The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-10-31
MEETING OF THE THIRD WARD
DEMOCRATIC CLUB.

| L uCIC W DIS d IOuSluS duu CAIAu-
siastic attendance at the meeting
of the Third Ward Democratic
Club, which met pursuant to a
! call from President H. w. Kappel
at the Court House, on Sunday
morning, and about 100 names
were added to the already large
enrolment. This Club has now a
membership Of about $50, and is
the largest Democratic Club in
the parish.
Mr.. Wilson T. Peterman, one of
st. Mary's prominent business
men and a staunch Democrat, in a
brief and appropriate speech, in
troduced the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted ::
Be it Resolved, by the Third Ward
Democratic Club. of the Parish Of st.
Mary: That, approaching the value Of
the services rendered to the State by
Hon. Newton c. Blanchard. of Caddo. in
both Houses of the National Congress
and on the Supreme Bench, and recog-
nzing bis high worth as a statesman
and jurist. that we endorse his candi-
dacy for the Democratic nomination for
Governor Of Louisiana, and pledge to
him our united support.
Be it resolved, further, That we, being
conscious of the notable record made by
our brilliant aud versatile young leader
Hon. Jared Y Sanders. as Speaker of
the House of Representatives. knowing
him to be patriot of the highest type,
and believing him deserving of the high
4f,,n Ia, No Il cn
his candidacy for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Lieutenant-G and as
sure him of our enthusiastic fealty and
fidelity.
Be it resolved. further, That we en-
dorse the candidacy of Hon. Murphy J.
Foster, for the Democratic nomination
to succeed himself as United States Sen
ator, and that we pledge St. Mary united
support to st. Mary's favorite and Lou
isiana's most distinguished son, assure
him of our recognition of his valued SER
vices. our appreciation of his sterling
worth, and our undivided pleasure in
rendering him our support.
Be it resolved, further, That we tender
to the Picayune and Daily States of New
Orleans our thanks for giving their valu-
able support to the candidacy of Hon.
Murphy j. Foster, and express to these
two journals our pleasure in having them
join with us in the effort to reward one
who has done so much for the uplifting
of Louisiana's citizenship, and whose ca
reer has begun so brilliantly in the Sen
ate.
Hon. J. Y. Sanders, Col. T. j.
Shaffer and Judge A. G. Allen ad-
dressed the meeting and the
speeches were well received by the
large crowd present. They urged
all voters to pay their poll taxes
and called upon every Democrat
to stand together and elect full
ticket, and fully explained all the
issues of the present campaign.
The President appointed the fol-
lowing members Vice.Presidents
of the Club.
l. B Tarlton, James A Peterman.
K A Fisher, Ed kihnel,
Frank f. Robertson, K r Cooke.
John ClausseD, John G.. Kramer,
John r. Parkerson, DR.. D n Foster,
DR. Bernard, II Shaffer,
Emmett Alpha, Edgar Loustalot,
Ernest Boudreaux, Vileor Peltier,
l. LauritZen. w T Jones.
Charles PecOt, Henry DelahOU sSaye.
Judge 0 w Brown, RE kenzie,
James Chauvin, M B Hendry,
Richards Gates
The President also appointed
the following members as Con-
mittee on Poll Tax and Registra-
ton:
W. Il. Peterman. W. H. Latham,
Frank Zylicz Jr.. H. w. Weber,
John M. lbert. VIM. Brandt,
2. P. Sigur, Alfred Pecot,
W. X. Wilson, Dudley Berwick,
Geo. Roddy.
Every Third Ward voter who
desires to do so and will vote the
Democratic ticket, may become a
member of the Club. Every DEM
ocrat should know that the Repub-
lican party is an enemy of our
products, sugar and rice, by its
own past and present record. The
Democrats have always protected
sugar under a tariff for revenue
and every voter should think we'll
before casting his vote for the Re-
publican party. Democracy as
sures free government by the |
people and for the people. Re-
oublicanism sacrifices the masses
:or the benefit of the classes.
The Third Ward Democratic |
Club will meet again on Monday, |
Nov. 9th, at s o'clock p. m, at the
Court House, and then every two
weeks from the above date. At
ZACH meeting some speaker will
address, the members on the ques-
ions involved in the present cam
,aign.