The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

FRISCO WINS.

FRISCO WINS.
The fight for the Panama Canal expo
sition has been fit lost and won. San
Francisco carried off the plum. and New
Orleans fell outside the breastworks.
The test vote was taken in the national
house of representatives on Tuesday. ac-
cording to assignment, and resulted in 1873
for San Francisco to l59 for New Orleans.
Curionsly enough. the Pacific coast city
received exactly the number of votes that
the logical point lobbyists bad counted on
getting for their side of the pending
proposition.
Chairman Rodenberg of the committee
on industrial arts and expositions made
an argument for the majority report in
favor of New Orleans that took the house
and the galleries by storm, and if the con-
gressmen had voted as they cheered San
Francisco would have been oyerwhelm-
ineiy defeated. Material influences cut
weighed logic and sentiment, however
and the better place for the biz fair was
beaten.
New Orleans and Louisiana made GAL
liant fight against tremendous odds. and
there ought to be no criticism or back
talk ON that score. With the trans-con-
tinental railway lines, eastern and west
ern capital. Hearst and Tammany work
ing tooth and toenail fur Frisco. and the
more or less active Sympathies of Presi-
dent Taft and nearly all the Republican
leaders in congress enlisted in the same
direction. it is quite remarkable that SO
good showing was made by the south
ern metropolis.
There is some talk about keeping up
the fight and preventing action by the
senate, thus throwing the matter over IN
til the next session of congress. but it is
to be hoped nothing of this kind will be
attempted. San Francisco has fairly won
the prize and New Orleans will demean
herself if she seeks 10 deprive her oppo-
nent of the fruits of the victory. The
only right and clean thing for US to do is
just what we would have expected San
Francisco to do if we had carried the
house.
And San Francisco may be assured
that Louisiana and New Orleans will do
tha ridht md nlaan third
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEATTIE.
Following closely upon the heels of the
announcement that the attorney general
Of the United States had telegraphed con-
gratulations TO District Attorney Charlton
K. Beattie for the latteF's able and sue
=cessful prosecution of the Adler case, came
the surprising statement that the self
same attorney general had parsmptorily
demanded the resignation of the self-same
district attorney
1t appears that this quick transition
from seemingly high favor with his supe-
rior officer to a position of bad odor. so to
speak. arose from the fact that the dis
trict attorney had given expression in an
interview with newspaper reporter of
dissent from the views OF the attorney
General with regard to a matter pending
before the federal grand jury at New Or
leans.
Without attempting to 60 into the de
tails or merits of the controversy, The
thief sincerely trusts that an adjustment
will be reached by which Mr.. Beattie viii
be kept in Office That he is an eminently
able, upright. fearless and conscientious
district attorney has been, demonstrated
by his brief but brilliant record in that
capacity, and none who knew him ever
believed that be could be otherwise.
1t is respectfully suggested to Attor
ney General Wickersham that some relax
alton of the strict rule Of ethics and Ell
quette which seems to have been I'm
pinged upon in this instance, might be
justifiably conceded for the sake of re-
tanning the services of such worthy and
well qualified official.
MIR, Beattie has gone to Washington
presumably for the purpose of comforting
with the attorney general, and it is to he
aoped the result of this conference will be
q withdrawal Of the demand for the dis
trict attorneys resignation.
Red Men Invade Geismar.
A tribe of Improved Order Of Red Mer
was installed at Geismar last Monday by
D.. Il. J. Feltus and Sachem Z. D. Cline d
3aton Rouge. There were twenty pale
faces present. The officers elected were
as follows: Sachem. Leon Newman; senio,
sycamore, r. ], Broussard; junior saga. |