The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-29
FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS FOR

FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS FOR
LOUISIANA.
According to recent publications in
tho New Orleans press, it is prac-
tically settled that the appointment
OF retiring United States Senator
Murphy J. Foster as collector OF
customs at the port Of New Orle-
ans viii ne recommended to Presi-
dent Wilson with the unanimous ap-
prevail OF the Louisiana COMPRESSION
al delegation, together with the in
dorsement OF National Committee
man Robert Ewing and other prom
inent Democrats whose voices are
presumably influential in party coun
ellis in this state.
1t is also announced there will be
no opposition to the claims Of ex-
State Senator Jos. VoegtIe to the
New Orleans postmastership.
State Senator VIM. II. Byrnes of
the tenth ward OF New Orleans
Col. EWing's bailiWick-is believed to
have the inside track for United
States Attorney Charlton r. Beattie's
succession, but several other as
pirants are in the race. Among the
conteIsders are our genial and pop
ular Assumption neighbor, Hon. John
Marks, and if he and his friends
make an earnest fight for the place,
the other candidates will at least
know there was "scrap."
rFharp arn coun,.ol ron,1+od oo,Ii
dates for the post of United States
marshal for the eastern district, in
Guiding Chas. K. Fuqua of Baton
Rouge, NJ. J. Rooney of New Orle-
ans and Adam 'Estopinal of St. Ber-
nard. Former Sheriff Kirkpatrick of
Claiborne parish is thought to have
the best chance for the marshalship
on the western district.
Sheriff Jack Parker Of Ouachita
parish has been considered the most
promising candidate for naval Of
ficer of customs, but Representative
J. Marian Hamley of Lake Proyi-
dence, Senator Ransdell's home town,
is after the place and may prove a
formidable competitor of the popu-
lar young Ouachita sheriff.
The friends of ex-Sheriff Louis
LeBourgeois of St. James are hope
full that his nomination for collector
of internal revenue, which lapsed
with the close of IT, Taft admins
tration because it had not been con-
firmed by the senate, will be renewed
by President Wilson. There are
other aspirants for the place, how
ever, including J. S. Y. Fauntleroy,
Senator Ransdell's secretary and
campaign manager and it remains
to be seen whether the heavyweight
St. James entry will distance them.
He is reported to have the backing
of Congressman and Senator-elect
Robt. F. Broussard, and that surely
ought to help some.
There are at least three Louisiana
applicants for appointment in the
diplomatic service-Col. T. Sambola
Jones of Baton Rouge, who is like
ly to be recommended for United
States minister to Cuba, or consul gen
#eral at Havana; Hon. Henri L. Guey-
dan of Vermilion parish, who is
strongly indorsed for minister to
Guatemala, and Judson Harris Of Jen-
nIngs. who is accredited with a de-
sire to fill some Spanish eonsulship.
# the Wilson administration fol
lows the precedent set by the Cleve-
land, Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft
regimes, and permits efficient and
reputable officers to fill out their
pending terms, there will be few
olo ,+o
to come. With the exception of
United States Attorney Beattie,
whose term has expired, and Internal
Revenue Collector Walter Y. Kemper,
who resigned by request to give
the opportunity to President Taft
to nominate his Yale classmate, Mr..
LeBourgeois, the present incumbents
of the federal offices have from one
I'd three years tenure yet to their
credit. Inasmuch as President Will
son has always been classed as an
earnest advocate and supporter of
the merit system as applied to the
civil service, and in view of the
course he pursued as governor Oh
NEW Jersey, It is Nerallg believed
that he will decline 90 displace for
party or personal considerations ca
pable and worthy Republican office
holders before the expiration Of the
terms for which they were respect
lively appointed.
Twenty-three for Roy's Voice.
The ST.. Bernard Voice turned
tWenty-three in January and is now
headed towards it's twO-doZenfh an