Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-09-27
TIE Mass MZETiHG.

paper. The call Is made At the
request OF two members ofthe Ex-
ocu,iyc Committee. The Execu-
tive Committee consists OF I'VE !
members. II is hardly necessary
TO say that two members OF inc
Committee opposed the call, had
they not, the request or petition 10
the President If the Committee'
would have had noGe signatures.
What authority or what night the
President of the Committee has to
call a mass meeting without there
having been A mectingof the Com
mittee, remains to be discovered.
The proper way to have done,
would have been to call meeting
of the Committee, and, let the
Comnittoc decide whether or not,
10 call a mass meeting. The result
would have been the same, as there
were two for, and two against, the
President being for could have cast
his vote in favor Of the cali, and
everything would have been
, straight and regular. AS IT Is, the
President has assumed an authority
he does not possess, and has made
the call in an irregular and illegal
manner. The object OF the call IS
to ratify the nominations made at
Monroe. What both a.? That will
make things solid with a Vengeance.
1t will duplicate the Monroe Con-
Convention after plenty OF time
4 has been given for careful consld-
: Grafton, and thus present a beautl-
!. full subject for caricature. OTIS a
. pity the TINES artist is off on his
summer vacation.) 1t will be pro-
: ductive of no good, It will make no
one solid, who was not so already,
and it will very properly be an OBJ
iect of ridicule. The call is pub
. lished in Tuesdays Vicksburg
Commercial Herald, (why is that
lnamc not shortcnedO and il Is
claimed by the CHI, to be for tht
purpose of ratifying the nomination
of King. That was doubtless The
design of the meeting, but the cal
docs not say so, and if the meetin!
takes upon itself the task of making
Madison solid for King, IT takes
contract it will fail in fulfilling.
VI Who is it wants this mass meet
ing anyhow, who started the mat
ter? 1t was hardly a case OF spon
taneous combustion, for 1t Will
probably start blaze that Will nc
2, be easily smothcred. Some on
e. must have originated it, and who
ever it was, ought to be known
:, and he could be most likely secured
- and sent to the Exposition, as III
most colossal political idiot in e'
c, istence. Who is he?
ed The case then stands as follows
1t is irregular because there W.
no meeting Of the Executive Con
mittce; because the call is not a
tested by the Secretary of IL
Committee, and it is the mere ca
IT'S of an individual, who happens
al be the President of the ExccutiN
Committee. Why was there I
meeting of the Executive Commi
tee? Was it because those enginee
" ing the call feared to risk Il
absence Of one member of the e.
" ecutive Committee, and thereto
he took an irregular way of accor
az plishing the ends sought : I
tie democrat is obligated to rcccgni
such a call. The President of Il
Committee had no right TO make
call under such circumstances, al
" it is following in the footsteps
'i' the King men at the Monroe Co
80 vention. The call is unique, al
stands alone as specimen. Su
! q an action is demoralizing, and d
St organizing. 1t incites divisi
WIS in the ranks of the par
er. and prevents the possibility
unity. There must be, and thu
arc rules governing such matte
ent and if they are to be set at detial
ing by any, and everyone, who fe
CHI disposed to do so, there viii alwi
will be division and disunion. I
President of the Executive Go
mittee consulted with one mem
of the Committee, although tn,
.bo were two others in town, who COZ
inc be easily seen. He apparan