The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-09-16
PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS.

/ PRIMARY ELECIIUN REoULl .
/ A primary election was helc
throughout the state Tuesday for the
purpose OF choosing nominees of the
/ Democratic party for members OF
congress, district judges, district at
torneys, school directors and other
offices in which vacancies exist that
are required to be filled by popular
vote. Among the results of most
general interest are the following:
There were contests for congress
ional nominations in only two dis
tricts. the sixth and seventh. In the
sixth district, where former Governor
Jared Y. Sanders was looked upon as
virtually assured of walkover, the
| fight proved very close one, and
Hon. Amos L. Ponder of Tangipahoa
was still claiming he had won the
nomination when our summary OF the
vote was prepared. According to the
returns published by the New Orleans
Times Picayune Friday, Sanders car
ried six parishes, East Baton Rouge,
East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, st.
Tammany, West Baton Rouge and
West Feliciana, with a total of 6657
votes, while Ponder carried the other
six. Ascension, Iberville, Livingston,
St. Helena, Tangipahoa and Washing
ton, with G266 votes, the majority for
Sanders being 391. There were a
few polls missing, but it was not be-
lieved these could materially affect
the outcome. Mr.. Pq~der is quoted
as charging that the Bting at Boga-
lusa and several st. Tammany polls
was crooked, and that his claim to
the nomination will be established by
the contest he intends to make if his
opponent is given majority on the
face of the returns. Mr.. Sanders
pronounces the imputation of unfair
ness at Bogalusa as wholly unfound-
| ed in fact.
In the seventh district Congress
man l.. Lazaro of St. Landry receiv-
ed STOP votes, a majority of 9O9
over the combined poll of his two
Calcasieu opponents.o Judge Barbe's
vote was 1918 and District Attorney
Edwscds' 2575.
The contest for district attorney in
the twenty-seventh judicial district
resulted in an overwhelming victory
| for Geo. S. Guion of Assumption ov-
er Caleb C. Webe3 of Ascension.
Guion carried Assumption by 98s
| majority and St. James by 538, while
Weber received only SO majority in
| Ascension. The totals were: Guion,
2462; Weber, 1929 Guion major
ity, 1889.
In the district composed of ST..
Landry and Evangeline parishes the
most hotly contested struggle for jul
dicial nominations took place. Dis
trict Judge B. H. Pavy and District
Attorney R. Lee Garland were re-
| nominated, carrying both parishes
| over Peyton r. Sandoz and John W..
| Lewis.
T. A. Carter of Rapides defeated
H. M. Brennan of Grant for district
| attorney of the thirteenth district.
Mr.. Brennan had intended to run
against Congressman j. B. Aswell,
but withdrew from the congressional
| race to stand for district attorney
when Hon. John R. Hunter of Rapides
announced that he would not be a
candidate for reelection to that Of
| fee.
District Judges Jos. E. Leblanc of
| West Baton Rouge and Calvin K.
Schwing of Iberville were renomi-
| mated in the twenty-frst district, de-
feating former District Judge 1. B.
| Claiborne Of Pointe Coupee. The
latter failed to carry any Of the three
parishes.
John Fred Odom defeated Justin
j a4+ nj
East Baton Rouge parish by a large
majority.
In the twenty-ffth district, where
There were five candidates for two
Ijudgeships and five for one district
attorneyship, Judge Robert S. Ellis
of Tangipahoa was renominated and
a second primary will determine
whether Judge ". S. Rownd of Liv-
| ingston or Columbus Reid of Tangi-
pahoa is to be the second nominee
for judge. VIM. H. McClendon and
Samuel c. Brown were eliminated
from the contest. Matthew ]. Allen
and Gordon Kemp, both of Tangipa-
hoa, led in the race for district at
torney and will run in the second
primary. w. T. Holland of St.
Helena, VIM. A. Houghton and II.
Grady Hungate Of Tangipahoa were
| eliminated.
J. Vol Brock of Washington and
Fred J. Heintz of St. Tammany will
have a run-off for district attorney
of the twenty-sixth district. L. G..
Noise Of st. Tammany polled the
smallest vote of the three and is
eliminated.
In Caddo parish Tbos. O. Harris,
editor of the Shreveport Journal, was
defeated for representative in the
general assembly by E. Wayles
Browne, lawyer and former news
paper s~1an.
| Death of Joseph p: Becknel.
| Iocanh p Rncknol q native of St