The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-12-11
The Democratic Convention

AS the Democrats hay. don, ..;sa
where, and rs they VIII continue tn III
IN other pailslrs. they of this na,,SI
iitih Il meeting at the Court IIo,sr il
ih's place OH Monday last. Mr. Roh..r
na!irur was mahe Chairman ana Il. G
hawkins SECRETARY.
COMMITTEES on Credtullal, MAS an
t"'"',n "ho' "ittf II stsnlt lrcrsS al.
| 'o"e'' '"' TIE PURPOSE, made Il ,cuoil
"h's' was satisfactorily, ns II recon-
| hiendrh no rcieciions and admitted al
W." chinc acc' edited as deIcin..S.
SeVt'hl prnxlrs were allowed >,.ats an,
me faith Of their credentials.
n cnmHlstee on Resolutions was n.xi
~, ~ "faer ;hft accordingly appointed.
Ihertup"n Il second recess w,s -,
h"nnced, giving sufficient time to re-
port RESOLUTIONS, Whici! 80 Guunf had
already been drawn mp. Thls il ye,,-
orally the case, and it would not lool,
we'll to depart from /, practice. 40 long
adopted
htn cane on the tug Tor tactluunl
ascehdencl. for there we've Gclrya,ts
representing four, each OF whicI, alroy.
for it.
The states had been formed, an.i IL.
chainp,ohs engineered, struggled aud
Vocl1erated herUlcaliy.
Spii u.s. ooitl OtHn DdIIttCDfn
hau hred the purpose Of some of ,ha
delegates, who, in their ardent zeal. ar,-
peAred to bave forgotten a saving of
Estrange who saId that much touyuc
aud much Judgment, seldom 20 tuyt4h
ef, talking aud thinking arc two ui,Ito
different tacuIties'
ohe gentleman ttal lessiy iaulcl.e,: ont
I'D an Hnihercitul alralgnment Of rail
roads ana other mOnOpOl!es that effect
uai'y lnterpose I'D every attempted leg
lslation devised to protect the masses
against their opplessioDs. He crie,
aloud and spared not Even the law
yels WHO 'end their services, to defend
them, We're excotIated for their in,pu-
ted inhdelliy TO the people. 1t WAS ap-
patent that he desired To have 20 dele |
gate sent To the Constitutional Cunven- |
ton vino might show any favor to anv |
souiless corporation, or combination of |
men who would use the tyranny of cab
tal to Cypress the laborlng and produc-
Dg classes.
He Travelled over the whole landscape
# constitutional pu, ,poses, with some
ilsconnectIOHs ~ the CHAIN of urgu.
nent which did not weaken the Inteusi-
y OF his thoughts.
During all ibis I, n,Sun,ieI
'ccnrreG between two gentlemen vino
we're NOS GeleSaitS, which resulted in a
mock down, scientifically executed hv
disciple ut Hyroctites.
lhr operation might he styled surgi-
ri, out sttange as it may appear, he
romptly called at the Mayors office
bd pad The town for h.s services in
tehd nt demanding compensation for
imself
lhe gentleman ope,afeI on. we are
'taSed to Learn, Is doing well At his
lraI retreat.
Before leaving he made the ameude ,
ohofdOte, TO the gentleman whom he q
all offended, leaving all AS serene IA ,
II sky after the storm had passed.
AS soon as the side show ,
"TuDnlt had t'u -ldled tC a calm, @
he Copventioa proceeded to the rezu- +
+ order OF business and adopted res Z
ntions which were not furnished us !!
time for publications. '
Nominations were called when T. A. =
lcks, q. W. Martin, l.. Dossman, Yves L
nGfepunt and NJ. l.. Swords were pro- o
opposed. a
only three OF the five could be elected. II
artin and Dnssman having received 8
Z required 80 votes were declared .
ccted. One more had 10 be chosen Il
. l! Swords withdrew in favor OF T.
Hicks, who received so! votes and D
opped Andrspuut out. so, the Demo tt
attic delegates are Hicks, Martin and a
ossman. To say that all ue,e salts II
q with the result we've - take i,b.r-
IS with the truth 81
The Popuilsts held their convention Ii
the Courthouse on "Wednesday last. o'
The Hon. Patrick Dona,y was made I'll
lairman and John Humble ESD, Sec CT
tary. The usual routine of oreaniza-
N was proceeded With, and tie con CT
ntion incubated until the sun sank III
hind the far off hills OF the west, and RI
2 kihaliDg of the stars was percap- dt
lie. The shells were pIppet and the 10
DIS appeared full tlege.l. eS
Kenneth BaiiIio, Frank Wharton ara te
A. Hicks were unanimously elected '"
delegates To be voted for BY the neo-
!. So now the coursers are ali on the
ok, aud as there has been much said ..r
Dut purifying the ballot and regu iv
ing and conducting elections, let us Va
pc we may haze one the history of Is
Icli may not bring Il blusI, to the IN
'eks OF honest men ami good citizens.