Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-22
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| this paper. The situation is stated
/ plainly and fully. No attempt Is Z
made to gloss over anything by a .
rhetorical display of brilliant moth
fings. neither is there any effort to
confuse the reader with unintclli-
giblc phrases. The statement is
plain statement of facts, that can
not be controycrtcd.
! 1t is shown that from the very
day of the great mass meeting on
I November l., 1883, the Lucas
Crandcll party have been in OPP
position TO tie will of the majority
of the people of thisparish. They
had, presions to that mass meeting,
gone about stating with the great
est apparent confidence, that Madi-
son parish was overwhelmingly for
Ogden. They had made this as
sertion so often that they in time
came to probably actually believe
| il was true themselves. They act
ed as though they believed it; what
must then have been their state of
mind, when on November 10Th
they were so terribly outnumber-
ed? That obey were furious cam
not be doubted. SO decisive and
unexpected a defeat, instead of
causing them to abandon further
opposition and to yield to the inc
vitablc, had the effect of melting
them to greater efforts in their mad
l. desire to control the politics ofthis
parish. Since then their career
has been a succession ofplans and
schemes to antagonizc the legal
representatives of a majority ofthc
Democratic voters of the parish.
Their efforts have proved futile,
and they have gone on and on, re-
fusing to see where they were GO
ing until they have with one grand
crash, burst every bond of unity
and presented to the people OF
Louisiana the melancholy spccta-
Gle of a party hopclcssly divided
i. The poor little mass meeting o
March 10Th was a laughable affair
but for the effect on the Democrat
|. ic party, The Lucas-Crandcil par
r., ty, with an energy, that in goot
cause would have been admirable
. lrummcd the parish thoroughly
The overflow did not stop them
- They crossed the water and sen
recruiting officers in every drcc
ton and said, we will get the n
here if we have to bring them here
on RATS. OF the 137 names signet
70 the call for mass meeting sew
/, cnty-fve put i'll an appearance
What a pitcous result of so muci
hard work But that little forlorI
hope never wavercd, they did tn
work cut out for them, they put u
their little ticket as chccrfully a
though they We're in earnest, am
!, went through all the forms of
N real mass meeting, and they pub
lishcd their ticket in their pape
just like a sure enough mass meet
bo ing would have done.
= They also elected delegates t
! The District Convention; they al
! rcady had a set of delegates VIII
were authorized to attend the Con
vention, but that made no differ
ence 10 them, they would have an
other set. This set of delegate
went to Delta and failing to delud
the East Carroll delegation, the
m had little toy. Copvcntion OF thci
- own, and nominated District off
= GERS who were already nominate
i by their mass meeting.
p And then they got out an addres
4. that ought to be framed and give
+ to the children to play at polite
> with. after which they came quic
: " home and they are now restin
!. from their labors. This is til
party, and this their way of doins
who have succeeded in dividin
the Democrats of Madison. Ever
paper published anywhere ne:
ne feels itself entitled to make snee
H. ing remarks about Madison. III
na Madison muddlc, and the Madiso
to muss, and like expressions, Al
used in abiding to Madison pol
tics, and You can thank Lucas
IN Crandell & Co., that your parish
es snecrcd at and made the laughir
ne stock of every would-be wit wi
IN feels inclined to air his efforts