The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-09-18
Reception to Hon. C. b. Darrall.
Large and Enthusiastic Gathering Of As
cension Republicans to Hear their

Large and Enthusiastic Gathering Of As
censfon Republicans to Hear their
Candidate for Congressman.
Hon. Chester B. Darrall Of st. Mary,
Republican nominee for member Of Con-
gress from this Congressional District,
arrived here last Sunday evening on the
steamer r. E. Lee, and was met at the
landing and escorted to the st. Louis
Hotel by committee Of Republicans.
Monday at IL o'clock reception was
rendered to DIR. Darrall at the st. Peter
NJ. E. Church, and considering the day
and hour, the affair was exceptionally
successful, attracting as it did an assem-
blage of from four to five hundred peo-
pie. who manifested deep interest in
the proceedings. A reception committee
Of seventy five voters, headed by the
Crescent Brass Band, met DR.. Darrall at
the residence of Hon. Pierre Landry, and
escorted him4 to the church, where the
arrival Of the procession was greeted BY
salute from little cannon fred by
Sergeants N. Hayes, G. Carroll and 9th
ers It was intended that the meeting
should be held in the lower portion Of
the church building, which is used as a
school room, but it soon became evident
that the apartment was not large enough
to accommodate the audience, aud it was
decided to meet iii the second story,
where the large assembly more than filled
the pews and benches, the seating ca
pacity of which is estimated at 500. The
gentler sex was largely represented, and
the members of the Ladies' Union Band
Society, displaying several tasty banners,
formed conspicuous. feature Of the gath
ering.
The meeting was organized with the
following officers: Geo. w. Butler, presi-
dent. VIM. Laney, vice president; Dan
lei Hill, secretary; Aaron Pierre, mar
shall. Rev. Jacob G. Warner opened the
proceedings with prayer. Hon. P. Lam
dry explained the object of the meeting,
and the necessity for holding it in the
church, where political gatherings were
not usual. Mr.. Charles Shallowhorne,
chairman of the reception committee, pre-
sented the following address to the Con-
gressional nominee:
Hon C. b. DARRALL-At a large meet
ing of the Republicans OF this parish,
held last Saturday in the town of Dom
aldsonville. it was determined that
committee of seventy-fve voters should
be appointed to receive and welcome You.
In pursuance of that purpose we are here
to greet you as the nominee of the Re-
publican party for Congress i'll this dis
trict, and to express by our presence the
regard in which we hold you as the reps
resentative Of the principles Of our party
and its standard bearer in the banner
Republican district of this State. Recog-
nizing the Importance of your election,
we assure you that no efforts of ours
shall be wanting to contribute to your
success in November. We welcome you
to Ascension.
The document was signed by the chair
man and all the members of the commit
tee, comprising Republicans from every
ward in the parish
DR.. Darral was introduced and spoke
about three-quarters Of an hour on the
issues Of the campaign, comparing the
records and positions Of the Democratic
and Republican parties on the questions
of tariff, currency, internal improve
ments, civil rights and education Of the
masses, showing how essential it was to
the interests of the river and sugar par
ishes of Louisiana especially that the
policy Of the Republican party should
prevail. The speaker said that Demo
cratic orators from the South were pro-
claiming in the North that stories of out
RACES and bulldozing were untrue-that
the colored voters are voluntarily join
ing the Democratic party and voting it's
ticket; he believed it to be the duty of
the colored people of districts and par
ishes like this, where peace has prevailed
and all men vote as they please, to dem
onstrate that they are still true to the
Republican party. He wanted to see
Garfield and Arthur elected by the solid
North-and he had no doubt they would
be- in order that the Southern Demo-
Gratis might appreciate what set of false
prophets they are following. If sent to
Congress again, he should serve the in
terests of the people to the best of his
ability. His remarks were we'll received
throughout.
Brief addresses were then made by
Messrs. L. E. Bentley, P. A. Jones, w.
w. Buford and P. Landry, which pro-
duced the best effect and were Interrupt
ted by frequent applause. Mr.. Landry
called upon all who were with him for
Garfield, Arthur and Darrall to stand up,
whereupon the entire audience arose and
gave three rousing cheers for those can
didates.
DR.. Darrall was escorted back to Mr..
Laudry's house and amid the inspiriting
strains of brass band music and the
booming Of the cannon the large assem-
bly, slowly dispersed. DR.. Darrall left
by steamer Monday evening. He will
visit us again during the campaign and
proposes to address the people at several
points throughout the parish.
VALUABLE BooK.-Mr. w. P. Dixon
of this parish is engaged in canvassing
for subscribers to valuable and attrac-
tive book entitled "The Prevention and