The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-08-26
THE SENATORIAL SCRAP.

Scarcely secondary in its constlt-
uent elements of interest and ex-
citemert to the three-cornered CUB
ernatorial contest Of Candidates Hall,
Michel and Aswell, is the three
cornered scrap between Candidates
Sanders, Broussard and Pujo for the
senatorial seat which is to become
vacant in 1913 Although there has
been no specific challenge or agree
ment for a joint discussion by these
senatorial aspirants, they all spoke
from the same platform at Ruston
on the 4th Of July, Messrs. Brous-
sard and Pujo have spoken togetner
at several meetings since, and
Messrs. Sanders and Broussard held
forth at the Amite City meeting last
week, going after each others rec
ords in spirited fashion AS none Oh
the trio has evinced any dis
position to avoid meeting his COM
petitors on the hustings, there are
likely to be numerous future oc-
casions during the campaign when
the governor and his congressional
rivals will wage verbal battle at
short range and expose each others
shortcomings from the same rostrum.
The gravamen of the indictment
presented by Governor Sanders
against Mr.. Broussard is that the lat
ter has repeatedly deserted the
Democratic party and voted with Re-
publicans in congress, for which rea-
son he has lost caste and influence
as a Democrat and was kicked Off
the important ways and means COM
mittee when his party came into con-
troll of the house Of representatives
this year. The governor has declared
that if he had been in congress four
teen years, as has Mr.. Broussard,
and stood no better with his col
leagues, he would resign his seat in
the lower house rather than seek
promotion to the senate.
The governors objections to Mr..
Pujo are mainly that he too has
consorted and voted with the Re
publicans in congress, and that he
whose
ployment in that capacity is incom-
patible with proper representation OF
the peoples interests and welfare in
| the position Of United States SEN
ator.
The principal arguments advanced
| by Messrs Broussard and Pujo
against Governor Sanders are that he
has broken the pledges of his CUB
ernatorial platform: that he undem-
! ocratically prevented the adoption Of
the income tax amendment by MS
Influence over rne state senate;
| that he violated the primary election
| law and played fast and loose with
| the senatorship, declining it on the
pretense of devotion to the exposl-
ton cause when his real reason was
of an entirely different character,
and that his position on the tariff
questions of such great Importance
to Louisiana is evasiye and in
| sincere.
The third and seventh district
| congressman both cite the unanl-
nous and repeated Endorsements
| given them by their Democratic con-
stituents as sufficient answer to
| the governors accusation of party in
fidelity. Mr.. Broussard returns a
Roland for the resignation Oliver by
saying that if he had been governor
three years and provoked the storm
Of criticism and opposition MAN.:
| tested against the present incumbent
iii all parts of the state, he would
thihE it more becoming to resign the
| sovernorship rather than aspire to
the post of United States senator
Mr.. Pujo announces that he has a
few rods in pickle for the governor
and will bring them into use shortly.
Let the good work go on.
Announcement Rates.