The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-10-31
THE UNITED STATES SENATOR
SHIP

The New Orleans dailies Of last
Sunday contained the formal an
nouncement of ex-senator b. r..
Jonas, of Orleans, as a candidate
before the Democracy for the seat
now occupied by Hon Murphy j.
Foster in the Senate OF the United
| States. This announcement Will
prove a surprise to very few, as it
was intimated weeks ago that Mr..
Jonas would be a candidate. In
his public cnunciation of princi-
piles Mr.. Jonas recites his services
to the State Democracy in years
gone by and goes on to enumerate
instances where, as our represen-
tative in the Senate, he thwarted
and aided to defeat reciprocity
and other measures inimical to
the interests OF our State, which
were then vital and burning
questions.
The BANNER has no doubt that
Mr.. Jonas, who has all along been
a Democrat and is gentleman of
marked ability, accomplished
much for the people OF the State
and did his full duty at the time
he was a member of the United
States Senate; but that was many
years ago. Conditions in Louisi-
ana at that time were such as to
give influential National Republic |
can leaders some grounds to hope |
that the State was not entirely |
lost to their party and they felt
that policy Of concession would
help in the attainment OF their
ends-not meaning one iota in
this to detract from the ability Of
the gentlemen who may then
have been our representatives
in that august body. Per-
haps it was this hope-or the
last vestiges of it-wnich some
years ago induced a National
Republican administration to
confer bounty upon the Louisi-
ana sugar producers, but, while it
attracted into their folds not
few of the sugar planters of the
State, the sequence has shown
that not even a bounty could res
tore Louisiana to the Republican
column. The Presidents present
attitude of hostility against Lou
isiana's sugar interest is bringing
back the Maynard into the Demo-
cratic party, many Senators of
which, notably Messrs. Foster
and McEnery are earnestly and
intelligently striving to defeat the
Cuban sugar reciprocity scheme
Of the President. At the time
that MIR. Jonas served the State in
the United States Senate were
among his colleagues, men who
have long since gone to the "un-
known bourne" or men who are
now replaced by others. His cleo ,
ion to the United States Senate, |
At this critical juncture of affairs
ior our sugar interest, would, we
surmise, be far from advantageous
Us would be the reelection t
ii Senator Foster, who has the
light against the Cuban treaty |
we'll in hand and who is thorough !
y familiar with the interests and =
of his colleagues in q
other channels OF public interest. t
Senator Foster has, we dare say,
great ability and con :
olete devotion to the best inter-
ests of the people of the State !,
since his entry into the United
States Senate, and we believe his
record to be unassailable and
above criticism. While we have
not the remotest intention of dis :,
the claims or ability of i
lis opponent in the least, we firm "
y believe that the best interests A
If the State, her people and her 9
sugar industry at this critical time
IAN be best subserved by the re- q
election of our worthy and dis
inguished fellow-citizen Hon.
iurphy J. Foster.