The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-04-11
Democrats Advised to Bolt.

LIT. Ii DICKSON Bruins OF New Or
leans, one of the best-Enown citizens
and Democrats of Louisiana, who has
always been prominent in movements
calculated to advance the welfare OF
the people and reform evil tendencies
in his party, has given a characteris-
tically candid expression of his opin-
ions relative to the recent primary
elections and the action that ought to
be taken by the Democratic voters OF
the state in the approaching general
election. The DOCTORS views are pub
lished by the Daily Items issue of
Thursday, the End inst. from which
the following extracts are quoted:
There is no hope for Democracy in
the present primary law. The only
hope of permanent redress for those
Democrats who have been refused re.
dress within the party is to attack the
i general election law to demand re-
turn to the pure Australian ballot, to
vote for the nominees of the Republi-
can party against the candidates of
the machine, and to continue voting
against them until these reforms are
granted.
''We had one day ia court at the first
primary, and are bound to abide
by it and support it's nominees. But
the fraud of the second primary WITH
ates our contract, and as that fraud
extends to all its nominees our course
is clear. .
Or. Bruins also says: From priya
conversations and from letters / have
seen in the papers, have no doubt
that my views are similar to those OF
q great number of the rank and file of
the party and the correctness of this
presumption cannot be seriously ques-
TONED. Many hitherto earnest and
consistent Democrats, Lot a few of
whom have never voted other than a
Democra attic ticket, go further than DR..
Bruins and declare that they regard
themselves absolved from any obliga-
ton to abide by the outcome either of
the first or second primary, and that
the only practical and really efica-
eious way TO give effect to their con-
demnation of the frauds that are known
to have been perpetrated in the latter
contest and which may be reasonably
presumed to have permeated the earlier
one as well, is to vote the Republican
state ticket 10 its entirety,
That is what DR.. Rruns and all other
honest Democrats should do. He is
headed the right way, but he hasn't
gone quite far enough.
ST. Amant Notes.
Maurice and Allen Bourgeois went
to Hard Times last Sunday.
| 2. S. Berteau visited Dutchtown
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Guedry and
family, Mr.. and Mrs Camille j. Cue
dry, Mrs. Jos. MARTINEZ and grand
daughter Miss Ellen Martinez, and
Misses Louise and Julia Hebert en-
ioyed very pleasant picnic at Laurel
Ridge last Sunday.
A surprise party was rendered Mrs.
Robert Gonzales last Saturday night
by a number OF her friends in honor
of her fortieth birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Gonzales was entertaining her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. AL
ees Savoie, when she was startled by
hearing two pistol shots fred appar.
emily in close proximity to her gate.
She rushed to the door to ascertain
the cause of the shooting and was SUR
prised to find that large crowd of
her friends and neighbors had gath
cred in front Of her home. They an
nouneed TO her that the day was the
anniversary of her birth and joined in
wishing her macy returns of the aus
picious occasion, aud by this time
Mrs. Gonzales had recovered her
equanimtty and Invited the merry
party into the house. The young
people INDUCED III ring games aud
other amusements in the parlor, while
the old folks Assem- led ia the sitting
room and talked over events of by
gone days, all enjoying themselves to
the fullest extent. Delicious refresh
ments were served during the evening.
+. P. BOURGEOIS.