St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-08-19
TIE ST. TAtaa1AlaY FARMER. AUGUST rs, 1915

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my administration, Mr.. Ponder said
The inemciancy and perfect
/ hack Of. business- government ran
rampant during his (Saaders) ad-
ministration. Instead Of business
methods he gave you political
methods
i. AS you all know. ran for tn
Senate during the closing days OF m
administration. when ats htstory ma
all been written, its acts and deed
were in the past. Mr.. Ponder ha'
been . component part u that "a
ministration, and. -: he said in nj
f,speech at Hammond, he mad
speeches for me whenever ! aske'
him to-. Yes, and he. made mos
eulogistic speeches. He. declares
time and time aga1n, In private con
versation and from the stump. that
had made the best Governor Louisi
ana had ever had. NotwithstandtE;
his declaration them. he now state'
tthat inefaciency' ran rampant dur
ing my administration. He nov
states that. gave, You pohttca
methods.
II submit this proposition- tor YOU
consideration: When kas Mr.. Pom
der fooling you about my admins
tration? Was he f00hng YOU foul
years ago, when he told you made
the best Governor Louisiana, evel
had. or il he, fo0ling you now when
he tells you ] made q bad Governor!
Both of his statements cannot be
true. One OF fthemaais necessarily
false. !. =
However, in the case that Mr.
Ponder 10 attempting to make out
against me now, am going to call
Mr.. Ponder himself to- the stand and
produce his testimony:
"Mr. Thomas H. Lewis. has made
a speech against me. and Mr.. Pom.
der felt called upon to fly to my de-
tense. He proceeded to Opelousas
Louisiana, and delivered a lengthy
speech in defense of my admins
tration. This speech can be found
reported in full in the old Daily
Picayune, of August 8. 1909. Dur
ing the course of his speech Mr..
Ponder said: .a az
Mr.. Lewis did not criticise
the acts Of the brilliant and con-
secrated man who presides over
the destinies OF Luistana as Gov
ern0r, only in one way, and that
IL. that. he should have exercised
his veto power. ......-
Later ON. in this same speech.
Mr.. Ponder. used this Language. re-
ferring to, the. Sanders admanistra-
ton: Zee a. ga.
This admtnistrations. together
with the Legislature.s stands for
something. In addition ito main
tanning ouT; educational advance
ment and the bettermant. OF Agri-
culture. three great basic prtnci-
pies 1t is hrmly planted upon. and
all the hosts of error and decep-
ton and abuse cannot shake It
loose. First, the conservation OF
our natural resources: second, the
building Of our roads and high
ways. and third. an honest ad-
ministration Of the government as
administered by the Governor.
Later ON. in the year 1910. Mr..
KO0VS1 O0Av0AS GU = oPOOSAs ~@~S~ ~
the Convention OF the National AS
ISOLATION Of Game Commissioners.
and at the end OF MS speech ne
speaks OF me a. toAows:
Louisiana stanos To-Day unaer
the leadership OF her prllAiant ooS-
ernor ,..;-s-.
NOW, my feiiow-cn'zens' ! want !.
you to, compare these atlefances OF
Mr.. Ponder: Nm June OF TINS year.
at Hammond. he asks the people,
Now Whist great acts mas ne toAp-
ders) ever performed! In answer
to his question In June. quote rom
his Opelousas speech: .f1rst' Con.
servat1on OF our natural resources:
He asks the question at hammona:
Can you point to any w1tna prioe
! quote from Mr. Ponder's speech IN
Opelousas: Second: the oundlne
of our roads and highways. IN MS
Hammond speech ne, exelaims:
Name one y yen, can: quote IRON
MS Opelouses sspeecns anu cntEu' an
honest adminsstistlon VI tue sos G
ment as aam'nasteEeu, W .ne. uo Wv.
ernor GveIy 4usst1on .n" =
ne ASKS IN ms ua a.'nouu spoe -
nave answered w'cn; 9eo'ations +tfol"
ms opeion'sas speecn:
"This is Mr.. Ponder's record on
my: administration. We praised It
In the most extraYagant terms. ne
praised me IN the most extravaeant
manner. b0t' now tnat ne. - =