St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-17
To The Citizens of H5!e Parish of St.

Tammany:>.
desire, through this. communi
cation, to extend to the citizens o
this parish who SO Loyalty supporte
my candidacy for the office of Clerl
OF Court, in the primary election jus
passed, my thanks, and at the SAM
time to announce that l will be !;
candidate for that office in the com
ing primary election to be held Feb
~, 1912, and I earnestly solicit tn,
consideration and support of all citi
zens of the parish Of my candidacy
for this office.
The old adage that "self praise i!
half scandal" no doubt holds good ii
politics as it does in other affairs Of
men. Hence / will leave it to ml
friends to present the personal rea
! sons why they and myself believe
that I am justly and fairly entitled
to the support of the citizens of this
parish for this office. All that I car
say is that 1 feel that I am compe.
tent to conduct the affairs and dis.
charge the onerous duties OF the
Clerk of Court, justly honcTably and
intelligently. l feel that this COM
munication should end here, and il
would so end if it were not fer the
many rumOrs and charges flying in
the political air, all wild imaginings,
some wilder than others, AMI es,
pecially has the air been been blue
and the "welkin" ring with these
charges since the primary election
just past. 1t is not my purpose to
teke up every charge made, OF that
has been supposed to have been made.
hence l will confine myself to dis
cussing those only that appear to
me to be the most prominent, ana
that have been persistantiy AMI in
sfstently, in season and out of sea-
son, circulated for the sole purpose
OF beclouding the issue and to POISON
the public mind.
/. 1t is charged that / never was
q ''real candidate from the begin
ming of this present camapisn. btt
was acting only as ''blind" in order
to protect the political fortunes of
another.
2. 1t is charged that if l am elected
In name only, and that | would con-
tinue in the active management Of
my private affairs. Or business, an5
some one else would be placed ia
charge of the office of Clerk of Court
tQ conduct and discharge the duties
OF that office.
8. It is charged that since the pri-
mary election just past ! have en-
tered into a compact with Mr.. H. R.
Warren, present Clerk OF Court, ana
one of the defeated candidates for
this office, whereby I would appoint
him "Chief Deputy Clerk" and he
and his friends would support me in
the second primary to be held Feb.
-.
4. It is charged that ii / am elect
ed Clerk CT Court that | will employ
only my relatives as deputy clerks in
said office.
AS all the first three charges evil
IDENTIFY refer to Mr.. II. 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 | pursued my
daily vocation, will SO consider that
as an actual fact, that he is the
"other person. referred to.
The charge that / ain not q real
candidate for Clerk CT Court, and
that my candidacy throughout is
merely blind to protect Mr. War
rem in his present office. is absolute
~ false and untrue, ana desa.ca5.e
and contemplate as it is false ana
untrue. | have been o candidate in
good faith from the very day q Ily
announcement as q candidate for this
office, and am now in absolute good
faith in seeking election at the hands
OF the people, to this Office, Such
a thought as acting as a go be-
tween between the people and MI.
Warren, in order to save his political
fortunes. has never crossed my mind.
II is well known fact that MT. War
rem and some of his closest friends
felt very unkindly towards me, and.
even charged that by becoming
candidate ! had acted the part OF
q false friend to hin, and even now
scme blame me for his defeat. II
so, then how could it be said truth
fully that l was only go between
to save Mr.. Warren from a 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 candidate in good faith /
again emphatically repeat that this
charge is absolutely false and untrue,
and it is cowardly and contemplate
as it is false and untrue.
I further emphatically deny that
either before or since the primary
election just past, that have entered
into a compact with Mr.. Warren
whereby he and his friends would
support me in the coming second pri-
mary, and /, 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, if such be mine, but
under no conditions whatever have
entered into any agreelnnet with him
in reference to the clerkshirs of the
office Of Clerk of Court. | emphatic
ally repeat that this charge is false
and untrue as it's predecessor. This
answers charges Nos. / and 3. AS
to No. q: That If am elected Clerk
of Court l would be the Clerk in
name only, and that | would place
some one else, ostcnslbly Mr. Warren,
in charge Of the office, and | wouid.
continue in the active management
Of my private affairs, is equally, as
the preceding charges, absciutais
false and untrue.
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