The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-11-07
so-oalled proceedings, be-


ing q true record and we are further
apprised that the members represent
ing the majority of the committee are
i'm possession of facts which will be d.
vulged al the proper time, showing
that some things which were done by
the minority. after the majority had
withdrawn. have not been recorded in
those so-called proceedings, and other
things which never transpired in their
deliberations. have been incorporate ted
in their proceedings as done by them
Our readers are already acquainted
with the facts of the case snch AS they
transpired from the meeting of the
committee mp to the time OF the sepa-
ration of the majority from the mlnori-
ty. and Of the doings of the majority
after the separation. We gave a full.
minute and circumstaneial account of
every thing which had taken place in
our last issue. That detailed state
ment is absolutely correct in every par
t~itular, and could. if needs, be verified
bv the affidavit of every member of the
majority, and. we believe. by that of
every unbiased spectator in the hall.
Let our readers compare the facts
stated in OUT last issue as to what was
! done previous to the withdrawal of the
majority with what is reported in the
so-called proceedings as having taken
place during that same period of time,
and they viii see what great diver
cenee there il between the two ac-
counts,-so great. indeed, that both
accounts cannot stand for the truth ;
one or the other must fall under the
light Of impartial scruting and investi-
cation.
Now, as to what the minority did
after the withdrawal of the majority
here also there exists some evidence to
stamp the ~ao-called proceedings with
the suspicion of spuriousness- A short
time after the adjournment of the mi
nority, some gentlemen of that minori-
~ are said to have sent a telegram te
the New Delta, the Anti Organ, and
published in that journal id its issue o.
the 26th ultimo. That telegram, be-
sides announcing the ELECTION" o.
twenty-eight delegates, to represent
the parish in the Estate and other
Democratic Convention and the
8 triumph for pure Democracy con
tanned the following resolutions Al
having been adopted, among others By
said minority. to wit =
Resolved, That this community
notes with sorrow and indignation thu
attempt of . ~coterie of unsuccessful
r politicians to govern the party in thii
parish for their own personal aggran
dizement. These are the same mel
who for long years permitted by thei
week-kneed policy and want of mani.
g nerve the white people of Lafoureh'
: parish to be govern By the negro hord
whilst ~0enouncing with their lips Afri
can supremacy but BY their want o
Judgment, lack of nerve and persona
self-seeking they permitted, if they di
n not seek, negro supremacy, and no
when their seheming policy canno
4 longer govern and direct the affairs {
q. the party, they bolt the regularly oil
). gained Democratic committee an
y, thereby deride the Democracy of th
parish.
of Resolved, That this committee, 9
the representation of the Democrat
"A of Lafourche, who have at all tim.
n been true to the party in defeat as j
victory, trust that these misguide
l. men will think twice before they je'
of pardize the supremacy OF the part
m Be it further
"A Resolved, That this committee u
he its endeavor to march to a glorioI
r. victory under the banner Of pu
III Democracy. unsullied by any treas.
Id to the white race and untrammeled
pledges to any band OF political sh,
NJ sters or moneyed monopolists."
~ These resolutions do not appear
C. the so-called proceedings they We
e. either adopted Or they were rot.
tley were adopted, and on seeoi