St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-01-25
Ab||A'NAYOR
DENIES ne IS
IN MINORITY
Says it is Not True Cleanup
Ordinance is Unpopular.
That the Road Machine Debt
Is Not a Private Claim.
Insists that Majority of the
People are With Him.
Threatened Impeachment is
Matter Of Indifference.
That the Road Machine Debt
Is Not a Private Claim.
Insists that Majority of the
People are With Him.
Threatened Impeachment is
Matter of Indifference.
!. Abita Springs. Jan. -. 1913.

Aoita SpringD. Jan. 10, 1913.
Editor st. Tammany Farmer:
since you have written an articl,
regarding the difference existing II
Abita Springs between the Mayo. an.
some OF the Aldermen. Il desire I.
set you right in some matters 81
which you are sadly misinforrled
Your statement that there Va,
great rejoicing when was elect "a
mayor 10 greatly overdrawn. It i.
Well known that the race between
the two candidates was very close
ana there was about as much sad.
ness - rejoicing when the result
o. OF the contest was known. and II
may BE- said that the campaign har
not yet closed. The vindictfyenea Of
my opponent is 90 marked that he
mas never ceased to find fault with
anything that / have ATTEMPTED tn
40 since my election. Though ,the
majority Of the people who votsl for
MIN are now my friends and support
err ne chnnot realize that he !s m
2 hopele4s minority, and having sur
round6A himself with few disgn~n,l-
90 men who supported me, he and
tney continue to make war on prog
You are In error when you inSYnu-
ate that the clean ar ora nce, winch
ron say 10 nnpOnulaf. f0hfempiat6:1.
The Eem0x1f 6f pide trees. This ~ q
utary and sanitary ordinauce reouilx
- the removal Of dead and decayed
trees. l0GS. drift-wood. and the clean-s
Ing on of impenettable thickcts 81
briars. underbrueh. ETC., that serve,
tSNvRA H., a.. =
thieves. The greas majority. of the
people here are not opposed to this
ordinance. % might l. inferred from
your article. 1t would BE- absurd for
the people here to oppose such an or
dlnace. - the residents have very
little cleantng Of this kind to do: y.
feIls mostly on Nonresident corpora
lions and individuals who are holding
these vacant lots and squares FOR
Dpeculati0n and, we believe they
should be kept clear and. clean to
give the town park-like appearance
q well - to make conditions more
wholesome and healthy.
The statement OF Mr.. Schmidt that
purchased road machine and |
wanted the town to pay my private
debt 10 absolutely false. The ma
chine was sent here. on trial at my
to be paid for IL found sat
Isfactory. found It satisfactory, %
did nearly every citizen Of Abita |
Springs. outside Of the little cotire |
hat 10 opposing everything. 1t is
he cheapest road machine on the |
market and % mayor Of Abita Springs |
invested by law with q general super |
risi0n over its affairs, insisted that
he town could not spend $50 to bet
er advantage.
You nay. "that Alderman Schmidt
Days that the meeting at which this
bill was approved was illegal" There
we're eleven bills approved at this
among which was one for
Chas. w. Schmidt. II, one OF these
bills were illegally approved all the
,thers must be In the same catagcry.
Be 1t said in favor Of "Brur."
cupidity that he collected
liz pay without murmur and with
1ut hint Of ilIegality. Nothing IL
egal about the approval Of his bill.
Aldermen g. s. Strain and c. T
who sat at the meeting
With me, are two of the oldGs. and
most honorable citizens of Abita
springs and to say that that muct-
ng was conducted with other than
he best intentions IL to impugn the
motives of these two good men.
As for the threat of impeachment
linted at III the article 1t does not
listurb me little bit. am ready
or any legal actions or other actions
hat my enemies want to take.
/ have not deviated one fota from
he policy of progress advocated by
ne prior to my election and If some
Il the things have undertaken to
10. are for the time in statu quo It
3 due to the obstructive tactic, o;
wo aldermen and not because the
people oppose these masures, as you
eem to insinuate. The great ma
ority Of people here are anil have
,een steadfastly in favor OF the inn
that am trying to make
md the little coterie of obstruction
sts will ind 1t out when the time I
gain comes for the people to express
heir will 1t the polls. r.
Yours truly, II
]. E. GLISSON. II
Nota-We still maintain that the
dvent Of the Glisscn adminlstTa
Is marked by an abiding faith IN
q progressiveness and that ne mad AZ
nat time the assistance and co-opera-
on of;a goodly majority OF the peo.
le as well as Of the council, ana
at the opposition that Afterwards
rose was due to the independence
4 the mayor in attempting to carry Q
lrouRh the policy he had adopted.