The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-16
ROAD COMMITTEE APPOINTED.

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ROAD COMMITTEE APPOINTED
| New System Of Caring for Grav.
| Roads Adopted by Police jury.
Donaldsonville, La, Feb. 10, 1918.
The police jury of Ascension par
/ ish met this day IN special session. a
the courthouse, and was called to or
der at 2 p. M, with the followin,
members present: G. B. Reuss, frs
ward; ]. j. Falcon, second ward C. 81
! Landry, Sr., fourth ward; T.. "
Armitage, fifth ward; Leon Newman
president, sixth ward; j. 6. Vargas
sans and Joseph Gonzales, seventh
ward; B. L. Cambre, eighth ward. Alb
sent-Jasmin Tobias, third ward: q
D. Dixon, eighth ward.
President Newman announced tina,
the object of the meeting was to de
wise ways and means to repair ane
maintain the gravel roads in the Firs1
Road District of the parish.
Mr.. Reuss, arising to a question
of personal privilege, asked that ir
view of certain criticisms levelIed al
him in the course of communication
appearing in the Donaldsonwlle Chief
he be permitted to make statement
of facts, adding that if any of the as.
sertions contained therein should he
open to refutation he hoped no one
would hesitate to make reply. Mr.,
Reuss then read the following state
ment and asked that it be incorporat-
ed in the minutes:
"Mr President, would ask for the
personal privilege Of addressing the
members of this jury in answer to
certain charges and comments made
in the Donaldsonville Chief of Feb. g
by one who signed himself ga Dem
ocrat." Let me start at the beginning
of the police jury controversy. From
the very first / felt myself pledged for
president of the police jury to Mr..
Armitage Mr.. Gonzales asked me to
vote for him. ] told him / could do
so only if Mr.. Armitage released me.
At a caucus meeting held at barrow,
this matter was discussed at length,
and rediscussed without any result.
Mr.. Gonzales insisted that he be made
president, saying the Office had been
promised to him when the levee board
membership was given Mr.. Saxon, and
for his campaign work for Mr. Weber.
For some reason that cannot explain,
Mr. Gonzales could not persuade the
gentlemen at that caucus meeting that
his way Of thinking was correct. Then
1 was asked if ] would consent to be-
come president told the gentlemen
that would not under any condition
Mr.. Weber had asked me to take it,
but / declined, telling him / was for
Mr. Armitage, who was entitled to it
by his long time of service as police
juror. So with this, the caucus meet
ing adjourned to meet again later at
Mr.. Weber's Office.
"At the next meeting at Mr.
Waber's office, this matter was again
gone over with the same indefinite
result, until a letter was received by
Mr.. Weber from some supreme source
that demanded Of him that he have
the gentlemen in association with him
vote for Mr.. Gonzales without any
further delays, this objected. I
would not allow myself to be whipped
ny, liz ,ali ,,,,s th.a f1 III e I
Mr. Armitage and the other members
voted for Mr.. Gonzales under the
pressure. very frankly cold Mr..
Gonzales that | did not consider Mr..
Armitage had released me, and that
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NOW as 20 tne raise OF mr., MOSS
salary, "A democrat wants TO con-
meet me with that. challenge any
member OF TINS Jury to say that !
ever approached him IN behalf OF Mr..
klos in any manner MY vote for MT.
Newman had nothing to do with IT,
A little expianatloThere makes itself
necessary. shortly before the last
meeting when the courts decided that
Messrs.t Gonzales and Dixon were
seated, Messrs. Gonzales, st. AmantI
and weber called en- certain prom1-
aent resident OF Donaidsonylile, and
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