The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-07-15
Who Is Fighting

times recently by some OF our
GOOD and close friends: "Why
don't you fellows stop fghtlnG!-
Don't you know yet that the old
council has been dcfeatedW
Our reply, courteous: Who IS
lighting!
The present administration
was indicted into Office under
very unfavorable auspices. In
the first instance there had been a
very energetic campaign, result
ing in both sides polling about
its full strength, and with very
small majority in favor of the
victors. The campaign had been
one for reform. The victorious
candidates were pledged to a
"clean sweep" and a reversal of
many of the policies of the old
administration
When the new council took
charge of the helm of municipal
affairs what did it find?
THE CITY TREASURY: This
feature Is of the first and greatest
impoI lance. In the campaign
this people was assured that the
city was out of debt and on a cash
basis.
The "PIatform Of the Dupuy
Ticket" embodied this language:
we submit to your considerations
that we have administered your
public affairs cOnservatively,
safely, conscientiously, ecOnomi
cally, but with progress and sue
cess, during the past two years.
We have hOnored every Outstand
| ing warrant of former admins
trations." In the leading editor.
ial of the PROGRESS" IN its initial
number, the people were told that,
s'They, (the Dupuy CounciD have
restored the credit of the city,
kept abreast of the times and
still have a clear sheet to their
| favor In the "Progress, No. 2"
\ the Dupuy administra
ton, by strict economy has only
within a few weeks reached the
end of debts.n The last city
budget showed a footing of some
$4,000. Notwithstanding the
above showing the Lauahlin coun-
Gil has inherited, not only a depict.
ed t, easury, but many thousands or
dollars of indebtedness One of
its early official acts was to author
ize the Mayor to borrow $4,000 to
pay the long past due interest
coupons of the waterworks and
electric light bonds.
THE LIQUOR LICENSE This
feature Of the city's business was
involved in all manner of compli:
cations. Every conceivable and
lnconceivable mistake and blund
er seemed to be grated into the
effort of enforcing the high license
ordinance. Ordinances on this
question had been running the
gauntlet of the cOurts-frOm the
District to the Supreme Court
for practically year and a half,
with no results in sight. The last
date set for trial was May 20 of
this year. Mr.. Dupuy had been
installed superintendent of the
waterworks more than three
weeks before and also continued
as the active Mayor. On the
evening of the 24lh he resigned,
and the next day the city's attor
ney objected to going to trial with
the cases on the ground that the
city had no mayor. Thus ended
all effort on the part of the old
council to enforce collection of the
delinquent liquor licenses of 1904.
Now, why should the new council
lnaugurate its work by prosecut
ing business class, when that
class had probably been persecu
ted enough through the plumbers
'Of others, and where there was
strong probabilities Of the city's
defeat again! Dupuy would not
face even the Inauguration of this
last suit-then why should Du
puyites howl for Ladghlin to 60
to defeat in this matter! The
liquor dealers are quiet-they are
not rushing into print crying for
equity or bowling about the