The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-05-18
Democratic Parish Execn-
tive Committee.
ABBEyILLE, La. May 10, 1895.

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day in the courthouse with DR.. r, j..
Young chairman presiding, secretary
Abshire was not present and DR.. O..
j. Edwards asst, secretary occupied
that position. Upon call Of the roll
Is members answered TO their
names.
The Chairman then stated the
object of the meeting was to deter
mine whether or not the committee
should order primaries for the selec.
ton Of an appointee for sheriff.
Mr.. j. N. Williams, then appeared
before the committee and stated
that after consulting with friends he
had decided to withdraw.
Mr.. Cade, moved that the COM
mittee proceed to fill the vacancies
upon the committee.
Mr.. Lastie BroGssard, vas nomin.
ated by G. J. Edwards as a member
for the Ord ward vice Jos. J. Abadie
deceased, and was declared duly
elected
Mr.. J. Theclet Theriot, on motion
of P. u. Leblanc, elected a member
from the LIST ward vice SEVERN
Leblanc.
Mr.. A. II. Nunez, on motion Of O..
J. Edwards was elected a member at
large.
Felix O'Neil, on motion of M. l..
Morton was elected q member from
the 7th ward vice John Nugier.
On motion OF VIM. Cade there
present Of the newly elected mem
bers were invited to take part 10 the
proceedings.
On motion Of O. Fl. O'Bryan,
Resolved, That white Democratic
Primaries are hereby ordered
throughout the parish, to be held at
the places designated, ON
Tuesday, May %, 1895,
That any person offering to vote at
said election, Of whose party afilia.
tions, the commissioners, or any
known Democrat may be uncertain,
it shall be the duty of the commits.
sioner to PROFOUND to him this en-.
quiry rs it your purpose and IN
tention to vote the Democratic State
ticket at the next election" and if
the applicant answers yes" he shall
be allowed to vote.
On motion Of VIM. Cade.
Resolved, That the polls shall be
opened at s o'clock a. m. and closed
at 4 o'clock p. m. when the votes
cast for each candidate shall be
counted and the returns made ard
brought by the commissioners to the
chairman and secretary Of this cons
mittee who shall proclaim the result
of the election.
Resolved, Further that in case OF
failure Of any commissioners ap-
pointed to appear at the time Of
opening the poll, the commissioner
present or any Democrat in case no
commissioners be present shall have
power TO appoint any of them to fill
the vacancy.
On motion of L. Broussard,
Resolved, That the chairman, APP
point 8 commissioners and clerk
at each polling place.
The polling places are established
as follows /:
lst ward, P. L. Leblanc-P. D.
Leblanc, Jnles Bronssard and j,
Theclet Theriot, commissioners
Alice Leblanc, clerk.
End ward, Chas. Frederick-Wm
Cade, Geo. Pullen and Elol Har-
rington, commissioners-Ludovlc
Lequeux, clerk.
Ord ward, Corrthouse-5imonet
Leblanc, FL. B. Lyons and j. R.
Leguenec, commissioners-W. r.
Ellis, clerk.
4th ward, Collins 7. Broussard-
Remy Broussard, Nicholas Landry
and Ursin Frederick, commissioners
DIR. j. A. Villien, clerk.
5th ward, Lessin Abshire--Jear
J. Abshire Jr., Geo. Hayes and
Martin Sarver, Commissioner
Hampton Morgan, clerk.
9th ward-1st Precinct-Cleo
phas Vincent-C. G. Blanchard,
Jerry Hartman and Victor Harpin.
commissioners-Camille Sellers
clerk.
End Precinct-Neville Vincent