The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-18
Democratic Parish Executive Com
mittee.

The Democratic Executive Commit
tee of st. Landry parish met pursuant
to call.
Present, L. b. Dubuisson, chairman;
Nj. d. Lewis, j. j. Thompson. r. Lee
Garland, S. j. Gosselin, Theo. poucet,
B. S. Dossmann. j. t. LegeraLucius
Landreneau; J. G.. Carriere, E. G.. Rich
ard, j. J. Stage and A. w. Dejean by
proxy, making a quorum for the trans
action of business.
L. A. Fontenot, secretary OF the COM
mittee, being absent, the chair suggest
ed the election Of Il secretary pro tenn.
On motion, duly seconded. James j,
Bailey was elected secretary PRO tenn.
On motion by DR.. Lewis, tie follow
ing resolutions were aSOpteP, with in
structions to the secretary to hand
copiestO the local papers:
Whereas, the predeGessG1bf this com
mittee ordereoN4thaF license OF the
Democrats votefs of IL parish should
beta be taken f%o1 by ,,. rTimI"t ,e snnniOt as s se
their assessor and YFmbers of the
Whereas, at said primary. Hon. Lau-
rent J. Dossmann received a majority
of the votes cas~fOr assessor, and
Messrs. C.. j. Thompson, DR.. o. T. DAILY,
L. J. Guiibeau, Davis Bernard, j. II.
Bergerou, Alfred Deville, VIM. Clark,
Paul l.. Fontenot and DR.. W. Fl. Ray
received IL majority Of the votes cast
for members OF the school board, there
fore, he it
& Resolved, That. this committee re-
snectfully recommends 10 the Governor
of this State the said gentlemen for APP
pointment to the offices aforesaid re-
epectively.
Resolved, That the chair be author
izQa to appoint 81 delegates to cast the
vote of this parish 1T the Democratic
State Convention to be held in Baton
Rouge on Monday, June 90, 1904.
Resolved, further, that the delegates
so appointed shall not be allowed to be
represented by proxy; that they vote as
a unit upon all questions coming up be-
fore the convention, and that the dele
gates present at said convention be,
and they are hereby, authorized to cast
the entire vote of the parish.
On motion by Mr.. R. L. Garland, the
committee, by a vote of Z to 6, ordered
a primary for the nomination of Judge
and District Attorney, and fixed July
Both as the day for holding said pri.
mary. This resolution was earnestly
opposed by six members voting nay.
The resolution follows:
Resolved, That a committee of five be
appointed by the chairman of this COM
mlttee to draft rules and regulations to
govern the conduct of the primary
election called to he held on July 30th,
1904, for the nomination of Judge and
District Attorney. That the rules aud
regulations adopted by said committee
shall be the rules governing said pri-
mary election without further action
from this committee.
Resolution carried.
The chair appointed j.. J. Thompson,
Tbeo. Doucet. B. S. Dossmann, NJ. D.
Lewis and S. j. Gosselin.
On motion. duly seconded, the chair
appointed the following delegates to
the State Convention, to be held on
June Goth:
Thompson, J J Bailey. Dudley L
Guilbeau, John M Oge, P r Sandoz, J J
Lewis, Anatole Armand, NJ L Swords,
Yves ADdrepont, Henry E Estorge. L
Austin Fontenot, E V Barry. DR. j j
Stage, DR. n S Joseph, DR. w F Clop-
ton. Capt Sam Haas, Rene L DeroueD,
E T Laf1eur, j 7 Leger, August Muller
and Louis Deshote!s.
The committee then adjourned to
meet Aug. 81 for the purpose of can
wasting and prnmnlgating the returns
of the primary e~lectlOn-unit rule
no proxies. j. BAILEY,
Acting Secretary,