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Fort Worth Gazette
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
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Governor Foster appointed Hon. Donelson Caffery as U.S. Senator from Louisiana to succeed the deceased Randall L. Gibson. Caffery, a 57-year-old sugar planter and former Confederate lieutenant, is a second cousin to the governor and key figure in the state's sugar industry.
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New Orleans, La., Dec. 31 (Special.) Governor Foster today appointed Hon. Donelson Caffery U. S. senator to succeed Randall L. Gibson deceased. Caffery is a native of Louisiana, 57 years of age and a second cousin of the governor. He was a sugar planter before the war, entered the confederate army as a private and rose to the rank of lieutenant, having lost his plantation during the war. He became a clerk of the district court when Pierce was returned, and finally began the practice of law as a partner of Governor Foster. Although taking an active part in politics Mr. Caffery has held few offices. He was once a member of the convention of 1879 that framed the present constitution of the state and of the last senate, being a prominent leader of the anti-lottery cause in that body. Mr. Caffery is identified with the sugar industry of the state, being a large sugar planter. To him is largely due the erection of the Caffery Central sugar factory, the largest in the state. His nomination is attributed mainly to this circumstance, as the feeling here is that the sugar industry of Louisiana needs a strong representative in the senate just now.
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New Orleans, La.
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Dec. 31
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hon. donelson caffery appointed u. s. senator to succeed randall l. gibson deceased.
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Governor Foster today appointed Hon. Donelson Caffery U. S. senator to succeed Randall L. Gibson deceased. Caffery is a native of Louisiana, 57 years of age and a second cousin of the governor. He was a sugar planter before the war, entered the confederate army as a private and rose to the rank of lieutenant, having lost his plantation during the war. He became a clerk of the district court when Pierce was returned, and finally began the practice of law as a partner of Governor Foster. Although taking an active part in politics Mr. Caffery has held few offices. He was once a member of the convention of 1879 that framed the present constitution of the state and of the last senate, being a prominent leader of the anti-lottery cause in that body. Mr. Caffery is identified with the sugar industry of the state, being a large sugar planter. To him is largely due the erection of the Caffery Central sugar factory, the largest in the state. His nomination is attributed mainly to this circumstance, as the feeling here is that the sugar industry of Louisiana needs a strong representative in the senate just now.