Tensas gazette., 1911-11-03
MICHEL DAY At
DONALDS0NV|LLE
New Orleans Business Men
Prove themselves 10 be
Behind His Candidacy.
ADDRESS OF HON. R. N. SIMS
Former Manager of Mr.. Wilkinson
Pleads for Election Of Hon.
John 7. Michel.

Donaldsonville, lathe aggrega-
ton. of prominent New Orleans mer-
chants. who came up in body, form
ed one of the distinct features of the
John T. Michel rally, and was taken
by the thousands of countrymen as
sufficient evidence that the New Or
leans business interests are behind
Michel. Two special cars were filed
with the merchants contingent, which
had been worked up and made sue
cess through Mr.. e. e. Lafaye, in less
than two days time. He is the gen.
eral manager of the Albert Mackie
Grocery Company, and is vice presi-
dent of the Gentilly Terrace, and
president of the Gentilly Commission.
He directed the whole proposition.
"My one aim," said Mr.. Lafaye.
"was to demonstrate to the state that
the merchants of New Orleans are be-
hind the Michel candidacy"
Those who made the trip were:
Mr.. Howard, of Nicholas Burk Com
pany, limited; C. p. Judkins, manager
Libby, Mcneil & Libby; Joseph Reut-
or. of ]. Reuter- & Co.; Louis Pfister,
wholesale grocer; Charles Weiss, of
Weiss, Frank & Co.; M. ]. Purcell.
representing Schmidt & Ziegler; w.
P. Coulon, representing Schmidt &
Ziegler; Charles Oppenheim, manu-
facturers' agent; William Allen, sec
retary Business Mems League; ]. H.
Young, Jr., with Business Mems
League; H. Waller Fowler, Fowler
G Black; A. Alost. A. Alost & Co.,
florists; DIR. J. N. Roussel, president
Carrollton Land Company; Samuel
Bookish, Jr., president ]. d. Blake
more & Co.; Dali Thomas, Jacobson
& Thomas; NJ. A. Baccich, president
Gentilly Terrace Company; P. M. Mil
nef, president Motor League of Louis
lana; Lawrence Fabacher, president
Jackson Brewing Company; ]. f..
Mueller. president Mueller Furniture
Company; L. M. Pool. vice president
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company;
H. s. Herring, secretary Board Of
Trade; Harold Newman, president
New Orleans Stock Exchange; Sam
Bum. produce merchant; Sam Dia-
mond, representing Nicholas Burke &
Co.; F. N. Miller. representing w. A.
Gordon Company; Ben Casanas, presi-
dent Merchants Coffee Company, and
president Mercantile Club; w. H.
Ker. Charles Stroudback. Stroudback
& Sterp; Sam Stone, Stone Brothers: !:
Adolph Dumster, A. Dumster & Co.;
and president of the Metropolitan
Bank; D. r. Graham. Graham-Boswell
Company; Jules Koeing. Jules Koeing
& Co.: Henry B. Schneider, H. b.
Schreiber & Co.; Dan Hoffman, presi-
dent Southern Coffee Mills; Pete
Casse, with Francis Martin & Co.; j..
IL Lafaye, Jr., ]. H. Lafaye & Sons; p.
J. Schoen. Jacob Schoen & Son; DIR.
l.. DePoorter, Drs. Dupuy & Poorter;
o. w. Chamberlain, tea merchant; E.
Il. Lafaye, manager Albert Mackie
Grocery Company; Joseph Blosh, wine
merchant: Charles Wirth, president
Standard Brewing Company; J. s.
Waterman, ]. s. Waterman & Co.;
r. e e. De Montluzin, Baccich & De
Montluzin; s. Locke Breaux, rice mer-
chant; s. Donald Graham, Graham
Boswell Company; Joseph McCloskey,
McCloskey Brothers; Earnest ]. Leon
hard, Louis Leonhard & Son; Sam
Segari. Sam Segari & Co.; A. Aschaf-
fenburg. A. Aschaffenburg Motor
Company; George P. Blaise, manager
Security Brewing Company; G. H.
Leidenheimer, merchant; r. H. Marr,
lawyer; ]. j. Darrieux. lawyer; Joseph
Darrieux, merchant; Louis Frick,
superintendent T. Hausman & Son;
Louis Hausman, Hausman & Son.
In addition to the above list a
large number of the New Orleans
business men journeyed to Donaldson
vile with the ward delegation.
Address Of Hon. r. NJ. Sims.
Donaldsonyille. La.-At the political
rally here, which marked the opening
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