Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-01
TAFT AK FALLS
At BROWNSVILLE
Continued from page one.)
Dear Judge:


Yours of the 9th inst, in which
you say after having considered
he relationship between you and /,
and your attitude and conduct
toward me for the last two years, |
have concluded that it would be I'M
wise for you and ! to undertake to
continue together in the discharge
of the duties Of the district attorney
office. and having taken the matter
up with the attorney gener," re-
quest my resignation to take effect
August |, 1912, duly received. The
suddenness with which you have
reached this conclusion and the re-
quest for resignation on so short a
notice was somewhat surprising to
me. When ! last saw you in Hous-
ton where we were together attend
ing court for sometime, there was
not the slightest suggestion or in
timation from you that my attitude
or conduct towards you was not
what it ought to be, or what you
would expect from me. In fact, for
more than the five years that we
have been together, there has never
been, Sc far as | know, the slight
est ripple of discord between us. In
fact, never before this letter have
! ever had the slightest suggestion
or intimation even that you were
not perfectly satisfied with my at
titude and conduct towards you as
we'll as with my work in the dis
charge of my duties.
There has never been a moment
when | was not ready to respond to
any call of duty or do any
thing for or in your interest.
My absolute loyalty to you
in every way has been
proven on more than one occasion.
If there has even been a single act
or expression Of any kind in my at
'titude or conduct toward you that
was not Of the most favorable and
there has even been an official act
of mine that did not meet with your
approval and that of the depart
ment, | am unaware of it. If I
have ever failed to discharge my Of
fetal duties to the best of my abil-
ity, | am not advised of it.
From your repeated expressions
to me of your appreciation of the
way in which have discharged my
official duties under you, even the
last time | met you, have felt that
our relations were the most har-
monious and satisfactory 10 both of
us. In view Of these facts, | ear
not understand this sudden change
in your attitude and can only ac-
count for the same as being the out
growth Of recent and present polit-
ical situations. In this, our paths
heave lead in different directions.
You for reasons satisfactory to
Yourself, chose to support President
Taft for denomination and election,
and | for reasons satisfactory to my
self, following the dictates of my
own conscience, chose to follow the
leadership of and support Col.
Roosevelt. In our last conversation
wherein this subject was discussed,
you assured me that you would fol-
low the dictates of your conscience
in matters of that kind and expected
me to exercise the same right. /
have pursued that course, and | be-
lieve my course was justified.
For more than IS months past,
| have believed it impossible to re-
elect President Taft and have felt
that the interests of the republican
party, from a party standpoint
alone, demanded the nomination Of
some other candidate. But back of
this, | have believed thai President
Taft, after his election. turned his
back upon his friends who nomi-
mated him and the people who
elected him, and aligned himself
with the interests and the men who
opposed him before the election. |
believe he has proven disloyal to his
friends, ignored the rights Of the
people, and has placed himself "a a
plant instrument in the hands of
INSCRIPTIONS representatives of
crooked business and political
bosses which untitled him for re-
election as president.
Since the Chicago convention, my
former convictions concerning him
have been strongly confirmed. !
could not conscientiously support
him for denomination. With a
stolen nomination perpetrated by
the most contemplate set of polit-