Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-10-04

nouncing their Willingness 10 90
so through the press OF the DIS
trict. /
Later: Boatner accepts, and
King left it to his Elk Committee
who refused.
The Monroe Convention. A Plain
Statement With no Side Issues.
The Convention was called to
order by Col. C. H Moore, Chair
man Of the District Executive
Committee. He called Hon. J.
NJ. Kennedy to the chair as tempo
-arv chairman. No objection was
raised by any one to Mr.. Ken
nedy's taking the chair and he
presided over the deliberations OF
the whole convention until 1t took
| recess about 4 O'Clock. About
the time for re-assembling-5
o'clock-the friends of Mr.. King
repaired to the courtroom at a
time when Mr.. Kennedy and q
large majority of Mr.. Boatner's
friends were absent and under
took to re-organize the convention.
They put DR.. Brumby in the
chair. Mr.. Kennedy returning
about this time, assembled the
platform and called the conven-
tion to order, DR.. Brumby with
drawing to one side of the plat,
form. The King faction refused
to longer recognize Mr.. Kennedy
as the chairman and the result
| was a split. Now can it be con-
: sistcntly charged that the friends
of Mr.. Boatner bolted?
i To rebut this statement the
l friends of King assume that they
I. had a majority and could not bolt,
t but whether Gen. King had a
! majority or not is a question for
argument and not assumption.
Where and how did he get his
0 majority? Concede him every
d vote he claims except Tensas and
q Concordia and he did not have .
. majority. If Tensas was entitled
to So votes in the convention anC
S if King carried Concordia he die
d have a majority and was entitled
:. to the nomination. The question
then is, was Gen. King entitled t.
the 38 votes OF Tensas and th'
vote of Concordia?
We will dispose of the Tensa
r question first. We do not appre
y hend that anybody will gainsa.
the proposition that every delib
, erative body is the sole judge a
+. to the qualifications of its ow
s members. Nor do we apprehen
that anybody will gainsay tn
i. proposition that fraud vitiate
.. everything it touches. Nor do W
\ apprehend that any living ma
g will gainsay the fact that the vot
|. in Tensas parish at the late genel
al al election was a spurious, fi'
m tictious and fraudulent one.
S. These two propositions bein
ot true and the fact being equal
IN true, was Tensas entitled to til
9. representation she claimed2 SUI
w pose A was declared elected 4
q. Congress and B contested his Sc;
i. and proved to that body that A
Il. supposed election was secured |
n fraud-ballot-box stuffing-woul
to- not the Congress Of the Unite
nv States reject AS claims to a sc
let on its Aoorf The question befo
ed a convention of the people is u
NO same, and the people in conye
" ton assembled are sovereig
as. They had a right to go into Z
w. Tensas vote and to say to the d,
ar egates representing that pari
that you cannot come into co
ne vention claiming q representa-
, upon o fraudulent vote. T
py. question was demanded by ov
hat 5000 genuine, bona fide Demoer,
hes ic votes and the convention COT
the not refuse to 60 into it. Tho
Ieir 5000 genuine Democratic votes h
nal the right to say that their vo
ave should not be stiHed by a fictitic
ich vote.
Ieir And this thing of cutting do
the the fictitious vote of Tensas par
ON. is no new, unheard of, UMPIRE
TIL dented, undemOcratic thing,
at has been argued by the friends
st. Gen. King. In the Congressio
&C. Convention of 1873, we believe
en- was, Tensas parish came into
ing convention claiming twenty-se'
votes and her representation ,
rue cut down to two. Gen. King ,
the the presiding officer Of that C
NAL vention. So much then for
sist Tensas vote.
Ter Now let US enquire into
tent Concordia contest. The fight
rom that parish between King
will Boatner depended upon the 81
res ward. The contest in that W
was very close, the result dope
s. ing upon the right of a fore
!. born citizen to vote. He had f
:. his declaration of intention TO
.oo, come citizen of the I'm
States and was, under the law,