St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10
TO THE CITIZENS Of PARISH
OF ST. TAMMANY,
To The Citizens of The Parish ~ g.
Tammany:

10 The Citizens of The Parish of
Tammany:
desire. through this commu,
cation, to extend to the citizens
this parish who SO loyalty support
my candidacy for the office of Gle
o. Court, in the primary election fu
passed, my thanks, and at the san
time to announce that l will be
candidate for that office in the cor
ing primary election to be held Fe
~, 1912, and I earnestly solicit tt
consideration and support of all cit
zens OF the parish of my candidae
for this office.
Tne old adage that ''self praise
half scandal" no doubt holds good
pol1tlcs as 1t does in other affairs {
men. Hence will leave it to m
friends to present the personal rea
sons why they and myself beliey
that am justly and fairly entitIe
to the support of the citizens of tn;
parish for this office. All that 7 ca
say Is that l feel that l am compe
tent to conduct the affairs and dis
cnaree the onerous duties of tn,
CLERK OF Court, justly honorably an,
1nteillgently. l feel that this com
municat1on should end here, and i
would SO end If it were not for tn.
many rumors and charges flying ir
.ne polltlcaI air, all wild imaginings
some wilder than others, and es.
pecialiy has the air been been "blue'
and the "welkin" ring with these
charges since the primary election
Just past. 1t is not my purpose tn
teke up every charge made, or that
mas been supposed to have been made
hence l will confine myself 20 dis
cGssing those only that appaar to
me to be the most prominent. and
tnat nave been persistently and in
slstentiy, In season and out ct sea-
son, circulated for the sole purpose
or beclouding the issue and tn noiso,,
the public mind.
u. 1t is charged that l never was
a real candidate" from the begin
ming of this present camapicn. hut
was acting only as ''blind'' in order
to protect the political fortunes or
another.
2. 1t is charged that If am elected
CLERK OF Court would be tho Clerk
IA name only. and that l would con-
tinue IN the active management Of
my private affairs, or business. an,
some one else would be placed in
charge of the office of Clerk of Court
70 conduct and discharge the duties
Il rs cnar geu rnar since tne pr1-
tered into compact with Mr.. H. r.
Warren, present Clerk of Court. anf
one of the defeated candidates for
this office, whereby l would appoint
him ''Chief Deputy Clerk" and he
and his friends would support me in
the second primary to be held Feb.
~.
/. 4. 1t is charged that if l al. elect
ed Clerk of Court that will employ
only my relatives as deputy clerks in
said office.
As all the first three charges evi-
IDENTIFY refer to Mr.. H. r. Warren
as the person in whose behalf was
acting in the despicable part Of go
between, and who was to have charge
of the office while l pursued my
daily vocation, will so consider that
as an actual fact, that he is the
"other person" referred to.
The charge that am not real
for Clerk of Court, AM
that my candidacy throughout is
merely blind to protect Mr.. War |
rem in his present office, is absolute
ly false and untrue, and despicablo
and contemplate as 1t is false and
good faith from the very day CT m.
as = candidate for this
office, and am now in absolute good
faith in seeking election at the hands
of the people, to this office. Such
q thought as acting as ''go be-
between the people and Mr.
Warren, in order to save his political
fortunes, has never crossed my mind.
/. is a we'll known fact that Mr.. War
rem and some of his closest friends
felt very unktndly towards ME, and
even charged that by becoming
candidate l had acted the part Of
q false friend to him, and even now
scme blame me for his defeat. If
SO, then how could it be said truth
fully that l was only go between
to save Mr.. Warren from political
defeat. l cannot for one moment be-
lieve that any fair minded and intel
ligent citizen of this parish, after the
earnest canvass l.. friends and my
self have made for this office, can
Justly and fairly conclude that l was
not q candidate in good faith"
again emphatically repeat that this
charge is absolutely false and untrue
and it Is cowardly and contemptibii
as it is false and untrue.
I further emphatically deny that
either before or since the primary
election just past, that have entered
into compact with Mr.. Warren
whereby he and his friends would
support me in the coming second pri-
mary, and I, for that support, would
appoint him my chief deputy clerk
l sincerely appreciate the friendship
and support of Mr.. Warren, and the
friendship and support of Mr.. War
ren's friends, IL such be mine, but
under no conditions whatever have
entered into any agreemnet with hin
in reference to the clerkships of the
office of Clerk of Court. emphatic
ally repeat that this charge is false
and untrue as its predecessor. This
answers charges Nos. and 3. As
to No. Q: That IL l am elected Clerh
of Court l would be the Clerk in
name only, and that ! would place
some one else, ostensibly Mr. Warren,
in charge of the office, and would
contintfe in the active management
of my private affairs, is equally, as
the preceding charges, absolutely
false and untrue.
1t is a we'll known fact that l, at
the time l concluded to become q