The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-02-16
ACTUATED BY DESIRE
FOR PUBLIC GOOD
WAS STATEMENTS MADE BY SPEAKERS AT COURT HOUSE
SATURDAY NIGHT EXPLAINING FORMATION
OF COMBINATION TICKET!
Ad dresses by Judge VIM. ca ampbeiI, Judge Julien
Mouton, e. q. Voorhes and c. D. Caffery.

in this parish, resulting in its present
to vote a straight ticket so that the
council being all made from one tic
ket there would be be no wrangling
at its meetings.
Mr.. Felix MoutOn interrupted Judge
MoutOn to make the statement that
while the meetings were held in his
office, he refused to participate, which
Judge Mouton acknowledged. DR..
Martin also called attention that
Judge Mouton had omitted to men,
ton that division of the offices was
agreed to.
Mr.. E. c. Voorhies was then intro
duced, and said in part that he had
always advocated what he considered
for the best interests of the town. La
fayette had been divided to its great
injury by factional differences and a
house divided against itself can not
stand. He with others had been
called bosses, and if bossism meant to
do the very best you know how for
the good of the people, then he would
stay in the category of bosses all his
life. For six months friends had
asked him why don't you do away
with factionalism? Human nature is
human nature and when there are two
factions they will promise more offices
than needed. They agreed on reduc-
ing the number of Offices and the sec
retary's salary. Didn't call mass
meeting and fix up ticket in secre
and rush through meeting with an
"aye, ave. nor did they want one
faction to control the meeting. He
then recounted as had been done by
previous speakers, how the combina-
ton ticket was formed, and said if the
men concerned were wrong, then DR.
Martin was wrong and he was doubly
wrong for for forming another ticket.
No one has right to impugn the mo-.
tives of others. He closed by saying
that if you vote for the combination
ticket it will be an encouragement to
do awry with factional differences; if
you vote for the other ticket you vote
for a continuance of factional differ
ences to the great injury of the town.
He did not discuss the personnel of
the other ticket, but besought the
voters present to vote for the combi-
nation ticket and then let al pull to-
gether to make OF make Lafayette the
ueen City of Southwest Louisiana.
Mr.. c. D. Caffery followed and
among other things said that he had
strong factional feeling, but had
stronger feeling in desire to see the
town build up. The present outcry
against the combination ticket was
tempest in teapot, for any set of
citizens had right to do as they did,
their basic object was to do for the
good of the town, you may call them
politicians or bosses if you wish, but
at any rate call them citizens and tax
payers. The election was coming on,
no ticket was formed, didn't knowAG
any, and he went into the plan -
unite the factions in good faith for the
good of the town and he was going to
stick to it. AS a candidate he be-
lieved in harmony, in economy, and
curtailing the number of offices. He
stood for paying the collector 500
month, the secretary $3.50 a year and
the police $50 month. He declared
that the waterworks and electric
light plant was costing too much
and expressed the purpose of finding
out why. This is free country and
everybody has right to run if they
want to. and we are doing the same
thing, and we mean to do right.
The audience then called on DR.. G.
A. Martin who began by saying that
he expected to be torn wide open and
had made up his mind to be calm.
The gentlemen who preceded him had
told the truth as to how the combina-
ton ticket had been formed. He also
had good of town a. heart Mentioned
running against Mai. DeClouet for
Representative and declared that hav-
tied with him entitled him (Martin)
to run for mayor. In seeking this Of
ice he was again pitted against one
OF his best friends. He wouldn't prom
ise to vote for all of the candidates on
the ticket with him, there were good
men on the other side. Wanted every
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