St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-02-13

PAOAl0C yVu gave MS LII ILLS con-
versation. there was no mentioa
whatever Of Mr.. Grace's name, and
at the time you gave me the promis9
to vote for Mr.. Stewart, there wer6
no charges, as far as l know, of any
irregularities in the State Land OF
fee. either on the part of Mr.. Grace
or any of his clerks.
Il feel that l. owe it to yuo I'll
write this letter. in order that yo1|
can use same if you so desire in an
statement that you might feel Ike
making in regard to this matter.
With best wishes, and kinder
personal regards, am,
Yours very truly,
&C. X. FUQUA. '''
This letter shows absolutely the
time that made the promise to sun.
port Tom Stewart, and inasmuch aSa
the grand Jury investigation Of Req
lister Grace's Office only occurred r.
October, 1914. it will be readily seeH
what a far-fetched stretch Of the
imagination it was to charge me with
prostituting my official position td
save Mr.. Grace.
Insofar as the election OF any o&
the other members of the board 81
appraisers is concerned, there r.
nothing to be said. Whatever mi9h&
have been my intention at the outset
! it was utterly impossible for me az
go with the people who did not hest
tate to use batteTing ram in their
effort to force me against my will to
support the opposition to Tom Stew
art. Any surrender on my part
would have been too coWardly for
even my friends to defend
As to the charge that / bargaineds
with Mayor Behrman and Col. Robts
Ewing to support their candidate
for member of the board in return
for their support Of my candidacys
for reelection, can only say that
this subject was not mentioned. s.
These two gentlemen are fairly rep
resentative Of the sentiment Of the
people of New Orleans and since no
word has been uttered in oil this
discussion against the personal 1T
ness of the candidates they worked
for, nor in fact against any Of the
members-elect Of the new board. II
don't see why any comment should
find its way into public print against.
the mere fact that Mayor Rehrman,
Col. Ewing and myself favored the
same candidates."
Barrett's Statement.
Mr.. Barret's Statement follows, III
part:
While Governor Halls animal
versions upon the recent election Of
the State Board Of Appraisers seem
to reflect upon nearly everybody in
the State. including himself, from
the Constitution of 1898 up to the
present time. see nothing in 1t to-
take particular personal umbrage at.5
There is no intimation in the goY-a
ternOr's statement that might lead 81
Iwayfarer into the delusion that the
entire Board Of Appraisers. made up
of eight members, was entirely cut
[ofereach Of the governors influence
and, therefore, If anything happen
ed he was not to be blamed. Real
", / don't think anything wrong iSss
going to happen
My personal and official relations
with the governor are pleasant and
friendly in spite Of the fact that VI
have differed on some economic and
legislative questions. I do not be-
lieve that he intended to cast any as
PERSONS upon me in his remarks, and
yet there is another implication that
! was in league with those who were
acting as shield Of protection for.
pro=corporate interests in the State.a.
This l stoutly deny both for myself
and friends. 81
Il believe have cast too many
votes and s shered too much legis-l
lation for my views upon such mat
tiers to be misunderstood. q
There was no disagreement be-
tween me and the governor on five
land, perhaps six, members Of the
board. He agreed with me, or q
Iagreed with him, or we mutuallys
.lagreed- whichever way you desire III
put it-upon Ronger of the First
District; Martin, OF the Third Dis
ltrict; Deas, Of the Fourth Distrfcta
Lewis, Of the Seventh District, and
Carver, of the Eighth District, wiki
we did not specially agree to dr.
agree over Buckner, Of the Fifth Dllss
|trict.
Disagreed Over Two.
Indeed. was under the impre1
sion that the governor was satisfied
as to these six members. So in TIKI
entire board Of eight we deinital4
disagreed over the election of mem
bers only from the Second an4
Sixth Districts. ~ "a
Many Of my friends, whom have
know nduring my whole public lif1
and in whose Judgment, characte4
and uprightness ! have implicit con
hdence, asked me to vote for Mn
Stewart for the Sixth District 81
Mr.. Wren for the Second District
Mr.. Stewart had been a memhe5
OF the Board Of Appraisers for sons
years and after the Hebert episode
was discussed, / said to some friends
that | felt committed to Mr.. Etsway
and would only change my positi0z
i with relation to him in the event IN
was shown to be unworthy or incon1sa
petent to hold the position. No sucMss
showing was ever made or attempt
led. Mr.. Wren. have always under
stood to be man Of high characters'
and up to an hour, or may be an
hour and half before the B0ar6s
met. had never been asked to VOTE
for any one but Mr.. Wren for tho
Second District | had no dehnites
knowledge up to that time that there's
would be any other candidate than
Mr.. Wren