St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-01-22

man should hold any parish office
for more than two terms; yet my
Opponent has. been honored by the
people Of this parish with the i'm
portant Office of sheriff for four
terms, sixteen years.
Mr.. Brewster seems to assume in
his very modest appraisal of mis- puD-
lie and private virtues, that NO one
! is qualified to fill the office of sherln
other than himself. What were Mr..
lBrewsters qualifications when ne
took charge Of the Office fifteen years
Iag0? Had he any special education
or business training. No. Yet from
his article he appears to have given
entire satisfaction and been applaud
ed by every man, woman and cnllu
in st. Tammany parish" l, who
have, without office holding but en-
tirely through hard work and in tn.
face Of many difficulties, succeeded
In gaining some business success and,
what / most value, the respect and
confidence of the residents of my
home town, believe that too can I'LL
the Office Of -neriff of st. Tammany
parish to the entire satisfaction OF
the people.
The st. Tamany Farmer of last
week says that l am very comfort
ably fixed with this worlds goods,
but want to say that what | have
succeeded In making has been made
through hard work, and the fact that
/ have succeeded in my business af-
fairs IL an evidence that / am quail
lied to make q success of the public's
affairs. The fact that l have been
selected as one of the directors, of the
Bank & Trust Co., the
largest banking institution in the
parish. is q strong evidence that l
have business ability. have been
offered other offices Of trust in the
business world Of this parish, which
| have declined.
therefore u1hesitatingly say that
believe l am fully capable Of con-
Quoting the civil affairs Of the sher-
ln's office equally as we'll az my op-
ponent.
But the office of sheriff requires
more than civil administration.
The criminal duties of the she.i1f's
office are perhaps the most serious
duties the sheriff has to perform.
believe that the suppression o. crime
and the capture of criminals are the
irst duties q sheriff should perform;
md my intimate knowledge of every
nook and corner and cow-path in tile
parish, gained from my going over
he parish in my business OF buying
md selling cattle, should be OF ma |
,erial assistance to me in running |
Town and capturing every law
Mr.. Brewster in his article, says,
In the performance of my duty I
rave given many of the best years
# my life, and return for this have
lad the pleasure of enjoying honor
md esteem" He might have add
I'd that he had also received from the
axpayers of the parish over seven
y-five thousand dollars for his la
'ors.
Mr. Brewster, in his article, says
hat as public official he must stand
he acid test and he invites criticism
t his administration of the office.
Ie seems to assume that no criti- ]
ism is possible and that he enjoys h
he unqualified endorsement OF [
every man, woman and child in St.
'ammany parish" He must be in [
rror in regard to this. as every B
Ime he has been a candidate for re I,
lection ne has had opposition. He /;
as never succeeded himself as sher- X
1 without protest from q large ID
lumber Of tae voters of this parish t,
no this protest has ever been in Il
eaSlAs in volume and strength. II
In fact, as q matter Of record, in q
9l2 Mr.. Brewster only won over his t
pponent by eigaty-one votes, and Ii
believe Mr.. Brewster is in Ie
rror, when he says he has the en- n
orsement OF "every man, woman Nv
i'd child In st. Tammany parish" b
l have not done and will not do 1t
~ mud-slin ying in this campaign. Ie
have tried to conduct my campaign r
] . manner betting the Office. No +
after how good an official Mr.. lie
Fewster may have been. l do not 10
lliove no should retain the office Iii
: life. I believe others should BIZ Ia
us96ege6 and that others are equal q