The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-29
THE sUBCOMMITTEE,s REPORT
A Plan Adopted Whereby Party Dlscl-
pline May BE Enforced and Party
Usages Carried Out.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3, 1896.
.'Hon. C. Harrison Parker, Chairman Demo

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3, 1896.
Hon. c.. Harrison Parker, Chairman Demo
cratic State Executive Committee, New OF
leans, La:
"Dear Sir-A thorough examination into Tho
political situation in the parishes Of st. Landry
and Acadia develops the fact that no real diff
ferences exist between true Democrats il
either of said parishes or district embraced
therein.
Democratic Executive Committees of boil
parishes appear to be controlled by influences
inimical te the best interests of the party, and
that these organizations have been used tc
further individual interests to an extent that
if successful, would eventuate in disrupting
the party in these parishes.
Under the guise of Democrats and Demo.
cratic organizations they are trading the pure
ly party offices to the opposition, for local
offices for themselves and friends.
Notwithstanding the fact that they have
practically surrendered their functions and re-
fused to give the Democrats of their respective
nRii6bes an opportunity to express the Demo
cratic will, they still keep up the semblance of
representing the organization of the party,
thus enabling them to mislead sincere Demo
Gratis, who have neither the time or onpOrtu-
nifty for Investigation
THE evidence, documentary and otherwise,
mostly furnished through the committees or
their friends, which we file herewith,and make
part hereof. and their failure to offer any de-
tense warrants these conclusions in fact, they
refused to come before your committee or aid
them in any way.
"We have, therefore, embodied our decision
III the following resolutions, u copy of which
we request the secretary OF the executive com
mittee to forward to the district executive
committee of said district, embracing the par
ishcs of st. Landry and Acadia, and the Demo-
cratic newspapers of said parishes:
''Whereas, the Democratic Executive Commit
tee OF the parish OF st. Landry, in conjunction
with the Democratic Executive Committee of the
parish Of Acadia, presided over by r. c. Webb,
have practically surrendered the functions for
which said committees were elected, by failing
and refusing to provide for Democratic nomi-
nations, in accordance with party usage, or
providing any means for perpetuating d Dem
ocratic organization i'll either OF said parishes,
and
whereas, the Democratic Executive Com
mittee OF the parish of Acadia. presided over
by Senator Barousse, has not as yet been for
mally recognized, leaving both of said parishes
without proper Democratic organization and
Whereas, the judicial and senatorial dis
trict committee composed of seven members
from each of said parishes and the fifteenth
member selected by the aforesaid fourteen
members from the two parishes, is now the on
ly Democratic authority in either of said par
ishes-an authority undisputed in any form or
by any one; therefore
''Resolved, That the said Democratic dis
trict committee f0l the parishes of st. Landry
and Acadia be and they are hereby instructed
provisions for holding white Democratic pri-
maries, or in such other manner as seems
election of candidates for the legislature, dis
trict and parOchial offices and parocllal and
district executive committees for the ensuing
four years for the parishes OF st. Landry and
Acadia and the judicial and senatorial district
embraced therein.
''Resolved further, That the parochial and
district committees, when elected as herein
provided, shall organize at once, taking fun
charge OF the campaign within their respective
limits, doing ali things possible to unity the
ID ,nsfr rss psety sn paT ps e its principles
JAMES M. FOSTER, Chairman;
JOHN FITZPATRICK,
"JERE NJ. GLEASON,
subcommittee OF the Democratic State Elk
ecutive Ommitte
81 hereby certify the foregoing to be a true
and correct copy of the original report and de-
cisiOn Of the above subcommittee filed with me
in my capacity as secretary Of the Democratic
State Executive Committee.
III. B. M'MURRAY,
Secretary Democratic State Executive Com
mittee."