The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1895-07-20
The Ballot Reform Meeting

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delegates to the Ballot Refor1, anu 70 appoin
da be hell held in New Orleans on SATURDAY I'M Z
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patriotic veomanru s OF the honest ant
this occasion, and let This graa4 farlsh o.
IL can TO bring about settlement Of Of thes M
peacafg, oehg ana ils disturbing questions in quiet
iddttbns confer q anu rio,G s,taaesmanlike manner
beloved State p''ee'esS o'essins upon ou
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stewart, WI sandozi
IR s,ngoz, suggre, Bloomfield,
Louis Gosssin. = = 4 = Sandoz,
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] P Smith, Jas. a HH"ssltnsh'1 Honstnn t.
rug. Bloch, PJ. Lefebvre,
l. oanooz' s Jas. B Meginley,
AZ, las DE-, heOrard
liz WI. H.; yos. n!och, one OF our most pub
~ -. o,ldan Sp.,.eu I''1n1ens' called the meeting
cbo"en cH o'ue, a anu heV. l.; M: Phillips was
rou" rata"n p,es'oent ana l.. A. Sandoz Sec
oona;s:; o.as commlttee on resolutions
consisting OF Messrs. Jos. Bloch, w. j.
oanuoz' n. Leg 5afiand, Frank Whar-
toh ana Ozeme Fontenot was appoint
~ aIH uuIlbs its deliberations Hon.
u' III, - Dapre anu Judge Perranlt, being
Gaieu "a upon maze brlet addresses heart
.Iy uenuotsing the movement in favor of
a.: odnos ioio.u " o"t ssiobgiy opposing the
auDption OF tne suffrage amendment
no :comm'ttee on resolutions then
mao 'te report, when was adopted /;
anu, as VIII 10 seen ny the resolutions
puo.lsnea e'se"here, the views of a ma
Ju''y ~ enaU committee were exactly In
iine WIN th0se expressed by the speak
eis. "o ot the members OF the com
m'ltee' We undefstand, favored the
auoptl09 OF the suffrage amendment,
ahd' "nlie signing the report, reserved
tue r,ghI 20 arge It's incorporation into
the Constitutlon OF the State.
Inc IoiioWlhs gentlemen were ap-
pointed deIegates to the ballot reform
convention winch meets in New Or
leans today, VIZ:
jos. Diocl, non. w. y: Perrault, e..
Z. Dupre, w. ). SandOz, Il. l.. Garland,
=. NJ. thompson, a. Levy. w. A. Flynn,
>; >. thompson, Dlomel Durio, d. Du-
Piecha,h, " US: nselier, Mentor Andrns.
=. -. Chachefe, II. u. Estorge, w. W..
baliey.
Inc delegates, or any number of them
VINO might DC present, were authorized
ana Instructed TO cast the 16 votes of
st. Landry I'D the State convention in
accOrdance with the resolutions that
had been adopted:
The officers OF the meeting were de-
elared officers OF the Ballot Reform
League OF st. Landry, and Mr.. Jos.
Bloch was chosen treasurer of said
league to complete its organization,
most OF the gentlemen present signing
the resolutions adopted, thus enrolling
themselves as members OF the league.
While we feel gratified that such an
influential and representative body OF
our citizens as assembled Oh this Occa-
sion has endorsed the movement for
honest elections. We regret that other
prominent and Influential citizens, liv-
ing right here in our midst, were con-
spicuous by their absence aud withheld
their aid and counteDance from this pa
tri0tic movement. We regret still more
that those who stayed away as well as
of those who attended the
have expressed themselves as
opposed to the adoption, OF the suffrage
wise, conservative and
Democratic measure. submitted by a
Democratic legislature 70 vote OF the
'maasnre which r adantea wnnlS
eliminate fran nar hndv nalit;c q con.
o;.'arahls nnmher ] If noI, vsrv vo nndes;ra HE
voters. a consummatiol. according to
s,.r ,vov of tI;nL;no :. ,nast dannntiv
10 ha wished ),
- The aentiemen WIN STAYED awav-we
refer ~ the adIarents If the State ad.
some of whom had been
h" S so snSus ~ ~ veil as those who in their