The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-01-13
ASCENSION,S SEM TORIAL
CANDIDATE.

1t has been pertinently suggested
that the Democratic voters of As
cension may well guide their course
at the primary election of the 23rd
instant, with reference to the choice
of a state senator from this district,
by considerations of civic pride and
goodwill for .thome man. without
regard to factional alignments or
differences of opinion as to other
candidates..
1t is matter of more or less COM
mon knowledge that there are four
aspirants for the senatorship, three
of whom are from St. James and
one from Ascension.
Under some circumstances, in view
of the fact that the last senator from
the dAstrict-the late lamented f. NJ,
McCulloh-was citizen of Ascension,
it might be regarded in the line of
political comfy and fair play to con-
cede the selection OF the senator this
time to st. James; but there is such
utter lack of unanimity and such
wide division of sentiment in the
neighboring parish as to the fitness
and claims Of the several local as
pirants, that it is more than proba-
Bile the Ascension candidate will be
preferred and supported by a liber-
al proportion of St. James voters.
A situation of this kind would seem
to offer full justification to the Dem
ocrats of our parish to, give united
support to their co-parishioner, who
is quite the equal of any of his COM
petitors in point of character and
capacity, and perhaps better quail
fled than any of them from the
standpoint of such experience in the
public service as appertains to the
functions and duties of state sem
ator.
The Ascension candidate is Chas.
A. Maurin, mayor of DonaldsonVille,
who has held that office for period
of nearly seven years, having been
reelected last May for his fourth
consecutive term of two years. He
| is one of our most progressive and
popular citizens, a ready speaker
and skilled parliamentarian well-in
formed on public affairs, interested
in large commercial enterprises, a
property-holder and tax payer, i'm
bued with conmendable degree Of
civic pride, and goodwill for al
classes of law-abiding people, an6
claiming the Endorsement and conf
dence Of his fellow citizens on al
admirable platform.
! He has declared himself in favor
Of reforming the present system q
i taxation SO as tosdistribute its bur
dens more equally and Justly seq
tregating state and local taxation; ap
! proving the pending constitutions
amendment which provides for a fed
eral income tax; conserving fish
oysters and game along practica
lines, vesting ward constables will
the functions of game wardens ant
increasing their compensation com
mensurately; local option on the Ii
quor question; better facilities To-
the care of the states insane; lib
eral appropriations for Confederat
veterans and their wives, and thu
application Of state and parish re
sources to the construction of goot
roads.
This declaration of principles
which undoubtedly accords with thu
best public sentiment on the ques
tons involved, is supplemented b.
Mr.. Maurin's statement that he i!
a candidate as native and lifelong
resident, always a consistent Demo
crat, who pledges his record in guar
antee of his future course as a pub
lie servant and solicits the supper
Of all his Democratic felloW-citlzens