The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-26
SATURDAY. NOV. 90. 1910

SATURDAY. NOV. &c. 1910
A constitutional amendment granting
suffrage to women was adopted in the
state of Washington.
Dr. H. H. Crippen was hanged in London
for the murder of his wife. The mother
country sets us striking example of the
enforcement of law and the punishment
OF crime that we could initiate with adj
vantage and credit.
Judge Thornton's parish. Rapides, gave
a majority against the Panama exposition
amendments. 1t may be in order for he
general assembly to ascertain whether
this vote represents the judges sentiment
before electing him United States senator.
The lower branch of the sixty second
congress, according to latest returns, viii
have 227 Democrats, l63 Republicans and
one Socialist The Democratic majority
will therefore be IS. The present house
is composed of 215 Republicans and 172
Democrats.
The New Orleans Progressive Union
has inaugurated the plan of having the
members meet at a weekly luncheon on
Wednesday al which some timely subject
of public interest is discussed. Several
of these affairs have already been held
and were big successes.
According to a contemporary news
heading. Congressman Ransdell wishes to
be counted out" of the senatorial fight
this year. There isn't state in the Union
where it is easier for candidate to be
counted out than in Louisiana. but it's a
novelty to have the victim solicit the
process.
The Hon. Champ Clark, who is likely to
be speaker of the house in the sixty Sec
ond congress. had better go slow on his
mooted sliding scale tariff reduction
scheme. Perhaps review of the history
of the Wilson bill and its horizontal re-
duction" may prove profitable to the gen
tleman from Missouri.
A revolution headed by francesca Ma
dero has broken out in Mexico. and there
has been fighting in several states of the
neiehborins republic. Although advices
are conflicting, it seems from latest re-
ports that the Diaz government has de-
cidedIy the upper hand and that the re-
volt is likely to be OF short duration.
Among the things President Taft
learned about the Panama canal on his
visit to the Isthmus is the fact that the
great enterprise will be finished ahead of
schedule time. Engineer Goethals tells
the president that the canal will be dug
by the end of the year 1918. 1t is ex-
.pected that jan /, 1915. win be designated
as the day for officially opening and dedi-
eating the canal.
The St. Helena Echo trotted out its big
gest rooster picture in honor of the cleo
ton returns and apostrophized the mill
tant bird thus: Crow. you old scamp,
until you burst your gizzard or a blood
vessel, for this is the first chance you
have had in a mighty long time, and you
may never have it again. for our fool
party can be safely relied upon to do the
wrong thing the moment an opportunity
is offered. .
Archbishop j. H. Blenk inaugurated his
annual confirmation tour of the deanery
of Donaldsonville last Monday, the 21st
inst, his first canonical visitation being
paid to the Crosse Tete church in the af-
ternoon of that day. His Grace was
joined at this city Monday forenoon by
Rev. j. III. T. Massardier. pastor of the
local Catholic church, who will accompany
the archbishop's party on their tour Of the
deanery The dates assigned for the
visit of the archbishop to Donaldsonville
are Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday. Dec. 4, |
q canonical visitation of the local church,
college and convent being scheduled for
the former day. and confirmation cere-
monies at the church foring the program
for the forenoon of the second day. His
Grace and party will be in this neiehbor-
hood for several days. as they are sched-
uled to visit Valeuzaela and ST. Martin
chapels on Dec, /. and the St. Francis of
Assissium church at Smoke Bend on Dec.
z. The party win visit St. James Dec. 5.
EXTRA SESSION LEGISLATION.
A number of prominent New Orleans
lawyers, including Edgar H. Farrar. City
Attorney l. D. Moore. 0ner Where, H.
Generes Dufour and Charles J. Theard,
b..va announcod the onir,ian aFfar q thor