Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-15
FOR TIE SAKE OF HARMONY.

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is given in another place. Now
is an appropriate time to take a
calm review ofreeent events and to
look matters squarcly in the face.
The position assumed by the TIMES
is this, That the opposition has not
accepted the verdict of the largest
mass meeting ever assembled in
this parish since the war, and that
they have set themselves d2liber-
ately in opposition to the wishes
of the majority of the people ofthis
parish. Before going any further
it is necessary to put the matter
plainly. Both factions claim 70 be
McEncry men. The mass meet
ing Monday claimed to be a Nc
Emery meeting, at least its
Chairman claimed that it was. Nc
Emery was cheercd and the meet
ling endorsed the State ticket.
There is consequently no Ogden
| faction. There is, however, a very
decided and lively opposition to
the men who represent the Nc
Emery side of the controversy, and
the chief speakers and workers of
i
that opposition are headed by A.
w. Crandell and Hugh R. Lucas.
1t can therefore be properly desig-
mated. the Lucas Crandell faction.
This faction have never recog-
nized the Executive Committee of
which Mr.. Geo. w. Montgomery
is Chairman, which Committee
owes its existence to the mass
!. meeting of November Is, 1888. II
was by resolution, adopted by that
mass meeting, empowered to con.
duct this campaign and its actions
have been conservative and not
calculated to cause dissatisfaction
1t is impossible to please every
one and some McEnery men have
: not been pleased with the action
or as they claim, lack of action, o
the Executive Committee.
Emissaries of the Lucas Crandel
party have talked mass meeting
around the parish until many o
;. the McEnery men have beer
brought to believe that a mass
meeting was wanted, wanted bad
and wanted right off; tina
: only q mass meeting could brin:
& harmony, that a mass meeting
would bring harmony, and nothin:
but a mass meeting would do it
How it was going to do it they die
not explain, and the McEnery mer
some of them-swallowed tina
bait and began to banker for mas
T. meeting.
Just stop one moment, gentle
= men, and reflect. The Lucas
Crandell party have been howlin,
ie for mass meeting ever since thu
a Baton Rouge Convention, and why
Is A mass meeting in which the!
v would be defeated could put then
OF in no worse position than they al
m ready occupied, while, if some o
he the McEnery men stayed ava.
is and the Lucas randcll party &C
he cidentally had majority, VIII.
G. they could upset the existing stat,
of affairs and place themselves il
er power. That this was their plaI
le is conclusixely shewnby the actor
a. Of the mass meeting of Monda,
4 last.
4. The average citizen attends t
70 his business and has no time to al
e. tend to political schemes and tricks
he He has not time to investigat
G. every move and plan proposed. H
n looks only at the face of the thin
~ and does not seek the hidden me
ne tives. He therefore authorizes a
K Executive Committee to condut
the campaign whose business it
e to investigate these matters. TIL
Is wise citizen will leave it with tn
ne Executive Committee, and not lii
y ten to slanderous charges again'
Re them preferred by their opponents
4 charges preferred by its supporter
20 are q different thing, and shoul
70 be Investigated, but it is the bust
n ness of its opponents to injure an
l. hamper it in every possible way.
!, Your Executive Committee hav
:, not been deluded by the hypocri
" ical expressions of desire for hal
mony. They have realized tn
. I'll eftuaf;on from the first and In