Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1888-02-11
CORRESPONDENCE.
MoNEGAL, February, 10th Is

MOEEGAL, FEBRUARY, lUth, lSSS.
Editor of Madison TINES:
Tallulah, La.
DEAR SIR:-This writer has been
waiting patiently for the action of an
Executive COpmitte on the disputed
question of TIE nomination for Sheriff
by the democratic mass meeting at
Tallulah, in December last. He has
also watched with considerable inter
est the discussion of the question of
Sheriffs nomination as presented to
the public through the medium of the
"Item and TIMKs," respectively. II e
latter charging fraud in the nominal
ton of Sheriff, and the former failing
in toto to meet the grounds of allega.
ton and arguing the question from en-
tireiy different premises than those
laid byIts opponent. 1t is well es-
tabl.shed principle of law and common
lsense also. that position of assum,,-
ton by one party, and denial by the
other must be established specifically
before you can discuss the merits OF
any question of business, either facial,
economic or political. The exporte
statements OF two, or more parties on
separate pedicates proves nothing,
though they may have an anala GUS
bearing on the same subject, as for IN
stance if "Sam" should assert that
Biil' owed him ten dollars and John
would reply it makes no difference it j.
too late "Bili' has spent all his mon y
you should have garnlsheed in Ii,
hands yesterday, when i had money
belonging 10 Bill" may be very good
logic on point of collection ethics,
but has no bearing on the assumption
n inn oh TO
claimed, just as the two papers men,
toned above, one assuming fraud and
the other crying too late, fails to meet
the issue involved, which is to this
writer's conception: First, was fraud
practlced in the nomination for Sheriff?
Ind, If so, was it sufficient in prepon-
derance 10 change the result? these to
my mind are the cogent premises pre-.
scented, and until issue is joiend on
these premises, all other discussion is
irrelevant. Therefore view with the
greatest depreciation the action of our
Executive Committee" which seeks
to stamp with the sanction of party a
nomin alton which about one half the
party thinks fraudulent. The settle
ment of this question is perfectly feas-
ibie, and entirely within the puryiew
of our Executive Committee. 1t is n
matter of small difficulty when YOU
take into consideration tn e disaster that
may follow from leaving this question
open until the approaching election,
for onr Executive Committee to ascer-
tain from the bona tide electors of this
parish, how they voted for Sheriff; and
then take the lists as preserved, and
strike from them all illegal, or fraudu-
lent votes, and they can be readily j.
Notwithstanding those returned
from the electors, to the candidate for
which he voted, counting and tabulat-
ing said vote in the presence of friends
OF Captain Holmes and Mr.. Mcclellan
their publishing said tabulation, and
declaring the man receiving the highest
number of votes the nominee of the
party: Ii this or some other equally
fair plan of solution is adopted 1t will
unity the party, and make the election
OF our entire ticket certain. Otherwise
each individual will interpret the NOM
nation to suit his convictions of right,
or wrong, and the result will be a weak.
\ping of the entire ticket from Govern
own, and probably end in the loss
parish 10 the democratic party.
Ks. Holmes and Mcclellan were
I'd from this discussion and it
from the standpoint of
here would be very little
ustment. With every
undetermined and ag-
part of the repub-
kampaign, it does
the height of
light i'll orr
when i
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