The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-11-30
THE FOL TIERS AGAIN..

the boiling committee through
courtesy-for correctly speaking
they do not amount to bolters-have
caused to be published what Pur-
, ports to be the proceedings of the
sDemocratic Executive Committee
of this parish. In that remarka able
document we find the following par
agraph:
That the committee had met for the sole
purpose of selecting delegates to the State
Convention, and that nothing in the publish
ed call indicated such action; that inasmuch
as Foster had no opposition it was unfair to
hold the primaries for parish officers, on
the same day, aud early as is suggested.
There is no explanation of how
the paragraph got there; whether it
is a part of the resolutions or if it
was a foot-notc to the address on
the political situation IN Maryland
and the sins of poor Senator Cor
man, we can not say. We can't ac-
count for its presence there. 1t seems
to have recklessly forced its
way in with total dis
regard for the rights of po-
l
sequences. At any rate the ex-
traordinary paragraph was printed
in the proceedings of the meeting of
the boilers or anti Germans. With
out going any further let us say that
we note with commendable pride
the courage of the boilers, though
seriously questioning the soundness
of their judgment. They are not
satisfied with being "agin" the ad-
ministrations of this parish and
State. They are dead against any
thing that dares show its head.
They are particularly bent on the
determination of s'bosses" and as
they do not find any of these un-
fortunate people in this parish they
have jumped on German of Mary
land and Brice of Ohio. Nothing
small about them; they are after
big game.
Mais, revenous a nos m1oxtons. Let
us see if the committee had met FIR
the <soke Purpose Of selecting deIe-
gates to the State Contention. The
following is the call pursuant to
which the committee met:
A Call.
ISLE PlLErrE, Nov. II, 1895.
To The Gazette:-The Democratic State
Central Executive Committee having fixed
the State Convention at Shreveport for Dec.
Is, 1895, and the Democ ratio Judicial Com
n1ittee of this district which met at Abbeville |
having called convention at Lafayette for |
Saturday, the 2Ist day of December, 1895, |
the members of the Democratic Parish Eek |
ecutive Committee of this parish are urgent |
ly requested to meet at the courthouse in |
Lafayette, La, on Thursday, Nov. FL, at II
o'clock 4. m. for the purpose of taking such |
action as may be necessary for the selection !
of delegates to said conventions, and to take
such other measures which may be deemed |
to the interest of the democracy of this par
ish. ]. Q. BRoussARD,
President pro tenn.
Now, in all .frankness, Messrs.
Boilers, from Rumpville, can any
one who understands plain English
honestly interpret the above call to
mean that the committee was to
meet for the sale purpose IF selecting
delegates TO the State Convention,
gentlemen, you do not
know what you are talking about or
else you are guilty of wilfully mis-
facts in a futile attempt
to give to your bogus committee the
of authority.
The esteemed boilers tell us that
'sinasmuch as Foster had no oppo-
sition, it was unfair to hold the
primaries for parish officers, on the
same day and as early as is sug-
gested. In the parish of Ouachta, the
home of Gov. McEnery, Congress-
man Boatner and Judge Gunby, the
leaders Of the opposition to Gov.
Foster, the parish Executive Com
osittee met on the 18th of November
and ordered one Democratic primary
to be held on the I5ffh ef December
to select delegates to the State, jul
dicial and senatorial conventions
and to nominate parish officers.
There was nothing unfair about
that. The minority in Ouachita,
if there existed a difference of opin-
ion, did not bolt. In Caddo parish
the committee did the same thing as
was done in Ouauhita, Bossier, La
Jefferson and many other