The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-09
Official Proceedings of the Democratic
Executive Committee, Seventh
Congressional District.


tee of the Seventh Congressional Dis
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: E. B. Dubuissou, proxy
to b. 7. Lewis.
| Acadia parish: f. 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. T. Lewis.
Calcasieu parish: c. c. Gauthier
proxy to b. L. Lewis; j. l.. Caruth
ers, absent.
Grant parish: c. H. Teal, present
c. W. Payne, proxy to c. H. Teal.
Rapides parish: John C. Black.
man, present; ID. I. Stafford, proxy
to John c. Blackman.
st. Landry parish: l.. j. Doss-
man. proxy to B. t. Lewis.
Vernon parish: w. H. Smart, alb
sent.
On motion duly seconded, Mr.. c.
H. Teal was unanimously elected as
chairman, and Mr.. T.. 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. ID. 1910, between legal
hours, for the purpose of nominal
ing the candidate of the Democra tic
party for Representative in the Six
ty-second Congress of the United
States for said district, at the cleo
ton to be held on Tuesday, Novem-
Der 8, 1910; said primary to be held
under the provisions, rules and regu-
lations of Act No. 40 of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
for the year 1906, as amended,
known as the Primary Election Law.
Be it further resolved, That all
candidates for Congress shall flo
their notification of candidacy with
the Secretary of the State, in the
form required by sections IL and IL
of Act 40 Of 1906, on or before the
26th day of July, 1910.
Be it further resolved, That at the
same time and place there shall be
elected from each parish of the Sew
enth Congressional District of Lou
isian ma, two (2) duly qualified electors
therein, who shall constitute the
Congressional Democratic Executive
Committee for the Seventh Congress
sional District of Louisiana. for a
term of two years. That the candi-
dates for membership ON the said
Congressional Committee from the
respective parishes of the district
shall, within twenty (20) days from
the issuance of this call, file with the
Secretary of State their written mott
fication of intention to become can
didate for such Office at said primary.
The members oil the newly elected
Congressional Committee shall meet
at the court house in the city OF Alex
dria, Louisiana, on the first Monday
of October, 1910, at IL O'Clock noon,
to organize.
Be it further resolved, That the
Secretary of this committee be and
he is hereby authorized and inetruct-
ed to call the attention of the chair
man of the respective Parish Demo-
cratic committees, of the registrars
of voters, and of the sheriffs of each
of the respective parishes composing
the Seventh Congressional District
of Louisiana, to their duties under
the provisions of sections FL and %
of said Act No. 40 of 1906, as
amended.
Be it further resolved, That this
committee hereby assesses against
each candidate for Congress the sum
of one hundred and fifty $3.50 dol
lars, to he deposited with the secre-
tary Of this committee to defray the
actual expenses of calling and hold
ing the said primary election. not
otherwise provided by law: any sur
plus remaining to be returned pro-
rate to the respective candidates.
Be it further resolved, That when
this committe adjourns it shall re-
convene on Monday, September IL,
1910, at II O'Clock noon at the Ma
jestic Hotel, in the city of Lake
Charles, La, for the purpose of an
nouncing the result and promulgat-
ing the returns of said primary.