The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1895-02-23
Mayor Pierl Answers Alderman Won
GOhren.

Editors Sea Coast Echo:
Dir. vonGohren's card in last
weeks issue of the Progress Is di-
rected at me and therefore to disa
buse the taxpayers of the impress
sion it may have produced, send
this answer and facts regarding the
case.
In reply to what the Doctor as
serts as being "my false represen-
tation of the case" in my connection
with our city attorneys opinion, l
here say the gentlemen adds one
more mistake to his list Of mistakes
already so long. Here follows Mr..
Bowers answers TO my questions:
"Mr. Bowers, will you prosecute
the case in behalf Of The city,"
eyes sir; but | must add that my
opinion is the case will be lost and
with such conviction my opinion
as an attorney wcul he very weak
one."
"Mr. Bowers, do you advise me
not to prosecute and test the case, so
rs TO settle the question definitely ?"
mo sir; only say that my opin,
ion is that .ou cannot win your
suit"
Hon. Frank johnson. in a letter to
me cites one or more similar cases
upon which he delivered his opinion
and the gentleman thinks that the
cases Of cur Institutions come under
the same considerations. The States
attorney closed his communication
to me in the following language
perhaps not the exact words, as
have not lis'lettcr before me lat this
writing: After stating that Mill
sap's College is exempted hy law,
he says that, the good diffused by
hose educational institution more
Than balances the apparent loss ID
the amount of taxes that would be
paid by them in their respective To-
cali.ies, and closes by saying: "Ths
| send you as my opinion, not off,
cially however, as courtesy only so
as to enable -yon to reach settle
ment OF the question. but will say
that every case stands upon Its own
merits.
This communication | was con-
slderatc enough to send TO the Presi
dent of. St. Stanislaus College, and
as the matter was one of public in
terest | had no skeletons to hide
and at my first meeting with the
President | proposed that he should
make donation Of couple of hum
dred dollars 10 the city TO help it out
of its financiallroubles and that such
course would be properly appre-
ciated and the question settled defi-
nitely, but he did not think it proper
| suppose. to help us defray the ex-
penses of building and keeping up
,he shell roads along the territory a.
rouad ana occupied by them.
Returning to my friend the Doc
tor, he fails to see that by his pre-
sent course, he acknowledges that he
followed my lead and his will power
was not sufflcieaL to resist. a bad
excuse is sometim,s better than no
excuse at all, but really his belongs
10 the latter class and our Taxpayers
should instruct him to investigate
municipal matters in the future aud
show more craftsmanship and form
his opinions on the base OF his Judge
ment, and not be lead by The sayings
or doings of others. really think
that a postgraduate course would
help the doctor in his official position
and the fttesl definition OF all this
is, that, screening his reasons for his
sudden change of tactics behind the
mayor is If nothing less, cut Of place
and not Eau faIt' a1d critics will de-
fine the matter as "the quIbblest OF
quibbles:" ALI, Doctor, if nothing
else, you lave violated the rules OF
the official code Of ethics, 10 disre-
garling the courtesIes due each othel
in life, and as you needed an avenue
of eAcape, under the impulse of your
generous nature, you send youl
"missle" at me and i'll am not
wrong, you have satisfied the intcIli.