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 254 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI was very strongly opposed to Senator Benton. He opposed Benton as a candidate for Con- gress in 1852, bnt was defeated. Later he was a candidate for the legislature from Ste. Genevieve county, but was defeated. A little later he announced himself as a candidate for the legislature on an anti-Bentou ticket. His opponent was another of the famous citizens of Ste. Genevieve, Hon. Firman A. Rozier. The contest between these two men, both rep- resentatives of old French families, was a very bitter one. Bogy was successful and served a term in the legislature. At the conclusion of his term he again re- moved to St. Louis, and ran for Congress in 1863 against Frank P. Blair. Blair defeated him. He was appointed commissioner of In- dian affairs in 1867 by President Johnson, but retired from the position after six months of service, because the senate refused to con- firm his appointment. Soon after his retirement he became a can- didate for the United States senate, and was elected in 1873, serving one term with great credit to himself and his constituents. He had become a Democrat by this time and was chosen as the representative of his party. He died in the city of St. Louis. Ste. Genevieve of Today The present town is a prosperous and flour- ishing community of 2,000 inhabitants. It is supported chiefly by the farming coimtry about it, though there are some manufactur- ing plants, among them two large flouring mills, an ice plant, electric light plant, cigar factories, and a lime kiln. There are about fifty other business establishments. The transportation facilities are good. ^luch freight is handled by the river, which is only half a mile from the towTi, and two railroads afford ample facilities for travel by rail. The main line of the Frisco passes through Ste. Genevieve, and it is on the Illinois Southern which crosses the Slississippi at this place and extends to Bismarck in St. Francois county to the west. The banking interests are cared for by the Bank of Ste. Genevieve, organized in 1902, with a capital of $10,000, and Henry L. Rozier, organized in 1891, with a capital of $10,000. The Catholic church building is one of the largest structures of its kind in this part of the state. Elsewhere an account of the schools has been given. There is a well-conducted public school employing six teachers, and the Cath- olic church maintains a large parochial school with an enrollment of more than 300. There are two weekly papers published in the town : The Fail- Play is owned and edited by Jules J. Janis, himself a descendant of one of the pioneer families, and is Democratic in politics ; and the Herald, published bv Joseph A. Ernst, is Republican. St. Mabys St. Marj'S, on the Mississippi river not far from the mouth of Saline creek, has been a town for a number of years. It was first known as Camp Rowdy. Its most prominent citizen in the early days was General Henry Dodge. For some years it was important as the shipping place for Perryville and Mine La Alotte. The first store in the town was opened by two men from the east under the firm name of Kent & Sparrow. Owing to the fact of their eastern origin, the settlement came to be known as Yankeetown. They were succeeded by Miles A. Gilbert. Another one of the merchants in the early history of the town was Richard Bledsoe. John F. Schaaf built a flouring mill about 1857 or '58. This