The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-07
THE LOUISIANA PRIMARY.

ing guberuatOrlaI eleCuOn III Jaho
ary The returns which have been
published up to the time this sum
mary is prepared include the FOL
lowing results:
For congressman:
First district-Hon. Albert Estopl
nal is renominated by majority w,
wards Of 1000 over Judge Rlchard
3. Otero of Orleans. The latter
DO. led a surprisingly large vote III
Orleans wards, of the district, ana
carried two Of them over his oppo-
nent, but Gne. Estopinal won in the
other seven city wards and received
almost the solid vote of the parishes
of st. Bernard and Plaquemines.
Second distribution. H. Garlan&
Dupre was renominated, defeating
Louis LeBourgeois of St. James by
upwards Of 5000 majority. Mr.. LIE
Bourgeois carried his own parish by
nearly 400, and ran good race III
st. John and St. Charles, but was
distanced in Jefferson and the city
wards.
Third distribution. Robert F.
Broussard ran away from his oppo-
nent, Hon. Henri l.. Gueydan, the
latter carrying only his own parish,
Vermilion, while the present con-
gresham and senator elect received
majorities in all the other seven par
ishes OF the district. Broussard,s
majority Is about 450O
Fourth district-Hon. ]. T. Wat
kins, present congressman, carried
every parish Of the district over
Frank J. Looney of Caddo, and is
renominated by upwards of 1000 ma
7iority
Fifth district-A close triangular
race was run by Messrs. Elder and
Dawkins of Ouachita and Clayton OF
Coneordia, with the last named in
the rear A second primary will be
necessary to decide whether Mr..
Elder or Mr.. Dawkins is to be the
nominee.
Sixth district-Complete returns
from seven parishes and incomplete
figures from the other five foot up
as follows: Lewis Il. Morgan Of st.
Tammany 1888, Ferd. G. Claiborne of
Pointe Coupee 2740 Amos L. Ponder
of Tangipahoa 2770, T. Sambola
Jones of East Baton Rouge 1868. If
these totals are not materially al
tered by complete returns, a second
contest between Messrs. Morgan and
Claiborne will take place.
Seventh district-Jno. w. Lewis
OF st. Landry leads with 1901 votes,
L. Lazaro of the same parish polling
1921 and r. J. Chappuis of Acadia
receiving 1878. There will be a sec
ond primary, with Messrs Lewis
and Lazaro as the cont es 8 alits S. d
ghfl1 I'll B. AsWell
oil Natchitoches and Thos w. Perrin
of LaSalle are III neck-and-neck
race which will require complete re-
turns to decide. Each candidate re-
ceiyed upwards of 1900 votes.
Justice of the Supreme Court.
First district-Judge w. B. Som
meryille is renominated by major
ity of about 10000 votes over Judge
Frank McGloin. Judge Sommerville
appears to have carried every parish
OF the district and every ward of
New Orleans.
Second district-Judge A. D. Land
of Caddo has been renominated by
a large majority over Judge L. t.
Watkins of Webster, the latter prob
ably carrying his own parish, but
losing every other.
Fourth district-There were six
for associate justice in
this district, and the approximate
votes they received are as follows:
O'Neill of st. Mary 1926; Caillouet
Of Lafourche 1888, Guion of Assump-
ton 1881, Breaux of Iberia 1886,
Pugh of Ascension 1910, Reid of Tan
gipahoa 1l24 In view Of the sur
prisingly large vote polled by Judge
O'Neill it is doubtful If any Of his
will care to enter a sec
ond primary against him. Each of
the six candidates carried his own
parish, but Judge O'Nein was the
only one to receive a majority vote
in any parish except his own.
Results In New Orleans.
The regular Or ring ticket was sue
csesfuI in the city Of New Orleans,
Chandler G. Gutenberg receiving 49,
SSs votes for district attorney,
against 1874 for Donelson Caffery
and 1902 for Jos. e. Generally. Lu-
zenberg's majority over the com
bined vote of his two opponents was
only 1883.
The remainder of the regular can
lidates went in by majorities rang
Ing from PASS to 1864.
Although defeated, the Good Gov
forces are by no means dis
having reduced the ma
|ority of the ward boss combination
very materially. The league leaders
express confidence in their ability to
win at the primary to be held in
October for the nomination Of COM
to direct the affairs Of
he city under the commission form
II government already approved by
ne people. The regulars profess
lot to be worried and claim that
hey will repeat in October the sue
:ess that they achieved last Tues
lay.
III the judicial district composed
If Jefferson, St, Charles and st. John
parishes Judge P. E. Edrington and
District Attorney L. H. Marrero were
by very slim majorities