St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-29
The Citizens League
and Else.

Editor st. Tamrnany FARMER;
In the hope of satisfying the minds OF sol4e
of the doubtful, and putting stop to fuFtneF
unnecessary, uncalled for and hurtful CRITICISM
beg your indulgence for space enough to say
a few words with regard to the Citizens
League its Secretary, and the work it has trlel
to do. In viGw of the fact that ! was pfesehl
when the proposition to organize the League
was first discussed, and OF the TURNER tacl ttlat
am member, have been from the nfsI, anu
propose to be to the last, and am also a
member of two of its committees, suppose
am, perhaps, as well prepared to speak on the
subject as any one connected with 1t.
In the first place, the secretary was never e;Vo
consulted about the money he was to receive,
but the Board of Directors, OF its own Vontloh,
and without word or suggestion of any sort
or kind from him, voted him salary OF $50
per month. 49,
months or more the Secretary did devote
great deal of his time and attention 70 the IN
terests of the League, particularly IN MS Si-
forts to secure the location OF dalrles IN ms
vicinity. He made numerous trips to New Or
leans, spending days at time there studying
the situation and acquiring fund OF valuable
information which is at the disposal OF the
members of the League at any time; ana NOT
till he was fully convinced that any 1ufthef
effort at that time would be a useless expense
of time and energy did he give up the under
taking. For these two months WORK, Marcn
ana Aprll, ne drew MS salary bHl ny SubISht
having arisen since that time OF SUFFICIENT lm-
portance to demand any very great deal OF
the attention of the League, he has not draw n,
nor expressed any desire, expectation or ln=
tention of ever attempting to draw, anything
for his services: on the contrary, he has re-
peatedly said that it was not his Intention TO
accept money from the League, except When
actual time had been spent. These facts any
member of the League, whether ne be A
Victim" or otherwise, may ascertain for HIM
self by calling upon the Treasurer, Hon. d. M.
WadsWorth. This is not to be Interpreted to
mean that all activity on the part OF the League
has ceased, for such is not the case, numerous
letters having been written and various sub
jects investigated, but it does mean what il
says, viz: such matters have not required any
thing like all the time of the Secretary, as did
the matter relating to the diaries:
If the Secretary of the League is to be cen
sured for having taken an active part in the
late municipal campaign, why should not the
President and the Vice President, both OF whom
were quite active, be censufed aisot are we
to understand that the offense of the Secretary
lies in the fact that his efforts were in the in
terest of the Progressive Dememocratic Party!
Would there have been any victims" had ms
! party affiliations been Otherwise: II those
members who were active on the part OF the
PfogEessive Democratic Party are to be charged
with having put the League i'll politics, what l:
to be said of those members who were active
on the part of the Regular Democratic Party
Are we to be given to understand thatin thi:
case that which is sauce for the goose is moi
to be sauce. for the gander! It so happens
| however, That ftie Secretary OF the Citizens
League was also officially connected with the
| High License Association and, likewise, with
| the Campaign Committee OF the Progressive
| Democratic Party; and that all of his Variou:
| and sundry political activities were under the
| direction of one Of these, and not of the
League.
The Secretary of the Citizens League is Z
! citizen of Covington, residing upon his owr
| property within the city limits, but ne wa:
| not permitted to vote at the late election be-
/ cause of certain legal technicality, the inter
oretation of which by the City Attorney dis
| franchised not only him but such citizens as W
A. and j. c. Dutch, W. A. Dixon, J. C. Beck, ans
many others