St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-07-22
APOLOGIES
TO SANDERS
Swayed by Motives Unwor-
thy of Honorable Man.
Poche Withdraws Charge e
and Makes Apology.
Hands the Letter in Person
to the Governor.
In Which He Makes a Full
Retraction of Charges.
(From Times-DemOcratl

(pTOul llmeS-DelHOCFdtJ
Baton Rouge, La, July 1S.-Th'
Governor this afternoon gave out tn,
following letter he received thi.
morning:
'Hester, La, July IT, 1911
ITO the Hon. J. Y. Sanders, Governor
of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La:
my Dear Sir--I want to make &
complete retraction of every word In
my letter to you, under date of July
II.
"Swayed at the time of that writ.
ins by motive unworthy of an honor.
able man, and at the solicitation OF
your enemies, | inflicted on you a
grieyous wrong. But now my better
Judgment having regained ascend
ency it clearly becomes my plain
duty to express to you my deepest
regret at step which now / cannot
but condemn, and to offer you the
fullest apology.
Hoping you will accept this from
man who prefers rather to face
any humiliation than persist in a
wrong committed, am, yours res
spectfully, .AGRICOLE POCHE. /"
DELIVERS LETTER IN PERSON.
Agricole Poche Pays Visit to Gov
ernor's Office.
Baton Rouge, La. July 1S.-Agri-
ccle Poche, the st. James game
warden, who on Sunday list publish
ed letter alleging charges of at
tempted intimidation on the part of
GGv. Sanders. arrived in Baton Rouge
on the 10:30 train over the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley Railroad this
I morning. Mr.. Poche, on his arrival
u. the city, faIen baRed1 s SSliassuref-
fee, and a party to the conference
referred to in Mr.. Poche's letter, ask
ing Martin to meet him at Martins
home in this city. Mr.. Martin re-
Piled in the affirmative, and at 1880
o'clock entered the Governors parlor,
where the Governor, with private
secretary, Fuqua, Messrs. Riodan,
Gaudet and other members of the
State Board of Equalization, George
Tsssin, assessor of st. Johns parish
and other gentlemen. some ten or
tewelve in number, were seated.
Mr. Martin called the Governor in
to his private office and stated to
him that Poche was in the city and
had written a letter of apology and
desired, If the Governor would per-
nit, to hand it to him personally.
Mr.. Martin exhibited the letter,
which was read by Gov. Sanders,
who afterward entered the main Of
fee and read it to the gentlemen
assembled, and asked their advice as
to whether he should receive it from
Poche or not It being the concensus
OF opinion that Poche should be al
lowed to hand the letter personally,
the Governor advised Mr.. Martin that
he would receive Poche in his Office.
Martin departed, and soon after
Poche entered the Office and accom-
panied the Governor into the private
Office. where he handed the letter to
the Governor.
The Governor accepted the letter
anl asked Mr.. Poche if he had beer
in any manner, by bribe, by threat
or otherwise, coerced into writing
the letter, and his answer was thai
he had written the letter to relieve
his conscience. He stated to tht
Governor that he had not slept since
the. writing of the first letter, ant
he desired to undo wrong commit
ted and chose this method Of doins
SO. He asked that the letter be pub
lished with the same prominence a
the one first written, and gave per
mission for its release to the press
Mr.. Poche then left the Governor
office. He was in the city tonight
and when seen by the The Times
Democrat correspondent, declined t.
be interviewed or to make expression
OF any kind in connection with tn
incident.
"My letter explains itself, and
have nothing further to say in tn
matter" said Mr.. Poche.
The letter is written in Poche
own handwriting, and has all tn
marks of being his own production
PoCHE'S FRIENDS ASTONISHEI
surprised at Change of Front of s
James Game Warden.
Friends of Agricole Poche, tt
game warden, who last Saturday ga
to the press letter charging Go
Sanders with attempting to force hi
to change his political afiliation, al
who yesterday retracted all Il
charges made in that letter, are no
plussed completely at his strange d
anpearance from st. James paris
according to several friends WI
came to New Orleans yesterday
the hope that they would find hi
here One of these was G. Rouss
I cousin of Poche, and the anita
ninistration candidate for sneriH
st. James, whose candidacy was I
cause of the difference that arose
tween Poche and the Governor.
According to these men, Peche
clared that he would stand by !
defiance of the Governor, come W.
might. and those who learned oNl
letter Of retraction yesterdayIWe
as,ounded. Pochs came to hew