The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-11-19
MOUToN ON THE
A Democrat For Ofice Only!
He is a Non-PartIsan Politician.

He is a NOn-PartIsan Politician.
Editor Meridional =
La justice to myself | request that
yon publish the following statements
correcting several erroneous charges
lately made public with regard to
my position as Representative Of the
parish of Vermilion :
TO THE PEOPLE OF vERMILToN PARISH.
My position as a member OF the
Legislature, and also, 10 local politics
having been misrepresented of late,
it becomes my duty to make a state
ment of facts, leaving the thoughtful
public to decide it's correctness.
First, as my candidacy for the
Office Of State Representative. | was
unanimously nominated by the Ver~
million Parish Farmers Union for
that Office. and then endorsed by the
Democratic Anti Lottery faction, no.
sought by me. As a Farmers Union
candidate, | owed no allegiance to
any party, but was guided by our
declaration of principles and made
the a C as the recognized Farmers
Union candidate, in opposition to a
lottery Democratic candidate.
Nov as to his democracy real or
pretended, the records show that at
a Democratic primary election held
in this parish on Nov. %, 1891,
Ambrose MontoG was a candidate
as delegate to the parish convention
which assembled at Abbeville on
Saturday, Dec. S, 1891. He was
present by proxy at this convention
and was selected as a member of the
parish executive committee for the
9Th ward and also chosen a delegate
to the 10th senatorial convention at
Lake Charles. He attended in per
son this convent on which was held
on Jan. 8 1892. Would any reason
able man be justified in considering
such acts as these other than an
indication Of allegiance to the Dem.
ocratic party Again, on February
9, 1892, he attended a grand Dem.
ocratic mass meeting held at the
courthouse, was one of tie vice
presidents, and was endorsed as a
Democrat together with Messrs
Gallery and Henry the candidates
for the Senate. Was this not acting
as a Democrat 7?
AS Farmers Union men, we are
political, but ~non-partisaD. The
studied effort of certain persons in
our parish, has been to make it ap-
pear that | ON a member Of the Dem.
oeratie Executive Committee of our
parish, aad, at the same time, a can
didate for elector on the Peoples
party ticket, which is not correct,
from the fact that my resignation as
a member of the Democratic Execn.
tive Committee was sent to Bro. G.
J. Edwards as chairman of saidcom.
mittee in time to have reached him
before the harmonizing meeting OF
the two factions of Democratic party,
although he claims that be did not
receive it in time, yet he says in a
letter to me, dated October %. 1892:
"The fact of your resignation was
knowno to our side. Watts and his
crowd did not know it, | suppose,
hence his attempt to make capital of
the apparent fact that you are still a
member Of the Democratic Executive
Committee and a Peoples Party
man at the same time"
Ibis puerlle attempt to make II
appear that | have placed him in a
false position because, forsooth, ]
did not herald it from the h~ousetops
that the Hon. Ambrose Mouton had
resigned from the parish executive
committee Of a party to which he
claims he never owed allegiance, is
as ridiculous as it is unfounded
Two or three days after the first
meeting Of the unified Foster and
McEnerE Executive COMMITTEES