The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-06-09

Fon TRUSTEE or PunLIc PROPERTY: =
r. +. Ribbeck .544
LIZ. Villermiu, re- elected )4l5 maj Il
The second election held in this
city under the rule of the Prefer
entail Ballot, came off on Monday
without hitch The system
again has demonstrated it's won
derful potentialities for equitably
settling the claims of aspirants for
office IN one election and with the
minimum possibility of political
deals or intrieues in the interim
between first and second primaries
Of the old way.
In the instant election the Pre-
ferential Ballot was not called ful.
" into force for two Of the offices;
viz: that of the Mayor and of the
Trustee of Public Property To
b,'h Of these Offices the incumbent
officer was returned for the ensu
ing period of four years by sub
stantial majorities. In each case
there were bnt two candidates for
the office. Under the ciTcum
stances there was no opportunity
for the exercise of the "secoDd
cholce' and the "third choice
privileges of the Preferential Bal
lot 1t was simply a question Of
majority Of votes accorded each of
the leading candidates.
For the office of Trustee of FL
nance there were four candidates
in the running, which brought
into play the full scope Of the
Preferential ballot. A glance at
the returns will show that the sum
Of the first choice votes numbered
1856, with Mr.. Suberbielle. the
present encumbent of the Office. in
the lead. In the counting of the
End choice votes Girard took the
lead and maintained it to the end
of the count.
-Four years ago, with 6S4 votes
cast for the Office, Mr. Suberbielle
took the lead with 900 1st choice
votes, 90 End choice, and 81 3rd
choice. This year there were 81
more LIST choice votes cast than
were polled IN 1913; yet this year
he fell behind his record, in total
votes, 50.
In the previous campaign Mr.
Suberbielle was one of the candi
dates who was accredited with
having discouraged his supporters
using the End and 3rd choice
privileges of their ballot, not.
witbstanding the fact he needed
his third choice votes to land.
This year he was the weakest Of
all the candidates in End and 3rd
choice votes. It is possible that
his instructions to his supporters
IN the previous campaign bore
their fruit in this years campaign.
This election was supposed to
be non partisan. The laws gov
erDiDg it deny the use of any par.
ty emblem on the ballot. The
idea is to select the best man pos
sible for the office, according to
the summed up judgment Of the
voters as indicated in the returns,
without regard 10 the state or ma
tional political views of the re.
spective candidates Notwithstand.
ing this view being clearly indi.
Gated in law governing the sy stem
IN vogue here, the reporter Of the
Times Picayune stressed the fact
that Democrat had defeated a
Progressive for the Mayoralty.
This stresslDg is made clear by
the fact that the Democratic cor
respondent, with characteristic
democratic candor reirained from
mentioning the fact that the other
two successful candidates were
Progressives, and that His Honor
the Mayor lie the only Democrat
elected to Office in the new city,
administration. The devil only
told part of the truth when he
successfully tempted the mother
of mankind. A part of the truth