The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-04-14

ton, studlously avoided doing or say
ing anything that would put me in
the attitude of promoting my interests
at the sacrifice OF his interest or the
interest of our cause.
Again Judge Garrett says, "Because
the ring would not accept Mr., Sholars
for DistrictAttorney the conference was
broken off," This statement is 50 re-
markable and so utterly at variance
with the facts, that cannot account
for it in any other way than that the
Judge has permitted himself to be inn
posed upon again, by accrediting state
ments received from source which
politically is unfriendly to me and to
our cause. If there was any man who
participated in our conferences who
did not recognize that no comp.nmise
was possible which did not make Mr..
Potts Judge, did not grasp the situa.
ton. No Judge, the rock upon which
we split, was that in s.rt'.~ to- effect
compromise, our cOn,n,te.. eu.uid
have had to sacrifice u Candidate for
the judgeship who was thoroughly in
line with the policy of our committee,
and saying nothing of the opposition
which had developed against you, to
secure the office of representative, it
was necessary to first have the name
OF the man whom we tuight select
passed upon and approved by the
ring. In short there were no terms
offered us which as honorable men we
could accept and which we had any
reason to believe our Executive Com.
luittee would approve.
Aud now for Mr.. Benojt whose can
didacy ! have ardently and sincerely
supported throughout the campaign
and who, unless the suggestion of my
name and the probable rejection of his
for the legislature, while compro-
mise was pending, would warrant the
charge, Can point to no act or word OF
mine antagonistic to his interest We.
! who goes out Of his way to Join in an
EFFORT TO put upon me the impufation
OF having sought TO promote my ister-
est at the sacrifice of my party and its
friends, and to shift upon noe the res.
possibility for the blunder of a com.
promise, which knowing our commit
tee would oppose, he by procuring the
proxies of two of our committeeman
labored to secure. He charaeterizes as
secret, a plan OF adjustment, which
was perfectly honorable in its character,
which was openly submitted to the
ring committee, and which had it been
entertained, intended to publicly ad.
vocase before our committee, an adjust
ment upon which WAS and am will
ling to stand before the world, and
which he has confessed, provides him
with an office which he prefers to the
one for which he was nominated.
If, after having gotten himself into
| a position wherein he confesses that he
is "between hill and great dagger" he
can find any soiace in the other con-
temptible filings he has made at me. ]
do not envy him, but dismiss the mat.
ter with regret, that a Iaau whose roll
ticai aspirations / earnestly desired to
promote, could have so wrongfully
misjudged me.
In conclusion, ;he compromise was
failure, because the concessions offered
by our opponents were coupled with
conditions which our sub-com mittee
did not feel that they could honorab ly
accept, which our Executive commit
tee, who were finally to pass upon the
matter, we had been advised would
not approve, and which we were con-
WINGED our constituents would not EN-
dorse. Then to have submitted the
matter for compromise was a blum.
der, and for this hunder, am not res
ponsible. Respectfully,
D. NJ, suoLAKs.