St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-10-07
MICHEL DAY At
DONALDSONVLLE
New Orleans Business Men
Prove Themselves to Be
Behind His Candidacy.
ADDRESS OF HON. R. N. SIMS
Former Manager OF Mr.. Wilkinson
pleads for Election of Hon.
John r. Michel.

Donaldsonvil1e, lathe aggrega-
t1on of prominent New Orleans mer-
chants, who came up in a body, form
cd one of the distinct features Of the
John T. Michel rally, and vas taken
by the thousands of countrymen asl
sufficient evidence that the New Or
leans business interests are behind
Michel. Two special cars were filled
with the merchants contingent, which
had been worked up and made q 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-
d0nt OF the GENTLY Terrace, and
president of the GENTLY Commission,
He directed the whole proposition.
my one aim," said MT. Lafaye,
twas to demonstrate to the state that:
the merchants Of New Orleans are be-
hind the Michel candidacy"
Those who made the trip were:
My. Howard, of Nicholas Burk Com
pany, limited; C. P. Judkins, manager
Libby. Mcneil & Libby; Joseph Reut-
or, of J. Reuter- & Co.; Louis Pfister,
wholesale grocer; Charles Weiss, OF
Weiss, Frank & Co.; M. J. Purcell
representing Schmidt & ziegler; W.
p. Coulon, representing Schmidt q
zisgler; Charles Oppenheim, manu-
facturers' agent; William Allen, c
rotary Business Mems League; ]. H.
Young, Jr., with Business Mems
League; H. Waller Fowler, Fowler
a. Black; A. Alost. A. Alost & Co..
florists; DIR. J. N. Roussel, president
Carronton Land Company; Samuel
Bookish, Jr., president ]. D. Blake
more & Co.; Dali Thomas, Jacobson
a. Thcmas; M. A. Baccich, president
GENTLY Terrace Company; P. M. Mil
ner, president Motor League of Louis
| lana; Lawrence Fabacher, president
jackson Brewing Company; ]. f:
Mueller, president Mueller Furniture
| Company; L. NJ. Pool, vice president
| Hibernia Bank and Trust Company;
II. s. Herring, secretary Board OF
Trade; Harold Newman, president
New Orleans Stock Exchange; Sam
BLUM. 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, Stroudhack
& 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 a Co.; Dan Hoffman, presi-
dent Southern Coffee Mills; Pete
Cesse with Francis Martin & Co.; ].
II. Laaye. Jr., J. H. Lafaye & Sons; P.
J. schoen, Jacob Schoen & Son; Dr..
l.. DePoorter, Drs. Dupuy & PORTER;
o. W. Chamberlain, tea merchant; e.
e. LafayS, manager Albert Mackie
Grocery Company; Joseph Blosh, wine
merchant; Charles Wirth, president
Standard Brewing Company; j. S.
Waterman, ]. S. Waterman G Co.;
r. E e. De Montluzin, Baccich & De
Montluzin; S. Locke Breaux, rice mer-
chant; 8. Donald Graham, Graham
Boswell Company; Joseph McCloskey,
McCIoskey Brothers; Earnest J.. Leon
hard, Louis Leonhard & Son; Sam
Segar, Sam segari & Co.; A.Aschaf-
fenburg, A. Aschaffenburg Motor
Company; George P. Blaise, manager
Security Brewing Company; G. II.
Leidenheimer, merchant; r. H. Mari,
lawyer; ]. J. Darrieux, lawyer; Joseph
Darrieux, merchant; Louis Prick,
superintendent T. Hausman. & Son;
Louis Hausman, Hausman G. Son.
In addition to the above list a
large number of the New Orleans
business men journeyed to Donaldson
vile with the ward delegation.