The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-27
Official Proceedings of the Democratic
Executive Committee. Seventh
Congressional District.

tee of the Seventh Congressional us
trict of Louisiana met this day pur-
suant to the call of the chairman,
the following being present in person
or by proxy:
/ At large: Z. B. Dubuisson, proxy
to b. r. Lewis.
Acadia parish: E. o. Bruner,
proxy to b. T. Lewis.
Avoyelles parish: g. H. Couvillion,
absent; l.. J. Coco, absent.
Cameron parish: James A. Wake
field, proxy to b. T. Lewis; c. F.
Henry. proxy to b. 7. Lewis.
Calcasieu parish: c. c. GauthIer,
proxy to b. T. Lewis; j. L. Caruth-
ers, absent.
Grant parish: C. H. Teal, present;
lC. W. Payne, proxy to c. II. Teal.
| Rapides parish: John c. Black
man, present; ID. 7. Stafford, proxy
to John G. Blackman.
st. Landry parish: l.. j. Doss-
man. proxy to b. 7. Lewis.
Vernon parish: W. H. Smart, alb
sent
On motion duly seconded, Mr.. C..
H. Teal was unanimously elected as
chairman, and Mr.. e. C. Gauthier
was elected secretary. Mr.. Gauthier
being absent, Mr.. b. T. Lewis was
elected secretary pro TEN.
On motion Of John c. Blackman,
duly seconded, the following resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted, viz:
Resolved, That White Demo
:, cratic Primary Election be held
!. throughout the Seventh Congress.
sional District of the State of LOuisi.
. ana. on Tuesday. the 9th day Of
) September A. d. 1910, between Legal
:. hours. for the purpose Ot nominal
ing the candidate of the Democratic
. party for Representative in the Six
), ty-second Congress of the United
,. States for said district, at the cleo
ton to he held on Tuesday, NOvem
! Der 8, 1910; said primary to be helC
;, under the provisions, rules and regu
: lntions of Act No. 40 of the Genera
Assembly of thu State of Louisiana
for the year 1906, rs amended
+ known as the Primary Election Law
8, Be it further resolved, That al
candidates for Congress shall fil
their notification of candidacy witt
the Secretary of the State, in tn
t, form required by sections l l and /:
> of Act 40 OF 1906, on or before tn
> 26th day of July, 1910.
: Be it further resolved, That ut th
same time and place there shall b
y elected from each parish of the Sew
enth Congressional District of Lou
= isiana, two (2) duly qualified electOr
D, therein, who shall constitute lb
Congressional Democratic Executiv
Committee for the Seventh Congress
70 sional District of Louisiana. for
y. term of two years. That the candi
a- dates for membership on the sal
Congressional Committee from tn
respective parishes of the distric
shall, within twenty (2O) days iron
=" the issuance of this call, file with tn
Secretary of State their written not
oi fication Of intention to becumea eau
II didate for such Office ut said primary
. The members oil the newly electe
Congressional Committee shall NEE
vs. at the court house in the city of Alex
ct dria. Louisiana, on the first Monda
os of October, 1910, at12 O'Clock noon
to organize.
BE it further resolved, That th
a Secretary of this committee be an
81 he is hereby authorized and instrucl
- ed to call the attention of the chail
"a, man of the respective Parish Demo
n cratic committees, Of the registrar
.. Of voters, and of the sheriffs of eae
of the respective parishes composiD
n the Seventh Congressional Distrit
ed of Louisiana, to their duties undt
al the provisions of sections 81 and 2
OF of said Act No. 40 Of 1906, d
I'D amended.
lie Be it further resolved, That tn
:, committee hereby assesses again,
each candidate for Congress the SUI
OF one hundred and fifty $3.50 do
,e- lars, to be deposited with the seer
tury of this committee to defray ii
ITO actual expenses of calling and hol
STA ing the said primary election, NJ
iss otherwise provided by law: any su
plus remaining to be returned pr
no rate to the respective candidates.
I'll Be it further resolved, That wht
ps- this committe adjourns it shall .
y convene on Monday, September l
ne 1910, at IL O'Clock noon at the NJ
of jestic Hotel, in the city of La
nd Charles, La, for the purpose of a
!, nouncing the result and promulga
ne ing the returns of said primary.