The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-10-14
LOCAL POLITICS.
The or c1OrnsrS'' Hold IL Meet
ing at Falk'S Hall and de-
eide 60 Have Il Mass Meet.
ing to Nominate II
Ticket.

The Gazette seems to have been
placed under the ban of prOscrip-
ton by the "truly good" it was not
permitted to be present and it must
have recourse to the account of the
Picayune for information. Strange
not yet forfeited his right to breathe
in the pure atmosphere Of reform
circles and HI was allowed to linger
awhile among the ranks of the re-
formation. The Gazette mus, have
committed some q eatlfuI political
sins to have earned the i'll will Of
its esteemed friends who are en-
gagged in the plilanthropiC under
taking Of demolishing rings, ma
chimes and combines.
The PiCayune tells us that the
]. O. BrnuSsaru, of Pi!e,te. The
Gazette dislikes to note tits part Of
the proceedings tor its old friend
from the 9TH ward had these macy
years Deen content 10 remain I'M
de, the paternal wings Of the rooster
and his apparent detection will no
dnuh, cause the old bird some gen
uine sorrrw. Ru, we are no, per-
mi,tet TO consul, our feelings and
must tell things just as they hap
pcned.
Nr r W. Elliot, was made sec
rotary.
MIR. Crow Girard was the only
speaker. He spoke of the prima-
rie> and is reported as having said
tn at the committee has no right to
place any restrictions or qualifca-
tions upon voters.
Had Mr. Girard said that the
has no power to allow
any but Democrats to participate in
the primaries he would have stated it
correctly. The executive commit
tee was elected by the Democrats
of the parish and it is not possible
that Mr.. Gil ard is serious in his
that it has no right to
fix certain restrictions and qualitica-
tions. The committee has nothing
to do with the wishes of the Repuh-
licans who have their own party and
the manner that suits them. What
ever the qualifications will be Ne do
not know. We are conf zen, they
will be far and reasonable and will
not deprive any Democrat of his
rights.
The question Of devising means
to select a ticket was taken up.
Mr.. Torian argued in favor of
mass meeting. Mr.. Latiola:s adj
another plan. He wanted
to give every ward chance. His
way was to hold a convention where
each ward would be represented by
a certain number Of delegates.
There was a wide divergence Of
opinion on this question. 1t was
finally agreed to appoint a commit
tee to look into the matter. The
recommended Mr.. Tor
ian's plan md Mr. Latiolais' propo-
sition got the hinky-dink. 1t was
decided to meet at Pilette on Oct.
81, where and when the faithful are
supposed to express their choice for
In the meantime there
will no doubt be considerable fric-
ton among the candidates. Rumor
says that there are three candidates
for The nomination for sheriff. The
names of Messrs. Paul Martin, l..
G.. Sicily and Claude Latiolais are
1t is believed that the
interests of Mr.. Steily's candidacy
have been enhanced by the plan to
hold a mass meeting ut Pilette. All
three men have some following and
the contest may leave some scars.
For the other Offices we have not
heard Of any candidates, but it is
not probable that there will be no
asplrants for every office in sight.
With their present burning desire to
reform things it is hardly probable
that our reforming friends will not
be able to suppress their we Unknown
aversion to holding office in ord. r
to carry out their lofty IDEAS Of re