| L'Ouest-Éclair - July 05, 1925 |
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Mr. Dior, candidate for the General Council of Manche Mr. Riotteau, Senator, addresses the following letter to the voters of the canton of Granville: My dear fellow citizens, It has been almost fifty years since I had the honor of representing you in the Assemblies, and particularly in the General Council. I am conscious, during this half-century, of having loyally, and to the best of my ability, defended the interests you entrusted to me. I am now 88 years old, and to continue to fulfill them faithfully, I believe it is useful to devote myself solely to my mandate as Senator, and to my duties as President of the Société de Demi-Sang (Half-Blood Society) and member of the Commission for the Distribution of Pari-Mutuel Betting Funds. Therefore, I have decided not to seek your confidence to renew my mandate on the General Council of Manche. It was to our Member of Parliament, my friend Mr. Lucien Dior, that I felt I should first inform him of my decision, representing to him that it was in the public interest for the mandate of General Councilor to be entrusted to a parliamentarian. I will vote for Mr. Lucien Dior. I hope you will give him your vote, as I will give him mine; you will thus give me further proof of your confidence. I would like to thank you for all the sympathy you have shown me during the long years I have had the honor of representing the canton of Granville on the General Council, and I ask you to believe, my dear compatriots, in my feelings of grateful affection. Emile RIOTTEAU, Senator. Mr. Dior is sending the following circular to voters: My dear fellow citizens, You will see from the letter sent to you in the same envelope by our revered General Councilor, Mr. Riotteau, the decision he has made not to ask you to renew his term as General Councilor. When Mr. Riotteau informed me of his decision before the last General Council session, I believed I was interpreting the sentiments of all our compatriots, asking him to continue to offer us his valuable support, and representing to him the great authority attached to his opinions in the Departmental Assembly, for the greater good of the interests of the canton of Granville, which he has so ably defended for 50 years. The General Council elections are approaching, and our revered senator maintains his decision. It therefore remains for me to do nothing but defer to his wishes, as I did almost 20 years ago, when, following his election to the Senate, I presented myself to you to fill his vacant seat in the Chamber of Deputies. Is it necessary to share my political opinions with you? You know them; they are those of a republican, a patriot in love with liberty, equality, and fraternity, a man of order far removed from any sectarianism of extreme parties. They have never changed, and you approved them again by an enormous majority in the recent general elections of 1924. As Minister of Commerce and Industry in the Briand cabinet, and in the first Poincaré cabinet, from January 1921 to March 1924, I had to deal in the government councils with economic matters that fall primarily within the jurisdiction of the General Councils. If you do me the honor of designating me as the successor to my friend, Mr. Riotteau, I need not tell you that you can count on my full activity and devotion. Allow me, however, to point out as particularly urgent the implementation in our department of laws designed to promote the construction of affordable housing, to remedy the rental crisis, which Mr. Riotteau rightly discussed with the General Council at its last session, following a study we conducted together; the issue of roads and paths, which requires immediate and serious effort; the development of electricity distribution, which will make life more pleasant in our countryside; and the improvement of our telephone, telegraph, and postal services. Finally, the important issues of social assistance and insurance, which my duties as President of the Granville Mutual Aid and Retirement Pension Society have led me to study in particular in my daily practice. I have had the honor of being a member of our Chamber of Commerce, and, in agreement with it, I will advocate before the Departmental Assembly for anything that can contribute to the development of our port and the improvement of our railway services, both standard and narrow gauge. I will also not forget our agriculture and livestock farming, to which I am linked both by my scientific and industrial work. As Honorary President of the Agricultural Committee of the Canton of Granville, I follow all its progress and strive to stimulate its development and prosperity. Please accept, my dear fellow citizens, the expression of my affectionate devotion. Long live the Canton of Granville! Lucien DIOR, Member of Parliament. |
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