The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-02


zette was within the lines Of 1egiti
mate journalism, we shall quot.
from the record. In its issue of tn,
18th ult., the Advertiser said:
The Clerk of the Police Jury, Mr.. R. c
Greig, in utter disregard Of his duty delay!
giving us the Police Jury proceeding
Why did it not stop there? The
sentence would have been complete
and the whole matter, as result,
would have been one between i,
and Mr.. Greig, and had The Ga
zette taken exceptions thereto, i,
could, with some reason, be called
''gratuitous intermeddler.' Then
why did the editor add, and
we call especial attention to the
words we have italicized:
owing to the fast that his PERSONAL friends
in tie e6Fee Of The Gazrlte have to be
served first.
This last clause we considered an
unnecessary Interpolation, and
we did not SO characterize it
at the time simply because the intel
iigent readers could see it for them
selves and upon this uncalled for
sentence The Gazette felt it its
right to comment, and in doing so,
let US repeat, we were within the
bounds of legitimate journalism
We beg the reader to notice we'll
these words of the Advertiser:
owing to the fact that his persona,
friends in the Office of The Gazette have to
be served first.
In our rejoinder, Aug. 10, we said
in substance that the writer got
mad
because the Secretary gave The Gazette
the proceedings of the Police Jury ,6,st.
Any discrepancy between the two
statements ? Is not the meaning
and the wording nearly,-the
same. Yet the editor of the Adver-
User has the brazen assurance to
say in its issue of the 26th:
The statement that there is any other
motive for our complaint is untrue.
Who said there was? 1t is true
We added near the end Of our ar
lCle the words s.and lead us to be-
leve that every one not biased saw
trough the pretext," which was a
orol1ary to the article commented |
pom, and in nowise contained a |
barge, therefore when the editor
aid that 1.-the statement that
here is another motive for our COM
laint is untrue" he was only .'talk-
ag in his hat and interviewing his
'hisk ers"
The editor then solemnly pro-
laims war. We presume, war to
lie knife, and the knife to the hilt.
Now, in reviving and assuming
he role Of the gaunt knight Don
!uixOtte de la Mancha-a charac-
r evidently not ill-suited to him ,
'e editor of the Advertiser has ,
:ored decided hit. The next I
me that he feels the cheat running
own his collar band,' and nothing
1t red, yea, red gore Will appease i
S fiery and sanguinary ardor, he t
n don his armor and sally forth, 1
b-a-bfe, and make a dash on the a
'ck of sheep that occasionally =
owse on the court house green, +
It if the game is too tame, he can n
in about his old war steed, Rosi- r
nte, and charge the wind mill 9
ose by, dismount, ascend, dam ),
n the forefnger, rub it against i
red paint, glare around, and a
e Father Boniface, imagine it is S
BOD, then shrek out: ssb-l-u-d,
l-u-d-" He will surely bring -
wn the house. n
And by all means let Sancho Pan f
at the same time, make a flank a
vement on the depot windmill. +,
, S.-Brother, don't kill us all; please, =
re to tell the tale. -
Mr.. Bernard Foster visited Yer +