The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1900-02-10
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CORRESPONDENCE
Communicated.

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The friends of Capt. B. F. VIM
chester, of Terrebonne, who is can.
didate for the Office of District Judge
are circulating a dodger which has
reached some persons in this parish
One of these dodgers lies before the
writer.
Some of the statements of the
dOdger deserve little comment.
Let me reproduce the dodger and
then add my comments. These are
the words of the dcdger:
"For District Judge, Capt B. F.
Winchester, of Terrebonne. The
Parish of Lafourche has put up
Judge CailIou~t for Judge. and Mr..
Martin for District Attorney. Terre
bOnne being in the same judicial
District, believes she is entitled to
one of the Offices, and on consulta
ton with Democrats of both Parishes.
Capt. Winchester's friends present
him for Judge at the primary to be
held on the 18th of February, and
respectfully ask the support and the
vote of the people of Terrcbonne."
My comments are these The very
first sentence of the above document
is challenged for its lnaccuracy. We
respectfully submit that the Parish
Of Lafourche has never put up either
Judge Csillouet or Mr.. Martin Tor
the offices of District Judge and
District Attorney, respectively. The
only way in which Parish can pre-
sent a candidate for any Office is
through its delegates appointed ac-
cording to party usages for the
special purpose in view. For in.
stance, if the Parish Of Lafourch,
had held a meeting and appointed
delegates to the Judicial Convention,
and instructed those delegates to
present the names of Judge Caiilouet
and MIR Martin as its candidates for
the offices of Judge and District
Attorney, respectively, then, and in
that case, the statement Of the dodger
would be correct, but, inasmuch as
nothing Of the kind was done by the
Democracy of Lafourche. 1t can not
be said that the Parish Of Lafourche
has, in the language of the circular,
"put up" Judge Caillouet or Mr..
Martin. The truth and the fact of
the matter is, that both candidates
from this parish have submitted their
candidacy tn the pleasure, as expres
sed at the polls of the coming Prima-
ry, of the voters OF Terrebonne and
Lafourche. They will consider it a
great honor to receive the majority
of the votes of Terrebonne and La
fourche, and they have, as We have
been informed, started out to inter-
view the good Democrats of both
parishes in their own interest, as is
legitimate and proper.
If. by reason of the accidental
circumstance Of their being residents
of the parish of Lafourche, they were
untitled for the offices to which they
respectively aspire, that would be q
good reason for the voters of the
parish Of TerrebOnne to cast their
votes for some other candidate, but,
the people of Terrebonne are tOo
intelligent and too fair-minded to
allow such thing to influence their
judgment wheL hey come to vote a,
the primary.
The last clause or sentence Of the
dodger under consideration ought to
have the effect of turning every voter
of the Parish of Lafnurche from the
support Of the candidacy Of Capt.
Winchester, for the language is sus
ceptible Of the Interpretation that he
does not desire the voters of La
fourche to give him their suffrages.
Else why use these words at the
close of the CIRCULAR. The support
and vote of the people of Terrebonne
are respectfully asked for Capt.
Winchester. Nothing IS said about
the people of Lafourche being wanted.
Now the friends of Judge CailIouet
and MIR. Martin, on the contrary,
desire the support and vote of the
people of Terrebonne as well as
those of the people OF Lafourche.
They have submitted their cause to
the people of both parishes at o
primary and will be proud Of having
the Democratic voters of TerrebOnne
TO turn out en- massc and vote for
them. They have every reason to
believe that the good people OF both
parishes will give them a majority Of
the votes on their merits anil regard
less of the fact that they live in
Lafourche.
We have thus cndeavored to crit.
cize, in a friendly way, a circular
which was evidently intended to
prejudice the people of the parish OF
Terrebonne against Judge CaiIlouet
and in favor Of Capt. Winchester,
but we disclalm any intention to
reflect on the personal or professional
character of the gallant old veteran,
whom tie people Of Lsfourche would
be glad to support If Judge Caillouet,
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