The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-29
The Seennd Primary.

The second primary election Ior the
nonin alton OF Democratic candidates
for state and local Offices took place
last Tuesday and passed off without
| any more serious disturbance than the
knocking down and locking up OF az
anti-ring commissioners at one OF the
New Orleans polls whose presence
probably interfered with the READY
reckoning OF the majority which thai
particular poll was slated 10 produce
! ia behalf OF the candid ates favored by
the ward bosses. According to the
sabulated returns printed by the Ne"
Orleans Plcayune yesterday the votes
and maiorities for the candid stes for
state 0ffices were as follows:
Lieutenant Governor-P. NJ. Lam
Fremont, IS, 306; James j. Bailey. 35,-
548; Lambremont's majority, 2758.
Auditor Of Public Aecounts-Paul
CapdevieIle. 42,l97; W. $. Frazee,
Is, 943; Capdevielle's majority, ID, 2o4.
Attorney General-W alter Guion,
a, 416; A. V. Coco. 1854; Guion's
majority, l7,642.
Register OF State Land Olfice-Fred.
J. Grace, IS, 2l9; a. w. Crandell, 49,
TAI; Grace's majority, i472.
There are some scattering returns
not jet in. but their aggregate will not
materially alter the foregoing figures.
A comparison OF the vote OF Orleans
with that OF the remaining parishes of
the state Is interesting and significant
as showing that the nomination Of the
lieutenant governor ard auditor was
controlled by the con biu&tiot! effected
between the seventeen ward bosses Of
New Orleans. who piled up such ab-
normal maiorities in the city for their
favorites as 20 overcome the heavy
counter vote OF the country parishes.
Only in the case of Mr. Grace was the
country majority too great TO be null
flied by the city vote for the candidate
O: the bosses. Attorney General
Guion was the sole candidate 10
achieve the distinction of polling a
preponderance Of both the city and the
country vote, and this outcome is q
tribute to his conspicuous ability and
popularity.
Tho defeated candidate for Lieutenant
governor, Hon. james ]. Bailey Of
St. Landry, vigorously asserts the be
lief that he was beaten by chicanery
and fraud, and declares that he will.
exhaust every means towards the ex-
posure Of these crooked practices.
He carried fotty-fye VI the fifty eight
parishes, defeating his opponent in
the country by nearly Is, 900 maj3rity,
but this was more than off set by tbs
majority IF over 1900 given MIR.
Lam Fremont on the face of the city re
turns, The successful candidate meets
The allegations OF city ehieanery BY
intimatioGs of popularity in some Of,
the country returns, and il is not un-
likely that interesting complications
will result if there is indeed a bona
Tide Inquiry MADE into the manner OF
tbe second primary.
The success of A, A, King, the New
River candidate for assessor of this
parish, was foreshadowed 10 these
columns two weeks ago, when We calico
10 the facts that he led his
competitor by nearly a hundred vcles
in the first primary aud hailed from a
section Of the parish that fGl nishad
the bulk Of the Democratic strength
but was represented by only one out
Of the five candidates for parochial Of
fees nominated in January. The lat
ter consideration was no doubt fully
as much factor as Mr.. king abil-
ity and popularity in securing him his
hall hundred majority over Assessor
L. a. Landry last Tuesday. Il was
aothing more tha3 fair that the east
oank of the river and the two populous
interior wards should have at least two
out OF six nominees in representation
of the 8s8 votes cast by this section as
against the 6es votes produced by the |
vest bank wards 0! the parish at the /
Ianuary primary. New River was
Justly entitled to the result achieved in /
Tuesday S contest from the stand point
Vt political guilty, aud the excellent
character OF her victorious candidate
endered the success doubly deserved.
In fhn Gr.;n Of thn t..An.os