St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-10-10
PICKETTs' LETTER.
Farmers Vidette.

EbIancfB flucGtS.
We give in this issue letter from Bro.
disorganizer and slanderer. Bro Guice
has through the public prints charged the
majority who voted for the compact at
Lafayette, as set of Office seekers who
sold out the principles of the Alliance for
the spoils of Office. How can he consis-
ttently make any such charges when he
himself has had q hankering for years to
warm q seat in the halls of Congress
If there were any possibility for the
whole number voting for the compact to
obtain State offices, how about those who
SO bitterly opposed the compact? How do
the members at large know but that every
one of those bitter third party partisans
pose OF ingratiating themselves into the
hearts OF the members in hopes that their
devotion to principle would be rewarded
with official promotion? How many of
that GLORIOUS little band of true blue
patriots" are there who are not now can
sdidates for some official position? And
mot many Of them now before the people
as candidates all the way from ward con-
stable up to member of Congress from the
9TH congressional district. When the
champion kicker, T. j. Guice, is SO bold as
to charge all those who favor the compact,
people, as selfish office seekers he should
have come before them with purer record
than the one he does come with. Who
was il that was hoisted last fall at Natchi-
toches as candidate against Mr.. Blanch-
ard? Mr.. Guice Who was it that was
requested by the President of the State
Union to save the honor of the order by
was it that was afterward reached by "the
last county heard FROM and persuaded to
20 up again? Mr. Guice. Who was il that
again came down? Guice.
This same "Mr. Guice' whom the lot
teryites now seem to look upon as little
is now SO vrtuous that he TURNS UP HIS
NOSE at all who favor the redeeming Of
this State from the lottery, by uniting with
the better class of Democrats to put it
down. Guicc by his actions is trying to
divide the army of anti-lotteryites and the
effect is just the same as if he was lot
teryite. He could uot go into the ranks
of the Farmers Union and persuade them
to vote for the lottery. That would place
them on their guard and they would see
the hellish diabolism of his course and
kick him out as traitor if they did not
hang him to the first limb that was strong
enough to bear his weight, but he comes
in the guise of patriot and lover of
principle and does for the lottery, by APP
pealing to the honor and principle of the
order what he knows is more effective
work He divides the Farmers Union
into faction and brings dlscord where
otherwise would be harmony and unity.
It is q well known fact that Guice is an
office-seeker, and he possibly was afraid
that a straight Democratic platform might
exclude him from chance for Congress.
However this may be he has by rushing
into public prints and publishing the work
of the State Union and by casting dishon-
orable reflections upon the character of
our most prominent officials, placed him
self beyond the pale of the brotherhood.
and he has forfeited the respect and con-
fidenee of the large majority of the order.
His work has been of such q character as
to prove him the worst enemy the order
has in the State. He has placed himself
as o spy in the ranks and given out infor-
nation he received to the enemies OF the
order These charges can be proven ana
denies the imputation.
He promised at Lafayette to abide BY
the majority, and broke the promise in
five days, denying that he had made it.
He again promised to work in harness and
again violated it