The defeat of the Roosevelt sup
porters in the preliminary stages of
the convention presages the renom
ination of President Taft, but it is
not at all improbable that the desire
to assure party harmony and a rea
sonabie hope of success at the
November election may lead the pres
ident to consent to the withdrawal
of his name and the selection of s
third man upon whom all faction:
of the Republican party can unite
The board of jury commissioner:
for Ascension parish met at the
courthouse last Tuesday and drew uI
a venire of grand and petit jurors tC
verve at the regular term of dis
trict court scheduled to begin Mon
day, July 8. As the docket is un
usually light, a petit jury was drawr
for only one week, and it is not ex
pected that the session will continue
longer than a fortnight.
LEVEE BOARD DOMICILE.
Donaldsonville Selected by Lafourche
Board, in Accordance with' Pro
visions of Legislative Enactment
Creating Body, and 'Meetings
Should be Held Here.
As the personnel of the membership
of the Lafourche levee board is about
to be changed and a new board or
ganized, it is proper that the atten
tlion of the governor and the prospect
ive appointees be called to the fact
that the legal domicile of the La
fourche levee board is in Donaldson
ville, and that the meetings of the
board should be held at this place.
