New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-01-06
CONSISTENT ~ MIR. GUEY-
DAN.

1t will be interesting to those
who heard Senator Henri Guey-
dan speak at Stock Landing two
weeks ago to know how he stood
when the game and fish laws were
( before the General Assembly. Of
which he is a member. There
is nothing like facts, and if they
, put our estimable friends. who is
a candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor on the Good Government
League ticket, is an embarrassing
position he has only himself to
blame for it. We heard Senator
Gueydan, in his French address.
roundly denounce the game and
fish laws-the game commission
and the game wardens in particu-
lar-and from the tone Of his re-
marks one would believe that h
was innately averse to conserva-
tion in any form. But when the
facts are disclosed the worthy
senator is found to have distin-
gHished himself as member of
the State Senate principally by
voting for every fish and game
law that came up for consideration
and not content with that, he
tried with all the might at his
command to hold the kill cf
ducks at % a day, and succeeded.
The Voice does not believe that
any candidate in past political
campaigns was ever as guilty Of
such glaring inconsistency or of
entertaining such antipodal views
within so brief a period on the
same questions.
We find Mr.. Gueydan's record
in the Senate Journal, as follows
Page 476, on June q, 1910,
House Bill No. 40, by Mr.. Clin-
ton. the fresh and salt water fish
law-Mr. Gueydan voted in favor
of this law.
Page 536, on June 80, 1910, |
House Bill No. AZ. known as the |
oyster law-Mr. Gueydan voted !
for this law.
On June 80, 1910, page 572,
House Bill No. 366, the law ere
ating the game commission and
the game wardens-Mr. Geuydan
voted in favor of it.
On July /. 1910, on page 621.
House Bill 303, the law regulating
the catch of shrimp and licensing
seines- Mr.. Gueydan voted eyes
On June 81, 1910, page 359,
House Bill No. 80. the law regu-
latiag the catch of terrapin-Mp.
Gueydan voted in th's affirmative.
On June 81, 1910, page $50,
House Bill No. 105. the oyster
Gueydan voted in
he affirmative.
On June 81, 1910, page AIS,
he law Emitting the kill of ducks
Der day by professional hnnters--
Mr.. Gueydah voted to fix the
ill at Is ducks. The bill, which
fixed the kill at 25
lucks. had been amended and
he kill increased to so ducks, but
lespite the fact that the fish and
.ame committee of the Senate. of
which he was a member, recon-
nended a fifty-duck kill and that
le filed no minority report, it
vas on Mr.. Gueydan's motion on
he floor Of the Senate that the
ill was changed from so to 25
Iucks.
As the i'll providing for trap
'ers' LICENSE was killed by a viva
'oce vote, the record does not
how how Senator Gueydan voted {
n this proposition, but he might
us. This measure was
Unsigned to the legislative grave
ard by Senator Adam Estopinal,
f this parish. Il
If the people are burdened with !
laws, who was in
trumental in bringing them into ]
eing9
Senator Gueydan. The record t
how it.
And to think that he and his
ellow-reformers are going the 9
ounds of the State denouncing1
he game and fish laws from the
ustings and vowing that they |
ill abolish them if elected when +
hey know that the interests of f
ne State demand that there be 4
in some form or an o
tthher. Isn't this fooling the peo- a
le, or trying to do it. to say S
othing Of the inconsistency and t.
of our Goo Goo :
urists and saviors of the State.
st. Bernard Voice.