The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
ELECTION IN ASCENSION.
Small Vote Cast, Owing to Lack Of
Interest and UnfavorabIe Weather
Republicans Poll Nearly Twenty
Per Cent of Total vote-Harris
Runs Behind Ticket.

bearer of tho Republicans, lie, tn
formers majority being PSI. For su
perlntendent OF public education, tn,
vote was: Harris, Democrat. 303
Carpenter, Republican, 1876. Cover
nor Hall and the entire Democrat.
state ticket were elected. The Re
publlcans polled slightly under 20 pc
cent OF the total vote cast for gov
! ernor, developing a strength great,
IN excess of the Republican registra
| ton in the parish, which is "a.
The result of the election being {
| foregone conclusion, very little inter
est was manifested in the outcome O:
the balloting, and in addition the
weather was unfavorable and helped
TO Keep many voters away from the
polls. The total vote is less thar
one-third of the vote cast at the ex
citing Democratic primary election Of
Jan. % last.
The opposition to Supt. Harris was
very pronounced, and it is the gen.
eral opinion that if Carpenter had
made any kind of canvass of the
parish he could easily have defeated
the Democratic nominee. Sixty-fou1
Democrats refused to vote for Har-
rls, and seven Of them voted for a
superintendent of education other
than the Republican candidate, the
returns showing that one ballot was
cast for B. G. Caldwell, two for J.
L. Rusca, parish superintendent, and
four for D. B. ShoWalter, formerly
superintendent of education in AS
cension, and now filling a like posi-
ton in Rapides.
John Martinez, the Democratic
nominee for constable in the seventh
Justice ward, was defeated by Rose
mond Braud, Independent, by vote
Of 8 to l. With this single exception
all the Democratic candidates for
parish and ward offices nominated
in the primaries of Jan. 23 and Feb.
81 We're without opposition and were
duly elected.
Opposition developed to the Demo
cratic nominees for police juror and
justice of the peace in the second
police jury and third justice ward,
but the eleventh -hour movement to
defeat them proved futile, the vote
being as follows: For police juror,
]. NJ. Curse, Jr., d, J. G. JUDGE "a;
for justice OF the peace, Joseph Cor
DO IS, Perique Falcon "a.
DR.. D. C. Brumfield, nominee for
coroner, led the parish ticket with
1888 votes. Sheriff Hanson was sec
.ond, with 378; Clerk of Court Bar
man third, with g. and Representa-
tive Sidney Marchand fourth, with
81 81 4.
The vote by precincts for governor
and superintendent of education was
as follows:
First Ward
First precinct, Germania Hall Z,
suthon 5, Harris Z, Carpenter 5.
Second precinct, Ascension store
Hall 8, Suthon s, Harris 8, Carpenter
Third precinct, Smoke Bend-Hall
8, Suthon s, Harris Z, Carpenter 6.
Second Ward
Brusly Sacremento--Hall Il, Suthon
Is, Harris 80, Carpenter u.
Third Ward.
First precinct, urthouse-Hall 43,
Sutton Is, Harris 81, Carpenter 10.
Second precinct, Lemann's stable |
Hall 40, Sutton 20, Harris 80, Car
penter 80.
Fourth Ward.
Landry's schoolhouse-Han IA,
5uthon IA, Harris -, Carpenter il.
Fifth Ward.
First precinct, Burnside-Hal1 81,
5uthon 0, Harris IA, Carpenter 0.
Second precinct, Darrow-Ha1l II,
SUTTON 2, Harris Il, Carpenter g..
Sixth Ward.
First precinct, Belle Helene-Hall
!, Sutton 2, Harris +, Carpentry f.
Second precinct, Geismar-Ha1 s13,
'uthon 2, Harris Is, Carpenter 2.
Seventh Ward
First precinct, Gonzales-Hall IS,
'uthon 5, Harris %, Carpenter II.
Second precinct, st. Amant-Eall
2, suthon 4, HARRIS IS, Carpenter 5.
Third precinct, sorrento-Ha1I %.
uthen o, Harris %, Carpenter q
Eighth Ward,
First precinct. prafrieville-Halli,
s, Sutton 10. Harris "a, Carpenter |
Second precinct, Galvez-Ha1l 20,
uthon 0, Harris 10, Carpenter 0. "A
Appointed City Electrician Of !
Thibodaux. II
J. w, BYrnes went to Thihodaux {