The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1911-09-07
STATE CANDIDATES TO SPEAK.

joint picnic and open air festival to
be given at Suburban Park, Melon
oghville, on Sunday, September 18th,
by Orange Camp No. 8, and Company
H, Uniform Rank, Woodmen of the
World, are making great progress
with the affair. The programme of
sports and games has been enlarged
in order to accommodate all the ap-
plicants for entrance in the different
events. The main features on the
programme will be a game of baseball
teams of Orange Camp and Company
II, with that world renowned umpire,
c. Berthaut, officiating; also a slow
mule race, and a horse race, both
open to all; applications for entrance
to these races should be made to J.
A. Barrett. A greasy pig race, open
to all, with the pig as the prize for
the one catching him is another feat
ure; applications for entrance to this
race must be made on the grounds to
chairman of the games committee, c.
NJ. McCloskey.
In order that all may be properly
advised, and with the view of fore
stalling any possible criticism of their
actions, the committee takes this
means of telling the public that all
candidates for statewide Office have
been invited to address the crowd by
the following letter, viz:
"Honored Sir-The above Camp will
give an open air picnic and festival at
the Suburban Park on Sunday, Sept.
18th, 1911. This park was formerly
the Suburban race track, and has
capacity for housing 1000 people COM
fortably. 1t is situated just across the
Orleans parish line in Jefferson parish
and is midway between Algiers and
Gretna The population of these two
towns approximate Including their in
termediate section, McDonoghville)
10000 inhabitants, according to the
latest census.
The Woodmen of the World in
New Orleans (including Algiers) con-
sists of twenty-five camps, and over
eight thousand members. Orange
Camp, which is the second largest
camp in the state, has 621 members.
Among the membership of Orange
camp, as well as other camps of the
city and state are men prominent in
public affairs, in different factions
The laws of our organization forbids
the injection of politics or religion
into our workings, but does not debar
us from inviting public speakers at
an affair of this kind.
1T is the desire of the general COM
mittee, of which | am chairman, to
invite all candidates for statewide Of
flee, at the same time guaranteeing to
any candidate accepting our invita-
ton that the affair will be strictly non
partisan and no demonstration will be
allowed in favor of any candidate ex-
cept whatever applause he may elicit |
through his speech. 1t is the further |
ruling of the committee that a time |
limit be placed on the speakers ac-
cording to the number agreeing to |
speak; and, also that no PERSONAL |
ties" be INDUCED in; but, that each |
should use what other arguments he
thinks necessary in furtherance of his
candidacy. The grounds will open at |
O'Clock p. m. and the speaking is |
scheduled for o'clock p. m. An add
ed feature, and one calculated to aug
melt the crowd, is the exhibition drill
Of all Uniformed Ranks of the city,
and a competitive drill between the
Jefferson Guards of Gretna, and Com
pany H, Uniform Rank, of Orange
Camp No. s, Woodmen of the World of
Algiers. The latter two commands
are the two most powerful magnets in
heir respective towns in affairs of
his kind. We have estimated our at
.endance on that day at a minimum of
1000.
in the name of the general COM
nittee l most cordially tender you an
invitation to be present, and deliver
IN address to the assemblage. Should
'ou find it convenient to accept same.
would appreciate your acceptance
Is soon as possible, in order that our
publicity committee can arrange all
printing matter accordingly.
Very respectfully yours,
c. J. Bonner,
Chairman General Committee, GA
Belleville ST."
From present indications the affair
romises to be the biggest of its kind ,
eld at this park or in Algiers. Messrs.
Iswell, Michel, Hall, Pujo, Broussard,
Hebert and Steele have con- ,
ented to accept the invitation. The
dvance sale of tickets is we'll past