St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
The Committee Election.

Tie election for a Democratic Parish
Committee, held last Tuesday, resulted
in the choice of the Estorge Committee
| 1t therefore is now the sole body that
| has any shadow Of a claim to represent
/ the Democratic party of ST. Landry.
All of its members belong to one of the
| factions into which the party was lately
divided. This is unfortunate, and it
were better for the good of the party if
both sides had representation iD it.
Mr.. Estorge, in behalf of his committee,
made an earnest appeal, in due season,
to the State Committee, urging them by
all means to order the election by wards,
but his appeal was not hcarkened to;
and at the last moment lie and his
friends were made aware that the cleo
ton had been ordered in such shape
that one or the other of the two CON-
mittees had to be voted for and accept
ed us IA whole. The consequence was
that one or the other side had to be COM
pletely shut out. :" The fortunes of
war decreed that the Swords people
are the ones who are left outi the cold.
Had Mr.. Estorge's very proper sugges-
ton been adopted and the election been
held by wards, both sides would have
had representation Oh the committee-a
consummation, in our opinion, very
much to be desired. But as we said be-
fore, this wise suggestion was brutally
disregarded, and the consequence is that
all the members-21 in number-belong
to one side"
Now, the DEMOCRAT has suggestion
to offer. As our readers know, it has at
different times recently animadverted
with what it considered just severity
upon the narrow minded and .intolerant
course of the Swords people in the he
gotiatons made to heal the breaches in
the party. Although they we've on the
winning side, and by every dictate OF
generosity and good policy should have
made the first oVertures TO their oppo-
mcnts, they stubboiniy refrained from
doing SO and persistently claimed
even Ill the face of the ruling and de- |
cree of the State Convention to the con-
traly-that they alone had the right to !
represent the party. Laying aside all
feeling Of false pride in the matter, the /
Estorge people, i'll order to put an end I
to the tires0me wranglcs which had |
yexed our people for SO long, and incl |
dentalIy to assist a friend, finally made /
the first advances. They offered the
tee Of 25 and majority Of the delegates
to the congressional convention. This
was refused and while they were salts
fed to take a majority OF the delegates,
tue Swords people insisted Oh having
II members and giving the other side
only s. This intolerant and ungener-
Ous course the DEMOCRAT has condemn
ed in strong terms and has called upon
he people to condemn it, promising
hem that ii our side was entrusted with
he control of the destDies of reu-
lited party, a more conservative,
more liberal spirit would guide its ac-
IONS. uC tiulc lfth CUulC " itu THAT
promise should be fulfilled, Let us
how to our fellow citizeus and to the
world that we are imbued witlla a sincere
lesire to promote the veal Of the party.
Let us prove that we are in every way
worthy of the confidence placed in us
~ our fellow Democrats aud that we
will do all that lies i'll our power to re-
mite the broken ranks of our party.
We have now an opportunity to give
ignal evidence of that fact. Out of our
ommittee OF 81, there surely can be
ound seven or eight-say one out of
ach ward--patriotlc enough to make
DOM for an equal number OF our friends
n 7" the other side" Let that be done
kindly ,AcheerfuIly.and unre-
ervediy.
The DEMOCRAT respectfully makes ]
he suggeetiOn.