The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-11-30

tax this year,
some candidate tef Office
Why should h.9
There NJ no rlcc ion ou ih2 cat,il
dae, On'Sidr Of the clll election
for municipal officers, T ne VIII
he specially Interested ~ for fhc
next two years, or more
A candldatr for \ commissioner
Shlp. under the Commission TO, m
nf Cove, ninent whlrh Tins cltN
will have. will hardly undertake
that expense, fer the veiy good
:, ason thar, while you may give
hun your FIRST Cholc" vote 'n'
the position he setk., in rouslh'la
ton Of his sollcltuhe about your
citizenship, yet he knows thar you
may be disposed TO give AZ "Pr"
nent Your Second an! Ihfd
Choice votes, ~ you will be prlv1l
eyed to do aud as Non should %
in voting the Preferential Bal
lot, wh,rh Will be used in he next
city election.
70 illustrates: suppose some can
dihate FOR the mayoral'y shou q
conceive the iGea that IL VIII add
100 votes to his count ~ hr elrr
ton is distributing 100 p"Ia tax
receipts among the "bols." This
has been ID part of the effective
"polltics' vt the past. But today,
that candidate viii think twice be
fore he acts along such lines II
he pays for 100 poll tax receipts
today be may ba buying 700 First
Choice votes for himself; but he
ia just ~ certainly paying for 200
votes, which, If east, will be ana
must be east aud counted against
him.
WIFI he hny that kind Of votes?
The political Warrior OF many
has long since rccog
nized the fact that the New iberia
voter, as q rule, in very indepenh
cnt. Tie in not seIf tie 'hinke
for himself and votes a. he plr.se>,
regardless Of he fact of who paid
I he poll tax. The election return
ii many campairgs fully suhstan
tate this. Neither do on, voters
Indicate. before the election, til.
trend Of their minds. Therefore.
he many surprises held III IT,.
count.
The result Of the election fuI
HE Commission thaItct for tbs
.ity was a surplis" 10 every oa!,
Its advocates felt reasonably cot
ident of success, hnt they bad no
such a "iand sid.
The PIE election aspect 81 IT,,
contest for municipal control OF
he water and light plant was any
hing but reassurlng TO 'ha pros
yet, they carried the day AT The
DOlls.
The canal tax, in its Last cam
,aigD, was thought to tie an cas-,
yinner-yet Il lost ont.
The Last election for city officers
divided the honors between iln
,wO tickets. Honors were divided |
wen between those candidates
hat were cat large"
This il a most proper condition
with the tax pa, ing
,oter. He has the freight {,
,ay,' aud he should choose dis
,retly lhOse HON he believes to
'e best qualified TO discharge tht
iuties OF the positions sought
rbe preferential ballot will b,
most effective Of good results
when employed by an independent
decorate.
On Wednesday afternoon MI
crank } Mestayer, the Tax col
pctOr, SAID to ~ that while IN
'ad not counted up the poll ,aS
eceIpis issued I" New iberia vol
RS, yet be felt certain that the
lumber, that day, did not *
Fed %
Think Of il!
New Iberia has easily 900 voters
Tho can qualify 80 ~ to exercise
be privilege o. citizenship
In 1905, in the contest for til,
Jay crafty, JG4 votes were cast
: Ia 1909 the total vO.t for the
layOraI,y was G29.
What will it b. in 1919?
Are you going to di~frahc.iSr
Ourseltg
There will br 81 days IL D,:,sn
er, With six holidays off This
'aves % days-al, busy days-m
hlch You may preserve your
ght to vote by getting 4 poll tax
'ce'pt These 20 days are gong
melt away ike magic Yon,
,pslse j. good-if acted upon
% il now.