The Opelousas courier., 1894-09-01
A CANDIDATE BY PRIMARY,
The sixth District Executive Commit
tee Adopts This Plan.

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following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, first. That the nomination OF
Democratic candidate for Congress in the Sixth
district be made by primary election, conduct
ed on the same day throughout the district a
tie polling places established by law in thu
respective parishes.
ON Saturday, the 9th day of October, 1894, anG
that the polls be open not earlier than 7 O'Clock
a. m. and closed at s p. N.
Third-That the candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination for congress be voted for di
rect, each qualified voter casting one ballot fol-
the man OF his choice, and the candidate re
district shall be declared the regular nominee
of the party for congress.
Fourth.That only known white Democratic
citizens of the district who are qualified voters
under the law OF who will be qualified voters
at the time Of said election, and who will sup.
port the Democratic nominee for congress at
this primary election shall participate in this
primary election or be voters thereat.
~Fifth-That the members Of this COMPRESSION.
al committee from each parish, with the chair.
man of the parish Democratic committee, shall
appoint three or more commissioners of cleo
ton for each polling place, provided that in
any parish where there may be two executive
shall be appointed by the member or members
OF the congressional committee from said par.
tshes. The members of the congressional COM
mittee shall have charge of the arrangements
for conducting said primary election in their
respective parishes. shall provide the ballot
boxes and see to their transmission to the poll
ing places.
Si1th-That in the choice of commissioners
of election the candidates for congress O. their
friends shall be consulted and a representative
OF each appointed as commissioner at each poll.
Se~venth-Written lists Of the names of this
voting shall be kept, numbered consecutively
in the order in which they vote.
Eighsh-Immediately after the closing Of the
polls the boxes shall be opened and the ballots
counted In the presence OF the byatanders; a
tally OF the votes kept, and duplicate returns
made out and signed by the con- missioners. II
anV Hnrnm fHGt M nfnAA RI et~n h~.o -,1,~
sign shall state the fact ard the reason given
for not signing by the one refusing.
Ninth-A sufficient return OF the election
shall be the statement in writing, signed by the
commissioners, OF the total number of votes
cast at the poll and the number actually cast
for each candidate, accompanied by the tally
be sworn to as correct by the commissioner IL
requested by any one of the candidates, or any
three of their friends. In the absence of any
notar sdm pnGie or tnn ma as.h Ms,a any bystandsr
writing and signed by the commissioners.
fenth-One or the triplicate returns 1.-THE one
having annexed to IL the tally sheet and list of
voters) shall be delivered, together with the
box containing the ballots, to the congressional
committeeman for the parish. The other re-
turn sh IL be mailed by the commissioners to
the chairman OF this congressional committee,
and a third copy be returned to the chairman
OF the parish Democratic executive committee,
and that where dual committees exist one copy
be sent to the chairman Of each.
Eleyeuth-On Oct. 10, at noon, the congress-
ional committee shall meet at Baton Rouge for
the purpose OF aseertaining and declaring the
the members of this committee or their proxies
OF their respective parishes shall bring with
them the duplicate return tally sheets and list
of voters handed them by the commissioners
OF election at the various precincts or polling
places the chairman Of this committee shall
produce the returns mailed to him, and the
votes shall be canvassed and the result ascer.
tanned and formally announced.
Twelfth-At the said primary election the
Democratic voters in each parish shall also
vote for d member to represent such parish on
the congressional executive committee, to serve
tor the ensuing two years, one member from
each parish to be voted for by the voters of
such parish. and returns OF election for such
member shall be made In the same manner for
the congressional candidates, and the votes be
eanyassed and the results declared as In the
case OF the congressional candidates.
The thirteen members thus elected respec-
lively from the thirteen parishes constituting
the Sixth district, together with three members
from thedistrict at large, to be elected by the
that the chairman of this committee shall call
them together for this purpose and for the pur-
pose OF electing the chairman OF the new con.-
congressional committee of the district for the
ensuing two years.
Resolved, That all Democratic newspapers
In the district be requested to publish the reso-
until the election shall have taken place, on
Oct. 6, 1894.
Be 1T further resolved. That. the various
clerks Of court in the parishes of the district be
to furnish the regular ballot boxes
used In the general elections to the commission |
ers OF the primary, but In the event Of their
be authorized to tmprovise boxes. Tha in
where there are two or more execu-
tive committees IL shall be permitted for them
committee for the parish.
That resolution shall be so amended hat no |
man shall be considered a candidate In this |
who does not stand squarely on the |
national Democratic platform.
Judga sought to modify the sub
stitutc resolution by an amendment providing |
that a majority vote at The primary be required
such majority at the first election, that a Sec
Dnd election be held at which only the two
receiving the highest number Of
Mr.. Barrow moved to table, aud the vote on
This resulted as follows: --~.
.Y~eas--Biouin, Jones, Earnest. Wharton,
son and Ro~bertson-I0.
~Nays-Cheyis, Cannon, Stone, womaek, Reid,
and Kemp.
TIL chairman did not vote.
Judge McLawrason suggested the need of a
inform plan by which candidates shall be
dominated in the future and to this end moved
nat the chair appoint q committee, composed
u one committeeman from each parish, to
such plan and recommend it to the
ieWly-elected executive committee. This was
,arried, the chair was granted time to ap-
poAhS 49, .H-.HH I
On Wednesday N ,rning the following protest
md call for a Congressional Convention was
in Opelousas and circulated for sigma
.ures
To the Democrats of the Sixth Congressional
District
The undersigned Democrats Of the parish Of
u. Landry, having received through the New
Orleans papers Of the 2sth inst. q report OF the
proceedings OF the Democratic Executive Com
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PREVIOUS, hereby declare their emphatic protest
against and condemnation Of the unprecedent-
ID, undemocratic and revolutionary steps taken
~ said committee. [
The nomination of a candidate for Congress-
q primary election by q plurality vote will
lot voice the wishes OF the Democracy and can
,ot blnd ins members % the party to support
elves, we will not sanction such PARTISAN and
evolutionary proceedings as those taken by
he committee.
It ia notorious throughout the district that q.
4. Robertson secured the nomination at the
asst election against the wishes of a majority of |
he Democratic OF the district and by the un1us-
liable and partisan action Of his supporters at
he District Convention, and that It was sub
nitted to at the time solely from extreme re,
uetance 70 distu;b the harmony Of the party
rganizatien.
fhis last step. however, transcends the limits
endurance and we appeal without hesitation
Q all self respecting Democrats of the district
o repudiate it.
We do not want any complicated returning
,oard machinery with power OF self-perpetua-
ion, such as that projected by the District
.na init nj. aa,a arrogating 70 itself supervisory con
but also over the reorganization OF the
,ommittt o itself, and we demand a return to
he simple, well understood and fair methods
by Democratic usage and urece-
lent.
We respectfully Suggest to our fellow Demo
rats Of the district, through their Parish Elk
Igt, otherwise through mass meetiu0a. in fake