The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-24

by AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
LITTEE OGDEN cAUcvs ALSO APFoNITl
DELEGATES.
Special 70 the Times Democrat.
TALLuLAH, La, Nov, l6.-The mas
meeting called by the Democratic Tx
ecuiipe Committee OF Madison parish
to elect delegates to tlic Democratic
State Convention at Baton Rouge
was held yesterday in the courthouse,
and stood about two-thirds for Me
Emery and one.thlra for Ogden. Mr.
r I. Scott, president of the parish
executive committee, called the meet.
ing to order Immediately afterwsrd
motion was made 10y Mr.. a. W,
Crandall, ono Of the leaders of the Og,
den faction, to adjourn the 1Necting
to the street in front of tine court,
house, assigning as a reason that there
was not room in the inside. This
motion was voted down by the meet
ing. The house was crowded, bntnot
a man was crowded ont, all being in
the house wien the vote was taken.
Immediately afterward Mr., Scott,
without needing the resolution to re-
main, just adopted, declared that the
meeting wonld adjourn to the street.
The friends Of McEncry seeing ttfe
Ogden faction lcaNIu- the house with
the evident intention Of boiling. con
cmded TO stay right along with them,
and al! left the house together and
assembled Immediately &ftcrrard in
the street Just in front Of the court
house. The meeting was again called
to order by Mr. Scott The ofticia &c
count OF the proceedings Is as follows:
THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
At n mass meeting convnked by the
Democratic Parish Executive Com
mittee, and held at the town Of TalIu-
lab, Madison parish. La, on tins the
18th day of November. 1855, the fol-
lowing proceedings were had and
resolutions adopted, to-wit:
At the hour Of , O'clock p n. the
hour designated i'll the call, promptly
'he mass tneGuhs was 10y inc Cil"lF
man OF me iaf'S" E1'cN'.Vt Noh'-
i''''tee' c"lieu 20 orneF IoI 'l'e P"'-
pose OF organizing "hereupoh, on
monoh OF MaInr george = " "aul'I'
MI Ue"rge w montgomery was erect
gu PTesIueh' ., tIie mass meeting
Ine cfalrn"h OF the executive com
nl'tee refusing 10 declare ne reSu"
OF l"G 'ote taken ON motion OF MT
j oill d. 9'one' All george W. mont
gomery was 10y the mass meeting De-
cIarcd elected president OF the meet
M, and took the CHAIR
he meeting beng organized and
reaaE iof '"e transaction Oh business
Tine i""'T,"G resolutions were "neFeC
~ "o4n d. Stone ana H""pte"
l. DE u rf%oI"ea 0H TIE DemocrdtN
p Moa'%on Pa''S", I" mass "'rSttn3
assembled. IhaI Inc PRESIDENT OF 'h'S
mass meeting appoin' WE'VE delegates
10 represent the PARISH OF Madison III
he Democratic state Conventions to
&c neiu at Baton ho"Ec' La 0" the
-6th o. December, 1883.
= heSo'"ea' Ihat no PROVES De al
Owed; that majority OF SAID dele .
gates present at sad convention cas- .
h' vote Of the parish as nIt, and
'aId delegates b" Instructed t" vote .
or Samac. y. McEoery for governor:
hat sad delegates receive cAch VIII
"n notice Of his aNr'tn,mea' signed
" the PresIdent Of this meeting.
:" heSoIped .1"rtacr, That list OF .
aid delegates shall De published.
On motion OF John +. Stone, the .
IesoIutlons were adopted: +
Be it reSOlUed by the Democrats CT
h0dtsoH parish, in M0SS mectia4 as
entitled, /. That the president of this
mass meeting appoint parish cXccu-
i've committee, to consist OF five mem
,er>, of which the president Of this