The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-23


ocratic deserters, few Bull Moose
and one or two Democrats. That law
abiding element, (when it comes to
the time New River man may be
president Of the police jury, who
tried to override the will of the SUI
preme court, held up their hands III
holy horror lest the proceedings OF
the Jury be legal, but who are not
so jealous Of the law in making their
deals and dickers with the part Of the
Jury remaining: It makes differ
ence whose OK is gored. In calling
upon the new converts to this famous
faction to resign, we are only FOL
lowing the suggestion of one OF them
on the day of the recent organization.
This was the threat of one of them
after the appearance of the II. Z.
Braud letter of Feb. z.
We have not forgotten the action
Of Mr.. Armitage when member OF
the Democratic executive committee.
How he refused to abide by the rules
laid down by the state organization,
but allowed the Republican to come
in that he might enable his Republl-
can friend to get on the Democratic
ticket, driving the true, tested, and
lamented Democrat, Gen. O. A. Bull
lion, from the party ticket. How Mr..
Bullion and his friends voted in that
election is known only to themselves,
but how Mr. Armitage voted at the
meeting of the Democratic executive
committee is known to all. | submit
to his constituents whether he has
been Democrat and whether he has
a right to thus betray his constitu-
ents and turn traitor to the faction of
his brother-in-law, Mr.. J. F. Saxon.
He maintains that he voted for the
:sman." Yet this s'man" accompanies
Mr.. Armitage's letter with over a
haIf-colunn explaining his failures to
the people. Mr.. Newman explains in
deed. We know the roads are nee
essarily bad during construction,
making the "stores farther apart
than ever" Nor had anyone thought
they would haul all the gravel to
Geismar for the five-mile stretch be-
tween the stores: He failed to tell
that the first gravel moved over the
u. r. & N. was to Dutchtown, or
through whom the freight thereon was
paid. These matters are known de-
spite Mr.. Newman's reluctance to tell
And this was the ssman' whom Mr.
Armitage was so anxious to support
that he was willing to turn traitor to
his party and betray his brother-ln-
laws facion. Now Mr.. Cambre, this
is the s'man" you announce you are
going to defend in your heralded
announcement to the police jury, al
| it's next session.
Mr.. Reuss also enters the lists
against me. The length of Mr.: Reuss
defense is enough to create suspicion
He endeavors to create the impression
that he supported his cousin, Mr
Klos, for secretary only under pres.
sure, the next line asserting that he
! "would not be whipped into line
Now Mr.. Reuss, that is perhaps
satisfactory explanation to your con
stituents, but it is positively absurd te
tell to the public. At least one might
infer that your constituency was OF
that sort by their representative or
the police jury. A turncoat, if we are
at all capable of judging. Mr.. Reuss
| intinates that he was willing to sac.
rifce his cousin, Mr.. Klos, that Mr.
Newman might be president. This
| evidently was also intended for home
| consumption. Mr.. Klos was never
possessed with any such idea. Whe
/ doesn't know that Mr.. Klos' job was
fixed. the salary raised before Mr.
Reuss developed his sudden great ad
miration for the preside ntial qualitie:
| Of Mr.. Newman?
/ He says he, supported Pleasant fol
! governor. And actually was able t.
secure two other votes for the Demo
cratic candidate for governor at hi
poll. At the same time he was able
to secure enough votes to elect him
/ self. No doubt he is democrat
This savors more Of spy than
traitor. He was always friendly tt
the New River section, he says. Whel
has he ever voted with the New Rive
people except when his cousin, Mr.
Klos, was candidate for sheriff AMI
for secretary of the police jury? L
/ New River ever traded for him the.
got lemon.
/ Yours for good roads for the PEG
pie and fair play in politics,
| THE SAME DEMOCRAT.