Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-18
And Shows Up All These Latter
 Day Saints.
Points to the Old Doctrines as the Sure Refuge for
 Peace and Order.

Unmeasurably strong was the speech Of Senator Morgan, delivered on yesterday be- fore an audience of over 2O00 of his admir- ing fellow citizens of Jefferson county.
 This is @ Morgan county, and the great heart of the people is stirred to its pro- foundest depths over the danger that the loss of Jefferson county to the democracy would mean the loss of Morgan to the sen- ate of the United States.
 But he came to plead, not his own cause, but that of good government in Alabama; for the preservation of all that her people have striven 80 hard to build up; for final Ved,ys sosition of the bad men who are seeking and .aise pretenses to make shipwreck of her Ia,As; for the success of the state ticket of .thS eat democratic party and the reten-
 i democratic majority in the senate
 United States.
 want, need, must have democratic
 ature. That achieved the democratic
 will take care of the matter of his
 scr. He didn't care whether they
 him or not, it would be a democrat.
 gou want to describe my democracy, en~1e Hickory Jackson democrat: ~ The great audience was enthusiastic from beginning to end. It was vote making, work provoking speech. And how they cheered when he told them the good old democratic doctrine was the refuge against the anarchist sentiments that have been lm- ported here and that Governor Jones is as good man as God ever blessed people with.
 And his picture of the many coored Skaggs and the designing old fox, Hoarl
 Here is the great speech, indorsed by all democrats, by free silver Joe Johnston democrat like A. G. Smith and Cleveland Oates follower like H. c. Tompkins. On what Morgan says in the following grand oil dan,0 nnl1A- and on that the democrats of Alabama and of Jefferson will march to victory in Au- gust. Read what the grand old statesman says to his people:
 MT. Mason chairman of the county democratic executive committee, intro. duced Senator Morgan to the vast sea of people before them as follows:
 It is with great pleasure that we have with us today the greatest living Ala bamian.
 Senator Morgan said:
 FELLOW CITIZENS: The greatest living Alabam'an is that Alabamian who is truest to his principles, who loves his state and his country best and Is willing to do what ever lies in his power to subserve the in terests of the great body of this people. am not that man; at least, am only in the front rank of that class of people, am an Alabamian who has been devoted for fifty years to the effort of trying to as- sist the people of this state in getting through with a series of troubles which, when look back upon it, fills me with as- tonishment and sometimes with alarm. am just an average Alabamian, but l feel for this state as earnest and as honest and as hearty sympathy as any boy ever felt for his father. have nothing to do, either in contemplation, nor past that would disturb the peace, harmony and welfare ard prosperity of this beautiful and splendid state. 1 have con captions of it which have been more and more realized ever since l was child, and which are going to be still further realized beyond my power even of imagination. It dislresses me to see the people of Alabama in state of turbulent feeling or uucer tainty of action either in reference to their political affairs, their industrial affairs or the business welfare of the people, 80 that in coming before you today, while my heart is enlivened with earnest, fond and well established hopes as to our future sue cesses, as to the permaDency Of our insti- tutions, still have, as you have, cloud ofgloom cast over me for the moment, which feel challenges my very best ef- forts, as feel it challenges yours also, to do for this commonwealth whatever lover of the state can do irrespective of men and circumstances. lApplause.l
 am not here now on political dress parade; neither am here candidate for office. have left my place in the sen- ate Of the United States, where have been now for nearly eighteen years, for the first time in my life whilo that body was in session, for the purpose of trying to inform the people who have honored me so often and so fondly as to what believe is for the best interest of this splendid state. Pressing invitations from different parts of the state of Ala barna, amounting really. to commands, have drawn me from my seat in the senate to come here today and to other places in Alabama for the purpose of mingling my