The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
LOUISIANA'S FEDERAL PATRoN
AGE PUZZLE.

Serious differences seem 10 nAF'
arisen in the councils of the Lou
tisiana congressional delegation a
; Washington over the distribution Q
federal patronage.
Senator Ransdell and Congressman
Elder of the fifth district recon
lmended S. M. Barksdale for posi-
: master at Ruston to succe2 rs. L
= lie. Flournoy, whose ter pre-
| more than six months fo
: sore reason the matter flrf
: arqos The rasse 81 swel1 OF tn
Through the influenced Senator
Ransdell, presumably seconded by
his@colleague, Senator Th2ton, the
noMination of Mr.. Gulla sA been
rejected by the senate, Mess
the president is willing &ppoint
the candidate favored by the fifth
district representative and the Lou
isiana senators, Mrs. Flournoy is
likely to hold the fort in the Ruston
postoffice for a good while to come.
Differences of opinion are also prev
alent among the Louisiana legislators
at the national capital regarding the
proper Democrat to be supported for
United States marshal of the eastern
district to succeed Marshal Victor
L4oisels who is reputed to be in dan
ger of removal for pernicious politi-
cal activity in his capacity as men,
Der Of the Republican nationaT com
mittee for Louisiana. Senator Thorn
ton backed Henry Fuqua, formerly
private secretary to Gov. Sanders for
,he job, but Attorney General Nc
Reynolds is said to have declined to |
recommend Mr.. F'uqua to the presi-
lent, and the senatorial support has
1een transferred to Prof. Frank M.
Miller of Tangipahoa, president = of
he state game and fish commission |
Turing the Sanders administration
t is understood that this aspirant is {
lot acceptable to Congressman and
senator-elect Broussard, hence It is
W no means to be taken for granted 4
hat Marshal Loisel will soon be call
ID upon to walk the plank.
The resignation of Internal Reve-
ue Collector Walter Y Kemper was
ent i'll by request shortly before the y
lose Of the Taft administration, in
rider that the outgoing president |
lfght nominate his Yale classmate, |
,ouis LeBourgeois of st. James, for =
lat office. The nomination was
lade, but failed of confirmation by |.
AZ senate, and thus became Of no &
feet. Although the Louisiana del "
cation in congress is said to have p
wen unanimous Endorsement to J II
Y. Fauntleroy, Senator RansdelPs
'ivate secretary and campaign man L
ger, for this place, the president Il
rs not yet taken action in the
.se, and it Is uncertain when he Sc
i'll conclude to do so. The dis ai
rbing suspicion is entertained in N
me quarters that he may ignore II
an as internal revenue collector, 81
ace the district comprises the two
ates and the Mississippi senators OF
d congressman have been in II
user touch and greater harmony 81
tn the administration than have Ia
liority of the Louisiana deIega-
n at Washington. til
Taken all in ALL the situation with be
gard to the distribution Of the ed
bfSS S1ili l1S0CS SI 4SdS1ftl pdtEoL- Nj
. in this state is anything but Sc
lsfactory from the standpoint of pa
} various aspirants and their con- bu
hackers. Just who, where, viz
" and when the administration an
htnfng IS going to strike is a his
'blem that seems as difficult to sic
eeast as are the antics of the the
er kind of lightning that comes OH
N the clouds in stormy weather. the
------- ere
Johnson of Kentucky ]
Ike UP a session of the house in
lmittee on District OF Columbia fou
sirs the other day by knocking tio
n John R. Shields, a Washington Kn
,rney, and then rushing off after nor
istol with which to shoot his an ket
1nist. When the Infatuated Ken Sin
KAN returned there was nobody spe
light to shoot at, gat