St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-10
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Baton Rouge, La, Dec. 5.-By a
vote of so to 45, in the house, and
27 to in the Senate, the General
Assembly of Louisiana toni hit re-
fused to submit the United States
senatorship to a primary vote of the
people.
While the lines were not strictly
drawn, the vote, however, is the first
will take place tomorrow, those vot-
ing to lay the resolutions on the table
representing the Thornton strength,
while those opposed represent the
vote Of the allied opposition. In the
Senate the resolution was presented
by Senator John Marks, of Assump-
tion, and in the House by Representa-
tive R. B. Butler, of Terrebonne.
Baton Rouge, La, Dec. 6.-John
Randolph Thornton, of Alexander,
Rapides Parish, was to-day elected
United States senator, to succeed the
late Senator Samuel Douglas Nc
Emery, and more lately to fill the
vacancy created by the declination
of Governor J. Y. Sanders, by joint
vote of 106 in the General Assent bly,.
He intends going to Washington at
once, and his term will not expire
until 1915.
Thornton: House, IA; Senate, 80.
Total 1O6.
Broussard: House, %; Senate, 5.
Total %.
Wilkinson: House, 5; Senate, q.
Total Z.
Thomas: House, II.
Sanders: Senate, 1.
Senate Lineup:
For Thornton-Amacker, Barous-
Sc, Barret, Brady, Caspari, Corners,
Cordill, Culpepper, Davis, Elder, Es-
topinal. Favrot, Gleason Glynn, Gull
little, Irwin, Liable, Lazaro, Louque,
McVea, O'Connor, Odom, Oglesby,
Perrin, Peterman, Settoon, Stafford,
Voegtle, Watson, We'll Wilbert,
Wimberly. Total 50.
For Broussard-Gueydan, Marks,
McCulloch Provost, Shaffer. Total
5.
For Winkinson-Boggs, Smart.
anders-McLellan.
Lineup in the House:
For Thornton-Speaker Dupre,
Allen, Anderson, Arras, Barrett, Bos-
sier, Briant, Bruner, Byrene, Cald-
well, Clark, Clinton, Comiskey, Coop
er, Cunningham, Currie, Davenport,
Deronen, Dougherty,
Driebholz, Durnin, P. L. Fontenot,
Freedman, French, Generelly, Gull
foil, Gleason, Gonzales. Hardtner,
Henriques Hughes, of Bossier;
Hughes, of Orleans; Hunsicker,
Jahncke, Johnson of Madison; john
son of Bossier; Kaliski, Kantz, Lam
caster, Lagarde, Leopold, Mahoney,
-ansham, Martein, McClelland, Nc
Duff, Means, Middleton, Miller, Mills,
Noise, Moore, Morgan, O'Connor,
Oehmichen, Payne, of Grant; Peters,
Pickard, Polk, Puckett Rhodes,
Ross, Roy, of Avoylles; Roy, of ST.
Bernard; Schumacher. Taylor,
Thompson, Veeder, Ventress, Wall,
Welch. Total, "a.
For Broussard-Barker, Butler,
Chauvin, Claiborne, DeClouet, Dous-
san. Folkes, Furlow, Gay, Johnson,
of Washington; LeBeau, Leblanc,
Locke, Mouton, Robert Rown, Sam
son, Shattuck, Tete Trone, Wilson,
Young. Total, %.
For Wilkinson-Atkinso Groom,
Nettles, Smith, Thomas. Total 5.
For Thomas-Biggs, Farmer, Lit
ton, Mcdonald. of Union; Mcdonald,
of Jackson; Norris, O'Bannon, Payne,
of Winn; Richardson, of Claiborne; !;
Richardson, of Bienville: Roberts.
Total II.
Absent-Devall, Potts and Will
hanson. Total, 3.
The sale that has been going on
at the Fashion Store has been one
of the most successful that has ever
been put on in Covington, and there
have been some rare bargains made
by those who took advantage of the
OnDOrtunity