The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03
CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICES

! The result CT the democratic pr
mary of April 22-the nomination
| w. ]. Leblanc over ". D. Park TO
colam missioner Of pie
with the withdrawal Of opposition ca:
didates for commissioner of publ;
health and safety and commissions
Of public parks and streets, leave IT,
following as the Democratic nominee.
for municipal officers to be voted
for at the regular election today:
For commissioner of public health
and safety, ex-officio mayor, Walter
Len1ann.
For commissioner of finance, w
J. Leblanc
For commissioner of public parks
and streets, Frank Milano.
These gentlemen are all SO well
known it is unnecessary that We
should either introduce them to the
community or give them certificates
Of character as reputable and Co
pable citizens. Mr.. Lemann is on 2
Of the leading attorneys of the A.
cension bar, whose capacity and
public spirit are recognized and al
mitted by ALL That he will make an
excellent mayor is proposition that
need not be discussed or speculated
upon, for it will be generally accept :
ed in the light CT a foregone cor
clusion The announcement that he
intends to serve without salary is
only additional evidence of the fact
that he does not seek the office Of
fie.J,-
tive, but with a desire to improve
conditions and promote the public
veal.
Mr.. LeBlanc's experience as an al
derman and bank cashier has given
him a degree Of familiarity with nut
nicipal and general business affairs
that should qualify him for most ef-
ficient service. in the place of com
missioner of finance.
Mr.. MilanoS has also served as an
alderman, and being a skilled me-
chanic and practical artisan, can be
relied on to care for and maintain
the streets and parks OF the city in
the best manner the resources at
his command will permit.
For the latter office the Republi
cans have put forward K. A Aucoin,
and q warm fight has developed be-
tween that gentleman and the Dem
ocratic nominee. 1t is urged in be-
half of Mr.. Aucoin that his time is
his own and can be devoted to the
public interest; that he has had
years OF experience il the line of
work to be performed by the COM
missioner of parks and streets, and
that his own business affairs are an
indication of competency and prop
er. attention.
No matter who should be SUCCESS
full il the fight between these gentsaa-
men, it is wholly safe to assume
that under the direction and manage
ment of a commission composed of
either of them and the two other
progressive citizens named above,
Donaldsonvi1les going to have a
clean, efficient and capable admin
istfation of #itszmunicipa1 government
The action Of Mayor Charles Maui
rim in Withdrawing from the contest.
fforsT - n order to remove
any pretext for Involving the people
Of the city in a bitter faetional or
personal fight, merits cordial rec
ognition and praise. Mr.. Maurin
has filled the office Of mayor con-
lscientiously and creditably for eight
years, and it may we'll be conceded
that his aspiration to retain the po-
sition another term was not prompted
by any spirit of mere ambition %
salfishness, but sprang from the cg2-
viction that under the improved me-
tEtods and conditions promised by
the new system of administration he
could render still better and more
successful service than had been pos
sible heretofore. There is much to
commend and little to condemn in
the record Of his four administra-
tions, and his fair-minded fellow citi-
zens will all cheerfully accord him
8 full need of credit for his eff
forts and achievements in behalf Of
the welfare and good repute of his
native town.