New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-01-29
PHEASANT DEFEATS
B.ARRO7' BY $1,000

httuIIo, tDHliiL- 'aDF-'t - -
the country Wednesday, confirm
Tuesday nights indications ot 2
sweeping victory for Hran q
Pleasant, Attorneys General, oltl
his opponent, L;eur.-GoE. I. {
Barrel, IN their race for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Governor
Orleans gave Pleasant major
itv Of 25.116. and Indications arr
that his country majority may
reach 1900. giving him total
majority Of 10000 i'll the State.
The total vote east il the citS
for governor was $500
The Licutenant-GoVernorshlp Is
in doubt. owing to the mea%erneS>
Ct the returns from the country
with t'crd Claiborne Of polhtt
Coupe looming no as a possibility
IN the race. Although the organ
ization here indor>cd Senator Fer
nand Nouton for the place, It i
evident that many Of the rank
and file stood by Claiborne be
cause Of his position ia the Legs
latllre on the race. liquor and oth-
err questions IN which the city was
Interested.
Senator Mouton S plurality IL
the city, complete. is 12,bl4. lie
pollea about 22,l47 votes, against
9.5so for Claiborne, who IS SHOW
mo considerable strength IN The
country. Too little Of the vote
however is in, to say whether the
man from Pointe Coupe can over
come the Mouton lead here.
There is unusual delay i'll the
returns ON the State ticket. IN
the city the election officials
counted if first. In the country
however, the deeper interest was
in the local results and they were
first taken VI and disposed Of.
The whole trend Of the morn
ino's news. however, is favorable
to Pleasant. He surprised even
his friends with his strength IN
the prohibition territory and il
Mr. Rarret has saved anything in
that section Of the State. it IS not
indicated in the early dispatches
of Wednesday.
Pleasant carried every congress
sional district by decisive major
itv, beating Barrett badly even in
the Third, where it was thought
the Progressives might seek to
embarras the Democratic cam
raign against Parker by forcin" l
prohibition candidate on the
party.
In the absence Of fuller returns
it is not possible to say how many
parishes have been carried by
Pleasant.
The Democratic vote cast in the
Third district was a small one
Proeressives generally abstalned
from participating and the con
test was confined to Democratic
minority. Four years ago the
district polled about 10000. II
is estimated the vote this year Is
not over five or six thousand. This
is the only district, however, III
which there has been slump.
Many Of the parishes of the
State report an increased vote
over two years ago and Democra-
tic leaders Wednesday continued
to express the opinion that the
total polled in the primary would
run over 100000 and that the size
Of the vote spelled the death knell
of John NJ. Parker and his Repub-
hcan followers.
Mr.. Parker was in New Or
leans Wednesday. TO a reporter
for The States he refused to speak
of the results. If he had any
statement to make it would be
very brief, he said. Mr.. Parker
evidenced his disappointment over
the result. He and his friends
expected a closer race between the
Democratic candidates. smaller
total vote and considerable bitter
ness at the end Of the campaign.