The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-01-22

NSW iDGEld, Id, Jan. ~, I9AI-
F. A, McIlhenny,
Avery p. o., La.
Sir
This letter is addressed to you as
a champion of CONSERVATION???
and not as an individual, for if |
were to answer you as an individual
/ would not lose time. to answer your
most scurrilous and ridiculous let
ter, | am really at a loss to under
stand how a man Of your purpOrted
intelligence could frame such ridi-
culous communication, the only eX-
cuse l can offer for you is, "That
those whom the Gods would destroy,
they first make mad" because you
certainly could not have been your
self when you dictated such letter.
| would have answered your letter
at once, but | was informed that you
had been taken i'll and that you had
to undergo a surgical operation, and
not wanting to shock you while you
were i'll, hence the delay, however, |
am realiably informed that you are
now able to take YOUR medicine,
and have been advised of the con-
tents of the Grand Jury report, and
you must have by now realized how
much you have accomplished.
What hit you?, that you should
have changed your mind about the
publication of that letter, why did
YOU send courriers to the New Iberia
papers aking that the letter be re-
turned, did you get cold feet, or
found out that you could not prove
what you said in the letter you pub
lished in the, Enterprise and the Ibe-
rian, did your attorney advise you to
do it, or did you get back to your
self?
Now in answer to your letter pub
lished in the local papers and quoted
from to the press of New Orleans by
Mr.. Alexander, your very good
friend, | desire to say that you do
me honor by addressing me as the
Chairman of the mass meeting held
on Thursday, December 10th, 1920, at
the Court House in the City OF New
Iberia, however, you are giving me
credit for an honor that ] have not
had conferred on me, and for your
information, for know you nave
been misled by your detectives ana
relative, there was no chairman OF
the assembly of citizens who gather
ed at the Court House on Thursday,
December 10th. 1920, to discuss pub
liclv and openly, and to protest a
rainst the open, wilful, malicious,
aagrant and continued violations of
the Conservation Laws in the Parlsh
of Iberia. | was invited to the meet
mo. not as an individual, but as an
officer elected by the people, to en-
force all the laws against the VIOLA
tors of any and all laws, and fearing
that perhaps there were snlpers at
the meeting and wanting to get
clear record of the proceedings, l
had a stenographer present who took
all the evidence adduced at the meet
ing, and everything that was SAID by
anv and all present has been taken'
and the Transcribed notes are now IN
nv office, / know that either OF you'
vour detective nor the sniper you
sent to the meeting dare deny the
of the notes taken at the.
meeting, you know / am very cau-
tious as to getting my evidence right,
and | know that what have is
GOOD, and you know what | have, and
where / got it from.
At the meeting so held it was the
sense of those persons assembled,
that | call on the Governor OF the
State of Louisiana and ask that an
Investigation Of the charges be made,
| called on the Governor on Monday,
December GOTH, at Baton Rouge, La,
and asked for public investigation
of this entire matter, without success,
however, the Governor rendered toI