The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-04-06
1.-The Untold Treasures Of Louisiana.

BATON ROUGE, La, March 80, 1912
To the Editor of the st. Mary
BANNER Every citizen who
feels an interest in the upbuilding
and development Of Louisiana
should read the February num-
Der of the National Magazine,
published at Boston, in which APP
pears most complete and COM
prehensive review of the wonder
full resources of this State, cover
ing seventy-six pages, embodied
in an article written by Mr.. Gar
nauld Agassiz under the above
caption from personal observa.
tons extending over period OF
twelve months. Covering prac.
tically one-half of the space OF
the magazine, the whole is hand
somely illustrated with photo
engravures of the subjects treated,
thus rendering it deserving of a
place in every library in the
State.
In addition to his graphic re-
view of the wonderful and bound
less resources of Louisiana, he
furnishes a biographical sketch
of one prominent Louisianian
which deserves special mention
since he has met his Waterloo at
the hands of those for whom he
sacrificed the realization of his
life's ambition. Mr.. Agassiz,
with warmth of feeling,
Justice and truth, writes as fol-
lows:
Gin the heat of the great battle
waged at Washington between
New Orleans and San Francisco
for the Panama Exposition one
figure in the Louisiana delegation
lowered above his fellows, vir-
/ gile, strong, convincing-a leader
and director, the central inspira-
ton of what will 60 down in
Washington's history as one of the
most picturesque battles of peace
ever waged in the national capi-
toll. That figure was Jared Y.
Sanders.
"To know the inspiration be-
hind the great leader in New Or
leans magnificent fight for the
exposition, one must bark back
thirty years, and see him as a
young boy, old beyond his age,
a dreamer of dreams, a conceiver
of fancies, a builder of castles in
Spain, looking into the future, to
the day when he should sit in the
seats of the mighty, in the most
august Legislature in the world, in
the Senate of the United States.
1.-TWO weeks before New Or.
leans started her memorable con-
test with the city of the Golden
Gate. the lifelong ambition of
this boy, now grown to manhood.
had been realized-the legislature
had chosen him from among all
the people to be Louisiana's rep
resentative at the national CAP.
itol. Only those who knew Gov
ernor Sanders intimately realize
what a sacrifice it was for him to
refuse that honor at the hands of
his State, feeling that his work as
Governor had not been completed.
and that New Orleans needed him
IN his capacity as chief executive
OF the State to aid her in her great
fight.
Few men in public life to-day
had more romantic career than
the talented Governor of Louise
lana. When he was but a bow of
IL years, his father, prominent
sugar planter, died, leaving him
as the sole support of family of
three brothers and three sisters
and a widowed mother. A wear
alter their fine plantation fell VIC
i'm to the famous crcvasse of
1852, and the boy started out in
another field of endeavor. For
some years he worked in a coun.
ry store. In 1890 he commenced
'tudying law, feeling that legal Z.
knowledge would do much to
urther the great am bition of his
)oyhood-to sit one day in the 6
senate of the United States. !
effected to the legislature in !
W., Governor Sanders served IL a
ears in that body, being almost
rom the beginning it's great lead. [
r and adviser. In 1904 he was g
lieutenant governor OF the state
nth the largest majority given \
ny OF the state candidates in the
primary. He was a f
'remost member of the constitu- o
oaai convention of 1898, and it
as largely through his efforts k
latt the franchise article, by which
le negro was practically cline. a a
ated from Louisiana politics. =
as adopted. In 1908, after one ii
the most memorable political :,