St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1902-09-20
Mass-Meeting.

house to-day:
A Mass Meeting will be held at the
Court House in Opelousas, on satur-
day, September 10Th, 1902, at IL O'Clock
m., for the purpose of explaining TO the
citizens of st. Landry the frauds per-
petrated in the parishes of Calcasieu and
Grant in the recent primary election,
and the reason for the resignation of
Messrs. Dubuisson, of st. Landry, and
Pugh, of Acadia, from the District Com
mittee.
Public speakers who attended the re-
cent meeting of the Committee at Crow
ley, will explain how ST. Landry's can
didate was robbed of his election.
All are cordially invited to attend.
st. LEWIS,
Il. b. DUBUISSON,
III. DOSSMANN,
J.. THOMPSON.
And many others.
B. III. Pavy, Esq, was made per-
manent chairman, and Lucius q.
Dupre secretary.
Juge e. T.. Lewis was the first
speaker. He explained in clear
manner the gigantic steal i'll CAL
casieu for Pujo and in Grant for
Blackman. He emphasized the
statement that all lovers Of fair
play and political honesty should
abstain from voting on the oath.
Hon. Il. B. Dubuisson made one
of his characteristic speeches, with
little more tabasco added. lie
ripped Blackman and Phjo and
their allied partisan COMMITTEES
fore and aft, up the front and down
the back. 1t was a mastery ad-
dress, ana we venture 10 sdy Chao
few of those who heard the expose
of tha shameful frauds resorted to
VI o.,1 ~: - aao,,r,,
~ blach hhidi anu uJo w
the lead, will participate III the
second urinary.
nv follon,;nr rasofutions were
Ihe iolioWihs
unanimously adopCed:
We the peonle of st. Landry, in mass
meet}ng assembled. do declare that, be-
ing conyinced thatin the recent Demo-
cratic primary held in the Seventh Con-
9rnssianaI District ON the llth day of
Sartamher. 1902. fraudulent practices
were resorted to in behalf of the candi-
dacv of Hon A p. Puio in the parish Of
70 sion and in behaif of Hon, w. F.
RIack man i'm the parish of Grant.
That the friends of these candidates
on the district committee resorted to
eyery means in their power to prevent
an investipation of such fraudulent
nractiees in these parishes. and voted
AGAINST giving any time for such inyes-
| tfpation
frhat in fine parish of Calcasieu, in vio-
! lation of the plain letter of the rules fix
INC the onalifications of voters, Repub-
licans were allowed to participate in
| said primary. and in one ward of said
parish having several polls, and one
| i,,E sona hundred and
ssixtv-nine more votes were allowed to
| vote than We're qualified voters in said
ward.
That in the parish of Grant on the
| face of the returns shameless frauds
| were shown to exist in the Pollock and
Nnaent noIls. the two together having
! rettIrned between three aud four hun
/ dred votes for Judge Blaekman.
l erbat atnotWitbstandingt the patent fraud
1 in the Pollock box, and the impossible
ty of distinguishing the dishonest from
1 the honest votes, the friends of
/ Messrs. Blackman and Puio ON the com
| mittee. except DIR. Smart, refused to
1 throw out thu entire box, which they
/ were asked to do, but arbitrarily selec-
/ ted lI6 votes out of the 304 cast at that
box to be thrown out, aud counted the
/ balance. we believe, for Blackman.
/ We declare further that the refusal OF
the committee to allow time and oppor-
4
i alleged to have been committed In Cal
casieu aud Grant was, in our opinion,
/ not only an abuse of power, but dis
grace to the Democratic party ana a
blot upon the fair names OF honest men
and citizehs in the district.
/ THAT the friends on the committee OF
both these candidates are responsible
for such wrongs, against which no pro-
test was made by either OF theHis eltHei
al tho time or since.
That in view of the foregoing state.
ment. and because we have no guaran-
1 tee that at the ensuing final primary
the same fraudulent methods Will not
he used in behalf of the two candidates
now in the field, we are of the OPINION
that q decent regard for the honesty and
fairness of popular elections forbids any
further participation by us in the con
test. and nothing is left to the Demo
test on record and remain away from
the polls at the ensuing primary on tn,
oath of this month. This we do witt
the hope that it may prove to be an Ell
, fectuaf warning in future to the Demo
cratic party of the Distriet not to toler
esndidates. and Without reference to tn,
General election. at which we eonside
f. anr drty always to vote.
The resignation of Messrs. Dubuissol
: and Pugh, of ST. Landry and Acadia res
pectiyely as members .e OF the .e, hxeeativ aata
ooltstbe ess w Mrnnps 81 s On their BART an,
in in View view Of 9th the foregoing statement we
:. on our part, do hereby.
Resolve, tnat o4ia we Iai1y ~ er eneoTse nehns nh
eolhlen CON and Puph l % in tending their resigna
$ tions as members of the District Com
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