The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-03-07

claim me AN ATOM, my vote be-
ing all | control; and in still an
other you call me High Potentate
in the Councils All this is addi-
tioEal evidence of your peculiar
state of mind. Who but such a
rare genius would dare call the
Lion The King of Beasts and i'm
mediately compare its strength to
that of kitten?
And AGAIN: In one sentence
you claim that | denied the $500
campaign fund, and in another you
claim that / admitted it. That
peculiar mind of yours must be
composed of so many positive and
negative quantities, and they are
so nearl y equal in strength, that
one first predominates and then
the other.
And AGAIN: You ask me not
to use may be sos or lands" or
"perhap SOS" bat to deal in the
proper names directly. Before
making such a request you should
begin by dropping your own could
be So and name your NAME. |
would advise you not to name it
twice in the same article, however,
for you would probably name it
in two different ways and the pub.
lie would still not be enlightened
as to your identity.
L have previously accused you
of instructive reasoning and also
of diversity of opinion, but you
have forced another unpleasant
duty upon me. Must l also ac-
cu-e you of objectionable igno-
rance of the ways in which some
of the most ordinary affairs are
conducted? Who has ever heard
of bartering or trading offices such
as Assistant Police and assistant
at the Power Plant? Every body
knows that such offices are appoin-
tive and not elective, and since
they are appointive the appoint
ment can be offered to any one
who is considered competent to do
the work. How do you suppose
that positions of this kind could be
filled, either here or elsewhere, I'M
less they were first offered to some
one and subsequently accepted !?
| do not know if the said positions
were offered TO any one or not, and
l do not care The matter is so
trifiing that it is not worth a mo-
ments thought.
| frankly admit that it had not
occurred to me that whipping a ne
gro was violation OF State Law.
| fatty deny, however, that the
said charge was brought
to me in the proper manner and
| refused to act. A charge of SIM
pie assault and battery could have
been preferred. But evidently the
circumstancrsdid not warrant such
a proceeding The accused paid
his fine, the negro seemed satisfied,
and since the Business man, who
was directly interested in seeing
that his premises were properly
policed, expressed no dissatisfac-
ton at the above proceedings. and
made no complaints to ME, | do
not see where | had any kick COM
ing, or you either in the matter.
So far as the Concealed weapon
occurrence is concerned | will state
that it took place LONG before /
assumed tho duties of office and, as
a person is not a preserver of the
peace until he becomes an officer of
the law, it was absolutely none of
my business, and you are guilty of
a gross misrepresentation. No one
ever accused you of knowing any
thing about law any how, and no
one is surprised to see you adver-
t'se your own stupidity. Under
the circumstances | pardon your
Thoughlless Mistake.
A comparison of my assessment
with that of any other individual is
not a matter pertaining to the cam
paign.
Your version of the License
Book matter leads one to believe |
that you are trying to hide the
sins of your party under the cloak