The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1904-02-06
The Next Primary.

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to serve at that election will be
found on our 4th page. The can
didates who will be in this race
are:
For Members of the Legislature
John M. Oge, A. H. Mouton,
Peyton r. Sandoz and Ezekiel
Mixer.
For Clerk of Court-H. E. Es-
forge and Yves Andrepont.
For Coroner-W. r. Boudreau
and Z. T. Young.
For Constable, First Ward-A.
M. Hollier, Alcide St. Cyr and A.
P. Collins. Grand Coteau Ward
-O'Brian Elmer and Felix Mil
ler. Waxia Ward-C. E. Duck
worth and Adam Mouillie. Vile
Plate and Chatagnler Wards
Emile Soileau and Cinia Veillon.
Upper Mamou Ward-Wm. Fon-
tenot and J. E. Tate.
This election will be held under
the same rules and regulations as
the last primary, and will be found
on our 4th page.
While there is no political issue
involved in any of the Offices to
be voted for next Saturday. ex-
cept that for members of the
Legislature, the voter can make
his selection according to his per-
sonal preference; but in the mat
ter of members of the Legislature
there is principal involved, and
a most important one to the entire
State, and the voter should see
that he casts his ballot for the
candidates representing that prin-
ciple. That issue was aptly stated
in 81 communication in the COURIER
published last week, and we think
it Of sufficient Importance to re-
produce it in this issue. Our cor
respondent says:
Editor CoURIER:-On the eve
of the primary which is to deter
mine who are TO be candidates of
the Democratic party for the of
fees of Clerk of Court, Coroner,
and two Representatives in the
General Assembly, permit me to
offer few brief suggestions rel
ative thereto. IF the vote cast
for Gen. Jastremski at the recent
primary may be accepted as an
endorsement of the platform up
on which that peerless Democrat
made his campaign, then the yo-
ters of st. Landry,are overwhelm-
ingly in favor of the abolition of
unnecessary offices, the curtail-
ment of excessive fees, and the
destruction of the appointiye sys-
tenn. Two of the candidates for
the Legislature who unequivocal-
ly declared themselves in favor
of these reforms we're triumph
antly nominated in the first pri-
mary, and two others who firmly
stand upon the same platform
will be candidates at the second
primary. These are Messs1 Pey-
ton Sandoz and A. h Mouton.
TIE first is young lawyer Of fine
ability and irreproachable charac-
ter, who, by his correct deport-
ment, earnestness, talents and
legal training would reflect credit
upon his constituency, and doubt
less prove a useful member of the
law-n1aking body. His fitness for
|the position was recognized at the
outset of the campaign by lead
ing supporters Of both Gen. Jas
tren1ski and Judge Blanchard,
who rendered him their support,
but it was not until the lists were
about to be closed that he was
finally prevailed npon to make
the race, and then only after he
had received assurances that such
support would come to him AS to
make his success easy. This,
then, is one of the few cases
where the Office sought The man.
believe that if the people give
him the Office they will be bene-
flied in a far greater degree than
he will be. The other candidate
who stands squarely on Gen. Jas
tremski's platform, and who, like
Mr.. Sandoz, was an ardent sup
porterof his, is that whole-souled
and generous scion Of Il noble
race, genial major" Mouton.
He recognizes the fact that large
sums of public money are annual
" squandered that should be de-
voted to the enlightenment aud
uplifting of the simple people
among whom he has made his
home for years, and he can be
depended upon to favor every
measure calculated to rebound to
their moral and material prog
ress and advancement. For the
rest, the honored name he bears
-one illustrious in the annals Of
Louisiana-is in itself an assur-
ance that the people of st. Lam
day possess In him an agent and
representative whom they can inn
lplicitly trust.
/ For Clerk, Mr.. Andrepont is 8
lcandidate against the present iii.