The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1908-01-11
LARGE MEETING
AT JEANERE7TE
HALL WAS PACKED
HON. r. F. BROUSSARD AND JAMES
WILKINSON ADDRESS ENTHUSI-
AsTIC CROWD OF SEVERAL
HUNDRED THURSDAY NIGHT.
SANDERS LIVE WIRES LEAD
BACK TO OFFICE.

Jeanerette, La, Friday) a rous
ing Wilkinson meeting was held Ger,
last night in the largest hall of th,
town.
The meeting was called to orde,
by Mr.. A. Moresi, who nominated Mr.
Shelby Sanders for president and Nj
Tessin Dominique as secretary. TIL,
dred persons, at least half of the au
dience being ladies'
Messrs. Robt Broussard and jim
Wilkinson, the speakers, were giver
an ovation when they entered th,
hall. The latter spoke eloquently fol
lone hour, and the audience was fre-
lGuently convulsed with laughter owe,
the funny stories and telling thrusts
Of the most caustic and humorous
speaker heard here in this campaign
Among other things Mr. Wilkinson
saic: Every time you touch one oi
these Sanders live wires you find ii
| leads back to an Office. Take the
Rev. Mr.. Kramer, of New Iberia, fol
whose personality and cloth | have a
profound respect, and who gave Mr.
Sanders a recent recommendation
| that might entitle him to be called
| st. jared
''Scalping Office Brokerage System" "
What do we find here?- Why, the
Sanders regime have, or rather had,
a sort Of 9scalping office brokerage
system in st. Mary. In 1901, they
sold ont half the sheriff's Office to Mr..
r. r. Cooke for. $4,000 cash, and 7
hear that Mr.. Cooke then got rather
a gold brick in an insolvent institu-
ton. The next year they sold out
Clerk Of Court Loret's office for. the
high dollar, and Nj. Wilbur Kramer
captured the job, and the sheriff's Of
flee under. the, Sanders administration
helped him with the wherewithal to
pay for the Office to the tune of about
$50 "a month, and the same Mr. WIZ
bur Kramer, the present clerk Of
court occupies 4 the dual relation Of
stepson and nephew to the Rev. G..
O. Kramer. So you see where that
live wire. Jeads to-"
Mr.. Wilkinson read the testimony
of Mr.. Omer Villere when he testi-
fed in the case Of Mr.. d. C. O'Malley
before Judge Baker in the city of
New. Orleans. reported in the Plea
yune Of Feb. Z, 1906. and dealt on
that part of his. sworn evidence re-
lating to the part that Senator Fos-
ter, of Foster Milling Godchaux &
Sanders took part. in that case, in be-
half of a corporation, by which cor
poration the witness, as he stated in
his sworn testimony, believed the
people were. being robbed
Mr.. villere was great anti-boss
man at one 9 time. He has g6tten
bravely over that since he has got a
fat job. Sc. you . see 3 that live 3wire
leads into the sewerage system. = Mr..
Wilkinson referred to the abortive
attempt of :. Sanders Marrero & Co.,
Limited, to gather Sheriff Madere
into, their camp, and referred to est.
Jared and the recent letter: of Dr.;
stephens as to the means used in vain
to effect that conversion. 20
Mr.. Broussard held his audience
spell bound for over an hour. d He
earnestly advocated 3 the election of
Wilkinson and the defeat of Sanders.
e He spoke earnestly of .'how under
Act t91so of 1902 the peoples right
70, review their assessments by their
police juries was taken away from
Phem and that no reduction could be
made. to take effect unless first ap-
proved byo the assessor appointed by
the governor.
Signed by Sanders. - :
Z :"And who. made that law. fellow
sitizens?n"' shouted s Mr.. 5 Broussard
''by. which your dearest rights wefe
taken from ayou and turned over to
an 'autocrat,' czar. Here is the law
It S signed.by J.'Y. Sanders, speak;
srao! the House. - Albert Estopina'
his. campaign manager, president Of
the Senate; W. H. Heard, his. support
err governor and John T.s.Michel,.sec
retaryoof state,oone Of the big bosses
Of the city of New Orleans, who pre-
tends now to advocate a reduction Of
hiso enormous 7pay in order to keep
the office, but holds on to as much
pay now as he safely can and as long
as he can. o,o z s Q
Mr.. Broussard showed that in spite
Of poor crops and hard times then,
and the unanimous protests of the po-
lice. jury,0the assessor, now a candi-
1ate for reelection on the sapders
ticket, had gradually pushed up the
assessments until the Veople were
ground under = burden Of an $4,000