The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-24

Dansidsonviile Chief.


Tho general expectation .hst The
&e.a:s commerce enmmil:ee would
Oh Thursday decide 80 make re-
pe,t an til. nnmiuAtien Of Hon.
ii-nsy M,Cs!i 80 collector nf Gus
/, n4 va. 40, reaiixea, and . further
de,sy IN shs ease will snsue. Thur
iay's session Of the epmraittee vas
exeens;se and ness 81 the snrmbers
ora aches will make any ststemen.
a. I" ~h., sransp.red, bat the p'es~
correspondent have harmed enough
to .iusE,fr The presumption that the
esnss Of delay 10 the charge said to
have besn made BY Simeon Bei,len,
attorney Tor the opponents Of con-
6rma:ion, that the Sakey Jackson
will, under which the old womsn's
peas,oa money was turned over to
her aegstse., is . forgery. In fact.
the language Of the SPECIAL Wash.
iugtou dispatch IA Yesterdays New
Orlsaus P,cayuue makes the state
ment in succinc, terms that "Cba'r-
nan Frye Of the committee has re-
cs,ved , telegram from Ex- Attor'
aey General BeIdes, attorney tor
the OPT oslt,on, alleging that the
will said to have been lef, By Sukey
5Ackseu, The .mbeelle nesress, and
under which M. Mccall save he
has been acting, Is q forgery"
Sach az allegation, BY whomso'
ever made, is utterly oafoanded
and false. The stldav,ts Of the
nan wbe wrote the will >. Sukey
Jsckson's request aod Of two Of the
three witnesses to the document are
on Ole With the commerce commit.
toe, aad the state 0ents of the
parties to the transaction, oil Of
whom, -sxcspt the sesta.c' herself
are still alive. leave no room IA
doubt the entire honesty and good
faith Of the proceeding. 1t is moi
possible that Mr.. Bslden per any
one else 70 in possession Of . scin
tiila Of evidence 10 warrant An 81
legst,oa of this character, and the
inference 10 plain that the charge Is
eoaeooticn, ssabtesfugs and ~
aftssthought, .nterjsc,ed at the
eleventh hour as . pretext for AK
ing farther pos.poueusat Of favor
abls aeetioa on Ar. McCall's ap'
poiutasn:.
II anything more vas needed 10
dsnsastrsse the utter INSCRIPTIONS.
uess Of the men engaged IL this
conspiracy to assail the good name
of 90 honorable man that they may
proioeg their occupancy OF public
Offices from which they are ahoa,
to b ousted, this Infamous charge
Of forgery suppl,es the deficiency.
These character ssssssins will evl.
dsntly stop At nothing to serve their
own selfish INTERESTS aud ;njase their
oppossnts, and It na trsve.tY on
deeenoy and justice that a man Of
Henry MoCaIl's stainless repu,a.
ton, honorable aud useful caree,
shoald be called upon to defend
h,mself sgainss contemplate sland
ere spring.ne from s"ch irreapon
Mbls a0d unworthy sources.
| Naturally Mr.. Mccall and thi'
frisads are indignant because OF BIZ
fresh outrage, and every decsn
man IN the oonmuaitY will shat,
their ipdigns,,on. As and his u.
sorpsy, Mr.. Pugh, authorize tn
most emphatic denial Of the ex
isteaes OF any evidence 'mpugn,n,
the geaa,nneess aud good fsish 0
the Sukey Jackson will, and this .,
surancs vii! have more weigh
among the reputable people wh'
ksov the relative moral and soc,a
staodisg Of the parties to this con
trovsrsy than would be accorded I,
coaatss a6davi.s smsaas,sg from
Nh. HsCsll's accssers.