The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
Letter From shackelford.

Editor Colfax Chronicles:
As the charges against m 2se.f appeared in Jour
paper last week. shall have to ask your permis-
sion to deny same in your paper.
The charge that l influenced w. W. Smith IN
rendering decision on the railroad tax matter
- not true. did not do SO, and he can answer
for this.
The charge that went to colored meetings
and asked them to support the tax also un-
malicious slanderer. Ny business at those meet
ings was for the Populist primary, and did not
attend but three meetings. NJ I. B. II. Hale, the
Populist candidate for representative, was pres
emit NJ two or those meetings. kelsoe, Brett and
Smith were present at all Of them. had de-
clined to serve on q railroad committee, have
never asked anyone to vote for the tax and did
cost bills are exorbitsnt are also untrue Ny
bills against the parish have been very reason
able; much less than the clerk of Rapides gets.
Your police jury have held me down to the lowest
legal charges. and you know that have not
been paid by warrant directly 70 me since LIST Of
January. 1895. and then was held over from 1894
for SOS. All OF my bills since then was forced
to sell at 80 cents on the doll. r. because of no
money in the treasury. You claim to be a fair
journalist, and although J. r. Dunn is editor of
the Demands. and my name has not appeared in
any connection with the articles yon have taken
exception to. you expend your wrath and spleen
on me. am not editor of the Demands: / did
not outline its political policy. and am not re-
your authorit! 10 ezamine into my Official acts,
but you must do so in decent English.
As to HadOpt's charges. they are So palpably
false and lul2icrous l hardly consider them
worthy of notice. His reference to homestead
work shows bis utter ignorance. He does not
consider five al idavits application to make fnsl
proof, letters. Hostage, etc.. worth charging for
presume. All of the officials know of charge
IS. 50 for taking fDal proof. Tho U. s. register
and receiver charge S1.00 to read them over.
which takes juet five minutes. His reference to
the Blanchard matter belongs to the editor of
tho Demands. Mr. J. 4. Dunn: prasume ha can
answer that this week. As to my family holdipg
the clerks office. can say that are not under
any. bligations to either MIR. GOODWIN or Mr.
Hadnot for holding il. They have always or
posed US. My father beat Hadnot twice for
clerk. and it makes him green with envy becaus Q
the people will elect me to an Office they did net
think HIM fit or capable to fill. He has becr
biating for an Office teat ever since / knew him.
would like to ask him what he md his tin angel
blanchard has done with all those contest cases
Hadnot has control of at 5000 piece? guess
some of those poor applicants W uld like to
know. As to insinuations about money in the
railro-d tax matter. We guess he took il for
granted that "a he got money everybody else did
Ditto lottery partner. Guess you had better go
slow s,n this, as Mr.. &. Med. has q letter from
you. Bro. H., that may he choice reading if you
continue in your malicious attacks. will close
by again referring you to Mr.. Dunn. editor of
the Demands. Very re pectfully,
w. l.. SHACKELFORO.