The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-06-08

A namaerstie Rfassz-peeti1g was held At
the Court House at Lake Charles. La, on
Saturday evening, June = l6sos pursuant y
cal. for the purpose Of nominating z llsli,9-
cratic ticket for mayor and aldermen 81 AsaAe
l Charles. far The election to be held Monday,
Ths meeting was called 20 order By ID. b.
/ Gurhzm. ESQ, Chairman 81 the Democratic
/ Executive Committee Of said town.
Geo. Il. Wells Eeq., was elected tenporA-
~ chairman and "A. H. Mayo temporary sec
Rotary Of the MISS meeting, and on motion
such temporary organization was naaae per
on motion the chairman appointed Messrs,
/ A. 2. Puio. DIX, ]. c. Munday, g. d. Richard,
I L. O. Toaehy and Dan White, q committee
on resolutions.
4 The following resolutions, submitted by
I said committee, were on motion, unanimous
/ " adopted:
| Resolved That We pledge ourselves . give our
earnest and unqualified Support 70 the &c set % Pc
Nominated by this Democratic mass meeting,
Resolved That we consider Ii the paramount
duty of the town officials 20 secure a llQEplEh
drainage and sanitary system IN order that the
/ general health Of our city may be preserved
| Resolved That there should be rigid and ei,
faciive enforcement of all ordinances existing and
that the TiOlafOTs thereof should be sHInIHalli!
dealt with regardless Of persons.
Received That il il the auiy Of the mayor and
counciimen To elect a sufficient number OF elleT-
EetiC and efficient policemen III GfdeF tiial tlln
/ peace and security of life and property may be
properly insured.
Resolved That We TeiteraBe and stand by the
principles Of the great Democratic party, anu
| hereby express our condemnation Of any attempt
or combination gotten up with view Of disOrgan-
| izing sind disrUpting the party.
Resolved That We recognize IN the Hon Il. l.
Gibson and Judge Z. ID. White. pure. jealous and
11sJFe1yinqr raifiofs yaze whole lives have been
devoted to the interests Of 0uE beloved state, and
that we congratulate fhe General Assembly upon
having made such wise and judiciuus selections.
AIessrs. Jacob Ryan, A. II. Mayo and
AdOlph Meyer were placed In nomination Tor
the Office OF mayor, snd on motion, it was re-
solved that the candidate receiving the low
est vote on the first ballot be dropped. The
result Of the first ballot was, Ryan, "a Mayo,
% and Meyer, %. Second ballot, Ryan, AZ,
and Mayo 81 and the chairman announced
Jacob Ryan as the nominee Of the mRss-meet-
ing for the Office Of mayor.
Several gentlemen were then placed In
nomination for aldermen, and on motion 1t
was resolved that those five receiving res
pectiVely the highest vote on the first ballot
should be declared the nominees for alder
men. a ballot was taken and Messrs- S. o.
ShattUek, a. II. Mayo, Adolph Meyer, w. A.
Knapp and a. Rigmaiden, receiving respect
lively the highest vote, the chairman an
nOunced them as the nominees Of the mass
meeting fer aldermen at said ensuing election.
On motion the chairman was authorized
and requested TO appoint O Democratic Ex-
ecutYe Committee of the town of Lake
Charles, consisting Of seven members, and 10
announce such appointments through the
Lake Charles ECHO and Lake Charles Com
Dlereidl and on motion, said newspapers
were requested TO publish the proceedings
Of the mass-meeting.
On motion, a vote of thanks was rendered
to the chairman and secretary, and on motion
the mass-mesting adjourned.
GEO. II, WELLS, Chairman.
Attest A. NJ. MAYO, Secretary.
NOTICE.-Tbe Democratic mass meeting
held at Lake Charles, La, on June 2, 1855,
adopted q resolution authorizing me to ap-
point Democratic Executive Committee Of
the city of Like Charles, 10 consist of seven
members, and requesting me TO give notice
Of such appointment by publication. In &C
cordance with said resolution, hereby ap-
point said committee as follows, viz: A. P.
Puio, chairman J. w. Bryan, Leon ViterbO,
W. J. Brown, NJ. D., Joseph Walker, Joseph
Eckart and Jasper Daniel.
GEO. Il. WELLS,
Chairman Of said BlRss-meetinG.
Lake Charles, La, June Z, 1855