The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-08-13
Mr.. Ponder to the Democra.
tic Voters of the Eighth
Congressional District.

To the Democratic Voters of the Eight
Congressional District:
The State Board of Equalization, a
you know, is composed of eight mem
bers, one from each Congressional Dis
trict IN the State. 1t is the most i'm
portant Board in the State, because it
duty is 10 c4ualize the assessment
TIL layout the State and to fix tn
bass upon which you pay your taxes
I. Every taxpayef Ii directly and vital tsll;
interested in its membership.
am candidate for membership OF
this Board from the Eighth Congress
sional District. | am from Forest Hill
in Rapides Parish.
My opponent is Mr.. Oglesby, o,
WINFIELD. in Winn Parish.
Mr.. Oglesby has been serving on the
Board by appointment as the represen
tative of another district. What ha.
he done towards making the BoarC
peculiar with the people and responsive
to their interests? The Board has be-
come so unpopular that it has been ex.
tensively and severely criticized by the
Press of the State and its adjustment
has been seriously contemplated.
If elected, it shall be my aim anC
wish to make the Board an instrument
of the popular will and to respond tc
the wants and wishes of the people.
was reared on the farm, have been
interested all my life in agricultural
pursuits, am merchant and farmer,
and have had occasion to study land
and property values,
Mr.. Oglesby is lawyer of the firm
of Grisham & Oglesby, Of VIM Parish.
has devoted himself far more to the
study Of law than of the farm and nro.
perty values, and is much more al
home in expounding Blackstone and
forming CORPORATIONS than he is h
liking and equalizing land and pro- -,
The farming ana mer-
OF the state, The ." ~antile inter EST
upon whom ..dlnary citizen, thos
taxati"- .alls the heavy burden {
~ al, should have repre- sentativ
Jon the Board of Equalization, and
shall be my effort, if elected, to let tn
weight of taxation rest upon those wn
are best able to bear it.
In his speech at Echo, Mr.. Oglesb
urged against my candidacy that wa
supported by citizen of Rapides Pal
ish, who is President of lumber con
pany. This is doubtless true, because
and simply because, the citizens of m
home parish, as far as | can learn, al
paying me the compliment of giving
my candidacy their unanimous support
But who is Mr.. Oglesby that he shoul
have made this charge? Who is tn
man that had the temerity to raise TIL
issue? Mr.. Oglesby, the attorney fc
the fremont Lumber Company, one {
the largest companies in the pine be
and owner of the fremont e. Gulf Raj
way! Mr.. 0glesby, local attorney
Winn Parish for the Louisiana Railwa
& Navigation Company and the Louis
ana & Arkansas Railway Company
Mr.. Oglesby, the corporation lawyer
This is an issue that I had no desire I
raise. Mr.. Oglesby himself raised
and have answered it.
Both Mr.. Aswell and Mr.. Perrin, car
didates for Congress, are from tn
northern end of the district, and, there
fore, the Congressman must come frol
the northern end of the district. Mi
Oglesby is from the northern end @
the district, and am from the souther
end. Is it not fair that the souther
end of the district should have som
recognition?
AS a lifelong Democrat, as one VIII
is making an absolutely .independer
fight, as one who comes fresh from til
loins of the people, as one who has n
other ambition than to serve their il
terests, as one whose record shows ths
for four years he stood for the want
and wishes of the average man, tn
laborer, and real producer of wealth
in the Legislative Halls of this State
respectfully ask for your votes an
the endorsement of my party at tn
Democratic primary election to be bel
on August 9th.
H. o. PONDER.