St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-16
BOWLING DECIDES NOT TO
MAKE RACE FOR 0Ov-
ERNORSHIP.
Third Candidate Movement Is Be-
neved TO Have Come
To An End.

Bowling Wednesday gave out q state
ment declining to be q candidate
for governor. He bases his declina-
ton upon his friendship for the can
didates already in the field and his
obligations to the work he Is doing
40 president Of tire state board OF
health. His action was forecast by
previous statement last week.
With the definite declination OF
Dr.. Bowling, the third candidate
movement, long q factor in the Dem
ocratic situation, is ct an end. Fol-
all practical purposes the opportuni-
ty for entrance Of a third candidate
ceased early this week as a result
Of the rush to line up which follow
ed DR.. Clarence Persons withdraw
al last Friday. Well-informed poll
ticians to be found in the city We'd
nesday were unanimous in the opin-
ion that the lists are closed on the
governorship. fttzss
Development Of q new candidate
for Lieutenant-Gove on the state
wide submission platform is regard
ed as probable. Representative L.
Austin Fontenot, Of Opelousas, who
is being urged by the prohibitionists
to announce on this platform, has
not given his answer yet. The pro-
hibition element sizes up the situa-
ton this way:
with only two candidates for
governor, there will be no second
primary. Therefore q plurality will
nominate for minor Offices. With
two local optionists and state
wider running for lieutenant-g
or. the state-wider has q cinch."
Ferd C. Claiborne, Of New Roads.
and Pr0teus r. Burke, of New Iberia
candidates for lieutenant-governor
are local optionists. Senator Fer
nand M0uton, of Lafayette. the third
entrant, has not announced ~on the
liquor question.
Says He VIII Run.
Col. Hughes ]. de la Vergne, of
New Orleans, who gave out an in
terview some months ago saying he
would be candidate for lieutenant
governor, returned to the city We'd
nesday from his summer home in
Covington and told friends he was
In the race He has made no cam
paign, however, thus FIR.
Much interest attaches to Z state
ment made for publication Wednes-
day by "A friend of United States
Senator r. F. Broussard. It fol-
lows: ssase@asssssssssa tsssssss:sga
Senator Broussard is not COM
mitted to any one on the governor
ship and will take his time about
making up his mind. He will be II
New Orleans soon, when he may dis
cuss the subject with friends
Bowling Statement.
The statement OF DR.. Oscar BOWL
ing follows:
1.-THE work Of the State Board of
Health is too closely connected with
the welfare Of the people and pros
perity Of the state to be set aside
lightly and am fashioned
enough to believe q public Office is
. public trust. Acceptance Of Office
carries with it the obligation to give
faithful. intelligent service. As ex-
ecutive of the State Board of Health
for nearly i've years, l have endeay-
ored to organize and systematic this
department along the lines OF mod
ern business, and to enforce to the
utmost laws and regulations made
for the protection of public health.
"The activities Of the Board of
Health have outgrown the force
which we have means to employ. /
is only by the most careful super
vision and devotion to duty on the
part OF all employed that we meet
the demand for service which has
been created largely within the past
few years. A new car is being
equipped for laboratory service
This will enable the State Board OF
Health to examine promptly and pass
upon the public water and the milk
supply Of every railroad station,
city, town and village in the state.
For this work there is no precedent
and 1t implies in. plan and effort,
experience such as the Louisiana
State Board Of Health only has had.
This and other lines require an in
innate working knowledge of condi-
lions. 1t would be impossible for an
executive officer unacQuainted with
the various communities of the state
md the proposed plans for extending
md perfecting the service to keep
The present work up to the stand |
ard. or to put into effect the new
activities.
Even in politics, I believe in 10y
atty to friends when It does not |
lash with public duty. The men
n the field are personal friends. II