St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-11-14
ADDRESS
Issurp N 4HE NcExEtH CAHrA1oS
COaaNsFrE1.


Issued NJ 1Hs McExxtY CAxrAseN
COnxsrrE1.
At . meeting Of the McEnery
Campaign Committee, held IN 10
tol,er q. the following address %
The Democratic voters 81 the State
was read and approved:
HD'qsa McESeRY C&xrAsaN COA.
New Orlesas, Oea- 81. 1881. J
To the Democracy OF Louistaaa:
At q meeting oe the lDsAnscrass troo
thu Different parishes ut the state q
Louiejaua assembled at 0:unewald Han
On October IL, 1881, Il was Determined
that the perils that bsset the party al
solutsly demanded the exercise Of the
utmOse forbesraale and .cssustdefns,oo
upou tho part Of all good. Democrats -
the State Central COMMITTEES, thas was
then about 70 convene, and they 70 rec
ommended.
Il was determiued that the peculiar
situation In Democratic politics ID tnss
State, brought about BY what y koO~n
- TIN: Lafayette combine, whereby the
pominati0a Of H0veTaOr, state TreesuF.
er and Huperintendent Of Public Edo-
cation. q we'll q the temporary chair.
manship Of the State Nominating Con.
veweioa. was sttempeed % b. battered
away, necessitased . departure from
the time.h0nored custom Of roefalntn&
from The nanlng Of candidates PRIOR
to the assembling Of the State No@in.'
ting C0avsnti0u.
After consultation, the Democrats
present believing the permanency u
the Democratic party and The welfare
Of the people of the State At Louis
ana absolutely demanded the sesscuml
Of . tried and true Deneoesas - tae|
nOminee Of the party In IL eooin3]
election, detefmined 70 urge upeo eheifl
fellow DemOcrats the select3oo foe1
the position ri standard bsassr ths|
Hon. 6amuelp. Mckaesy. Of OooeAita.
In furtherance Of that desire 70 pref
serve Tie purity and integrity Of the|
D.mocsatic party By the election o. q
an for Governor who II uDsseneed
th any Of the political hsfs0ise noW
being urged apnn the axriculturaS
.lasses Of tie Southern Ssasea by 0eo3eDs1
Ing and inscriptions politicians Who
ere without faith d tho sche0eR th1e
they propose, the 1lem0crats then ord
there am0emhled selected this campaign
committee ard entrusted to Il the duty
Of preparing . suitable addrexs 70 the
Democratic voters Of ths Ssase Of
LOulSiana.
without any desire to3 reflect upoa
ony 0eaulDeP Of the State CUntral COM
mittee, We are compelled t0 expreas
our desp rvxrrs u the failure Of that
c0mmietos % provide for . primary
election BY 'he white people Of the
State, whereby . settlement might
have been had nj the disturbing and
pesplexlny question kn0wn - tbs ''rev.
eowe amendment," which Was submit.
ted to the people ~ the sesslOa Os the
last Legislature.
We believe Il unwlss ard disastrous
to tlss welfare of Dsnsocratir psrsy that
. voters 0piniOa Ut the revenue Ques-
tiOa should be made t~ss Of In Dlem-
Ocracy N dtneas Or Qualification Ut
holding otlce
We believe that the welfare Of the
State absolutely slemaads that the Dem.
0csatlc party should nOMinaae, 1t ita
OOo4sauU& 01oA - sSsOeeH
lifted to properly discharge the duties
Of the Office without regard whatsoever
to their opinion upOa the rsvenue
ameadmsnt.
We earnestly urxe upon the Demo.
cratic vOeefo throughout the State Of
LOulsians q the eOsnlax psi,nary eDec.
tious' to b held for delegates - the
State nOminstinx cOave.leloa to H.
struct their delegates to Y0se Tor the |
submissi0o Of the revenue ameadnsne
It . separate white primary to BE- ssb-
sequent to the Deetin9 o. the 8sa6s
c0nveneiOu ANT tAe district
and parochial c0aventi0ns. ed tho re.
sult Of the said primary 70 b bludin3
spoa Ill mesnbess Ut the party.
Recognising the necssa1ss ;oe har. |
m0ny within she d .m0cra1lc party, Ne
earnestly u1ge upou all membess NJ tn
party to refrain fr0A. sayin% ~ doing
anything calculated tn cause . divisloa
that would endanxer white supremacy
In the =. ie Of Louisiana. The civl1i. |
zali0n Of the State and The welfare oe |
the whole people, white aAt blaek, als-
dsMsads . coaliauati0o Of ~ |
llem0cratic party In power.
To the Democratic paptv n due the |
Ut the State Of LOalaiana,
and the great increase ID the natssiAl |
welfare and prOspsriiy.
To tire D-mscratlc party, undivided |
by AM outside Issue, mu%s the who)e |
people oe this State l00k fOr peace.
security aud good order.
We believe that any departure iron |
he traditions 1T The party end the psia- /
ciplss laid down BY tn ill0stFious found.
efn, would b . mistake aad 0psgaAo |
against the welfare Of the people.
We believe that In ths n0solnae3oo
md slsctioa Of ths H0Q. Namuea p.
Ac4nssy. II the partisn vi Ouachlsa,
hat the people Win have . true, sxied /
md worthy P1blic servant; and ~ earn
ssely urge spoa our fsllpr Democrass
IAroaghost The state q 1ouisiana %
pexanias al use all honOgshje means
- oeeo9e his nOmlnAt3on and eDeetI0n.
~ order Of the committee.
A. W. CRANDALl, Cha1eDan.
JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary.