The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-11-14
uEETING DEMOCRATIC EXECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE.


The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of the Parish Of St. Mary
was called to order by Chairman
A. c. Allen.
Roll call showed present: A.
C. Allen, r. E. Milling, j. A. Lo-
ret, proxy to w H. Kramer, w.
H. Latham, D. N. Foster, w. T.
Jones, j. Y. Sanders, B. F. Holler-
man, proxy to Paul Pecot, E. d.
Boasso, proxy to Paul Pecot, K.
Hanf, T. F. Frerc, II. D. Smith,
proxy to j. Y. Sanders, II. w.
Kappel, N. Alleman, F. c. Marsh,
w. II. Kramer, N. O. Falterman,
J. B. Sanders. Henry Jacobs. Abb
sent: j. G. Murphy and Alfred
Fortier.
The Chairman stated that the
object of the call was for the pur-
pose of providing ways and means
OF electing delegates to cast the
vote of this Parish in the Eleventh
Senatorial Nominating Conven-
ton called to meet in Franklin on
November 2Sth, 1908.
The following resolution was
offered by Mr.. j. Y. Sanders and
adopted:
Resolved, That this Committee
proceed to fill out the Committee
by electing one member from the
Sixth and one member from the
Eighth Wards, as there are now
only one member from each of
these two Wards and all the other
Wards have two.
Mr.. r. A. Squires of the Sixth
Ward and Mr.. Alonzo Gilmore of
the Eighth Ward were elected to
fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Y. Sanders offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, and moved
their adoption:
Whereas, the Democratic Executive
Committee of the Eleventh Senatorial
District, composed Of the Parishes of St.
Mary and VermiliOn. at a meeting held
at Abbeville on November 7th, 1903, has
called q democratic nominating con-
vention to meet in Franklin, November
2Sth. 1903, for the purpose of nominat-
ing candidate for the State Senate
from said District, to be voted for at the
general election, to he held April 1904,
and,
Whereas said Senatorial Executive
Committee adopted q resolution leaving
the manner and mode of the selection OF
the delegates to said convention to the
option of the Parish Executive Committee
of the two parishes aforesaid, and
Whereas. the said Democratic Execu-
tive Committee apportioned the parishes
in said convention. as follows, tO-wit:
St. Mary seventeen and Vermilion ten
votes, and
Whereas, it is necessary to adopt a
method TO select the delegates to which
the Parish of st. Mary is entitled, and TO
take the sense of the Democratic voters
of st. Mary as to whom they disire the
delegation of st. Mary TO vote for in said
convention.
Therefore, be il resolved by the Parish
Executive Democratic Committee, in and
for the Parish of st. Mary, in regular
session convened, that a primary cleo
ton be and the same is hereby ordered
for the purpose Of selecting delegates to
said convention and for the purpose of
instruo,ing said delegates for whom to
vote in said convention, said primary
! to be held on the following date
aud under the rules and regulations
hereby adopted, to-wit:
. lst. That the primary election above
provided for shall be held in the Parish
of st. Mary. on Wednesday, November
25th. 1903; that polls shall be establish
ed at all polling places now provided fol-
; by law in this Parish; and that said polls
shall be open from O'Clock A. NJ, to
o'clock P. NJ, on said date.
End. That at this primary election
herein provided each voter shall be ell.
! titled to vote for 81 delegates to repre-.
sent the Parish of st, Mary in said Con.
ventlon. and the 81 democrats who shall
receive the highest number of votes al
this primary shall be entitled to repre-,
; sent the Parish of st. Mary in said con-
vention, and shall he duly accredited tc
, said convention by the Chairman of the
, Parish Executive Democratic Commit.
tee. Said delegation to vote as a unit
on all propositions, nominations and
questions coming before said convention
and majority Of those present at said
convention shall cast the vote of the
, Parish in said convention, and no proxy
shall be permitted.
3rd. That each voter at said primary
shall on the same ticket on which ht
votes for the delegates, express hi'
choice for the position of State Senator
from this District, and the Democrat
running for said position who shall re-
ceive the majority of the votes cast
, shall be entitled to have the delegation
from this Parish vote for him in sale
conventiOn-be having the choice Of thu
democrats Of the Parish of S.. Mary a!
expressed at said primary election, il
shall 20 AS instructions from the peopIt
to the delegation from this Parish Il
vote for him in said nominating cOnven
ton for the position of Democratic Nom
? lnee for State Senator from this Senate
rial District.
. 4th. There shall be at each poll Il
this Parish three commissioners and !
, clerk, who shall have the conduct q
this election at the primary, and wht
shall be governed in their duties by thu
primary election laws, Act No. 1913. o.
1900, and who shall keep . poll list o.