The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
YHE STATE CAMPAIGN
The Political Pot Is Simmering and i'll
Time Will Reach the Boiling and
Running Over Points-Many Are
Ready and Willing to Accept the
Jobs Offered at the Salaries fixed by
Law.

| l Hc lCdS ullc DdtDll NotlSS Spo1'''l
says That the campaign is about to open
up i'll some of the parishes OF the State
| IS evident from the announcement ri2at
have been made this week, even thcue.
the candidates for Governor, with the
exception of General Leon Jastremsk,
| Of Baton Rouge, are not anxious TO
make any announcement and start The
political battle. During the past week
in few of the parishes the candliftes
for the General Assembly have an
lounced themselves, and this is certain
TO bring the political pot in those par
shes to the boiling point, and start the
campaign 1t may also have the effect
Of getting the candidates for the State
offices out a little earlier than they an
ticipated The first candidate to an
lounce himself for the Legislature for
next year is NJ w Davidson, of Liv-
ingstone parish. Parish politics in prac-
ically all of the parishes of the State are
becoming lively. The candidates for
sheriff, Legislature, assessor are being
discussed, and during the coming month
| / number of announcements for the
| Legislature and for parochial Offices will
)e made This stirring up of the local
political pot, it is thought, may have
some effect in bringing out the cand1-
dates for Governor, and just as soon as
| lhev announce the candidates for the
| other State offices will follow close III
line. The candidates for Governor
show no disposition to begin cam
)agn in the open, but Lieutenant Gov
ernor J. Y. Sanders, Theo Wilkinson
| and Hon. Robert Broussard are all
counted as probable candidates for Gov
| .rnor, and are making some movements
IN the quiet. Lieutenant Governor San
| lers is, of course, a certain candidate
| for Governor. and he has made already
| A rather systematic campaign of the
| State. lust as soon as it is finally set
| tied who will be the candidates for
| Governor, the other candidates will an
| nounce and the race will begin. Two of
| he candidates for Lieutenant Governor,
II. ]. Bailey of ST Landry and J. Shell
don Toomer of Calcasieu, have an
nounced themselves, and while they
have been mixing among the people to
some extent, they have been waiting for
the eubernatorial candidates to begin be
fore they started their campaign III earn
lest. General Leon Jastremski, who has
announced himself as candidate for
lGovernor of Louisiana, and has made
the two-cent fare feature the leading
blank in his platform, continues to ham
mer on that subject His latest remarks
upon it are:
The people in a 3-cent fare State
: equidistant from trading places II
aeighboring 2-cent fare States will ge
4 rebate of exactly one-thrd fare. eacf
way by going to trade at the place in the
; 2-cent fare States. Until the suit OF th'
) railroads in Mississippi to test the legal
| 1ty OF the TeQuCt1On 10 CelllS III lHe III
| terchangeable 1000 miles ticket IS de
; cided, Mobile and the other towns in tn
i 2-cent State of Alabama will naturall
D get the Alabama trade and travel ant
draw considerably from the borde
counties in Mississippi, some of whic
include territory that trades with NeN
orleans. Mississippi has gravitated to
: ward the 2-cent fare insofar as the in
: Interchangeable 1000 mile ticket is con
: cerned, and everything points to its &C
: ing to the fiat rate when the legal bar
y riers are put down. Various forms c
/ discrimination by the railroads have d
! verted a very considerable trade to Ga
e weston. Mobile and other ports tha
d should naturally go to New Orleans, an
:, lif Louisiana will stick to the 3-cent far
II the neighboring cent fare States WI
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