The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
dTY POLITICS DRAWS
pIBLIC EYE TO
CANDIDATES
,-Ler. Loeb and Lawler are
Aspirants for Mayor of
Opelousas
.c.sr OF ALDERMEN
A ARE UNOPPOSED
y, FIGHT is Expected for Po-
~ I;,e Chief, With Two Men
n Field for Office

Nothing mas app
relative to the approaching
- for municipal offices, but
..;,srs Of this city seem to be wax
N to the fact that the primary
10 held the same day as the gen.
- Urinary for state and parish Of
-, and have also begun to realize
IS. a. usual a hot fight is develop
8 i some quarters over particular
s,;.ss This almost last-minute
~.tsning has caused peoples
...russ to wag and there is consid-
40 speculation as to who will be
.As Iueky ones at the polls.
For mayor, the incumbent, Mr.Hal-
-1sn and Former Mayor Loeb and
Lawler will face each other in
4hree-cornered race. Partisans of
IA candidate are claiming victory
a. their respective favorite, while
mauy are giving no expression what
aver As to how they will vote. This
nav prove a deciding factor in the
shrse-eornered race now fast ap-
noaching. Two years ago, it will
i recalled, Mr.. Loeb, then mayor,
iced two opponents, Mr.. Halphen
md Mr. Callahan. At the plurality
uimary Mr.. Loeb led, while Messrs.
Eslphen and Callahan weret quite
,lese together, only a few votes sep
.rting them for second place. Mr..
Halphen, however, had the better Of
~ argument and he was declared
sFgibIe to enter the second primary
seainst Mayor Loeb. In this majority
contest Mr.. Halphen defeated Mayor
Loeb by twenty odd majority and
thus assumed the reins of city gov
smment.
This time there will again be a
H-cornered contest for the two old
su0pnents and Mr.. Lawler face each
ether and the contest may require
two primaries. It is true that there
we're rumors going the rounds that
ether candidates-some times we
beard Of a whole flock of them
would shy their hats in the ring and
ny conclusions. But one by one
these rumors either did not material
be or simply died a-bornin'. First
re heard that former mayor, DR.. B.
A. Littell, would run. Then we heard
Of Mr. Oscar Mistric and then again
Alderman c. P. Dunbar, but at this
writing, Just a few hours after the
closing of entries, none of these ru-
nors developed into actual candida
eies and the contest will be between
The three named.
Candidates for aldermen have also
been very shy. In fact, slatemakers
have had much difficulty in getting
out men for these positions, for as
Everybody knows, the salary attach
ID to the job is very small and the
average man does not take to such a
job very readily. The job, many
claim, is not worth the having for
the pOssesor often gets a sound Gus
zln' for his pains, especially when he
displeases some individual or some
set Of individuals, and it is manifest
v impossible to please everyone,
hence the unfortunate alderman is
generally the victim of the aforesaid
eussin', and of course he doesn't rel
Hh such treatment at the hands of a
dlspleased constituent or constituents.
thus the jobs go a-begging and no
one, it appears, is at all anxious to &C
eept them.
Ar. Gosselin, alderman-at-large, is
not candidate for reelection and
Aessrs. H. Bodemuller and A. c.
Aouret, both residents of the second
ward, have announced for the place.
q the first ward Mr.. Fields is not 9
sandidate and only ]. A. Dejean is
ne aspirant. In the second ward
NJ. Daniel also wins without opposi-
non, while in the third ward Mr.
atelly will also be unopposed, and Mr.
Dunbar, in the fourth ward, viii con-
'est with John W. Clark for the place
For chief Of police, George GoodlOe
md Officer W. L. Prud'homme viii
gam be the contestants. They faced
'aeh other last spring to fill the va.
ancy caused by the death of Chief
hayes, and Mr.. Goodloe won by s
Barrow margin.
HE new executive committee fol
ae city viii be as follows:
A Large-Eugene Ventre.
FIRST ward. ]. Larcade.
second ward-Leopold Wyble.
thlrd ward-AlIen T. Sandoz.
0furth ward-Ernest Fuselier.