St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-09-23
PROCEEDINGS OF THE sIX-
TENTH JUDICIAL EXECu-
TIVE COMMITTEE OF
LOUISIANA

tive Committee, met this day, the
10th Of September, A. d, 1916, at
willie Platte, Louisiana pursuant 70
adjournment, and on roll call, the
following members answered to
their names, to-wit: Rene l.. Doss-
mann Chairman; y. Z. Fontenot,
Secretary, A. ". Dejean, proxy 70
j. Il. Pavy, j. P. Trosclair, proxy TO
j. r. pavy, Tilden Guilbeau proxy
to j. r. Pavy, Joseph 4. Harley ana
Edgar Lafleur, Absent; Rene y.
Fontenot which constituted more
than a quorum; the committee
having met for the purpose OF
c~anvassing the returns Of the prI-
mary election held in the Sixteenth
Judicial District composed of the
parishes of st. Landry and Evange-
line: for the selection of the nomi-
nees of the Democratic party Tor
the offices of Judge and District
Attorney Of said district; and the
chairman of this committee, nav
ing presented his tabulation OF the
result Of the said primary, which
shows that for the office of judges
of said district the Hon. B. Henrie
Pavy, received 2l63 votes, and the
Hon. peyton R. Sandoz, received
2i76; and for the office of District
Attorney the Hon. r. Lee Garland
received 1869 votes, and the Hon.
John w. Lewis, received 204f
votes, and that the members Of the
judicial executive committee, to
serve for the next four years re-
ceived the following number of
votes each, to-wit: from the Parish
of st. Landry, A. w. Dejean, 1881;
Rene G. Fontenot, 1856; G. l..
Hayes, 952s Clement Smith, sol; 6.
M. Thompson, Jr., 667; and from
the parish of Eyangeline. Rene Z.
Dossmann, 1898: Sidney Fontenot,
$40; e. A. MeClendon, sol and
Adraste Veillon, 7os; and: the said
tabulated statement having been
compared with the returns as sub
mitted by the commissioners hold
ing the said primary election, was
found to be correct
The following resolution was of
fered by Mr.. Joe A. Hardey and sec
onded by Mr.. Edgar LafIeur:
AS follows, to-wit; Resolution:
Whereas, a canvass of the returns
the Sixteenth District of Louisiana,
comprising the parishes of ST. Lam
dry and Eyangeline, shows that said
p III m Fy e r e.
su tied I'M the nomination
Of the Hon. B. H. Payy, for the of
flee of Judge, by a majority Of 287
votes oyer his opponent the Hon.
peyton n. sandoz. and in the nomi-
nation Of the Hon. r. Lee Garland,
for the office Of District Attorney,
over his opponent the Hon. John w.
Lewis, by a majority Of 528 votes,
therefore,
Pc i resolved That the said B.
H. Pavy and the said r. Lee Gar
land are hereby declared to be the
nominees Of the Democratic party,
to be voted for at the general cleo
ton to be hid on the 7th day of No
vember, a. ID, 1916; for the offices
OF Judge and District Attorney, re-
s~peetively, for the offices Of Judge
and District Attorney Of the Six.
teenth Judicial District Of Louis
lana.
Be it further resolved, that The
following named parties are de-
eiared to haVe been elected mem
hrs Of the Judicial Committee to
serve for the next four years, to-
wit From the Parish of st. Ian
dryA. w. Dejean, Rene C. Fonte-
not, G. I. Hayes, Jr., Clement Smith
and G. NJ. Thompson, and from the
Parish of Evangeline, Rene L. Doss-
mann, Sidney F%ontenot, d. A. Me-
Glelland and Adraste yeillon.
BE it further resolved that the
chairman and secretary Of this
committee certify to the secretary
of state the name of b. Henrie
Pavy, as he nominee for Judge for
che Sixteenth Judicial District Of