St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-05-28
YOUNG MEMS ALLIANCE
And ALDERMAN
LARCADE.

Opelousas, La, May 2I.-The
Young Mems Alliance replies to-day
to the criticism of Councilman Lar
cade, recently published in The Item.
The alliance reply is, in part, as fol
lows:
THE New Orleans Item:
We notice in your issue of Tues
day, May 10, a letter ~purporting tt
be from Mr.. H. D. Larcade, ST., a
member Of the council Of this city, in
which he severely criticises the
Young Mems Alliance for having
passed a resolution c~ondemning him
for his action in being r~ecreant to
his pledge TO the alliance and to the
citizens Of this city who attended a
public meeting held in the court
house, under the auspices Of the
Young Mems Alliance.
We will cite you some of the ex-
pressions made by him in this speech,
and which served us a basis Of our
resolutions passed in regard to Mr..
Larcade and his promise, together
with his actions in the meeting of the
City Council. He said as follows: ]
am opposed to the maintenance Of
useless Offices, and to the reckless
and extravaganza expenditure Of the
peoples finances
Now if Mr.. Larcade was not in
favor of the reckless and e~xtravagant
expenditure of the public finances, as
he stated in his speech, why is it that
Mr.. Larcade voted against the one
applicant who sent III bis written ap-
plication for the clerk Of the City
Council, offering to do the work for a
salary of $50 per month, and give a
solvent bond for the performance of
these duties---(and when every one in
the city knows that he is qualified to
I'LL the position)-and then turn
around and nominate his nephew-in-
law, who had no written application
for the position, and give him a salary
of SIS per month? Right there is an
instance that shows that he is incon-
sistent with the expressions made in.
his speech and promises to the al
lance.
Another instance in which Mr..
Larcade performed one of his many
feats and which happened at the
same meeting Of the council is when
the election of street commissioner
came up for consideration Of this
body. There was but one written ap
plication for this position and the ap-
plicant stated that he would take the
position for q salary Of $40 per month,
and yet we find that the Hon. Lar
cade, who promised to guard the pub
lie finances, voting against the said
applicant and voting for the father
in-law of another member of the City
Council, who had been nominated BY
the said member of the council at a
salary of $65 per month. This is the
splendid effort of Mr., Larcade to
prevent extravagant and reckless ex-
penditure Of the public finances.
Mr. Larcade secured some fifty
votes from the Young Mems Alliance,
and through their influence, on the
strength Of his pledges and promises
made in his speech the night preced
ing election dag, IN which he promised
to do his utmost toward giving the
city an economical and fair form of
government. Mr.. Larcade also made
these statements to committee from
the alliance appointed to wait upon.
him.
Nov these facts are not to be
denied by this gentleman himself, for
his vote is on record and can be found
in the minutes of the proceedings of
the City Council. If the Young Mems
Alliance had not passed d resolution
condemning the Hon. Mr.. Larcade,
after his action as aforesaid and SINH
lar actions not mentioned in this let
ter, but well known I'd all citizens
who attended the first meeting Of the
council, after its organization, we feel
that he would be unfit to be classed
as citizens and the alliance could
rightfully be branded as an organi-
cation unfit for this or any other com
munity.
He, together with Mr, E. L. Loeb
and Mr. A. st. Cyr, were elected on
an economical platform Of govern
ment and we're opposed to the extra
VACANT form BE government, which
tendency was exhibited in the previ-
Gus council. and as the City Council
is composed of five members and only
two Of them being old members, re-
elected land they by a very narrow
margina it is plain that had Dir. Lar
cade kept his promises to the alliance
and to the citizens who heard him
speak, he could easily have saved the
city some Of the funds ~recklessly ex-
pended for salary that could have
gone for municipal improvements in
this city.
The other womembers mentioned
above spoke the same night, made
The same pledges and promises, and
have kept them by voting to accept
tho written applications of those who
offered to serve the city at a less
salary than the nepbew-in-law of Sir.
Larcade ana the father.in-law az the
other member of the City Council and