The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-10
WHAT PROF. AsWELL SAID.

WHAT PROF. ASWELL SAID.
New Orleans, Dec. 7, i9it.-EditM
Caucasian, Shreveport, La. - Dear
Sir: In an editorial in your issue Of
December you state that DR.. AS
well is quoted as saying that he has
not met Hall man in New Orleans.
/ feel satisfied that Or. Aswell made
70 such statement, but he has ruth
f,.lly said that the Good Government
league in the city Of New Orleans j.
"a skeleton organization This
statement was made only after a
thorough canvass of this city D% DR..
Aswell and The truth Of the state
ment is verified by the fact that one
of Judge Halls meetings advertised
for last night was postponed and the
other, though an opening night in
this city, was not attended by more
than 800 persons.
| write this because you enjoy the
reputation Of being high-class
journalist, and therefore presume
that you are willing TO give the peo-
ple DIR. Aswell's side of these mat
ters. Respectfully yours,
PAUL A SOMPAYRAC,
Campaign Manager.
The complimentary reference to
The CalcasianS' editor is appreci-
ated.
In the Caucasians editorial Of
December it was stated that Prof.
AswelI is credited and published in
newspapers as having said that he
had canVassed New Orleans and had
not met a Hall man.
We do not know who said it: we
simply said that Prof. Aswell was
credited as having said it. However,
it is immaterial who said it, nor is it
disputed that he did not meet a Hall
man. He may have been with Mi
chel men or with personal friends.
IL may be noted that Prof. As"' b 5
campaign manager in New Orleans
declares that he feels satisfied that
Prof. Aswell did not say it, but that
what he said was "the Good Govern
ment League in New Orleans is a
skeleton organization.
IL is of no great moment or OF
special consequence to waste time
or space in determining what Prof.
Aswell did say or designed to say
in his criticism of Judge Hall, nor
in his reference to the Good Gov
ernmcnt League. AS Prof. Aswell is
a Joker, he could not be held to ac-
count for whatever he may have
said or may say in his oratorical eff
forts which are attuned to finn
flam' the susceptible and the UNI
wary
If Prof. Aswell said that the Good
Government League in New Orleans |
is "a skeleton organization, and he
must have said il since his CAM
paign manager has claimed that he
said it, what he said must be ae-
ceptcd as one of the Aswell jokes Of
The campaign.
As a eireumstantial correction toj
Aswell's jokes, Prof Aswell's man.
ager-he must be a jolly joker
would persuade himself that Aswell
is serious in his allusion to skele-
tons, when he declares that the
truth of the statement by Prof. As
well is verified without an original i
OK by the fact that one of Judge
Halls meetings advertised for We'd 1
nesday night, December 9, was post
poned and the other was not attend
ed by more than 800 persons.
In its report the States says one
of these meetings was postponed
owing TO the Indictment weather and
at the other there were $50 persons
in ATTENDANCE.
This admission Of 800 persons be-
ing at precinct meeting on night
not propitious for such a gathering
is most direct and foreeful con-
trast TO the report that Prof.. AsWe1l
had not met a Hall man in New Or
leans.
1t is comforting at least to know
and realize that there were 300 Hall
men at this ward precinct meeting
in New Orleans.
But really more space has been
given to what was said that Aswell |,
said of Hall when it is now asserted Il
that AsNell never said it. And in
having said this much of what As .
we'll said which it would seem he did Il
not say, the Caucasian would say
That ii will always be pleased TO ;
give The people DR.. Aswell's side of Ii
these matters.
We may say in all eandor that we {
have reached dilemma when it is
to determine when in his