The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-10-07
THIRD PARTY CONVENTION

FORMATION OF THE PEOPLES PARTY
THE CONVENTION NO BIG
SUCCESS.
The Third Party Convention me
in Alexandria on Friday last ant
formed what is known a. tue "Peo
pie's Party" The Convention wa,
made up of "a delegates from New
Orleans /; Av"velles 3; Acadia 2; Cal
cas'en 4; Catalonia 4; DeSo,o 3; Ra
fidrs 5; Grant 3; Winn 5; Natchito
cheS 6; ST. Helena 2; Tangipahoa 2
Washington l; Vernon !; Livingsto,
l; Sabine l; Caldwell l-making Z
total Of rs delegates
The Convention Was called to orde,
by Mr., w. +. Brian, of Winn Parish
On motion Mr.. Duncan McStravick
of Orleans, was chosen temporary
chairman, and Mr.. P. B. Carter, of
Washington, wae made temporary
Secretary.
Mr.. Traylor, of Gran,. editor of the
/ Ocuh Demand. then read the call for
the meeting, after which, on m"tion, a
committee on credentials was appoint.
ed, composed of j. b. Alexander, of
Catalonia; II. Can"ne, of Orleans
e. w. Bruce, Of Cant.
The Convention then took a recess
in order to give the committee time to
prepare a rep',t.
Tue committee, after the Conven.
tion assembled, came in aud reported
the Convention made up Of delegates
from parishes named above. Tho re.
port was adopted.
The permaneEt o"gauizatloe of the
Convention was next proceeded with
aud Mr. John A. Dixon, of DeSuto,
was placed in Illumination by dele
gate from Orleans. There being no
opposition his nomination was made
unanimous.
Mr.. Dixon was formerly resident
of Rapides Parish, and at one time
was member If the Police Jury |
A committee of three, viz: Messrs.
Sullivan, Wide and Clayton, was
appointed to escort tue gentleman to
the chair.
Mr.. Dixon returned thanks for the
honor conferred on him Ivy the Con-
vention, and said he would preside to
the best of his ability.
Mr.. p. B. Garter, the temporary
secretary was made permanent Sec
retary.
On motion Of Mr.. Clayton, Of Or
leans, a committee Of five on resolu-
tions and address, was then appointed.
The chair pamed T. A. Clayton, of
Orleans, R. D. Wilde, of Orleans, L.
A. Trayior, of Grant, j. V Lagman,
of Orleans, and NJ. Vincent, of Cal
casiea.
Moved and seconded that all reso.
lutions he submitted to said COM
mittee.
A letter from ex-State Lecturer
Guice was ther read to the Conven-
ton, after which, on motion, it was
placed on file with the official pro.
ceedings.
The letter was under date Grand
Cane, La, Oct. 1, 1891, and the gen
tleman deeply regretted, on account
OF the sickness of his wife. that he
would he del,arred from taking part
in the Convention. He dwelt on the
of the Convention, and
urged a strict adherence to the princi-
Piles of the Ocala demands. Owing
to the length of the document we can.
not give it to onr readers.
The Convention, after hearing the
letter read, voted Mr.. Guice a vote of
sympathy.
Mr.. Brian then introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which heing deba-
ted on at length hy Messrs. Alexan-
der, of Ca,ahoula, Baker, of Sabine,
H. L. Brian, of Winn, j. F. McAnal-
Iy, of Caldwell, B. F. Brian, of VIM,
E. II. Bruce, of Rapides, j. j. Sulli-
van, of New Orleans, and l.. A. Tray
lor, of Grant, which occupied several
hours, the resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this conference that the best course to
be pursued by those who favor the
Ocala demands is to organize the Peo-
ple's Party in this State on the basis
of the Cincinnati platform"
All the speakers denounced the ac-
ton Of the receat combine at Lafa-
yette in the plainest terms, aud urged
tie formation of third party, to he
founded on the principles set forth in
the Ocala platform.
The Convention then took recess
until O'Clock p. IA.