The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-09-05
RESULTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARIES

! L AItiEo.
All the present members of cor
gress from Louisiana, with the sll
: gle exception of Hon. Walter Eide
from the fifth district, have been II
nominated and will have their name
on the regular ballot under the Demo
cratic rooster at the November elet
ton.
Hons. II. Garland Dupre of the SEE
ond district, Henri l.. Gueydan Of tn
third, J. T. Watkins Of the fourth
and Lewis L. Morgan Of the sixt
had no party opposition and Wer
therefore absolved from the necessit
of running in the primaries.
At the Democratic primary cleo
tions held on Thursday of last Week
the following results were recorded
Gen. Albert Estopinal of the first dis
trict defeated Judge Richard E
Otero by the overwhelming majorit,
Of 1852, Estopinal's vote being 800
and Otero's 24O0 The popular frs
district congressman carried all thu
eight city wards and both the coun
| try parishes comprising the district
while his opponent only managed t
get neagre majorities in two small
| precincts of the ninth ward OF New
Orleans.
DR.. Ladislas Lazaro of the seventh
district also defeated Hon. Aladdin
Vincent of Calcasieu parish by sew
eral thousand voters, carrying every
parish in the district.
Hon. James B. Aswell achieved a
like victory in the eighth district
over his opponent of two years ago,
Hon. I. w. Perrin Of LaSalle, AS
wells vote totalling 1886 and Per
rims 1916. The contest in 1917 be-
tween these gentlemen was very
close, and not a few predictions were
made in and out of the district that
Mr.. Perrin would win out this time,
but the result indicates that DR.. AS
wells course in congress has been
such as to make him very solid with
his Democratic constituents.
In this same district VIM. Ponder
defeated Judge Oglesby, sitting mem
Der of the state board of equaliza-
ton, by 1O49 votes. All the other
members of this board were renom.
mated without opposition.
John E. Fleury of Jefferson de.
feated James V. Chenet of ST. John
by about 300 votes for the extra dis
trict judgeship in the tWentyeighth
judicial district, and W. S. RoWnd OF
Livingston beat Hypolite Nixon OF
Tangipahoa in a similar contest in
the tWenty-fifth judicial district by
100 hHiv0.,# pc-
hoa and St. Helena by small MAORI
ties, but RoWnd's majority of 267 in
his own parish won him the nomi-
nation. There were four candidates
for an extra judgeship in the thir-
teenth judicial district, who received
the following votes: James An
dreWs 1909, E. G. Hunter 844, ]. A.
Williams 785, L. l.. Hooe 429 An
drews and Hunter will have to run
at a second primary on the oath in
slant. All the candidates except Mr..
Williams are from Rapides; he is
from Grant. The creation of these
extra judgeships is dependent upon
the adoption of constitutional amend
ments to be submitted to the people
in November, and if the amendments
fail of adoption the candidates for
the offices will have had their trou-
bic for their pains.
Railroad Commissioner J. Shelby
Taylor of the second district appears
to have been nominated over his
three opponents by approximately
121 majority.
The Democratic primary in the
fifth congressional district was not
held until last Tuesday, the 1st in
slant, and resulted in the nomina-
ton of Judge Riley j. Wilson of
Catahoula over Congressman Walter
Elder of Ouachita by something like
800 votes. These gentlemen conduct
ed their campaign on a very high
plane, making speeches mostly at
the. same meetings and avoiding any
thing like offensive personalities or
Judge Wilson attacked
the course of his opponent from a
political and party standpoint, con-
tending that by his votes in favor of
protecting the industries of Louisiana
through the operations Of the tariff,
Mr.. Elder had violated Democratic
and placed himself in OPP
position to his party's platform and
the policy of the national admins
tration. It is conceded, we believe,
that this line OF argument was chief
" instrumental in bringing about
Mr.. Elders defeat, though Judge Will
sons popularity would have made him
! formidable candidate under any cir
A REMEDY OF LAST RESORT.
The following Well-considered edi-
.orlal from the Weekly Iberian of
Aug. 20 discusses in forcible and
manner a subject of much
Importance to all residents of munic-
palities under the commission form
II government, and SO clearly ex-
presses our views on the matter in
question that we reproduce it with
our full Endorsement and commend
t to the careful consideration of |
avery thinking voter:
The conduct of recall campaign
S a serious and disturbing Under |