Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-10-11


drawing pension, that lie had fur
IT, declared MS intention 81 be
coming a citizen, and had li"ed a
sufficient time in the State
and parish TO become ? citizen.
Then the Eoatncrmen challenged /
a King man on the ground that he
was L resident Of another ward.
They proved by the poll book that
he had registered, and voted IN
another ward, and proved that he
still lived in another ward, and
had never lived in the 9Th ward. |
That the parish delegation should
therefore properly have been in
structed for Boatncr, but that the
committee on credentials consisted
ofseycn King men, and two Boat
ner men, and the majority report
was for the seating of the King del
cgates from the 9th ward. He also
stated that Mr.. n. y. Joyce, said
to DR.. Bisland, O. King mani that
if he CDR. b. honestly believed
that the 9th ward delegation for
King was entitled to be seated that
the Boatner men would yield and
accept the decision, but that Dr..
Disland would not make such 4
statement; so much for Concordia.
Then Mr.. BOatner took up
Ouachita, claimed that he was en-
titled to all the votes from Ouachita,
and in support of this claim, said
that on only one occasion had
Ouachita ever held an election by
wards for delegates, which election
was repudiated by the. Parish Con-
vention held last January, which
convention declared:
"That the delegates present in
any future convention should have
the right to cast the vote OF the
parish and should vote as a unit"
That in spite Of these plain and
unequivocal instructions the Exec
utive Committee of the Parish or
dercd an election by wards, by
which action some King delegates
were elected. This matter would
have been brought to the notice Of
the convention, if the convention
had have held together long enough.
Mr. Boatner also stated that as
the rights Of the majority was dwclt
on so continually, by the King men
in justification Of their irregular
action at the convention, he would
90 into that matter. In the parish
of Richland his friends considered
it SO certain that he would get it
that they became careless, and
thereby got beaten, which was all
right. lie deserved it, and did
not complain, but that he was not
allowed a minority representation,
although he was defeated by only
twelve votes. Again in the parish
Of Caldwell, which he (Boatner)
claims Was for him, about 80 or 80
negroes led by a negro (who though
a Kins nan was republican who
had never voted a democratic
ticket, y appeared at the parish con,
vcntion, and claimed that they had
voted the democratic ticket at the
; last election, and were entitled
to participation in the meet
ing, this claim was allow
cd, and by this action tht
meeting was carried for King
although if it had been known tina
| negroes would be allowed to par
) ticipate in the proceedings, tn,
Boatner men could have brought
majority of black voters to tn,
, meeting as well as majority o
the white. This was also submit
> ted to, but the majority plan wa
not applied to the Ouachita case
: There the King men had no US
: for the majority doctrine. MI
5 Brought up these facts to show tina
> Gen. King was not supported by
5 majority of the white voters.
e He then took up the Tensas mat
e ter, and said he had never though
II that he would get Tensas, that h
q had letters written early in th
canyass stating that he could nc
hope for Tensas, that he had nc
at any time advocated the raisin
IS of the question Of the right of Ter
l. sas to SO delegates. That the que!
RI ton was first raised by the Monro