The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-07-01


8osses Courier Service What
the Telephone Told-How the Pub
nc Is Made to Pay Expenses Of
Bosses in Perpetuating Their Power
ganpaigning Under Gnisa of
Capturing ian Eseanad T,,na4 ic,,-
a s11eeesef,,l po1:+t.;a, o.. W.
- = - - =
Is M j. - 80. =. : - :
- 1-erss A-onsy Mnale MAX
s. -sSess money Tor Hin"
g 2 8 = y lsA-sPEAkHR OF A STATE LEG
STATURE
. Copyright. 1906. by joseph B. BowIes.,
One needs to pe. sneaker of . 1ao;s-
lature but few weeks 10 fsisoorar
that large pronarfian ~ ia bnnsa
members are b1f ,,roy;as 47tt,.- MOO
the. collars af fbag1 no1i+;.a, esss
aud never vote 1.ave, ~ 80, -, 49,
important measure without frst con
3 stIItfng their bosses. Nor are these
4 cheeEful opponents. of a political peon-
~ altogether from the metropolitan
districts; an asEoaishingly large num-
Der belong TO the class frequently AL
. ludea to By spalI5i4lders az so1lr sturdy
d yeoIaaIlr.y. the +ilIers of the soil"
The long distance faIanbana ia st
trains and telegram 3inase mako. com
munfeatfon With aisfan+ masters aasr
and convenient and i ma .1aan #ega,ra1
Wielder but IA few DAVIS hefareI became
aWdfe OF the fact thar NAM of tba
leading members If tlao i,e,,ea would
not give me- ali ,s1ai41if1r IA anv n,af+ar
Df moment fi71ti1 she payt davs, rrbov
wanted first to ia1anbona tbair ,,rf,,-
aipaIs to ascertain What kim af an
opinion t. gfye. Every nieh+ III 7ana
distance wires radiating from the
& eapital were busy for hours while
& the proxies reported all that was said
. Of done during the day, and what was
framed up for the next days ses-
! sion. Having made their reports. they
q BOT their instructions.
But the courier service used bv a
group Of men who controlled > ma
. jorify of the house members from the
metropolis of nly state was an i'm
pTovament on the system of IegisIat-
Ing by telephone These city bosses
were prosperous professional poIiti-
clans they were contractors. city.
county and stare officials. and business
men. They selected the men they
wanted to go to the legislature and
sent hem there. They. had a finger ii
every public contract OF any consider
able size which was let in the state.
1 They were interested in almost every
! business concern which supplied goods
& to the state institutions, and It was
current talk IN the committee rooms
they would undertake for a price to
put through or kill legislation.
This syndicate had what might he
called al executive committee of 4
few men, who were the political mag
mates of the city The other members
Of the syndicate turned over. to this
executive committee their votes IN
the legislature. Thus a few men abso-
Iitely controlled the votes of a MAJOR
1 ity of the city members of the house.
fast train left the capital every
afternoon for the city, and a late train
left the city every evening for the cap
ital. Each afternoon of the day when
the legislature held a session man
started for the city with copies OF the
house and senate bills which were GO
ing through the mill. He also took
with him the roll calls on such bills
g ~ 8 Y e = eiie1
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~ os rs. e. l'e11ofns leslsiaeloh.
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lAs -si1 81 ene oillee n ~
h gTsat 5=Ilieh 5Mho5 e1seAea y me gay :
CONS anu 1oliss ,'eioie = Pc u Tue
l'eelass ilolh s7ls- salleal Nas ~ tns
] l1I ssssss ~ eAls siss1ls pe1l's1s I. nav
& tlecalAeas asss'sat ssae felolt - ~ ssas
ssaaIa
With TINS Kf1osIedge IN fangipIe
y form before them, the executive COM
rnitfee was able ~ lay lis plans and
the train carried the courier back
tn the capital VILE minute instfue-
tons foF. the managers eo1laf wear
ers And the JOKE OF II was that the
dear public footed the bl4is OF the
courier 1or ne {aeId STATE 5oe# Whleh
included Iae al embracing ITEM
ira xe1lfls# expenses a.. he was pau
nl1sase al1a sse'1.alsu - s1sse1 ~ a'is
thing psls q pass, 1Ais sAus l1.ze nseeea
him 2 eons9aeFaols l'foiIt sse5s ass