The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-10-04
J.Y. SANDERS
AT FRANKLIN
Greatest Political Demon.
stration of the Present
Campaign.
Welcomed by Thousands Of
Citizens and an Immense
Uutpoufi;S Of Louis
iana's Fair Women.

The political demonstration and
reception of Jared Y. Sanders at
Franklin last Saturday was the
crowning event in numbers and
of enthusiasm in the..present cam
palgn for the Governorship of
Louisiana. Nearly ten thousand
of the fair women and prominent
men of the beautiful Teche coun-
try assembled at Franklin to show
their devotion to and endorsement
of this gallant son of st. Mary.
They came by boat aud carloads,
q giant exodus of the stalwart sons
of the Pelican State to demon
strate their fealty to this distin
guished son of Louisiana.
Not only was the old town pro-
fusely decorated in bunting, but
over 500 of the beautiful women
of the State, organized in a most
enthusiastic club, added to the
enthusiasm of this unequalled and
popular demonstration. 4
Hon. X. K. Milling, long the
partner of the candidate. opened
the meeting, and Judge A. c.
Allen, who presided at the now
noted trial of Sanders years ago,
was the presiding officer. Judge
Thornton of Alexandria, who sat
with Sanders in the constitutional
convention, spoke first, devoting
himself to personal endorsement
of Sanders. General Albert E.
Estopinal, who was lieutenant
governor when Sanders was
speaker of the House of Repres-
entstives, followed him with al
stirring appeal in French. Rail-
road Commissioner j. meredith. |
advocate of advanced railroad
legislation, who served in the
General Assembly with Sanders,
followed, praising the courage |
and ability of the candidate from |
St. Mary. Omer VilIere, the anti
corporation attorney of New Or
leans, who fought for snti-corpor-
alton bills at Baton Rouge, made |
. brief speech for Sanders that
took the audience by storm.
Then Sanders spoke. But be
spoke only after . storm of cheers
and applause that should have
touehed the better feeling even. of |
his bitterest opponents. When
be finished and Senator Fosters
daughter stepped forward and
presented him with q beautiful |
ssfour leaf clover" of roses of the
Teche, the gseat audience render
ed an ovation to which the prevl-
ous expressions were inconsider-
able.
When be was introducede Mr..
Sanders was given a splendid
reception such Is no other candi-
date has been accorded during the
present campaign. The limited
space of The Sentinel precludes
the publication of the full text of
The speeches on this occasion, in
reply to points recently raised hyl
Mr.. Wilkinson aud Congressman
Broussard at New Iberia. He
paid hls respects to Mr.. Wilkin- /
son as follows: 4
ut Is unfortunate that Colonel
Wilkinson cannot discuss the issue
Of this campaign without losing
bis temper and flying into a rage.
Just last Wednesday at New Iberia
ID carefully prepared speech, be
did that one of my supporters is
, maliguer and referred to him
and me as 'that unscrupulous and |,
allied pair language that seems
10 me more fitted to the gutter or
moro fitting for some Caesar of
the slums to use than for q candi- Il
date to apply to . fellow candidate
for the high Office of Governor of
he State of Louisiana. But my
friends, Theodore Wilkinson has
lorded il over the negroes on his
Rigantic sugar estate in Plaque
1niaes 90 long, that be foreets
hat there are thousands of white
people In Louisiana just IS com
D1feot "a pano upon the pobl1o Il
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