St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-09-03
THE CONGRESSMAN
FROM CALCASIEU''
Nr. PujO Has Represented His OWa Parish, ii
The Exclusion Of the Other Parishes.
HAD LARGE APPROPRIATIONS
Made for Enterprises In Calcaslas. i Otfsf
Parishes IN the District Received
Promises Only.
Congressman Pujo should Be known

9oAR 0sstildh e 40 sn0ulQ De know
as The CONGRESSMAN from caIcs
sieu, 2 instead Of as The Congress,
man from the Seventh Congression.
District
He has served only his home pal
Eish in the appropriations Of whic
he 50 exultantly boasts Of.
/ The other parishes, with few ez
ceptions, have bad to get along d
promises
Caleasieu gothic appropriations
the other parishes the promises.
His own circular letter to the peo
pie tells the tale, which follow
further on in this article.
st. Landry has the best-founde,
grievance of them all, however. NIL
Pujo has made repeated promises /,
open the Courtableau to navigation
but the drift which obstructs it i
still at Little Devil, although a drift
Of a similar character in johnson
Bayou, where there are no railroads
has been removed by Government ap
preparation.
The people of that entire Wash
ington section Of st. Landry are
vastly interested in the opening oi
the Courtableau, so as to give then
water competition with the railroads
Mr.. Puio does not represent steam.
boat companies, in a legal capacity
But he represents, BY bis own ad-
mission, railroads and express com
panies.
There may not be anything in this,
and we would not charge Mr. Puio
with being sWayed In his action ID
this matter BY the fact that parcels
post, which he opposes, Is against the
interest Of the express companies,
and the opening Of the Courtableau
to navigation would be detrimental
TO the interest of the Southern Pa
cifc Co, but things fit il 50 nicely
that It is worth while mentioning.
Again, while Mr.. Puio might not
be corrnptly Influenced, it must be
admitted that long association breeds
9 friendly feeling, and especially
when that intimate association has
been remunerative, as between him
self and the railroad and express
companies, whose counsel be is.
Anyway, we started to point out
that Mr.. Pujo has devoted very much
OF bis time to securing appropriations
for Caleasieu parish, his home, TO the
exclusion Of other parishes, and par
ticularly to the exclusion Of st. Ian
dry.
These figures are gathered from
his own statement. Here they are:
Sl30, 600, for the Improvement Of
Of CALGAsIEU Pass.
Sl25,00o, for Federal Building at
LAKE CHARLES, Mr.. Puios home
town, il CALGAsIEU parish.
$4,000, for Federal Building at
jennings, in Calcasieu parish.
100000, for Inland Waterway
through CALCAsIEU parish.
Total appropriations for GALCA-
sIEU parish, the home of the Con
gresham from the SEVENTH C0
GREssI0NAL DISTRICT. amounts 10
FOUR HUNDRED AND FIV 81.
DOLLARS (S4O5. .O00).
with prospect Of S430, 600 more TO
complete the canal.
Now let's see what the Congress
man from the Seventh Congressional
District has done for the other par
Ishes and towns Of the District IL
5he way Of appropriations. Here I'll
IS:
s2500, for removal Of bar at
Bayou Johnson, Cameron parish.
Sl5, 900, for the protection Of the
waterfront at Alexandria, Rapides
parish.
S55, 600, for a Federal Building at
5roWley, Acadia parish.
81 900, for the removal Of obstruc-
ions in Bayou Plaquemine, Acadia
}arish.
Making a total appropriations
BY me- (Mr. Pujo) outside Of
lls home parish of SEVENTY Y-SIX |
thousand, FIVE HUNDRED DOL
! A Rs, against FOUR HUNDRED
ND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
OF bis own parish, with prospect
i $3.50, 900 more for that same par
sh Of Mr.. Pujo.
Grant, Ayoyelles, ST. Landry, Ver-E
!on, are not mentioned IN these aap- /
lropriations. = They did not get d
ent of these appropriations OIL
practically S911 500, of which $685. It
100 were appropriated for Calca-
asieu, and STE, 500 for the parishes
i Rapides, Acadia and Cameron.
st. Landry got The PROMISE from
fr. Pajo TO open the Courtableau.
Il his influence is as strong with
be Republican administration aa he
casts ii Is, it is to BE presumed that
q could have used that influence To
rant to the most populons parish III
bis district at least this Just petition
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