St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-03-17
Letter from Mr.. GOOdbee

Il
by my opponent, Mr.. Miller, in
! which he holds up my friends -
political pettifoggers, emo says IN :
cunning way that l am not s Demo-
crat. Well l am satisfied that my
Democracy is unlike tue same that
predomlnatee in his native State,
and I have Often wondered il his is
hereditary, or il it just took root
since his short soj0urn in Louisiana.
Iquote from his letter rs follows:
ssThis clearly showed that he
thought the convention plan would
give him an advantage over me, and
that he was afraid to face the people
in primary"
In November last, and about two
weeks before the parish primary,
in Was hington Parish, l made MIR.
Miller . proposition to 60 into the
parish primary, and then we could
| go in the primary in St. TammanY
and get the result OF the district.
He agreed to 60 in with me il Judge
Thompson would. saw Judge
Thompson At once, aud it was agree-
able with him. When l saw Mr..
Miller again he peremptcrily re-
fused to 90 IN with me, and re-
marked that was trying TO work
some scheme on him. Now il he
wanted 4 fair showdown lie would
have gone into that primary with
me, because in all parish PRIMARIES
almost the entire registered vote
is polled, and lie would have there
fore polled his full strength. 1: is
clear to me that = fair deal is not
what he wanted. Since that time >
primary would have been unfair.
In the Senatorial primary more than
one thousand votes we're polled IN
st. Tammany, and only 26O in
Washington, the registration Of The
two parishes being very near equa,.
This would have given Mr. Miller
an advantage over me. for it is
natural TO suppose that lis strength
10 in his home parish, and It would
have been polled, while mine would
not, because less than one-third Of
the registered vote was p0lled. Then
again, in the Parish Of st. Tammany
there are six towns, in which large
per cent Of the registered voters
reside. and owing to the fact that
The polling places are situated in the
towns, those people would turn out
to ) primary involving the offices Of
Judge and District Attorney, while
the people in Washington Parish
would not. thus again Mr.. Miller
would exert 8lmost his full strength,
while l would be handicapped.
These facts certainly are manifest
to any fair-m.nded man, aud it was
this state Of facts that l f0resaw
when I urged upon Mr.. Miller the
necessity Of going into the parish
primary when all the voters would
turn out.
Now rs 10 the great wrong that has
been inflicted ON 81. Iammany
Parish, desire to say that l am The
las. man On earth that would hurl
an insult NJ the Parish VI st. Tam.
many or her people, or attempt in
any way to do her An injustice, for
it was within her borders my father
and mother first saw light, and upon
tue banks Of her sparkling streams
ill those nearest and dearest TO me
we've boih and reared. Under the
old registration law, when oil above
the age Of 81 we're permitted to
register, st. Tammany showed up :
registration that entitled her to .
larger representation than Washing
ton but under the late registration
law the registered vote Of the two
parishes is very near equal, and it
was this registi alton the Committee
used as = foundation on which they
based the representation OF the two
parishes. This is fair, for it would
not be right 10 say that st. Tam
many should have more votes in q
Convention than Washington, when
the registered Democratic vote Of
the two is equal. That would be
saying each v0ter In St. Tsmmany
could cast little more than one
vote.
The Convention tue CoMhittee
ordered was fair and impartial, aud
Mr.. Miller had the same opportunity
l had. The delegates had the right
10 appoint one commissioner. 1t is
true as lie says, hc would have had
to carry nine wards in st. Tammany
and one in Washington to defeat
me. The same is true in primary,
and if lie could not do that in D con-
yen:ion, where the delegates are
selected by ballot, am unable 70
see how he can do it in an election,
unless he expects TO get that great
big vote he spoke Of in his letter
when he ran without an opponent.
On the other hand, would have had
to carry every ward IN Washington
and one in ST. Tammany to defeat
him. and The same is true in . pri-
mary or general election. l desire
to state that when the Committee
met in December last, for the pur-
pose OF ordering primary for State
Senator, Ito action was taken n To
the offices Of Judge and District At
torney. The matter was discussed,
and rs neither candidate fur The
Office OF District Attorney was
present, no action whatever was
taken snd the matter was left open.
will state further that have
never taken any advantage Of Mr.
Miller, or felt the least anxiety to
do SO. So far ~ l am concerned,
| never thought | needed it.
Respectfully,
GORDON w. GOODBYE.
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