The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-12-13
REHRMAN CHALLENGES PARKER
Invites Him to Become His Opponent
in Race for Mayor of New Orleans.

In his first address Of the present
campaign, delivered in New Orleans
few days ago, Mayor Martin Behr-
man Of the Crescent City, who is a
strong supporter Of Col. Frank P
Stubbs for governor, challenged John
M. Parker to become his oponnent
for Mayor of New Orleans. The
mayor said in part.
"The people Of New Orleans have
risen before, and / am confident that,
If they believed New Orleans TO be
one tenth as immoral as it is pictured
by John NJ. Parker and other SANDER
ers. they would rise again, and throw
me out of office.
"But the people of New Orleans
know what conditions are. They are
on the ground. Few people of the
marshes know what the conditions
are in Neu Orleans. John NJ Parker
takes advantage of this and goes out
( among thcra slandering his own home
town in an effort to satisfy his wild
Z desire for power.
. ''Let John NJ. Parker put his case
beore the people of New Dreams. |
\ will put mine before them on John M.
parker's charges of alleged vice and
immortality. Let him run for
mayor, and not attempt to hoodwink
and humbug the people of the palish-
stes with his slanderous accusations.
"Every time John M. Parker talks
about vice conditions in New Orleans
4 he insults every father in the city,
& He insults every man who has sis
ter. a wife or a mother. lie tells the
people of the parishes that the faith
ers, husbands and brothers of New
Orleans are willing to let their wives,
mothers and sisters live in the midst
of vice and immortality.
"These insults will be answered
4 January 20. John M. Parker will find
that he cannot indiscriminately SIAN
! der the people of New Orleans. The
majority against him will show what
Z the people of New Orleans think Of
his slanders.
Mayor Behrman then pointed to
the fact that he was unopposed for
mayor in 1916, and if opposed in
1920 he will stand for reelection on
his record. 4
"The searchlight has been on me
continuously since | have been in Of
fee. My record as mayor is open to
ALL + am vain enough to be proud
Of my record.
"Let any man compare New Or
ieans of today to the New Orleans OF
1904, when l first was elected mayor.
s3 Let any person read the leading ma
gazincs of the country. In them they
will find articles about New Orleans
written by trained observers, who
came to New Orleans to investigate
conditions and improvements here as
they are, but who did not come here
TO distort facts in an effort to ride
into office.
You have seen the city grow
YOU have seen it prosper. You have
seen new public undertakings year
after year. Many of our public utll-
/. tiles, owned ard operated oy the
city, are models of every large city
In the country.
"Would these accomplishments
lave been possible under a corrupt
administration.
= II ans proud of my city, and any
+ man who is not proud of New Or
4 leans is not a good citizen. Good
citizens are not slanderers of their
home town.
Col Stubs, on several occasions
during the present campaign, has
suggested to Mr.. Parker that he
withdraw from the gubernatorial
race and run for mayor of his own
city; but for reasons best known to
himself, Mr.. Parker has not taken
kindly to the suggestion; he seems
,refer to take his chances in the
contest for chief executive first.