The following candidates for offices a
requiring a statewide vote in the
Democratic primary of January 23,
1912, have qualified by filing notice
of their candidacy and making the
required deposit with the secretary
of state:
United P States Senator, term be
ginning March 4, 1913-Murphy J.
Foster, Jos. E. Ransdell.
United States Senator, term be
ginning March 4, 1915-R. F. Brous
sard, A. P. Pujo, J. Y. Sanders.
Governor-J. B. Aswell, John T.
Michel, L. E. Hall.
Lieutenant Governor-Thos. C. Bar
ret, H. L. Gueydan, J. R. Wimberly.
Secretary of State-Alvin E. He
bert, A. Villeret.
State Treasurer-B. S. Braswell,
Ledoux E. Smith.
Auditor of Public Accounts-Paul
Capdevielle, O. B. Steele.
Attorney General-Robt. O'Connor,
R. G. Pleasant.
Superintendent of Public Education
--T. H. Harris.
Commissioner of Agriculture-E. O.
fBluner, B. W. Marston, Wm. Folk.
Register of State Land Office--Fred
J. Graco, Chas. P. Johnson.
The only candidate without opp-i
tion, it will be seen, is Thos. 'eI.
Harris, the present state superintend
ent of public education, who aspires
t to be continued in that office, and
he will therefore be declared by the
state committee the party candidate
for the place.
There are two sets of candidates
for membership of the Democratic
state central committoe from all the
congressional districts, and opposing
aspirants for the same position in
every ward of Orleans and all but
I twenty-four of the other parishes.
SIn Acadia, Ascension, Calcasieu,
Livingston, Morehouse, Plaquemines,
St. James, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa
and Washington there are three can
t didates for committeeman.
Senatorial Candidates Given
More Time.
A meeting of the Democratic exec- Tb
utive committee of the ninth sen- tri
atorial district was held at the local
courthouse last Monday forenoon, Sc
with Chairman J. N. Gourdain of St.
