St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-03
To The Citizens Of St. Tammany Parish

1Is ! oA11111ol1y l dI1S11
Having answered his issue, will
now take up for consideration some
of the statements and other issues
raised by him in the announcement
Of his candidacy published in the St.
Tammany Farmer and the Slidell
American of date June 10, 1915.
Mr.. Ellis, in his announcement,
says: "My father and other mem
bers Of my family were born in Gov
ington, Louisiana, and the family has
lived in this section of the State ali
their Ewes. l am now thirty-nine
years old and have made Covington
my home since 1885,"
1t is impossible from this state
ment for me definitely to conclude
whether or not Mr.. Ellis intended t
make his family record an issue IN
this election, but, as his announce
ment is filled with implications and
suggestions, l am justified in the
conclusion that he has placed his
family record as an issue in this
election. Just how or why ones
family record should be an issue in
this or any other election, / must
confess do not know.
am known to a great majority,
it not all, the men, women and child
ren of this parish, and therefore,
do not deem it necessary to submit
my family record as an issue, nor do
4 need the services of a stranger as
AIR. w. 0. Hart to appraise the peo-
pie Of this parish Of my services and
character, nor to recite to them the
history of my family. But, if my op-
ponent has placed before the people
of this parish his family record as
an issue, then am more than will
ing to meet it, and will submit my
family record, although | do not
deem this necessary, nor do l con-
slider it legitimate issue herein.
am a son Of William Blair Ian
caster and Josephine Morgan. ! ami
fifty years old on the tenth day of
April, just passed. I am eleven years
older than my opponent, but not so
old as to be his papa"
My father was we'll and favorably
known to many of the older resi-
dents of this parish, as he was to a
large body of the citizenship Of the
city of New Orleans, where he prac-
ticed law for forty years, in fact, un-
til his death, which occurred Deem
ber q, 1897. He was Mexican
War veteran as we'll as Confeder-
ate veteran, having served both in
the Mexican and Civil Wars.-H He
was a delegate to the Constitutional
Convention of 1879, representing the
citizenship of New Orleans, and serv-
ed the people of that city in Legis-
lature of this State, until the capital
was removed from the city of New
Orleans to the city of Baton Rouge.
1t is true that my father was not a
native of Louisiana, as he was born
at St. Augustine, Florida, on March
IL, 1926. His father, Judge Joseph
Bradford Lancaster, after whom l
have the honor to be named, was one
of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of the State of Florida, and his por-
trait hangs today in the picture gal
lery of the Supreme Court of the
United States at Washington, D. c.,
among the noted lawyers and jurists
Of his day and time. My fathers
family were the original and first
settlers of the State of Maryland and
from that State various branches Of
the family moved into Virginia and
Kentucky. My immediate grand
father, Judge Joseph B. Lancaster.
was born in Kentucky and moved to
the State of Florida shortly after
that State was admitted into the
Union.
NY mother, Josephine Morgan,
was daughter Of General David B.
Morgan, and was born and reared
near the town of Madisonville, in
this parish, and lies buried in the
graveyard of that town. Ny fore
fathers on my mothers side Of the
house, were also professional men
although many Of them embraced
and followed the profession of arms.
l represent the fifth generation OF
my mothers family in this parish.
All her family for four generations,
were bore, lived in and are buried in
the soil of St. Tammany parish.
No man respects and honors the
memory of his forefathers and the
(record they have left behind them
more. than / do. But honoring and
Irererencing their memory as I do,
lnone the less, I have some pride OF
manhood of my own. have a path
to hew in life, a niche to fill, that I
| in my turn, may leave to my children
as honorable name as my fore
fathers left ME.
/ do not ask you to elect me to
Ithis present position or to any other
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