lReeplectfully,
If Judge Sims and the gentlemen at
whose instance this denial is made will
again refer to the paragraph headed " Po- i
litical Probabilities, " as published in last
week's CisnF, they. will find that., no state- I
ment is made therein to the effect that tie
Democrats of theoPoch5 faction "have en
tered into a combination with certain Re
publicans relative to the cowing election. ',
The mooted fus~ik- is spoken of, not as
an event accomplighed, but only as someo
thing likely to ral1o place, ride the sub
joined extract:"w
A gentleman wki as recently convorsed with
a nuiber of St. anes politicians says there is. t
l'mlliidliatlo talk o'thlO formation of a fusion
ticket in that parish next spring, composed in
part of the fotllowing candidatos. * ** It is in
ticipated that the combination will include a
majority of tihe liopulicans of the parish uand
the Democrats of what is known as the Poch6
faction, who favor the reelection of Governor t
itcEiinory. The Duge(i or anti-aulmiuistration f
D)emocorats alre eplpeetod to antagonize the
mooted ticket and to lend their support to anyly
set if candidates nominated in opposition
theroto. * * *The developments of the near
future will no doubt furnish either contirma
t!ou or refutation of these forccasts.
The concluding sentence is sufficient of n
itself to indicate that there was no attempt n
or intention to-re.rosent the combination
as an accomplished fact.
