The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-03-15
Peoples Party Meeting in Cald'
well PARISH.

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Peoples party of Caldwell parish
met in Columbia, March 4th 1895,
present, Emile Girod ward 2; j..
B. Meredith ward 4; I. r. Merl-
dith ward 5; VIM. Thames ward 6;
VIM. Rogers ward 9 and Geo.
HUMPHREYS ward 10.
The committee on resolutions,
Emile Girod, VIM. Thames and
Geo. HUMPHREYS, brought in the
following which was adopted:
Be it resolved by the Peoples
party executive committee OF
Caldwell parish, in called session
convened, That we do not alto
gether approve of the action of the
Peoples party executive commit
tee of VIM parish, in regard to
judicial nominations.
Resolved further, That we, the
Peoples party executive commit
tee Of Caldwell parish, La, desir-
ing to represent the wishes and
best interests of our people, de-
cline to endorse the action of the
Peoples Party executive committee
of VIM parish.
Resolved further, That we re-
quest that the judicial committees
Of each parish in the 4th judicial
district meet at Winfield on the
I'd Monday in April, 1895, for the
purpose of organizing a judicial
district committee.
Resolved further, That the ju
dicial committee, SO organized,
shall decide upon what action they
may deem to the best interests of
our people, and then submit same
to the people for their considera-
ton, through mass meetings or
otherwise, to be held in each parish
composing the 18th judicial district.
Resolved further, That the press
of said district be requested to
publish these proceedings.
The above is mild notice that
some lawyer or lawyers in the 4th
judicial district want to figure as
Peoples party nominees for judge
and district attorney. These res
olutions were evidently drawn up
by lawyer as his ''ine italian
hand" is plainly visible between
the lines. ''Do not altogether ap-
prove of the action of the Peoples
party'executive committee of VIM
parish" He the lawyer) means
that he does not at all approve of
their action, but that he must put
it mildly SO as not to ruffle their
feelings and expose his real pur-
pose.
Now we know that some of the
members of that committee does
approve of the action of Winn
parish. Some too who have free
ly given their time, money, good
name and all they had to build up
and establish the Peoples party
and that too when the men who
planned the above resolutions and
led the fight for their adoption
were burning tickets and stuffing
ballot boxes against the Peoples
party.
The following shows what the
Populists of jackson parish think
of VIM parish's action in this
matter:
A number of our populist friends
with whom we have conversed, to
a man endorse the action of the
populists of VIM in declaring
against a convention for judicial
officers, holding to the belief that
these Offices should be held alOof
from partisan politics.
We have talked with a number of
populists from three parishes in
the district, and have to find the
first one who opposes it. Many
populists in this parish have come
up voluntarily and commended
the idea, saying that it is high
ground for the party to take and
will be to our advantage not only
in gaining us votes but will save
the party from the schemes and
double-dealing with which lawyers
have ruined both the old parties.
They say, and truthfully too,
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