The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-09
Representative Thomas is. ex-

to attend meeting of the State
bankers and hopes to get in touch
with many representatives while
he is in town. He will go to Baton
Rouge by Saturday to open head
quarters. Mr.. Dupre and his
friends will also have headquarters
at the capital by that time. 1t
is said that Mr.. Dupre's friends
were never more confident than
they are now that their man will
win, and declare his support will
embrace all sections. Representa-
tive Derouen, of Iberia, is in the
city and is among the latest men,
bers to declare openly for the Or
leans man, ON the ground that he
is st. Landry boy aud has served
two terms in the House.
GOV. SANDERS TO PRESIDE OVER
SENATE FOR A WEEK.
Governor Sanders will go to Ba-
ton Rouge on Sunday. He will
preside over the Senate on Monday
and will hold the gavel until the
following Monday, when he gives
way to Lieutenant Governor-E Elect
Lambremont and himself assumes
the reins of the gubernatorial Office.
Throughout the week he will also
be acting governor because of the
absence of Governor Blanchard in
Washington to attend the confer
ence of the State executives, with
President Roosevelt. Governor
Sanders is in the city, having re-
turned last night from his brief
iaunt to the country.
1t is considered probable that
many of the country members will
be in the city this week, going to
the capital by way of New Orleans
in order to learn while here the
"lay of the land" With prscti-
cally all of the candidates for the
two contested positions in town
part at least of the week the scene
of greatest activity will undoubted-
ly be here. Advices from Baton
Rouge say that most of the legisla-
tors have made their reservations
for rooms during the sixty days
term.
GOV. BLANCHARD's MESSAGE NEXT
TUESDAY.
Governor Blanchard's final mes
sage to the General Assembly will
in all probability not go to the two
houses until Tuesday. That has
always been the custom at the
opening session of General As
sembly, the first day being given
up to the organization of the
houses and the drawing by men,
bers for seats. With over eighty
new members in the House there
will be keen rivalry for choice 10
cations. No opposition at all has
developed to Mr.. Robert S. Landry
for clerk of the House, nor to Mr..
O. H. Simpson for secretary of the
Senate, and popular Tom" Ryan
has apparently his usual cinch on
the sergeant-at-armship of the low
er body. Mr.. Ryan has gone to
the capital to prepare for the open.
ing of the session.
The session promises to be one
of the most important that has vel
been held, with the prohibition
and the crusade against the race
tracks figuring conspicuously in
proposed reformatory legislation
| At this stage Statewide prohibi.
ton is not considered to have q
chance, a strong sentiment prevail.
| ing in the country for the Demo.
cratic doctrine of local option, but
the race tracks will unquestion.
ably have to face a serious fight
| the result of which will depend on
the ability with which their case
Lis presented. That, however, 4
strong argument for regulation ant
that formidable sentiment for al
experiment with regulation exists
in the city is admitted even by
some of those who think the tracks
ought to be wiped out.
i OTHER IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.
II The question of further reduc
ton in the rate of State taxation il
likely to come up, and one of thu
features of the occasion will be thu
financial proposition of Governor
Sanders looking to the gradual re
. tirement of the State debt Tn,
, city will be interested in four bone
propositions, one of $4,000, 600 fol
, the Dock Commission, one of %,
, OOO, 900 for the belt, aud one TO