Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-29
A Wicked and Wana0n E'ling.
[Daily Picayune, July 18th.

On last Saturday, at Mansfield
a political mass meeting and bar
becue were held, at which candi
dates for representatives in Con
gress and for Railroad Commits
! sioner for the district of which
DeSoto parish is part, were Civ
} ZEN public hearings.
Among the aspirants to seat in
Congress, there presented himself
to such people as were willing tc
listen to him, Mr.. Phanor Brea.
zeale, of Natchitoches. that per.
son, according to d report of his
remarks printed in the Shreveport
Times, of the 10th instant, made
an attack on the Picayune's reports
of the recent Constitutional Con
vention in this city. The follow
ing is from the Shreveport con-
temporary's report:
Mr.. Phanor Breazeale, of Natchito-
ches, then addressed the meeting. He
roasted the Times-Dem0crat and Plea.
yune, OF New Orleans, and charged
them with falsifying the records in or
der to base their adverse criticise upon
the work OF the late Constitutional
Convention and TO poison the minds of
the people.
A report which appeared in an
account of the. Mansfield meeting
printed in the Times democrat. of
this city, in its issue of the 10th
instant, states:
He lMr Breazeale) said that the two
great New Orleans papers, the Times.
Democrat and Eicayune, had, through
their columns, in reporting the pro-
ceedings OF the convention, attempted
to luislead the public, and had deliber-
ately falsitied the records to poison the
minds OF the people.
If Mr.. Breazeale made the state
ments attributed to him concern
ing the Picayune's report of the
proceedings of the Constitutional
Convention, be uttered declarations
absolutely false and utterly un-
called-for upon any pretext what
ever.
The simple fact is, that the Plea
yune held and expressed opinions
of the work OF the convention al |
most always diametrically opposed |
to those of the Times-Democrat. I
and in the main the Picayune ap
proved the work Of the convention,
50 that the two papers never work
ed in concert. As to the Plea
yune's reports of the conventions
proceedings, they were particular
Iy accurate, faithful and intelli-
gent. The only defect in these re-
ports now turns out to be that
hey sometimes mentioned Mr..
Breazeale favorably. His entire
ack of discrimination, his utter
'ecklessness as to facts, and his
'esort to wanton Misrepresentation
Ind uncalled for SANDER against a
,reat newspaper that had never
topped to hurt him, bnt had even
accorded him some commendation,
mark him as unworthy Of The con-
ldence OF the people in any import +
mt capacity. 4
He IS seeking the place now {
rorthily occupied b. Hon. Harry !
ogden. Mr.. Ogden has had large /
Experience as a member of State t
nd NATIONAL legislative bodies. He {
5 a citizen Of worth and integri- t
y ne IS patriot, who has fought Q
or bis country in war; he has
cen a faithful and useful public '
ervant, whom the Picayune, al {
lough it has not always agreed g
nth his opinions, can conscien- !
IoaslY recommend. 1t gladly |
oes SO. Then there is Judge G
al able and experienced a
lwyer and a jurist and gentleman /
hlgh character. The good peo- I
le OF the Fourth Louisiana Dis +
let can easily secure for them c
.lves worthy and able represen- n
tive in Congress without risking
ly dangerous experiments with /
ne who seems utterly devoid of u t
'nse of common Justice and has v
regard for facts, as appears to p
the case with MIR. Phanor Brea- K
ale, of Natchitoches. \