The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-03


Edgar H. Farrarr of New Orleans, who
is justly regarded as one of the ablest of
Louisiana lawyers, was elected president
of the American Bar Association at Chat
tanooga this week.
President Taft intends to visit the Pam
anna Canal in November. and cordial
invitation has been extended him by the
New Orleans Progressive Union to sail
from that city 1t is apprehended, how
ever. that limited time may impel the
president to select Charleston as the start
ing point Of the sea voyage.
Whatever may be said of other leaders
in the movement for political reform en-
bodied in the organization of the Good
Government League of Louisiana, the fact
that President Thos H. Lewis of ST. Lam
dry has never held or sought a public of
fee warrants the presumption that he is
guided by patriotic and unseIfish motives.
i tlG SdtllC 10 QOuDl1C5o LIuC VI d AldJO1lly
of the citizens identified with this move
ment, and it will come with Indifferent
grace from the state machine and its
benefciaries to charge that the opposition
is animated mostly by laundering for
the leaves and fishes of official patronage
Acting in his capacity as chairman of
the Democratic parish executive com
mittee, Hon H. G. Braud, of Burnside, viii
distribute next Monday the ballots to be
used in the Democratic primary election
to be held throughout the parish the fol-
lowing day, Sept 6, for the purpose Of
selecting a nominee for member of the
state board of equalization from the sixth
congressional district Mr.. Braud will
also fill out the credentials of the commits
sioners and clerks designated by the par
ish committee TO officiate at the various
polling booths, and will make all other
necessary arrangements for the proper
conduct of the primary. Very little in
terest has been manifested in the cleo
ton in this parish, and the vote will prob
ably be one Of the lightest on record.
NEXT WEEKS PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
Democratic primary elections are to be
held ON the 9th instant in three Louisiana
districts, the fourth, fifth and seventh. the
outcome of which will be awaited with
considerable interest throughout the state
In the fourth district Congressman j. I.
Watkins Of Webster and Judge A. j.
Murff of Caddo have made spirited can
vass, speaking mostly at the same meet
ings and pitching into each other in vigor-
Gus fashion The friends of both candi-
dates appear to be about equally confident
of the success of their favorite, and it is
not easy to make an intelligent forecast
Of the result from this distance. AS a
matter of guesswork we should say that
the sitting member will continue to warm
his congressional chair for another term
Ii Congressman JOS E. Ransdell doesn't
bury his two opponents under big ma
jority in the fifth district, The Chiefs
hitherto high opinion of the people of that
subdivision of the state will suffer a loss
OF altitude. Mr.. Ransdell is one of the
ahIest and most influential members of
the Louisiana congressional delegation,
and il is difficult to conceive that he
could be defeated and discredited before
an intelligent constituency by the small
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made against him by Messrs, Clayton
and McGregor.
Perhaps the most interesting contest to
be settled next Tuesday is that in the
seventh district between Congressman A.
j. Pujo of Calcasieu and Hon. James j.
Bailey of St. Landry. Each asprant de
clares with confidence that he is going to |
win. and each is apparently making the
declaration in good faith. Of course one
OF tie gentlemen is mistaken, and The
Chief viii be prepared next Saturday to
say which is the one and which the other
An associate justice of the supreme
court is to BE nominated in the north
Louisiana district now represented by
Judge A. D. Land Of Cadde. and the con-
test is between that jurist and Judge L.
E. Hall of Onaelita. The latter's sup
porters express great confidence that he
will be successful, aud it won't surprise us
if he lands and Land doesn't.
There are contests for membership of
the State Board of Equalization in two or
three. districts. including the one of which
Ascension parish forms part, but these
are exciting comparatively little interest