The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-05-24

| DEMOCRATIC PaRIsH COMMITTEE. - The
session of this body held to-day was char.
acterized by remarkable proceeding thai
was not only surprise to the public, but
also to the members of the committee who
were not previously informed of the move.
ment on foot. The committee met at the
Courthouse, with President Duffel in the
chair and all the members present in per
| son or by proxy, and the following docu-
ment was presented:
To the Hon. Fred. Duffel, Chairman Democratic
Executive committee of Ascension parish:
When the Democratic parish committee in
pursuance OF express authority conferred on il
by the parish Democratic convention elected
endorsed parish and District Democratic tick
cts it pledged itself that the Democratic narty
should support its action.
The undersigned have learned that some
memDers OF the Democratic parish committee
| openly opposed the Democratic parish and dis
trict ticket.
While the right of citizens to vote as they
please IS not denied, yet we can not but regard
the actlon OF any Democratic member of our
committee III opposing the Democratic ticket
as a resignation Of his membership of said COM
m1ttee and SO regarding it. we hereby declare
t our INABILITY to JON tie resigned members in
the discussion OF matters relating to the DEM
ocratic affairs and we request you to so an
nounce to the committee.
j. l. Brent, r.. n. Slime, Joseph Gonzales.
Q. Ayraud Dodd Smith, A. G. Love. j. q. Green
lby proxy, Henry C. Braud. J. N Brown. VIM.
A. Bnrris (by proxy), Ben. Gibson, J. e. St.
Martin, Jno. Il. Ilslcy,C. Kline, FL. E. Duffel
Thy proxy.
Considerable discussion followed the read
ing OF this petition, and in order to ascer-
tain who were the members who had failed
to support the Fusion ticket it was finally
decided to call the roll and catechise each
member. The answers of all were satisfac-
tory excepting those of Messrs. Felix Braud
and Ernest Pedesclaux of the fifth and H.
u. Minor of the tenth wards. There was
some question as to the attitude of two alb
sent members, but it was concluded that
no action should be taken with regard to
them until they had an opportunity to speak
for themselves. The gentlemen affected by
the petition endeavored to substitute reso-
luton of expulsion and to obtain vote on
it, but the majority eyaded the proposition
and secured an ultimate disposition of the
iAtCtei ny Young 10 sustain Lle decision
of the chair that the petition in itself con-
stituted an acceptance of the designations
OF the members who had not supported the
Fusion ticket The vote stood as follows:
Yeas, Is; nays, 4; exclpded4; blank,2. Con-
ceding for the moment the right of the
committee to take this action, it seems to Us
its logical effect is to read cut Of the party
not only Messrs. Brand, Psdesclaux and
Minor, but also decided majority of the
Democratic voters of their wards, who dem
onstrated by their ballots that they were
not favorable to the Fusion ticket. We
shall revert to this matter in our next issue,
A motion was made and adopted that the
committee should meet on the 7th of June
for the purpose of elscting five delegates
to the approaching State convention. We
hear that member had prepared resolu-
tons providing for the holding of pri-
mary election, but deeming that there was
nc change for their adoption he refrained |
from offering them.
The committee adjourned until Saturday, |
June Z, al IL NJ. /