The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-03-14
RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the Democratic Executive
Committee of the l1th Judicial and
19th Senatorial District of La, at
Rayne, La, ON February l3, 1896.

Whereas, The highest Democratic authority
in the State, tO-Wit: the Executive Committee
of the State Central Committee, through sub
committee appointed for that purpt Sc, has
dered this committee ito proceed at once and
make the necessary provision for holding white
Democratic primaries, or in such other manner
as seems proper to them, for the proper nomln
alton and 6 Fetion Of Democratic candidates for
the legislature, district and parochial offices and
district and parochial committees for the ensu
ing four years for the district and for the par
ishes OF Acadia and st. Landry" and.
Whereas, Said step is in accord with the views
and wishes OF the Democracy OF the district and
will strengthen the party organization in both
parishes; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, that a general primary election Of
the white Democrats OF the 11th Judicial and
18th Senatorial Districts of Louisiana, compOs-
cd of the parishes of st. Landry and Acadia, be
held on Saturday, March 21st, 1885, for the
purpose Of nominating the candidates of the
Democratic party for the offices of District
Judge, District Attorney and two State Sena
tors, and for the further purpose OF electing Il
new Democratic Executive Committee for said
dis trict and new Democratic Executive Com
mittees for each of said parishes, the District
Committee to consist of twenty-one members,
being one from each police jury ward and seven
members at large, and the executive commit
tee of the parish of st. Landry to consist Of
twenty one members, being two members from
each police jury ward and five members at
large, and the executive committee OF the par
ish OF Acadia to consist of seventeen, being two
members from each police jury ward and five
members at large.
Resolved further, that at said primary cleo
ton candidates for all paroehial offices, nclud-
ing police jurors, justices of the peace and con-
stables, shall be voted for and nominated by
the Democrats
Resolved, that the following polling places be
established for the holding of said primary elec
ton, tOwit:
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
Opclousas, at Court House; Leonvlle, at DR..
HOnere Chacheres store; Grand COteau, at j.
"A. Smiths office Coulee CrOche, at Louis 81
bille's; Plaquemine Point, at Philemon Bras
seur's; FaquetaIque, at Valentln l., savoy,s;
mou, at j. }. Landreueau's; Pointe Grand
Louis, at Robert Tate's; Pine Prairie, at Pine
Prairie Hall; Beaver, at School House Chicot,
Cove, at School House; Dossmann's, at
Dossmann's store; Vile Plate, at Y. vi
drine's; Chataignier, at A. Outlets;
rie, at Paul Stages store; Whteville, at Latleur
& Stages store; Morrow, at X. p. Burleigh's
store; Big Cane, at L. A. Havard's store; Pal
Current at E. G. Richards store; Melville, at
A. Rosenbergs store; Waxia, at School House:
Garland, at Sam Bernstein's store: Washing
llers' store Bellevue, at School House; Mallet,
ut Gustave Moreau's.
PARISH OF ACADIA.
Mermentau, at Jean castex's store; Esther
House; Rayne, at Town Hail. Castille's, at
Deshotels & Dejean's store; Roberts Cove, at
School House; Plaquemine Brulee, at Edgar
8 IL.
Mallet, at Adolphe Mlller's; Faquetaique, at
Joseph Bergeron's; Bennett Johnson's. at
School House; Mlllervile, at Denis Millers
Gains, at School House; Red Top, at School
House.
Resolved, that the polls be opened not earlier
than nine (9) O'Clock a. N aud closed at five (5)
o'clock p. IN; that there be three commissioners
of election at each polling place to be chosen by
the white Democrats present at the polls at the
hour OF opening; that said commissioners shall
primary election, and shall, in counting the
votes, make two tally sheets, one to be retained
by the commissioners aud opened to public in
spection, and shall make statement OF the
votes cast for each candidate at said election,
and shall Immediately forward one of the tally
sheets, the statement OF the votes cast and
committee, at Opelousas, by express Or by regis
tered letter or by the hand OF some trustwor
Resolved that all white Democrats, who shall
be entitled to vote at the next general election
under the State election law, shall be entitled
to vote at said primary election.
Resolved further, that the district committee,
consisting OF W. 8. Frazee, j. J: Barry, Thos. II.
Lewis, f. H. MCGEE. NJ J. Andrus, Edgar Ba-
rousse. ". F. Brooks, J. B. Richard, Sam Haas,
NJ. J. Wilkins, ]. NJ. Ware, c. NJ. Thompson, R.
T. Clark. r. C. Webb and Donat Pucheu shall
meet in the town of Opelousas on Wednesday,
March 25th, 1896, and shall then open the pack
ages containing the returns and shall tabulate
the votes cast as shown by said returns, and
shall announce the result.
Resolved further, that the parish executive
committees elected at said primary election
shall meet at their respective parish seats on
Saturday, the 2sth day of March, and the new
district committee shall meet in the town of
Rayne on Monday, the sOth day of March, and
said committees at said meetings shall organize
permanently.
J.J. BARRY, President.
GEO. X. BRADFORD, Sec. pro TEN.
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The same spirit, the same enthusiasm
and the same determination which in
spired the white people-the Democra-
cy of Louisiana-in 1874 to rise in their
light and overthrow Republican, seal
awag and negro misrule, animates the
people of this State to-day. The Dem
ocrats of Louisiana are just as patriotic
and just as determined to-day as they
were in 1916 that only white men shall
govern in Louisiana and that white su-
premacy must and shall be maintained,
and this can only be done in the future
as it has been done for the past nine
teen years by the true Democracy of
this State, and old man Pharr and bis
party miscegenationists need make no
mistake. 1t will be done.-Shreveport
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