The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1908-01-25
SANDERS SPEAKERS ARE
ANIMATED PAY ROLLS"

a Drlef review of some of the Grim,
lodged against Whitaker before an
after he became inspector of police.
IN Whitaker was pictured as an assa.
sin-a chartered assassin put int
office by Behrman.
When the speaker informed tn
auditors that Whitaker had been Der
mitted to quietly resign-not "kicke,
out OF Office which he should hay,
been, the auditars shouted their ID
proval in hearty cheers.
Through his speech Mr.. Caffer,
was sarcastic, his words and til,
terms he applied to political bosses
the word pictures he painted OF con
ditions in the city and New Orleans
mis- denunciation OF men and theil
methods. every sentence was a power
full thrust at the System" he was
ienouncing.
George w. Flynn, in part, said:
"One would think, from the great
love and affection expressed by Mr..
| .,anders and his friends in behalf of
the labOring people of this city, that
their ambitions were secondary to the
interests Of the poor man In the leg
islature Of 1898 there was d bill in
trOduced by Mr.. Denechaud. making
1t a misdemeanor for telephone, gas.
water and electric light and power
franchise holders to refuse to supply
consumers with monthly service, and
providing penalties for violations of
the act.
"On July II, 1888, it was placed on
final passage. Who voted against
this bill?
Listen. Dudenhefer, Fitzpatrick
(the only two from the city,, J. Y.
Sanders and the negro member,
Henry Clay Cascalvo of East Baton
Rogue.
"The bill failed to pass because of
It's not receiving a majority of the
votes Of the house. Porter Parker,
who was then member of the legis- |
ature, changed his vote from yes to !
40 for the purpose Of moving a re-
and then gave notice
hat on the morrow he would move
or a reconsideration of the vote. in
rider that it might be again placed
N final passage. On July Is, 1898,
he following day quote from page
" Of the jOurnal-the bill was
gain placed on final passage, and
gain Messrs. Sanders, Dendenhefer,
fitzpatrick and the regular negro
oted no. and the bill failed to re-
eive majority of the votes and was
'st, and with 1t the hopes and ex- I
ectations of the good people of New i
rleans for relief in the matter of t
ater supply. l.
"Mr. Fitzpatrick's opposition to The /:
II was based upon what he stated 6
be his tender regard and affection Fl
r the widows and orphans who held )
ocks Of stock, and not through any
gard for his friends, Baldwin, J,
vans & Co. III
"Mr. Sanders stood then by his I.
lends of the corporations; and it is II
t the logic of the situation that u
ey should stand by him now. it
Again | refer to his vote and his IRE
efforts in behalf of the .r
LOus merger bill. This bill pro- in
led for an increased membership of 20
) board, and it was advocated by in
ssrs. Sanders and company because ca
what they believed to be the uni "
sal desire to make the membership Di
the board more representative and th
closer touch with the people. Ex- III
inc the provisions Of that bill and Re-
! will see what Mr.. Sanders ideas W.
In regard to representative tn;
asure for the benefit of the people in;
proposed to enlarge the member ies
? Of the board, not by giving the
pie the right to select the officers, lib
to force upon the board state Of pla
rs and ex-OfficiO chairmen Of Pee
or boards, some or whom at the he
. held their official domicile in
city Of Baton Rouge. The sewer der
and the drainage were matters in the
ch the whole people of the city OF flo1
7 Orleans were vitality interested, go
they voluntarily voted millions har
dollars for its improvement in IF
,rage and better drainage. When Re
voted for that tax they never she
emplated that the disbursement one
he moneys paid by them should ,rif
nder the direction and control Of g
ls, as It could have been under gov
provisions Of the merger act. rigl
1erily, Mr.. Sanders platform was bail
for election purposes, purely 4e.
simply, but the legs upon which aho,
built are rotten. The
gain, Mr.. Sanders presents him thei
Is An advocate Of fair primaries. othe
with pride points to his own ac- his
In giving to the people the pri- 10 Il
election law.-.Xet~ when Gov and
Blanchard evideDead..h his deetva, iioai-
I've to the people Of this city ing
facility to make the election FOR [
" providing Tor a full registra- 81 Il