Lower coast gazette., 1914-12-05

statement to the contrary notwith
standing. 1t may be that this self
opinionated individual, when he charg
ed that in former times, only represen
tative men served as jury commission
ers, or words to that effect had him
self only in mind, for l find that h
served both under Judge Livaudais ant
Judge Robert Hingle. If he is blessed
with the good fortune of knowing
everybody in this parish and their quail
iications as jurors, what a pity tina
such an unknown genius should exist
Full many a flower is born to blush
unseen, and waste its fragrance on the
desert air"
The records in Judge Livaudais' time
show that with the exception of Mr..
Daunnoy. who lived in the second ward,
all Of the jury commissioners came
from the Bird. ward. Nobody knows
this fact better than Felix S. Hingle,
as he sat with a jury commission com
posed of men who were all from the
sd. ward, whose names are of record.
| invite him to refresh his freakish
memory on this score.
And speaking Of the jury commission,
l had occasion to recently question one
of the only men from another ward
who served as such as to his reason
for resigning the position. His reply
was that the position paid only five
dollars per day, and his expenses rang
ed from seven to eight dollars.
These facts stand undisputed and it
is plain that Felix S. Hingle began this
controversy with the false premise that
my predecessors appointed the jury
commission from various sections Of
the parish. The records of the court
are at his disposal to substantiate my
statement, or to disprove it.
Now, / wish to say that l am being
attacked by this individual because Of
political pique and disappointment,
which l propose to show at the proper
time. His efforts are purely to dis
credit me in the eyes of the people of
this parish, and when he uses the COL
umns of his own newspaper under an
assumed name for such ignoble pur-
poses, l repeat emphatically that he is
. contemplate coward. As a defense
he states all of the big dailies in the
city permit the use of assumed names
IN matters Of correspondence. l admit
this, but the owners, or editors, of
these journals express their own in
dividual opinions editorially, the prop
er, decent method Of conducting a
newspaper.
He also states that he believes ! con-
tributed during the last campaign I'M
der the signature of "Veritas" and
''Paille-en-que." I wish to remove all
doubt from his mind by stating that l
did, but the manner and circumstance
of that correspondence, finds no para
lei with this. My efforts as CORES
pondent at that time were both in aid
Of friends and in defense of myself,
who were being bitterly assailed by
Felix S. Hingle and his newspaper, in
the heat Of a,bitter political campaign.
There is no campaign on at this time,
the election for the judgeship being
two years off, and though he is trying
hard to begin n against me, I say
that, regardless of his loud boast that
he will elect the next Judge, a habit of
which he is periodically a harmless vic
tim, the question Of the next Judge
will fortunately not be left to him, but
to the full electorate of the Parishes of
Plaquemines and St. Bernard, whose
have endeavored to serve we'll
and faithfully for the past six years.
l regret exceedingly what should
seem to the average citizen the TN
pleasantness Of this controversy, but
the purely personal and political pur-
pose Of the original letter of "Citizen"
otherwise known as Felix S. Hingle,
based upon facts which l have proved
to be absolutely false, compels me to
continue to resent by this means this
wilful attempt of q scheming politician
to injure me. To anyone who has fol-
this correspondence the last eff
fort Of this Citizen is ridiculous. He
by raising the usual hue and cry
hat everything / said was false. In
the very next breath he says he will
:onine himself to answering my COM
nunication appearing in q previous is
'ue Of the Gazette which he does, but
loes be prove any untruth of my as
namely, that all Of my pred
'cessors appointed jury commissions
rom the various parts Of the parish?
This fact stands paramount in this is
ue. The bald statement was original I
y made by "Citizen" that If / had
one ~ my predecessors THAT is, to-
jury commissioners from the
'arious wards) we would have had q
ession Of the grand jury and until
his same person can prove his asser.
ioa from the records, by his own words s
e stands convicted in the eyes of right
people Of malicious falsifca- I
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