The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-18
CAMPAIGN IN FULL SWING.

CAMPAIGN IN FULL SWING.
Candidates for Municipal Offices File
Nomination Papers = Two Full
Tickets in the Field Election Of |
iicers to be Named Next Monday.
The nomination papers Of the various
candidates for municipal offices to De
voted for at the biennial town election
scheduled for Monday, March s, were
filed with the chairman of the Democratic
City Executive Committee last Monday,
within ten days after the meeting OF the
committee fixing the date for the election,
as required by law. On Thursday fore
noon the committee convened at the
courthouse for the purpose OF reviewing
the nomination papers and declaring those
candidates who had no opposition to be
the Democratic nominees for the respect
I've offices to which they aspire, but as
there are two or more aspirants for each
position the meeting of the committee was
merely matter of form and the proceed
ings comprised only the formal acceptance
and recordation Of the nomination papers
of the several candidates.
There are two full tickets in the field,
one commonly designated as the Admin
istration ticket" and the other as the
Citizens League Ticket" The personnel
of each is as follows:
| Administration ticket-For mayor, Chas
| Maurin; for chief of police, Henry Schaff,
ST.: for collector, Robert E. Dill; for treas
| urer, Jos. N. Gisclard; for clerk, Glenn Mol
lere, For councilmen-First ward, JAS.
4 Won Lotten: second ward, D. Israel, Jr.. i.
H. Hanson; third ward, w. D. Park. 3. G.
4 Wathen. For members Democratic City
Executive First ward. Edward
Ramirez, Raphael Singer; second ward, B.
/ j. Vega, R. j. Chauvin; third ward, Got
tlieb Wild, Justilien Delatte; at large,
Adolph Meter, Whitney Comstock, L. j. B
Babin.
Citizens League ticket-For mayor, DR.:
E. K. Sims; for chief of police, John Maher
for collector, Henry C. Duke; for treasurer
Allen Lawless; for clerk, Alfred Landry
For councilmen-First ward, Frank Mi
lano, w. j. Leblanc; second ward, A. ]
Schroeder. D. Ohlmeyer; third ward, Henry
Buquoi, E. D. Melancon. For committee.
4 men-First ward, A. ". Templet, D. B. Do
\. ran; second ward. Paul Wutke, Clinton
Chambers; third ward. B. Miller. Thos
Blouin; at large, Ferdinand Caller, Ar
maud Bloch, L. j. Echeyerria.
!. The only independent candidate is V
L. Duffel, who is an aspirant for the Office
of collector. The fight for this position il
three-cornered affair." and tits PRACTICAL.
certain that second primary will have t,
: be held to select nominee from between
J the two leading candidates in the frs
election.
The personnel Of the Administrator
J, ticket, apart from the candidates for com
nitteemen, is the same as that of tn
present municipal administration. wit
three exceptions, namely: Robert E. Dill
for collector, and E. G. Wathen for alder
man, third ward. replace Henry A. Terri
and j. E. Blum, respectively, who are no
J. candidates for reelection. and Jas. Vo
: Lotten, alderman. first ward, is without
%h fret r1
J. Gilman, Frank Milano. being a candidat
i for reelection on the Citizens Leagu
ticket, having been elected to the councj
as League candidate in the mnnicipa
! election Of 1909.
: A meeting of the city committee will b
held at the courthouse on Monday nexi
Z the Goth inst, at IL o'clock m, for til
purpose of selecting commissioners AM
clerks to offciate at the three precinc
i polling places throughout the city ON TIL
: occasion Of the forthcoming election.
: The Plaquemine Champion, in its issu
: of Feb is, comments as follows on the 10
2 cal political situation:
= Although it is far yet to the municipa
i election in DonaldsonvilIe, still the cam
. paign is on and is getting seething hot
There are two full tickets in the field
/. one headed by the present mayor, Chas
& A. Maurin, who has served three terms
and the other by DIR. E. K Sims. a popu
/ lar and able young physician of tina
place. He is son of the late Judge +
N Sims, and brother of Nick Sims, VIII
managed Wilkinson's campaign. Tn
+ doctor is skilled in the art of politics; is
4 bold, open. aggressive fighter and will ce1
d tainly make himself felt in the contes
s Mayor Maurin has given the town splen
did administration, has lots of friends an
will doubtless put up the fight Of his lift
No matter how the contest may end, Dor
= aldsonyille is certain to have a good ad
+ ministration.
LeBlanc--Landry.
: An interesting social event of the pas
. week was the marriage of Leo Leblanc.
i well-known young mechanic Of this Cit,
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