The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-08-10
PARISH POLITICS.
Meeting Of the Democfa attic Ex.
ecutive Committee.
Resolutions Adopted and Deleeatss
Chosen for the Lake Charles
Convention.

yg.. convention.
The DemOcrative Executive Com
mittee of the parish Of Lafourche met
in Thibodaux last Thursday at Union
Hall, Hon. j. l.. Ancoln, wife presi-
dent, in the chair. ,,,
Upon call Of the roll the following
members were found present:
Ward 2, J. L. Aueoin, Ozelae Ma
quin Ward 8, A. Fplse, C. A. En-
gerran proxy Ward 4, G. d. Barrios,
P. =. Lorio proxy, Thos. leblanc, l..
r. Caillouet proxy Ward g., Emile Lee
Diet, +. p. Bergeron proxy Ward~9,C
G.. Davis, Philip Leblanc proxy, D..
Harang, H. N. Coulon, proxy Ward
10, T. Ducos, T. Roger proxy, E. H.
Lacr0ix, j.. Auslet proxy. IT,
At Large-L. p. Caillouet, L. D.
Moore, j.. NJ. Bourg, j. L.. Basset, by
l.. p. CaillOuet proxy, S. 7. GrisamOre.
Absent--Warl1 /, c. Lasarde, A. De-
lamotte; Ward 3, d. Balm Ward S,
J. E. Himel, J. b. Bourgeois; Ward 6,
Frank Christian, L. Rodriguez; Ward
Z, Oscar Lepine, C. A. Folse Ward 8,
Jules Falgout.
Present Is, absent 10. Isl .a
The chairman presented the follow
ing communication
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC CosGREss'NALl
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THIRD DISTRICT
DONALDsONvILLE, la, July Is, 1889.
The following proceedings are published
for the official and guidance of
the officers and members of the several Dem.
Ocratic Parish Executive Committees of the
Third District, who are authorized and d.
rected to take the steps necessary for the
district convention to which their parishes
are respectively entitled -:
NEW IBEHIA, LA.,Julyl6. 1sC9,
The Democratic Exeoutive Committee. II
day in the town Of New iberia, aptirsuant 70
the call of it's Chairman. "
The secretary, Mr.. Frederick Duffea, being
nnavoidably absent, Mr.. a. V. Fournet Of st.
Martin was chosen Secretary pro tenn. kfsR
The following resolutions. We're adopted
RESOLVED, That a Convention to nominate
= Candidate for Congress in this District, be
day, the 18th day of August, SS9.
RESOLVED, That the Representations in said
Convention shall be based on the Democrat
election, emitting each parish to one dele
! gate for every two hundred votes, and an
additional delegate for every fractiOnalnuln-
Der over one hundred, cast at SKID election.
On motion the Committee adjourned sine
die. \. NJ SIMS, Chairman
A. v. FoUaNEr, Sec. pro ten. II
MI. Moore offered the following resO-
lutions, which were unanimously
adopted; -sft.Hy 4oaxt@ wFsN
Resolved, That twenty eight delegates be
appointed by the chair to represent this par
ish at the Congressional Convention to be
held at Lake Charles, August Ii, 1889.
J Resolved, That the twenty eight delegates
selected to represent this parish atthe Demo
cratic Congressional Convention, to be held
ut Lake Charles. on Tuesday. Avg. Il, lsS9. OF
the fourteen votes of this parish that N
| proxies be allowed, and that the delegation
vote as Il unit-a majority present CONTROL
ing.
"A communication from tho chairman
of the Congressional Executive Com.
mittee, relative to the appointment OF
U. S. Supervisors, WAS read, aud On
motion, referred, to q csuppaiglg com.
mittee to be appointed viii full powe,
| n art. 81 s|8&sNV
sNIr. Moore moved that the chairman
appoint, hereafter, a campaign coln.
mittee Of five, who shall have charge
of the ensuing campaign, which was
agreed to. MGAkES Res
The chair then named the following
delegates to the Democratic Congress.
SIGNAL Convention, which will meet Ii
Lake Charles on Tuesday next, and
the secretary WIS .lirected ito notify
the the same by postals:
/. D. Moore, james Berry, C. S. Ma.
thews, b. A.. Wormald, +. A. O'Suni.
van, l.. A. Trosclair, L. p. Caillouet
James Laforest. j. Elvin Himel, -Oscal
| Lepine, T. j. Badeaux, J. LoyincyL lie.
Blame, Thomas H. Roger. Melance Ro'
bichaux, DIR. John Gazzo, w. w, Hun.
ter, Jr.. w. II. Price, Ellis Folet, NV
Whitehead, j.. N. Wright, Sheldon
Guthrie, DR.. John N. Fleetwood, Hila.
rion Lagarde, Leonard Webre, Theo
P. Bergeron, Leon +. Gaude, Levi.
Guion, Emile Augelloz.
, The committee chen adjourned.
,, S. +. GRIsAMORE, J.. /. AUCoIN,
- Secretary, Act. President
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