The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-08-26

irrespective OF partisan aiiehihehV' ""o
ought to be supported by them without
regard to political considerations. In
short, he should he elected by heavy
majority, and we have no doubt he Will be.
THE BEATTIE-DARRALL O0NVEN-
TION.
In order that our Republican readers
may understand distinctly the status OF
tile so-caned convention held in the
Courthouse at this place last Tuesday,
which assumed to nominate Judge lay
lor Beattie as a Republican candidate
for Congress from this district, we give
the subioined statement of its compost
ton.
The parishes represented in this body
without contest We're the doubtful par
ish of Lafourche, the Democratic parish
of Calcasieu and the Democratic parish
of Cameron, having six delegates in all.
Four Of these, including the nominee
himself, were appointed by Judge Beat
tie, as the following copy of their Gre
dentials will show:
THIgoDAUx, La, Aug. 5, 1882.
This is to certify that in accordance with the
resolution passed this day by the Republican
convention I have named and appointed dele
gates and alternates to the Republican Congress;
sional convention OF the Third Congressional
District to meet at Donaldsonvllle, August y,
| 1882:
DELEGATE, Joseph Coulon; alternate, J. H. Bal
| Delegate. T. NJ. Frazier; alternate, j. ". War
Delegate, NJ. w. Banks; alternate, George
| Watson.
Delegate, Taylor Bea.tisi at steFnats Nelson
r1 " 4 KING prss?d th3 Of t Convention
Secretary of Convention.
/ In addition to these four delegates wa:
| Mr.. T. T. Monroe IF Cameron, parish
that gave tho Republican nominee fol
| Congress 62 votes in 1880, who also cast
on telegraphic proxy the vote OF Mr.
| Daniel j. Coos OF CalcasieH, parish
| where our Republican Congressman re-
| ceived Ill votes, against 7e5 for bis
Democratic competitor. Mr.. Monroe is
the standing delegate from Cameron
elected-tEe Lord knows how. The
| Lake Charles Commercial reports that
| no meeting of Calcasicu Republicans
| was held on the 5th inst, to choose &
| delegate in accordance with the instruc
| tions of the district committee, but that
on the It'll halfdozen men met IN :
4 private room and went through the for
mality of authorizing Mr.. Coos to repre-
sent the parish in the convention.
Judge Beattie has vigorously de
nounced the manner in which DR.. Oar
rail- secures representation from Caica
sieu and Cameron in his own interest
and we have heard the Judge declar
publicly that he was determined to fore
stall d repetition Of the farce in this cam
paign Mr.. Monroe is all officer OF tn
customs service in the Tcche district
subject to the intuelice Of DR.. Darral
and Mr. Coos is also a PARTISAN Of th
Doctors. Had their votes been throw
against the candidate of the boltin
convention. undoubtedly lie would hav
attacked their status and question:
their right to represent the Republican
of Calcasieu and Cameron. Furthe'
E more, Judge Beattie declared in Thibe
, daux two years ago that Il telegraph
proxy was not entitled to recognition
. and his casting vote excluded judy
Morris Marks from the district comn
5 tee when that gentleman presented
o telegram from Mr.. Robert johnson
, Terrebonne authorizing Judge Marks
represent the sender at the committee
:. sessions.
e Besides the six uncontested delegate
enumerated, thirteen contestants fro
the parishes of Ascension, Terrebonl
e and St. Mary participated in the Cour
|. House convention. 1t is claimed th;
:. one or two alternates from other parish
? we're present, but even admitting this,
y is apparent that they had no shadow
J, right to represent their parishes whe
!, their principals were here, sitting in tt
convention being held at the time NJ
s place specified in the call under whie
e they were elected.
- Briefly, then, the Beattie- Darrall Coz
. ton was composed of six nnconteste
IL and thirteen contested delegates, repr
J. senting one doubtful parish and tv
Democratic parishes in whole, and t!irt
Republican parishes in part.
# The regular convention, on the 9th
:. hand was made up of sixteen uncontests
y delegates representing six parishes-Ibe
" vile, Assumption, Iberia, St. Marti
" Lafayette and Vermilion-and thirtes
delegates from Ascension, Terrebanl
/ and st. Mary whose seats were conteste
I Of the nine parishes represented, sevt
II are Republican aud two Democratic. al
the four Republican parishes whose del
gates were not contested--Iberville, A
L sumption, Iberia and ST. Martin-ga
h DR.. Darral majority of. 3077 in l8s
], Contrast this with the Democrat
!" majority of ass polled by Lafoureh
d Calcasen and Cameron, the three pa
n ishes represented without contest in Il
Beattie-Darrall convention, and even
Z all other aspects Of the question are i
q nored, it may be readily determined
II the duiiest mind which of the two CO
! ventions had the better right to spe;
and act for the Republicans Of the Ihi'
/ District.
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