would have been com
PEELED to do had he entertained the request
of the delegate from Lafayette. When the
chair announced, previous to the call OF the
roll for the vote by parishes on temporary
organization, that Iberia was admitted ON q
whole vote and Lafayette and st. Mary ON
a half vote each, the parties opposed to
this ruling should have demanded u vote
of the uncontested parishes on the Ques-
ton. But no appeal was made to the con-
ventiOn at any time, either when the chair
aun0rnced its decision or when the contes.
ted parishes were called.
1t is clear that after submitting to a rul-
ing, the benefits OF which the bnlters doubt
less expected, they were estopped from at.
forwards questioning it, when it turned out
as they conceived, to their disadvantage.
1t appears therefore that st. Martin, Cal
casieu and Cameron, with six votes from
Ascension and Terrcbonne, and the contest
ing delegations from Lafayette, Iberia and
St. Mary, Withdrew from the regular con-
veutiOn, and with twenty votes from un-
contested parishes, held u boiling conven-
tion and nominated J. H. Acklen.
In the regular convention there were fifty
uuOOutCSICu o@lCS0VCO SV1iAS VIZ VIC lTcllll
mary organization, aud Liueteen contested
delegates, as follows:
Ascension 6, Assumption 5, Calcasieu 7,
Cameron ,, I berville S, Lafourche 10, Terre
bonne'7, Ver,nilIiop S, st. Mary 7, Lafayette
8, and Iberia 6.
After the withdraw of St. Martin, Calca-
and Cameron, with II part of the dele
CATION from Ascension and T~errebOnne,
and the three cOntesting deleg atiOns. there
still remained III the regular convention
thirty i've uncontested and nineteen con-
tested delegates, as follows: ;AscensioA =,
Assumption 8, IbervjIle 5, Lafourche 10,
), Vermlllicn ). st. Mary 7, La
fayette + and iberia 6-making a total of
81. Mr.. Billiu has, therefore, a nomination
from u convention fairly and regularly
made. 1t is seen, then, that Mr.. Billiu, re-
one regular nomination. voluntari-
1y resigns it. Mr.. Acklen complaining of
that nomination ana promising TO abide by
the action ot another convention, goes into
1t with his supporters, Is again defeated,
and wautollg. eauseiesslv and tiagrautly
violates his promise. and him
self as tue candidate OF a seeding owen
ton.
Hon. John s. B,liu comes before the peo
Pile, accredited as their candidate by llle
free aud fair votes of two conventions. 4No
stain is on his honor, no violation is cliars- .
ed, or can be charged, against his word.
Mr.. ApElQn cOmeS HofOra f10s aamo nnOD1o