The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-01-25
all good citizens can feel Justly

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proud.
The first shot is aimed at the
standing Of Hon. ST. Clair Adams.
"a professional political speeler,
''This stranger among US. Thus
the Record "fires' at the able
young gentleman who, at the re-
quest of his friends here, visited
Morgan City and Franklin during
the present campaign and deliver
ed at each place an address that
was generally conceded to be one
Of the strongest arguments ard
finest pieces of eloquence and ora
tory ever heard in ST. Mary. Mr..
Adams has built up for himself
quite large law practice, and has
the honor of being Assistant City
Attorney Of the Metropolis OF the
South. These two facts acquit
him of the charge of being "a
professional political speeler.'
AS to his being stranger among
u.s., we would suggest that the
Wilkinson leaders in St, Mary
discuss this matter among them
selves, and, unless We err, they
will find that Mr.. Adams is by no
means a stranger among them.
There is hardly a citizen OF Ne"
Orleans who boasts of more inti-
mate friends IN St. Mary than
Hon. st. Clair Adams. SO much
for this wild shot.
The volley fired at Mr.. Adams
was prompted by that gentleman's
references in his Morgan City
speech to Senator Peterman's cam
did"cy for Sheriff Of ST Mary.
We heard Mr.. Adams speech. and.
in addition, have read and re-read
the account of it and fail to see
where any fair-minded person
can construe it as being re1lec-
ton in any way upon Mr.. Alfred
Pecot 81 do not know his OPP
ponent'-meaning Alfred Pecot.
-"but. | understand the principal
plank in his platform is, Il am a
poor man." Mr.. Adams did use
these very words. Mr.. Pecot him.
self will not deny that he is poor
man. nor will he deny that he has
solicited votes upon the g-ound
that he needs the Office. Though
the words, 81 am poor man. are
not to be found in the published
platform of Mr. Pecot, it is no Sc
cret that he claims the support OF
his friends upon the ground that
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the audience saw the mistake in
an instant, and the situation was
real funny" "They all knew that
it was Jared Sanders-anothe ST.
Maryite-but not Alfred Pecot who
has been doing the poor boy
stunt Here we have two more
wild shots, there may be many
who viii! lot agree with him, but,
the writer Claims to be somebody,
and as stated before, he was
present when Mr.. \ dams made
his speech. He saw no mistake
on the part of that gentleman, and,
has made no report of the meet
ings to Wilkinson headquarters.
Mr.. Adams, in the course of his
speech, sought to picture Cover
nor Sanders and Mr.. Peterman as
being very much alike in many
respects. He called attention to
the fact that they had both start
ed out practically penniless;
that their struggle had been at
times extremely hard and almost
discouraging; that they were
blessed with an inexhaustible
supply of moral courage; and that
they have become successful in
their respective walks of life, be-
cause they had grit and ability
and an unconquerable, undying
determination to win. The world
knows to what extent their labors
have been rewarded. For brief
resume of Mr.. Sanders career, we
refer our readers to the eloquent
words of our friend, MIR. L. Nj.
Milling, published weekly in an
other column of the BANNER. OIL
Senator Peterman's business ca
reer, any man would feel proud,
for it has been a brilliant success.
His career as State Senator is
credit to himself and an honor to
ST. Mary Parish.
The question as to which Office
is the more honorable, Sheriff orE
Senator, we will let our contem-
porary decide for themselves.
TO use their own language. "this
is departing into the realms Of
humbug.' Senator Peterman
has been well tried in a very i'm
pertinent department of the Public
Service, and to be brief, he did
not lose the opportunity to re-
cord his name in history. We
have in mind his bill requiring