The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-01
SLANDERING MIR. SANDERS.

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SANDER is the weapon of the base and
the coward. No self-respecting, no true
and honorable man will ever indulge in
such disreputable and contemptuous pro-
cess to discredit another for political or
other reasons.
A few days since the New Orleans
press contained articles strongly con-
dernning the SANDER of Mr.. Sanders,
candidate for Governor. One of these
detractors, so-caled, as singled out is
Rev j. Holtgreve. a Catholic priest Of
the town OF Plaquemine. i'll the parish
of Iberville In their comments of this
incident the Sanderites have attemp ed
to create or leave the impression Il at
these insinuations and ISLANDERS have
been suggested by the political opfo-
nents of Mr.. Sanders. Indeed, some Of
these organs have been apparently
wrought up to an extraordinary display
of temper. In the SANDER in question it
has developer that Father Holtgreve
had address letter to Lieutenant
Governor Sanders. as explained in the
apology offered i'll the letter published in
the Times Democrat, of which the fol-
lowing is a copy;
Hon. ]. Y. Sanders, New Orleans.
La Dear Sir--The letter which | wrote
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mcnt of rumors that had reached me
about you. never meant to charge you
with these accusations, but since | have
learned that the said statements are by
you considered as charges or accusa-
tons, sincerely regret having written
that letter. If | have wounded your
feelings, it happened altogether unin-
tentionally, and | would ask you to &C
cept my sincere regrets. Yours, ETC.,
j ]. HOLTGREVE."
It is not known if the first letter writ
ten to Lieutenant Governor Sanders by
Father Holtgreve was personal and in
tended as private. The assumption is
that Father Holtgreve is or was a
friend of Mr.. Sanders and believed il
to be his duty to inform Mr. Sanders Of
what he had heard If Father Holtgreve
was indiscreet in having advised Mr..
Sanders of the statement of rumors that
had reached him. he should not have
been subjected to the discipline of the
highest authority of his church in this
jurisdiction of Louisiana. An answer
or reply could have been given Father
Holtgreve by referring him to the news
papers in which the alleged killing of a
man by Mr.. Sanders had been given the
widest publicity The explanation of
the affray, which, fortunately, was not
fatal, between Mr.. Sanders and Mr..
Petitpain was published in the New Or
leans press. It was reproduced in The
Caucasian, which is radically opposed
to Sanders, for reasons which shall be
given in time. The Caucasian has also
published the letter of D. Gallery Jr.,
IN which he has given plain and un
vanished statement of the shooting.
In view of these facts, it may be per-
tinent to inquire into the purpose of the
Sandersites in keeping alive and in pub
lie prominent statement which is not
true and which has been and is being
aggravated by inference by the Sanders
press.
Fortunately neither Mr.. Wilkinson
nor Jastremski are men who indulge in
dctraction or insinuation, but each be-
ing manly and honorable, can have no
respect or sympathy for the slanderer,
the base and the coward, the assassin of
character, who are limited to no sect,
party or condition of men.
1t would seem as if this working up
of the Sandersites over reports and in
situations which are magnifed by inn
plication and to which they refer with
unfailing regularity and unquestionably
for political effect, IS being overdone,
and with the explanations already null
tiplied and with the apology of Father
Holtgrese, the Sandersites should bury
every reference and insinuation connect
ed with the shooting ARRAY between
Sanders and Petitpain in 1888
III his published statement Mr. CAT
fiery says: Il am now called upon, and
make the following statement: In that
case Mr.. Sanders was charged with
shooting Frank Petitpain, with intent
% commit murder. Petitpain did not
die Of his wound, but lived to commit
suicide some years afterwards by jump
ing in the river at New Orleans.
This happened in 1883, when Mr.
Sanders was about IS or 10 years old.
He was tried in the district court at
Franklin IN September 1880, before
Judge a G. Allen and Jury. He was
defended BY Senator Foster, Philip H. |
Aentx and the late Senator Gallery |
Ihe disefict attorney was Walter ]. |