St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-29
1 Baion Rouge Paper Says that npFphy rox.
ter ls Il ila Back Of Ex.Sl. LanaFian
Will SANDERS SUPPORT HIIIIl
Same PapeT Thinks lot aad says shal Per.
haps Present ti0yaFn0F Win Measure
Swords Win FosSsrfoF senate.

curious rtpples are stirring the
hitherto for many months unvsxed
surface Of State politics, and til them
1.-The supposedly welI.informed par
tlcularlY those who are sitting aaiet-
Ily On the shore and not dangling
hooks more brazeniy baited III tho
pool, profess To read SIGNS VI nn
dercurrents Of countar-anbition das-
tined to whip the waters to m0re
than common eomm0ti0n.
ln queer ways the gossip Inn
spread through Louisiana. One silent
Watchman away up id northeast
Louisiana has friend Who bas
friend who writes too nlanv letters.
and one garrul0us soul Who dwell
not far from the banks of the
chafalaya has All acquaintance wh0
loves the sound of his own pronhe-
sylngs and third, keen-wtsed FL.
divldUaL, who is learning the differ
erence between 0f-bearing cokkan
and lrrigating q rice field II d BOIL
Weeyll ridden parish sometimes saalrs
s0iace II company with j band o
regulars at the Cosmopolitan bar:
while ret an0ther, b young LAWYER
who halls from the siIk-ssocIs;ng
fourteenth, finds something 81 news
interest even III the henelike pra-
cincts Of the Boston Club. SAYS ba
Baton Rouge State Times
And 80 these witnesses gathering
their evidence from many sources
tell the story And the story il tnis
AT the next session of the Ep.
Iana General Assembly, Speaker H
Garland Duprs, native If SF ,antIry
resident of the Fourteenth ward y
New Orleans, country bov Who hsa
made coed ii The city, win sssav
the role Of young leader with
gubernatoriaI hcn0rs heId distinctly
p view groomed ii this bv United
States Senator Murphy j Poster
backed in bis undertaking 81 ELS
group Of Newt9rleans ward leaders sto
represent the brains of that agprega-
tion as opposed to those who renre-
sent the brute force of mere natural
majorities
WILL THIS Be 0PP0 0sED BY san
DERS2
Here curious situation deveI
Governor Sanders has never made
any secret of the fact s
he does not expect lis Dolitse
career to b8 ended wien his nrsseu
term as Governor expires Fl Mav
1872. Yet there ard only two paths
open to him either reelection o
the guhernat0rial chair, which can
not occur unless tha Institution is
amended az his cousin, St Clair
Adams slggested, or election to he
United States Senate against urgIsv
4. Foster 40 run againat
would subject himself aud roster
both to The 0nus 81 seeking 10 hapa
two United States senators from ths
sans parish, and what vas once e
same laW firm.
Governor Sanders ID said BE- many
10 have lost almost 100 litEa Time
since bis Inauguration ID preparing
tor bus own political future. ana v
many more it is said chat Els gs
haze been turned more cons o
the country than his ons-tims ardent
sity supporters relish. Til This Inaugural
address BE- took The step which made
possible the enactment Of the Locke
IaW and while some supporters 81
That Law sometimes believe ha re-
Dented at certain moments during
the session Of bis boldness tie aw
vas passed, aud, after ii was
nls determined stand resulted FL
effective enforcement. The Cav
Shattuck Law Has cut down VEG
power Of the liquor interests II New
Orleans and this Has lei feeling
Il some New Orleans political eir
cles not too kindly Cd the Governor
He has launched movements for good
roads, has talked and written aEias
parish fairs, and agricultural courses
y Ehe public schools. has sent his
travelling auditor prOWIiBg into tie
dead leaves of ancient institutional
accounts vita sad results ID m0rs
than one reputation all of which S
the sore 0f high politics calculated
70 win country applause and country
good opinion
WHICH DOES HE WANT
Thus the question reeurs Whieh
would tie Governor be G0Tegn6r
aaain, or Senator
= nile perhaps no man is auali6ed
It'd speak many believe that daF1d
! Sanders would esteem the hoer
of being re-elected Governor after
The people had taken tha troable g
amend 8 constitution to permit
fFsnFstsTssaas9 ar c1ssses SsHssS