The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-15

| Young and Marsh suits show he stood
but that letter was written after Judge
Allen had handed down his opinion
on December 6, in the Young suit,
\ letter from J. \. Pharr & Sons
Ltd. and memorandum from the Mrs
E d. Burguieres Planting Co. Ltd.
are produced to show that proxy pay
ments were permitted, but these docu-
ments were written in 1905, 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 Burgueres 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.
Innuondo and baseless dispersion
against r. r. Cookies books abound in
the pamphlet. but there is no offer tc
produce the books as would have beer
if there had been bona fde claim that
the books discredited Mr.. Cooke, nor are
there any specific facts or figures given
to show OF 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 lnsln-
no
gent. not made an issue by NE al Don
jacksonville, nor by Mr.. Sanders at jean
rerette. 1t would be purpc.eIess CT
cumvention of the issue if it did not ap-
pear to be done in the hope that the
public would lose sight of the real issues
in the mass of lie detail contained in
the pamphlet. at the assault upon
Mr.. Cookies ;cc"-'nts 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 20 which
the Messrs Sanders are now driven
they seek to unjustly impose on re-
spected citizen the odium of this short
age in the sheriff's office of St Mary.
That citizen, R. r. Cooke, submits his
statement herewith, and it utterly demol-
ishes this unfounded attack on that gen
tlenlan's character.
How fictitious many of the statements
of the Sanders pamphlet are. after SO
long delay in preparation, is shown by
the affidavits of John R Parkerson and
R. r. Cooke, establishing that the hand
writing of Henry Jacobs commission, al
legged to Mr.. Cookies, is, in fact Mr..
Parkerson's.
Such barefaced Measurements are
enough to discredit this pamphlet with
every right-thinking 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, AMI 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 in his office,
works up considerable heat over my set
ting forth the facts, and INDUCES in an
irrelevant TRADE against me, which
shows that he also is unable to discuss
public questi0rs in any other than per-
sonal way. and which | ignore.
STATEMENT OF MR.. R. R. COOKE
New O-.t,"s, Dec. 8, Ioo7-Con-
sclouS CT ~ c.ltlre reCt1tude III the adj
ministration of the sheriffs 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 record
in the books kept by me in my official
capacity, | now demand that the parties
possessing those books submit them to
a disinterested tribunal; they are the best
and the only evidence, and the non-pro-
| ductlon of those books is tartamount to
confession of the libelous charges
made against me. | have nothing to con-
ceal; all | wish is fair and thorough
Investigation of my official acts. When
discharged by John B. Sanders in June
1904 | made a demand on him to have
the books submitted to two expert &C
countants, one to be appointed by me
and one by him. This was refused. |
now again reiterate this demand. In
connection with this statement I now
submit to the intelligent public the fol-
lowing affidavits, which explain them
selves
The public will understand that DR..
Henry J Sanders came to the rescue of
the sherlff's office with $1,000 in 1901,
before | was in the office, and that he
again put up $3.o33.o6 for this purpose
on June 1, 1904. This amount was not
half Of the shortage that then existed,
and not dollar of this was due bv any
acts of mine. John B. Sanders, how