The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-05-14
The Town Election.
Statement OF the Vote in Deta1l-The
Maher Ticket Carries Every Ward.

able excitement, and awakening more
interest than any similar contest has
done for a number Of years, was con-
Quoted with the good order characteris-
tic of such occurrences in this town and
parish. At the third ward poll during
the forenoon breeze was stirred up,
and for a short time trouble seemed i'm
minent, growing ont Of the bulldozing
tactics adopted by an over Jealous can
vasser in his efforts to influence voters
and prevent opposition workers from
interfering; but Judge Maher counscled
his friends to exercise forbearancc, and
evoked the authority of the law to such
good purpose that no more bulllozing
| was attempted.
1t will be seen from the statement
given below that the ticket headed by
Judge Henry 0. Nlaller' for Mayor re,
ccived majority in each Of the three
wards of the town, and, as we said last
week, Mr.. d. Variant, who was chosen
one Of the Aldermen for .he first ward,
is the only candidate OH the Jacobs
ticket elected. The Maler ticket was
printed on glazed surface paper, with
white face and q bright blue back. 1t
was headed with the words, Economy,
Low Taxes and Improvement" The
Jacobs ticket was printed on paper of
assorted colors, white, green and pale
blue being the principal shades used.
Its title was, The Peoples Ticket"
The success of the Mahcr candidates
was q cause Of much qualification to a
large majority Of the people who have
the greatest interest in the economy and
proper conduct of the town government,
and it was properly hailed as a triumph
Of the better clements and instincts of
the community over individual aspira-
tions that were, from force of circum-
stances, viewed with grave suspicion,
and over methods adopted to carry the
election, some of which were simplyo
outrageous and disgraceful. When money
is offered at the polls to influence the
votes Of citizens, the conclusion is ire
sistible that the persons practicing such
unblushing bribery have other ends in
view THAI, the advancement Of the public
veal, and it is creditablc to the people
of Donaldsonville that they have set the
seal Of their disapproval npon snch an
exhibition of moral dcpravity.
The earnestness with which the friends
of Mr. George Jacobs worked in his be-
half is shown by the fact that lie ran
ahead Of his ticket, and with such \
popular candidate as Judge Maher OBJ
posed to him, this was no small thing to
accomplish.
The success Of Messrs. Grigsby and
Ramirez, the 'Maher candidates for Sec
rotary and Collector, By majorities ex
ceeding one hundred, attests the deserved
popularity which the CHIEF ascriLcd to
them before the election. The vote for
Treasurer leaves little room for doubt
that if Messrs. Gingry and Maurin had
both remained i'll the field the opposition
aspirant would have been elected. We
shall not cease to 1aud the magnanimity
displayed by Mr.. Gingry in Withdrawing,
and to him must be ascribetl the lions
share of the credit for the satisfactory
outcome of the contest for this important
Office.
Mr.. Duffcl's splendid majority for Con-
stable exceeds the expectations of his |
friends, not because he was undeserying
Of the compliment, but for the reason
that number CT parties who are sup
posed to exercise considerable influence
among the voters Of our town. announced
that their almost sole interest in the con-
test was to secure the election of the |
candidate for Constable OH the jacobs
ticket. III the face Of this fact, it was
scarcely to be expected that their favor
ito would run behind his ticket, while
his opponent pollcd the largest vote cast
for any candidate ; yet such proved to be
The case.
The Board of Aldermen is good one,
and may be depended upon-in conjunc-
lion with the other officers Of the town
to administer the municipal government
with intelligence, frugalty and justice.
The tie in the second ward will be de-
,ided by special election.
Following is a tabular statement of
the result Of last Saturdays election:
Wards 2 3 Total Mai.
For Mayor:
II. o. Mahcr.... - 81 1872 1913 SO
Geo. Jacobs. .... Is 4S 81 2lO
For Secretary:
a. I. Grigsby.. 50 81 l35 2o3 LOG
Thomas Harp. Sc AZ SO 1872
For Treasurer:
Felix London. II 70 1aa 27s "A
j. A. Landry -. 81 40 SO 2Oi
For Collector ............
f. A. Ramirez. 90 81 12s 3o2 1903
lac AZ 100 roo