St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-08-19

ana Lana Company, S2O 10 A0VW
that you devoted your entire time:
and the best Of your energy To-
make this company success.
Yours very truly,
QSigned) ~AQAN E8TOP&NA11.i
These letters 60 to show that tn
charges made against me BY Me- POn-
der are willfcl Misrepresentation q
fact on his part. sesss
"Mr. POnder's las: remaining
charge against me, of 'kitin8' checks.
is absolutely untrue, aud he must
know 1t to be untrue, If no read the
evidence, as he says NJ did. IT, d
manifestly Unfair and unjust for him
to quote from a vOlumin0uS record
here, yonder, and another place.
when. IL he has read the entire res
ord, as he says n, has. he knows
that there is not one single word Of
truth in the charges he has b.ousht
against me. There IL not q single
check of nine dawn against any
fbank in America that has nat been
paid upon pres :l4t :tion. and neither
Mr.. Ponder nor anyo ~ else can pro.
duce any check Of mine drawn BY me-
on any bank that has not been Faid-
in full. -~s .--~s4ts $3.50
II have approached this discussion
in NO spirit Of anger; neither have y
touched upon 1t in spirit Of Sorrow.
The feeling that actuates me In the
discussion Of these vicious and SIAN.
derous charges is feeling Of pity
pity that any mai should seek 70
elevate himself 20 nigh position by
viciously and 'wantonly attempting
to destroy another mans character.
There is no once within the gift. Of
this people that I would havas 10 to
get 1t must tear down the charactor,
and ruin the reputation. OF destroy
the good name Of any one. do not
want office that bad. a
II have served the people OF this
State In many capaciti'ss.. was
elected first to the Legislature in the
grand lottery fight in 1892 and e
was elected as an anti -lottery man.
! served in the Legis:aeurs; I served
as speaker of the House: was your
Lieutenant Governor: ] was your
Governor. have De.1 n Qub1le
life since my boyhood. Hal / beea
.ae character Of mai tina: Mr.. Pom
der would have You believe IAcoold
easily be rich man now. My world
~ goods today cons:s. Of little.
home in Washington praish. and q ~
mortgaged for its purchase price.
After almost q quarter of . century
of service to the people, this - all
that i have to show for 1t. 20 cen
well exclaim, with the poet Of old:
Good name in man and woman
dear my lord, SIS sa9.
Is the immediate jewel Of their souls.
Who steals my purse steals trashS
tits something, nothing:
Twas mine. tits his, and has besn
slave to thousands;
But he who filches from me my good
name
Robs me Of that which not lenrichee
him,
And makes mo poor indeed! 50
"Mr. Ponder has charged from the.
stump and In private conversation
that have promised many people
in this district political positions.
This Is charge unwarranted and
untrue. / have promised no man o
position. Mr.. Ponder is reported to
me as having said, in his speech se
Amite last week, that had promised
the position Of Warden Of the state
Penitentiary to many gentlemen In
the district, naming them. and to Mr.
A. c. Afford Of his homo town %"
Amite. This statement Of Mr.. P0N-
der was repeated to me BY seveIal
/ gentlemen of -Amite' who heard his
speech. Mr.. Ponder knew whom 10
made this statement that It was not
| true, because Mr.. Afford, one Of the
gentlemen he charged that / Aad
promised this position to, told ne
several weeks ago that Mr.. Ponder
had made thAs statement to him and
that he (Mr. Alford) had told HIM
that 1t was not true-that had
promised him nothing. He could
easily have ascertained the truth o.
the charge by asking any Of the
gentlemen concerned. have no
patronage at my disposal. + have
no positions to give to anyone, and
| have promised NO man any poste6ons
either Federal or State. and any
statement to the contrary made ~
Mr.. Ponder, now or 1T any othe.
time, l brand as FALSE and untrue.
II have not attacked Mr.. Ponder
in this campaign, nor will ! do %.
am not seeking ONCE upon any
dement's that he may posses1: ! Am.
seeking this pcsition atfy0ur hands
upon my merits, II any have.
when, however, Mr. Ponder 70
far forgets himself as to. bring
charges against me-charges wanton
and malicious, charges false and un-
true. not only have the right. bat
It becomes my duty. to denounce tie
Islander and to protest against such
mud-slinging campaign. wish a.
reiterate: I have not brought any
personal discussion into this matter
all the personalities. and oil the mu6
that has been slung, emanates from
my opponent. have not asSeu1t6d
him, but when he assaults me, 90 ~
has done. I propose to defend m$1sff
with all the vigor ct my. command.
again. Mr.. Ponder has charged
me with the heinous offenSe Of prai1..
ing our Democratic President ~ my
speeches. and he has kindly suggest
ed that l speak we'll Of the President
because the President gave me pos
sition. III this is Mr.. Ponder logic,
then It strikes me that Il behoove6
him to speak we'll, rather than IN. Of
me. because gave him . position.
have no apologies to make for my
admiration Of the President Of thu,
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