The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
THE OLD COMMITTEE WITHOUT
AUTHORITY TO ACT.

Last w ednesday ailer the he"o
reached Madison parish that East
Carroll had endorsed Mr.. +. X.
Ransdell for the Judgeship, the
Madison mem bers of the District
Executive Committee met and called
A convention for the 23rd OF this
month TO nominate candidate for
Judge. To this convention each
parish was to elect delegates, Madi-
son to have fifteen delegates and
East Carroll thirteen.
This action of the old District
Committee had been predicted, but
il is of no force and effect, for the
reason that their duties ceased I'M
mediately after the result OF the re-
cent primary became known. As II
| will be remembered. at the meeting
of the District Committee on the
| l3tb Of November, 1899, at Tallu
| lab, at which time the primary was
ordered for the 9th of December,
the following resolution was passed.
relative to the new Executive Com
mittee:
| "The successful candidates for thu
distric, offices shall name the mex
District Executive Committee
three committee men to be from
Madison parish and two from Eas
iCsrroll parish"
1 This resolution, as will be seen
gave to the successful candidates tn
appointing of the new Executiv
Committee. The announcement o
the result of said primary (after th
canvassing boards of the two pal
iphes had completed their labors
and especially after the Msdlso
committee, of which Judge Kennel
was chairman, bad passed upon til
challenged votes, and the result al
nounced) virtually fut an end to tn
authority Of the old District Con
mittee, who no longer bad any a.
thority to act. We hola that the oil
committee no longer exists as con
mittee, Its functions having cease
with the announcement. Of the resu
of the recent primary by the cal
q wasting committees of five from eac
h parish. This being the case, It
i ordering of a convention by IL
o Madison members of the old cor
D. mit,ee, is null and void and of n
a binding effect.
II In view of this construction of Il
% situation, Messrs. Evans and Mu
= phy, the victorious candidates, a
- pointed a new committee, consls
- ing of Messrs. A. S. Coltharp, &c
Spencer and Thos. p. Kell, of Mac
e. son. and Messrs. W. II. Benz Jam
IN and A. X. Amacker, of East Ga
~ roll. This committee met at He
fs dersoD last Thursday and ordered
y primary election for naming a ca
- didate for Judge, to be held on t
:, goth of this month, the proceeoin
{. of which meeting appear in the su
" plemenI of this issue.
u And then as a matter Of right,
We should have primary to settle II
ct Judgeshlp question. Why CO
OF vention now, after a primary only
few weeks or more since? A prl
ary is the only fair way to settle t
matter, when the longest pole c
;, get the persimmon. The two p'
- ishes have about the same VIII
vote, yet Madison has three votes
our one IN convention, which is
BY right. But however that may be,
OF is the consensus of opinion both
4. East Carroll and among a lar
L. number of the citizens of Maids
ell that there should be primary ell
n, ton for the selection of candid;
al for Judge.
to We stand on this ground the
&c That the old District Committ
m by virtue of the resolution above
iis forth, as passed by them at tn
to meeting on Nov. 18th, 1899,
ng longer exists and is without autht
ce 'ty to act, and that it was the prer
he alive of Messrs. Evans and MurE
IN. to appoint all the members
I'M the new committee, who have
ms power to order either COW
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