St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-08-05
CHARLES THIBODEADX
THROWS HAT IN Ring
Popular Contractor To Enter
Contest for Sheriff
DARIUS M. FONTENOT
Is ALSO A CANDIDATE
Primary To Be Called AT Early
Date, And Whirlwind Cam
paign Is Expected

/ paign Is Expected
In answer to a demand by
representative citizens from
every section Of the Empire
Parish, Charles Thibodeaux
has announced himself as q
candidate to succeed the late
M. L.. Swords as st. Landry's
Sheriff He is opposed by D. M.
Fontenot, who was defeated
for that office by Marion
Swords in the January Pri-
mary.
Mr. Thibodaux is a seasoned
campaigner and has many
personal followers from one
end of the parish to the other.
His many friends predict for
him an easy victory.
Since his announcement Mr..
Thibodaux has visited diff
ferent sections of the parish
and reports that things are
in fine shape. All Of his old
friends are working tooth and
toe-nail behind him, he says,
and has made many new ones.
In speaking of his candidacy
to representative of The
Clarion, Mr.. Thibodeaux said
in part: MY opponent'scaIl-
didacy was agreeded upon the
day Of Sheriff Swords burial
by Mr.. Charles Chachere, Mr..
Kelly Andrus, Mr.. Horny La
strapes and DR.. Pavy, is what
have been informed. They
thus endeavor to reach over
the dead body of our late
Sheriff and hand the people
Of this parish hand-picked
candidate for that office. This.
the people do not seem to-
relish; they do not seem to
take to the idea of letting a
few office-holders and plot
ting politicians tell them who
i their Sheriff shall be. They
are up in a general revolt
against such a proposition, and
justly SO, and on election day
| that plot is going to be torn
into such threads that no set Of
office-holders or politicians
will have the audacity to again
| try such an act"
And again. Ii is a current
rumor, and I have never heard
il denied, that Mr.. Ghaehere
will be give the position of.
/ Chief Criminal Deputy, the
same as held under our late
/ Sheriff. OF course, I have
nothing to say against my
friend Chachere, but the fact
remains that on that fatal day
/ Sheriff Swords and two others
| were shot to pieces, and the
least that can be said of Mr.,
/ Chachere is that he does not
know how to meet such a situ-
| alton.
And further; Mr.. Fontenot
has neglected to take the as.
sessment throughout the parish
but just copied it from the old
/ rolls. This certainly works to-
the disadvantage of the tax
payers. will give you an ex-
emple. A man might have
owned two hundred head of
cattle when the last assessment
was taken, but in the mean
time disposed of same. ny
copying the old rolls the AS
SCISSOR would charge him with
the full amount He would
thus pay taxes on something.
he did not have. These rolls
! have been sent to the Board of
Equalizers it is now to late to
/ rectify this grave injustice.
These are some of the rea-
sons why the people are up in
revolt. The opposition claim
that they have all of the office
holders and professionals poli-
ticians with them. Cant
\ The difference between nv
opponent and me is, he has the
office-holders and politicians
with him and I have the peoplc
with me. and the people al
: ways win"
Mr.. Thibodeaux says that he
: is going to make his appeal 70
: all the people, and not depend
: on the influence Of any court
house ring or professional poll
ticians to give him an office
e that belongs to the people.
e Although the primary cleo
It ton is to be held on the Is o.
this month, there is ample time
]. for the candidates to visit al
II sections of the parish. TIL
sr general election for Sheriff.
Il contest will be held on the Il
of September, the Of the Con
Z gressional and Judicial Pri
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