Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-09-06
MASS MEETING.
A Solid King Delegation sent to the
Monroe Convention.

! i"iiuiii, on liial uav, anu was
called to order by G.. A. Richard
,son, President Of the Executive
Committee.
Maj. Gibson nominated for per-
manent chairman of the meeting
W. III. Harvey. There being no
other nomination and no opposi-
ton to the nomination, Mr.. Harvey
was declared the permanent chair
man Of the meeting.
On motion Of ID. ID. Demoss. A
I. Lane was nominated, and elect
ed Secretary, without opposition.
Mr.. Crandell then introduced
the following resolutions which on
motion of Judge Zeigler were car
ried without opposition.
ReSol0ed, That we heartily en-
dorse the nomination of Cleveland
and Hendricks for President ami
Vice President ofthe United States,
and we approve the platform ofthe
Democratic party enumerated by
the Democratic Convention which
assembled in Chicago July s, 1884.
RcS0lccd, That We endorse and
ratify the action of our Senator's in
Congress, the Hon'l r. l.. Gibson
and Il. +. Jonas.
RCSOtred, That we endorse and
ratify the action Of our Represent
alive i'll Congress, the Hon'l j.
Floyd King.
RcsoiUed, That the President. of
this meeting be and he is hereby
authorized to appoint eight Dele
gates to the Congressional Conven-
I ton called to meet in Monroe on
September 10th 1854.
! RcsOlrcd. That the delegates at
tending said Convention shall cast
the whole vote of the Parish as q
unit and that no proxies be al
lowed.
Resolred, That said Delegates
be and they are hereby instructed
to cast the vote of this Parish for
Genl. J. Floyd King as long as
his name is before the convention.
The chairman having asked for
time in which to appoint the del
cgates, Mr.. Crandell moved that
the chairman be given the time
necessary, and that they he an
nounced in the next issue Of tho
Madison TINES, and also that the
delegates be notified of their APP
pointment by the Secretary Of the
meeting-adopted.
Maj. Gibson moved that the
time given the chairman in which
to appoint the delegates be util-
lied by the State Senator from
this district in giving an account
of his actions while in Baton
Rouge, prolonged applausc).
Mr.. Montgomery declined on
the ground, of this being a Nation
al affair and that local politics were
not in order but lie was overruled
by the meeting and the meeting
adjourned for 80 minutes to hear
him.
Finding it forced upon him the
Senator made q short address in
which he stated that the
limit of five mill tax for levee
purposes was wrong; that if a
people wanted to tax themselves
for their own good they ought to
be able to do it, and closed with
hoping that all Democrats would
support and work for the National
and Congressional ticket.
Major Gibson stated that he
had been selected to make the fol-
lowing statement: that there was
to be a ball given here tonight by
the ladies in aid of the Exposition;
that tickets were on sale at all the
stores in town and that he thought
every Democrat who failed to put
up his dollar and buy a ticket
ought to be ruled out of the party.
Mr.. Crandell moved that the
meeting now be called TO order,
which was done and the Chairman
read the following names as dele
gates to Monroe:
Jno. T. Cochran, +. l. Maxwell
Geo. G. Waddill, w. III. Zeigler,
VIM. L. Sharkey, A. c. Gibson,
K. W. Smith, G. NJ. Bedford.
Mr.. Maxwell stated that there
would be meeting of the Planter S
Club at 1:30 p. m.
| Major Gibson moved that the
proceedings of this meeting be
published in the Madison TIMES,
the New Orleans Times-Democrat
and Picayune and the Nicksburg