The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-14

it, the tally sheet and list of vO-
ters) shall be delivered together
with the box containing the ballots
to the Congressional Committee
man for the parish. The other re-
turn shall be mailed by the commits
siOners to the chairman of this Con-
gressiOnal Committee.
18th. On the 18th. day of OctO-
Der, 1894. the Congressional Com
mittee shall meet at Shreveport,
La, for the purpose of cInvassing,
declaring and promulgating the re-
suit of said election. The mem
bers of this committee or their
proxies Of each parish shall bring
with them the duplicate return,
tally sheets and list of voters, re-
turned to them by the commission
ers of said election, of the various
polling places. The chairman of
this committee shall produce the
returns and tally sheets and list of
voters sent to him, and the votes
shall be canvassed and the result
ascertained and formally annOun-
ced.
10Th. At the said primary cleo
tion the Democratic voters in each
parish shall also vote for a men,
Der to represent such parish on the
Congressional Executive Commit
tee to serve for the next two years
beginning 9TH of November, 1894,
one member from each parish to be
voted for only by the voters of such
parish, and the returns of election
for such member shall be made in
the same manner as are the returns
for the congressional candidate,
and the votes for such member to
be canvassed and the result declar-
ed as is done in the case of the
congressional candidate. The
twelve members thus elected, to-
gether with the three members of
the district at large, who are to be
elected by said twelve members.
shall constitute the Congressional
Executive Committee of the dis
trlct for the two years, beginning
Nov. 9TH, 1894. '..i|t
And should no candidate receive
majority of the votes cast at said
primary, then resolved, that an
other primary be held throughout
the district on the Goth day of o.
tOber under the same rules. at
which only the names of the two
candidates receiving the highest
number of votes shall be submit
ted, and that the committee meet
on the 9th of October, 1894, at
Shreveport, to canvass and pro-
mulgate the returns of the second
primary. -as u -r44t ~
18th. And that the candidate
receiving the majority of said votes
shall be declared the nominee OF
the Democratic party of the 4th
congressional district.
14th. In the event that the COM
missioners at any precinct shall not
be present at the hour for opening
the polls, or shall refuse to act, it
shall be lawful for any qualified
Democratic voters Mt such precinct
to open and conduct the election.
After the adoption of the above
resolutions S. j. Henry ESQ.,, ap-
peared for the committee appoint
ed at the late session of the PEG.
ple's party executive committee of
this district, and presented the
proposition for joint white prima-
ry of the two parties.
This proposition elected consid-
cradle discussion and was finally
disposed of by the adoption of the
following resolution offered by Mr..
w. III. Wise, and amended by Mr..
M. II. Carver, by the addition of
the last clause: |F" --s
"That the proposition submitted
by the Peoples party he respect
fully declined OH the ground that
this committee is without power to
accept same, and further for the
reason that there is not time be-
tween now and the election to adopt
the plan proposed by tlem.'
The meeting then adjourned.
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JacksOn's Bank Veto.