The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-10-31

were sure to bring about but all to
no avail. The chair was again all suf-
.fcient unto himself, and his minority
fefased-sto puts the hiotfdn, and with
the hair of one who was lord. and mas
ter of all he surveyor" bfndly an
.nonnced thai his fat had already
gone forth /; he had ordered
the call Of the names Of the
FIVE royal a%ppointees; he, forsooth
had recognized them and that was an
end of it the committee had no busl-
ness to Interfere with the plans of the
chair and his minority.
An appeal was taken from this u t.
rageous ruling of the chair and his
| stubborn refusal to put any motions
made by the majority side, and a mo-
ton made for the call of the roll on
the appeal, and again his royal high
ness the chairman, bluntly refused to
put the appeal and to have the roll
call. He was not there to do the will
of the Committee, as expressed by the
voice of the majority, but to put
through, at all hazards, the precon-
celted scheme of his little minority.
He and Ills coterie we're not there for
the purpose of safeguarding and fur
thering the interests of the Democratic
party but to carry out and pat into ex-
%ecution their own designs,
even "though the heavens should fall
At this critical j%uncture, the MAORI
ty of the committee, to-wit /: eleven
actual members and three duly recog-
nized proxies, called upon the Vice
President to preside and proceeded
with the regular business of the Dem
ocracy, with what results will be seen
by the official report of the proceed
lngs published in this issue.
There can be no doubt in any ones
mind that the minority had come there
with the deliberate purpose to either
have their own way or break up the
meeting in a row
Their conduct indicated it; the
speakers on the majority side were
persistently interrupted with scarcely
any protection from tho char and
the resolutions subsequently passed by
the little minority and which are. dis
cussed elsewhere, all Enthusiastically
show what their purpose. was.
We have thus far named only two
persons, Mr.. Ledet and Mr.. Whitehead,
in connection with the above mention
ed high-handed acts of usurpation. re-
sulting in the greatest out
rage which was v perpetrated on
the rights and liberties of a free peo-
Pile but we doubt not that the good
people of Lafourohe are anxious to
know the names of the rest of that
noted band determined to rule or ruin;
and we do not intend to keep the peo-
pie in ignorance.
Here is the list Emile Ledet, elect
ed by tho Democracy of the 9Th ward,
Emile u. Norvant, proxy for Jules l..
Basset, n. w. Whitehead proxy for A.
Delamotte, Thomas Bearry proxy for
c. Lagarde ; c.. S. Mathews proxy for
Ozeme Naquin T. D. Kent proxy for
J. B. BourgeoisI and T.. J. johnson
proxy for j. E. Himel.
The people would also like to learn
the names 0 fthose who lent themselves
to the plot and camo all the way from
Lockport and whereabouts, ready to
act under the illegal appointment of
the President and foist themselve into
power for the purpose Of lending their
help to disrupt th e Democratic party.
Here we cannot crafty our readers in
full as We only recall the of
Messrs. G.. Abribat, Jr., Fred. Davis
and Leo Leblanc.
They and the two others we're on
hand, ready for the fray. While the
whole proceedings OH the part of the
anti minority showed a bold csnspira-
cy to thwart the will of the people,
we are loath to believe that the ANTS
Of tnis parish whe are honest in their
opposition to the lottery amendment.
but have atheart the interests and sue
cess of the Democratic party were par
ties to this outrage, or that they will
sanction the usurpatory action of the
anti minority in the committee.