St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-12-12
Parish Convention
-. Tsalnannany solid
for Nc Emery.

At y o'cls,ck NJ. On the above
date the delegates Of the wards Oi
this parish met at the Courthouse
In COvingtOn.
Aleck Rogers. Chairman Of tn
Parish Committee, appointed Louis
Centlivre, of the Ninth Ward, tenn
porary Chairman. and Max. Coa'
sin, temporary Secretary.
On motion Of Hon. J. s. Booster,
holding the proxy Of Edward hos
sier, it was resolved that the rOll be
called and received rs the 0iIlcial
roll Of the delegates .: this Con
vention, Is follows:
First Ward-Geo. Koepp, Jr.,
Geo. Dutsch.
Second Ward-NOrman Fendla.
son, b. f. Rogers.
Third WardI. II. HOsmer. I'd.
ward Bossier.
Fourth Ward-W. G.. Davis,
Jno. l.. Smith.
Fifth Ward-B. c. williams, r.
Talley.
Sixth Ward-JOhn Gill, Henry
Slngieterry.
Seventh Ward-J. J. Cusachs,
Nemours Cousin.
Eighth Ward-Geo II. Cause,
J. II. Murphy.
Ninth Ward-Nax. Cousin, L,
G. Centlivie.
1t was moved and seconded that
al contests filed he ignored. Car.
ried unanimously.
On motion, the Convention or.
canned, with J. J. Cusachs, per-
manent Chairman, and Max. Cou-
Elm, permanent Secretary.
On motion Of Hon. J. 5 lS0ssier,
. committee on resolutions and ad-
dress, consisting Of one delegate
from each ward in the parish, VA
appointed by the Chairman.
On request Of the Chairman, IN
adjournment was taken till ? r. y.
At ? O'Clock the Chairman, Mr..
Cusachs. called the Convention to
order.
The committee on resolutions,
through its chairman. Offered the
following report and accompanying
resolutions as the lnajOrity's find.
imes:
Covington. La, Dec. Z. 1891.
We, the undersigned. represent
ing . majority Of your Convention,
on the committee On resolutions,
offer the following rs the result Ol
our deliberations. and ask its adOp-
ton.
Signed-J. :. BOssier, Chair
man y. Cousin. +. Talley, ". q.
Davis, Geo. koepp, IT,, and Max.
Cousin, Secretary.
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, 1t becomes the duty Of
this Convention. under the rules VI
the State Central Committee Of the
Democratic Party. to select OF elect
five delegates to represent this par
,sh at the State Nominating Con-
rentiOn. n be held at Baton Rouge
on the 10th day Of December, prox-
limo. therefore be it
Resolved, That Geo. kOepp, Jr..
Geo. Dutech, J. Il. HOsmer, J. s.
Bossier, w. &. Davis, John l..
b. G. Williams, +. Talley,
J. J. Cusaclls, Nensours Cousin
and Max. Cousin be duly elected
aud authorized to cast the five votes
Of st. Tammany Parish: that they
be instructed to vote ~ . unit, and
that this resolution shall be the
warrant Ut the President AID Sec.
rotary Of this Convention to prop
eriy qualify and accretlit each Of
the delegates herein named
Resolved further, That II Il the
sense Of this Convention that Sam
mel Douglas McEnery should be
The stamjari-bearer Of our State
Democracy, snd to that end our
representatives at Baton Rouge are
hereby instructed ana requested 10
nae their best efforts,
Signed-J. =. BOssier. Chair
man: n. Cousin. Il. Talley, W. q.
Davis. George koepp, Jr., and
Max. Cousin. Secretary.
The minority presented the fol-
|owing as their report:
We, the undersigned members Of
vOur committee On resolutions re-
port unfavorably on resolutions and
advise their rejectioa. We advise
The election Of i. u. Crawford. John
EPnest- n r. Rnwers. (shas. -.