The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-12-06
The Result i'll st. James.


tirely by the vote of St. James.
The Result i'll st. James.
Election of Cheercrs as Judge, SHINES as
Senator, and the Miles Parish Ticket.
We have not obtained a complete re-
port of the election in the parish Of St.
James, but although unable to give ac-
curate aud precise details, we know
enough Of the general result to suffice for
the present. The vote for Governor was
as follows: Beattie 1442, Witt 813; ma
jority for Beattie 629. Cheevers for Dis
trict Judge and SHINES for Senator. re-
ceived majorities exceeding 500, over
coming the majorities Of "a for Judge
Dutfel and 245 for Como given by Ascen
sion. AS in this parish, District Attor-
ney Earhart had no opposition, and
received The entire vote cast. Victor
| Miles was reelected Sheriff by nearly
500 majority over Z. c. MiIe, the Demo-
cratic Conservative nominee. Vincent
Dickerson received a similar majority
for Representative, S. +. Siskron PEELED
| SO votes in excess Of the vote for Louis
Dugas as Clerk Of Court, and DR.. B.
Winchester was elected Coroner without
! opposition. A majority Of about 800 was
given against the constitution. In two
| of the New Orleans papers of yesterday
the statement was made that Messrs. E.
Scanncll and Louis Dugas were elected
Representative and Clerk of Court, but
according to our best information this is
inaccurate, and the result was substan
TALLY as we have given it.
The Como faction proved a very weak
| affair, the number Ct votes which it con-
trolled, outside of the Democratic vote
cast for Mr.. Como himself, being only
about 150. Payne and Harrison, the Co
mo candidates for Representative and
Sheriff, received respectively 167 and liz
votes, according to the returns from all
the polls but one. The anticipated ccm-
bination between the Democratic-C Con-
sentative party and the Como faction
was not perfected, and the former had
separate candidates for Sheriff and Rep
resertative. It is believed that this
failure to effect all understanding with
reference to the entire local ticket Sc
riously Influenced the result, and partic-
ularly the outcome of the Senatorial and
Judicial con tests. Another circumstance
which initiated against Judge Dutfel
was a rumored difference between lead
ing Democrats in St. James and others
} in Ascension, which arose just prior to
the election, fomented by the failure to
, hold Democratic mass meeting here
last Monday in obedience to the diFec-
ton of the State committee. This may
CT may not account for the seventy-odd
complimentary votes cast in St. James
in favor of Mr.. j. K. Gaudet for District
Judge. It was well known that Mr..
Gaudet was not candidate, and it APP
pears very probable that the electors
who threw these votes We're actuated by
something more than a desire to pay a
> hollow compliment to their respected
{ fellow-citizen.
The smallness Of the Republican vote
: and the light majority given to Judge
Beattie and his ticket, are matter fol
. surprise when compared with the pas
+ record Of ST. James and the loud boast
ings INDUCED in by the leaders of TIN
: Miles faction prior to the election. SOM
= of these worthless busted themselves il
spreading the false report that there wa
g conspiracy among the leading Ascen
sion Republicans to trade off or sell on
= their State ticket, whereas the return
! show that Judge Beattie and his col
! leagues received nejorities in Ascension
Is only ten ballots less than the entire co,
20 given them in St. Janice. II Miles AT
- his merry men had attended more t
their own affairs and spent less time i
= slandering better and purer Republican
- than themselves, they might have bee
10 able to do as uluch in behalf Of the part
60 they pretend to love so dearly as was 81
y complished in Ascension.
Next week we shall give an exat
III statement of the St. James vote.
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