The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-04-03
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a candidate for District Attorney
on the Democratic Ticket. and al
though YOU wers horribly showed
under. I emphatically denied the in
sinuation that you left the Demo
cratic party because You could not
oct an Office. / further insisted
that.the most striking evidence OF
your originality in everything, and
especially in politics, was the fact,
hat four wears ego, when you
were candidate for District At
torney of a faction of the Demo-
cratic party, your opponent for
that position offered to submit
your respective claims TO a white
primary, and you refused, yet they
say you. are irving to get up'a
cheap notoriety by now asking the
Democratic party to do the same
thing, and because Mr.. Porter act
ing for the party and under their
in Instructions, answered your request
SO ably, so clearly, so logically
| and 80 conclusively. that you were
afraid to publish his reply. All
of this Gear brother-in-law, point
ed out as absolute nrOof of your
great originality. I insisted that
yoar record in pSlitics absolutely
established your indisputablc right
to the proud title of the most "orig-
inal' man in politics. But all |
could say on this subject did not
seem to convince "the boys" They
admitted the facts mentioned, but
still insisted that you were a small
and weak copy of Jimmy C'sgrove
and Charley Pickett. Now this
did vex me sure, ! got so mad dear
brother-in-law, / actually shed
tears. The idea that any one
should accuse anvboddy 30 dear to
me as you. of apeing and initiating
Jimmy Cosgrove and Charley
Purkctt in politics, just riled me
terribly.
| But the only consolation you
have is, that it Is the penalty OF
greatness to be traduced and bclit-
tied. So l say, dear brother-in-
'aw, don't notice these mean things,
YOU Just 90 on being ''Originaf'
and you'll be a pride and an orna-
ment to YOUR family and friends.
Now I left these people, and
showei your letter to some other
friends of yours. and they said "P.
Pr stood for s1Peanut Politicians,
II. of course, denied this imputa-
ton on your we'll established repn-
tatiOn al an eminent and able
statesman. But they said, that
last week two or three days before
You wrote me this. letter, yOu had
already written up and submitted
| 10 the Chairman of the Democratic
party, an agreement for the ap-
pointment of Commissioners OF
| election. that took the matter en-.
tirely ont of the hands of the board
Of Supervisors. and that yOnr let.
ter to me was either an act of sup
perr6gatiOn, or desire to humbug
the Chairman Of the Democratic
: Executive Committee. or to hum.
bug me. But l told them they
must be mistaken that | knew you
loved me too much to try to hum
bug me, and didn't believe you
would try to humbug anybody
But they said you would, and dark
" insinuated that there was a row
among the ssPennts" on account Of
this very agreement. They said
that some of your "Penuts" want
to vote the negro aud turn this
parish over to the tender mcrciei
of the negro, and have over agair
the horrible days of regr0 DONNA
, | ton in this white mans country
But ] don't believe this because
you said once that you wanted
white primary. / am sure these
friends of yours are wrong, and
! you are not trying to humbug any
body. And you won't let an,
"Peanut" place you in the unfOrtu
: nate position of having your mo
tives questioned, even If some o
these APeanuts" do say that yOu
had no authority to make any sucl
agreement as you have made will
= the Executive Committee of thu
Democratic party. Some Of you
friends say that y0u can't c0ntro
Q these FESTIVE "Peanuts," but an
swered them that you certainly haa
enough weight with the s'Peanuts
to make them yield to your wishes
But they said your .weight" wa
all below the waist. Of course
;" this was all spits ON their part
c and envy of your prominence il
3 "Penutr politics.