The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
GENERAL BULLI0N's REMOVAL
Was Because He had Affiliated With Re
publican Party.

Was Because He had Affiliated With Re-
publican Party.
Under the above caption, the fol
lowing appeared in the New Orleans
Picayune Of Sunday, Aug. p:
The removal Of General o. a. Bull.
lion, of Hope Villa, from the judicial
committee of the twenty seventh judi
cial district by the Ascension parish
committee, at it's meeting last Sunday,
has caused much comment over the
state. The reports from Donaldson
vile are said not TO have clearly
stated the reasons for General Bull
lions removal, and that the com
mittee took this action because Bull
.lion had affiliated himself with the re-
publican party in the last state cam
paign, and wss therefore not eligible
for retention on a democratic judicial
committee.
ssThis point. - said Hon. r. N. Sims,
in discussing the matter yesterday.
twas not brought out in the news
paper reports of the meeting sent to
the New Orleans papers, and therefore
left some doubt as to the real cause OF
the committees action.
The Ascension parish committee met
in Donaldsonville last Sunday, with
Victor Maurin in the chair. The
object was set forth under the order OF
the state committee to appoint mem
Der Of the appellate district committee.
Hon. Victor VI aurin was named.
Then che Bullion case came up. He
was a member of the tWentv-seventh
judicial district committee, of which
Hon. John Marks is the chairman.
It has been called to meet Aug. ~.
The resolution passed by the parish
committee expelling Bullion set forth
that whereas Gen. O. a. Bullion had
affiliated with the republican party in
tte. last state campaign, he had there
fore vacated his position on the
tWenty-seventh judicial committee,
which comprises Ascension, Assump-
tlon and St. ames parishes. Be-
cause Of that fact, and because OF
the further fact that Mr.. Bullion is
not a legal resident of the parish OF
Ascension, that his position on the
committee be declared vacant and that
Hon. Samuel H. St. Martin be selected
to fill the vacancy. y"
Referring TO the matter, Mr.. Sims
said this action was in line with the
committees action on two previous
occasions, when it removed members
OF the parish committee because they
had affiliated with the republican
party.
Much trouble has been experienced
in Ascension in the past with Wishy-
Washy members of the organization,
but the party lines which were strictly
drawn in the last campaign and
RICHLY maintained promise most
beneficial results il the parish.
Apropos of Mr.. Sims statement
that the reports of the meeting sent to
the New Orleans papers were ineom-
plete, the following appeared in the
Donaldsonville dispatch in yester-
days Times
On the fourth page of last Sunday s
Plcayuue there appeared an interview
with Hon. r. n. Sims, of this parish,
on the subject of the removal of Gen.
0. A. Bullion from the demoera attic
executive committee of Ascension par
ish, in which Mr.. Sims is quoted as
saying that the DonaldsonviIle cores
pondents did not give the true inward
ness OF the matter in their reports to
the New Orleans papers. This cores
pondent furnished The Times Demo-
crat with true copy of the proceed
ings of the committee, as reported to
the press by L. w. Armitage, the sec
rotary of the committee, and is assured
that no mention was made by Mr..
Armitage at that time that Gen. Bull
lion had been removed for affiliating
with the republicans. The reason
given for the Generals removal from
the committee was that he had become
a. nonresident of the parish, and the
only reference made to affiliation with
the republicans was in the case of D.
3. Miller, whose place on the com
mittee was declared eacated for that
cause.
The local correspondent for the
Times Democrat, who happens to be
the managing editor of this paper,
endeavors to give fair and abso-
lutely impartial account of happen
ings in this vicinity, whether they be
Of a political d ature or otherwise, and
he wishes it understood that he was in
no way to blame if the proceedings of
the democr attic parish committee were
not given IN their entirety. He could
not do more than accept the report
furnished to the press by the secretary
Of the committee.