The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-05-06
THREE-CORNERED CONTEST
IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT.

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The sixth district is the first in Lou
isiana to open the congressional cam
naign of 1916, and d most spirited
| fight for the Democratic nomination
has been launched this week.
Congressman Lewis L. Morgan OF
ST. Tammany let it be known some
time ago that he did not care to re-
turn to Washington after the eexpIra-
/ ton of his present term, and there
fore would not be an aspirant for re-
nomination this fall.
Fortunately there are several other
citizens of the sixth district who 90
| not share Mr.. Morgan's feelings IN
this regard, and three of the number
have already chucked their meta
| phorical hats into the arena and are
| taking off their metaphorical coats
with a determination to do their level
| best for themselves and against each
other and all other corners IN the
struggle to capture the designation Of
Democratic party nominee, which VIII
| in the ordinary course OF things be
regarded as equivalent to an election.
The trio of contestants stripping
| for the fray is composed of ex-Gov-
ernor Jared 7. Sanders, who has ac-
CURED residence and law practice
at Bogalusa, Washington parish; Hon.
Amos L. Ponder Of Amite City, Tan
| gipahoa parish, who lost the primary
| nomination four years ago by a very
narrow margin, and Hon. Charles A..
Holcombe, district attorney of East
Baton Rouge parish and a popular
citizen Of the state capital.
These are all able men, possessing
qualifications and merits that would
seem to fit them for creditable and eff
fcient service in congress, and it IS
no inyidious comparison to suggest
| that from the standpoint Of the kind
of experience and ability that will
count toward giving the new member
from this district the most proml-
lnence and influence from the outset of
his congressional career, Mr.. San
ders is the best equipped of the three
aspirants now in the field. He has
served in both houses of the Louisiana
general assembly, was lieutenant gov
ernor one term, governor OF the state
for fonr years, was elected Unltesaf
| States senator and voluntarily re-
linquished the high honor because Of
the conviction on the part of his
| friends and himself that by retaining
| the Office of governor ne could render
greater public service, particularly III
promoting the struggle then pending
to have New Orleans chosen as the site
for the Panama Exposition which San
| Francisco subsequently won. 1t is
natural that in the course of a long
period of active participation in polit-
zeal campaigns and. public affairs, Mr..
Sanders should have made a good
many enemies and incurred a vast
amount of unfriendly and unfavor-
able criticism; but it cannot be de-
MED, on the other hand, that he has
a legion Of devoted friends and adj
mirers ready and willing to go the
limit" in his support; that he is per-
/ haps without a superior IN the state
as a stump speaker and debator, and
that his commanding presence, con-
spicuous ability and wide range of
experience in governmental affairs
! would insure him d quick ascent to a
position of prominence and influence
in Washington that could not fail to
be of value and benefit to his con-
stltuency.
III q. rIoN 4
1t is the consensus Of opinion among
the members Of the Louisiana Press
| Association who were fortunate
enough to attend the thirty-seventh
annual meeting of that body at Baton
Rouge on Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday of the current week, that the
reunion was one of the most interest
ing and important from a practical
standpoint that has been held for
years.
While the attendance was scarcely
as large as usual-comprising some
forty five active and ten honorary
members-the gathering was wholly
satisfactory as representative Of the
state press geographically and other
wise, and there can be little question
that the actions of the body and the
expressions Of it's sentiments with
| reference to the various matters it
considered will meet with the virtual
| ly unanimous concurrence and ap-
probation of Louisiana newspapers.
With single exception all the pa
pers read and subjects discussed APP
pertained directly to newspaper work
and the interests and welfare Of the
press. The exception was paper on
louisiana Needs from a Rural
Credit Standpoint" and the intimate
relation which must Of necessity ex-
ist between the well-being of the
farmers and the prosperity of the
other people and industries of the
state, justified the editors in devoting
a small share of their time and at
tention to the calculation of this i'm
portant and timely topic. The au-
thor Of the essay in question is J. L..
Wright, president of the recently or
ganized Bankers Loan and Securities
Company of New Orleans, but Mr..
Wright was called to Havana by
business engagement and his paper
was read to the convention by George
Advertising Simms of New Orleans,
whose middle name, derived from the
business in which he has been en-
gagged for many years, Indicates the
appropriateness of his selection to
represent his principal before body
of newspaper folk.
The other papers heard at this ses-
sion included the presidents annual
address, by Leo DeCoux Of the Kent
wood Commercial; Forty Years in
Newspaperdom,' by DR.. G. J. Ed
wards of the Abbeville Meridional;
aCo-operating with Advertising Agen-
cieS hy g q T,audyy h14siunss man