The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-27
THE COMING TOWN ELECTION.
Jerry's Convention and its Ticket---How
the Prospects of the Candidates Appear
to the Chief-Preparing Poll Lists.

the prospects OF the Uan0luat6S Appear
to the 0hief-Preparing Poll Lists.
Next Saturday the citizens of DON
aldsonville will elect municipal off,
GERS toserve the ensuing year. There
is no indication of unusual excitement
over the event, though there will be
an interesting contest for the offices OF
Constable, Treasurer, and perhaps
Collector.
One ticket is in the field, placed
there by a convention which met at
the Courthouse ON Thursday, and a
SECOND will doubtless be chosen by a
mass-meeting which will probably be
called for Monday evening, also at
the Court House. The convention to
| which reference is made had all the
outward semblance of partisan pc.
litical body, representing one class of
citizens-being composed of thirteen
colored and three white delegates,
and one of the latter participating as
proxy for colored member who did
not feel well-but its founders claimed
an intention of representing the peo-
pie, without regard to political or race
distinctions. The ticket nominated
appears to bear this claim out in a
considerable degree, though the trans
parent gerrymandering of the cOnven-
ton by its candidate for Constable in
his own interest, depriVes the body of
whatever dignity might otherwise at
tach to it as an assembly of the peo-
/ ple's representatives. For the same
reason the convention, as a body, is
entitled to small credit for selecting
| what is in the main an excellent tick
ct, inasmuch as it was apparent that
no name, good or bad, could have
been placed thereon in opposition to
the wishes of the would be Constable
and that astute young man demon
strated beyond question that the only
principle he recognizes in the contest
is that of self-interest.
The editor of the CHIEF takes little
pride in announcing that he was q
member of the young mans conven-
ton but it Is a consolation to know
that we declared beforehand that
we should feel under no obligation to
support the nominees unless satisfied
of their worth and fitness, and that if
this position was objected to we would
withdraw from the body at once. Sew
eral other members expressed their
concurrence in these declarations, and
had early reason to. congratulate
themselves for doing SO.
The ticket nominated by this con-
vention is as follows:
For May0r-Frederick Duffel,
Observation-Disclosures Dugas,
Assessor. A. Landry,
COllector-Jos. A. Duffel,
Treasurer-Dayid Israel,
Constable. j. Sullivan, Jr.
ALDERMEN.
First Ward-Nathan Ross, L. L. Bentley,
Second Ward-H. S. Boudreaux, Robert
Noel
Third Ward-Victor Maurin, V. C. Can
trelle.
A committee consisting of Hon. P.
Landry, chairman of the convention,
and Messrs. L. E. Bentley, Louis
Lefort and Dennis Butler, was APP
pointed to fill any vacancy that may
oceur in he ticket prior to the day of
election. Work for this committee
was cut out within twenty-f -four hours,
as Messrs. Noel and Gabrielle desired
their names withdrawn. Both these
parties are candidates for Constable.
and they decline to be pacified by the
sop which their disingenuous oppo-
nent threw them in the shape of
Aldermanic nominations. Whether
the name of this writer remains on
ticket or not, depends upon the ac-
ton which may be taken by the mass
convention proposed for next week.
The denomination of Mayor Duffel
is unexcaptionable, and there is little
probability of a candidate being pit
red against him. His labors 10 behalf
of the town have been so earnest,
and effective of such beneficial re-
suits, that he richly merits the COM
pliment of d unanimous vote. We
hear some talk of opposition to Mr..
Duffel on account of his stand against