New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-15
LETTER ADDRESSED TO
GOV. PARKER.

quested to publish it in its en-
tlrety:
St Martinvillc, La. Jan. If, u
Hon. John NJ. Parker, Bato
Rouge, La:
| My dear Govcrnor-Our ,p'
tual friend, Mr.. i. a. Lanur]
tells me that it was rcpor"ed L
YOU that [ bad greatb abuse
YOU and criticised ,sJlir admins
tration at the merhg held III New
iberia, on De.sinbcr 10, 1920.
This l J;>1n'o not mind n,i as i. it is no
nv hab>fo hide behind the door
yha,/havc anything to say, ano
INK YOU know me well cLougl
Us know this.
We of the Third District, have
been aware for a long time that
there are some people who, foi
selfish motives. have been engaged
in undermining your friends, but
] did not know that they would
.stoop to SANDER. This does not
affect me either. as | am not an
applicant for Office, although as
much interested in your admins
tratlon as | ever was.
Mr.. MclIhcnny, through Mr..
Alexander. has caused TO be pub
liShcd i'll the Daily States Of re
cent date, an article in which he
charges that the gentlemen who
participated in this meeting at
New. Iberia had conSpircd against
his life and advocated his assassi-
nation.
Now, at the outset, [ wish to
say that my relations with Mr..
Alexander have always been very
pleasant and cordial, 50 that !
nave no spleen to visit upon him.
| do not know Mr.. McIlhenny,
and would not know him if | met
him face to face, 50 that | have no
spite to vent upon him either. |
do not hunt or fish, so i have no
direct or selfish interest in the
controversy.
| know personally and in
tlmately every gentlemen who
took part in this meeting of De-
cember 10th and they are all of as
good breeding as Mr.. McIlhenny
and possibly much more manly.
This class of gentlemen usually
do not condone assassination,
much less advocate it; neither do
they stoop to SANDER, libel or
arson in in attempting to have
the laws enforced and justice
out. Can Mr.. McIlhenny
say as much for himself and for
MS society of mutual alteration
and bcnefit2 I think not.
|. Mr.. McIlhenny in his article in
The States and the New iberia |
Dress, with cuttle-fsh tactics, |
1escends to the Bosh methods of
villifcation, SANDER and libel
which is both puerile and i'm
pertinent and as ridiculous as it IS
,landerous.
1917 the Conservation agents Of
Mr.. Alexander, headed by Mr.. w.
/. Holmes. went into the marshes |
If Iberia Parish, ostensibly to
lave the conservation laws en-
'orced, arrested and had indicted,
me, Norbert Leblanc and twelve
,thers, for hunting and trapping
license and trespasing
m State Game Preserve Estate Of
louisiana VS.. Norbert Leblanc,
No. 51O6 and 511O) confscated
he furs in their possession,
'victed their wives and families
rom their shacks or hives and
et fire to the buildings Estate Of
louisiana VS.. W. IT. Holmes, ct al
10. 5114.) When the Grand Jury
brought a bill for arson, the ease
vas Immediately compromised
md nolle pressed against Nor
vert Leblanc and twelve others
N Marsh Island for hunting with
'ut a license and trespassing on
!. State Game Preserve. with the
that Mr.. Leblanc
would drop the prosecution
lgainst. Mr.. Holmes for arson,
which was done. The proceeds
rom the sale of the confiscated
urs, amounting to one hundred
nd twenty dollars, was RENTED
o Mr.. Leblanc and the others.
his is not the "vapid yapping Of
ovotes," but the records Of the
9th Judicial District Court.
Things. have come to a pretty |
ass in Louisiana when citizens
are not peaceably assemble and
etition for redress Of their
rievances, without being subject
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