Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
PROCEEDINGS or THE
MAS.S MEETING.
ST. IosEPH, La.


order at II o'clock NJ. at the
Court House in st. Joseph by Jos.
Curry, Secretary of the Commit
tee in the absence of the President
thereof.
Mr.. G. G. Goldman was called
as temporary chairman and B. F.
Young, Esq. was elected tempo-
rary secretary.
| The temporary organization was
made permanent and on motion
the following committees were
appointed: -
On Resolutions-Joseph Curry,
+. H. Snyder. t. P. Clinton, w.
d. A. Gorton and Sam Marx,
! To select delegates to the Demo-
cratic Congressional Conveation:
Hugh Tullis, S. w. MARITIME, H. S.
Nichols, A. E. Newton and w, G..
Kalow.
The meeting then took a recess
of half an hour to give the com
mittees time to prepare their re-
ports.
The meeting being again called
to order, the committee to appoint
delegates recommended the follow
ing citizens to represent this par
ish at the Democratic Congress-
ional Convention to be held at
Monroe, La. on September sth,.
1896, and they were duly appoint
ed: W G. Kalow, A. Coin, sam
Marks, S. D. 'Farrar, D.. Morris,
K. B. Mcmillan, Ben Yerger, DR..
M. R. Purnell, s. f. Hopkins, t.
M. Wade, Joseph Curry, R. II.
Snyder, T. P. Clinton, Hugh Tul-
lis, J. P. Harrison, H. S. Nichols.
P. G. Smith, D. F. Myers, F. o.
Adams, Jos. Gibson, S. w. Mar
ten, &C. Goldman, A. E. New
ton, J. NJ. Harper, A. E. Bass, A.
J. Gibson, Andrew Smyth, N. B.
Hunter, D. D. Miller. II. c. MIL
Ter, J. r. Clark, J. G. Harris, w
M. Davidson, A. Elgutter, Louis
Buckner, Z. H. Newell, D. Muir,
w. G. Niche, J. G.. Gorton, Hem
ry Isaacs, L. Elgutter, A. c. Wat
son, Jr,, J. T. Watson, G.. III.
Clinton, John R. Smitha, T. J.I
Hays, B. F. Young, Chas. Wise,
Frank Mclaughlin.
The Committee on Resolutions
then submitted the following re-
port, which was read and adopted:
Resolved, That we reaffirm our
allegiance to the Democratic par
ty, pledging for Tensas parish the |
same fealty and devotion in the
future that has characterized it in
the past.
That we endorse the nomina-
ton of William ]. Bryan and
Arthur Sewell, as we'll as the par
ty platform adopted at Chicago.
That we deprecate the so-called
Democratic movement as
to destroy the autonomy of
the party and jeopardize the sue
cess of its candidates.
That we endorse the candidacy
Of Hon. S. T. Baird for represent I
alive of this district in the Con-
yress of the United States, prom
sing him the earnest and activsf /,
support of this parish.
That the delegates present at
he Monroe convention be in
'tructed to vote as unit, a ma
ority Of them present to cast the
'ote Of the delegation.
That we have learned with pro-
ound regret of the great disaster
o the crops of many parishes of
his district, and while expressing
,ur sympathy we also tender to !
hose overtaken by this misfortune {
ur active efforts in providing !
UGH assistance as the necessities ,
t the situation demand. !
We respectfully recommend this :
natter to the attention of the Z
lonroe convention, calling upon ]
to formulate some practical =
lethod of relief by the State as :
ell as by individual aid. .
On motion of Hugh Tullis the a
leeting adjourned. u
G.. G. GoLnMAN, Chairman. |!