The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-12


Young and Marsh cases, against his op
ponents, while different set of rule
was being applied by his admitted client
the sheriff, for favorlng other people
The self-serving declaration of Sheriff
Sanders of December II, 1902. is quotet
to show that he did not stand where tht
Young and Marsh suits show he stood
but that letter was written after Judg,
Allen had handed down his opinion
on December 6, in the Young suit.
A letter from J. n. Pharr & Sons
Ltd, and a memorandum from the Mrs
f. ID. Burguieres Planting Co. Ltd .
are produced to show that proxy pay
ments were permitted, but these docu
ments were written in 1906, three years
after the decision in the Young suit, in
which the Messrs. Sanders were COM
PEELED by the courts to accept proxy pay
ments
! The Pharr and Burguieres letters
merely show that the Messrs. Sanders
do not carry their political expressions
to the extent of defying the DEGREES of
the courts of the land
| Innuendo and baseless aspersion
against r. r. Cookies books abound in
| the pamphlet. but there is no offer to
produce the books as would have been
if there had been a bona fide claim that
the books discredited Mr. Cooke, nor are
there any specific facts or figures given
to show or to suggest that Mr.. Cooke 5
| accounts were Incorrect
The attack on Mr. Cookies accounts
is a desperate attempt to mall capital
out of vague, airy and mysterious insin-
llatlons. and is the seizinc ucon A tan
gent, not made an issue bv me al Den
aldsonvile, nor by Mr. San iers at jean
rerette 1t would Re a purp; e,css CT
cl1mvention of the issue if it did not ap-
pear to be done i'll the hope that the
public would lose sight of the real issues
in the mass of idle detail contained in
the pamphlet. That the assault upon
Mr. Cookies accounts is purposeless is
shown by the circumstance that they are
not called into question in any definite,
direct, tangible and open way
But to show the extremity to which
the Messrs. Sanders are now driven,
they seek to unjustly impose on re-
spected citizen the odium of this short
age in the sherffs office of St. Mary.
That citizen, r. R. Cooke, submits his
statement herewith, and it utterly den1ol-
ishes this unfounded attack on that gen.
tleman's character.
How fictitious many of the statements
of the Sanders pamphlet are, after so
long a delay in preparation, is shown by
the affidavits of John R. Parkerso4 and
R. R. Cooke, establishing that the hand
writing of Henry Jacobs commission, al
legged to Mr.. Cookies, is, in fact, Mr.,
Parkersons.
Such barefaced misstatements are
enough to discredit this pamphlet with
every rlght-thlnklng man.
have asked for Judgment by the peo-
pie upon my charges, but Mr.. Sanders
has anticipated that-he has confessed
judgment by not denying the tyrannies
showed had been perpetrated in the
Young and Marsh cases, and by not de-
nying the inconsistent privileges ex-
tended by the sheriff to himself-and his
| faction.
Sheriff Sanders, although not denying
in any way the shortage i'll his office,
works up considerable heat over my set
ting forth the facts, and INDUCES i'll an
irrelevant TRADE against me, which
shows that he also is unable to discuss
public questions in any other than per-
sonal way, and which | ignore
STATEMENT OF MR.. r. R. COOKE
New Orleans, Dec. 8, Ioo7.-Con
scious of my entire rectitude i'll the ad-
ministration of the sheriff office Of the
parish of St. Mary as chief deputy sher'
iff under J. B. Sanders from January
1902 to June 1904 and as the entire
question during this time is Of recorC
in the books kept by me i'll my offlcia
capacity, | now demand that the parte
possessing those books submit them t.
a disinterested tribunal; they are the bes
and the only evidence, and the non-pro
duction of those books is tantamount t.
"a confession of the 1ibelous charge
made against me- | have nothing to con
cea all | wish is fair and thorough
t investigation of my official acts. Whe
discharged by John B. Sanders i'll Jun
, 1904, | made a demand on him to hav
S the books submitted to two dxpert ae
countants, one to be appointed by m
and one by him. This was refused.
e now again relterate this demand.
4 connection with this statement | no
submit to the intelligent public the 70
e lowing afidavits, which explain then
2 selves:
r The public will understand that Dr.
d Henry J. Sanders came to the rescue
. tho cbariA'c office will, &, OOo in 700