Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-25
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON Senator Morgan Gives a Railroad
 Magnate a Roasting. WEST LOOKING TO PULLMAN Favorable Reports on Land Grants for Alabama Schools-lncident of Congressman
 Towards Recent Illness.

Washington, Feb. 23.-(Special Corre- spondence)-C. P. Huntington, the rail- road magnate, who is said toown United States senators and congressman, states and state officials, several railroads and millions of acres of lands, which once belonged to the government has found one man who is as honest as the days are long and who cannot be bought or inf1u- enced by him or his satellites and mil lions. That man is Senator Morgan. Everybody knows why Huntington is in Washington at this time. They also know that he will swindle the government if he can do so. That is why Senator Morgan pursues him and his plans. A writer in the San Francisco Examiner says that Huntington ought to be hung from every limb of every tree between San Francisco and the Mississippi river, and that then he would not get justice. Senator Morgan evidently thinks some thing of the same kind, for he is making Huntington's life unpleasant by his close cross-examnation of that gentle man before the senate committee on Pacific railroads. The senator has made Huntington acknowledge that he made millions out of the build ing of the Central Pacific, and that lots of that amount came out of the treasury of the government. He is now trying to make millions more out of the same easy source-easy to man who is openly said to own. either directly or indirectly, good many senators.
 Senator Morgan is doing some very fine work in the siher cause nationally, here. He is regarded as the ablest silver man in the senate, although Tillman is now attracting wonderful attention.
 Tillman has received over 5000 letters of ,6at in Ia senate, and has been forced to have 10000 copies of the speech printed for distri- button to supply the demand. From the west are coming demands that he shall accept the nomination of the new silver party for president. He has answered these by saying that he will go to the Chicago convention as a democrat. If the convention goes back on silver he will join the silver men of the west.
 Tuskegee Normal School.
 The house committee on land grants will make a favorable report to the house on Congressman HarriSons bill to give 25,000 acres of government land in Ala bama to the Colored Normal school at Tuskegee. The land is to be selected by the governor and is to be held in trust for the school A favorable report will also be made on Congressman Robbins bill to give 25,000 acres to the Girls Nor mai school at Montevallo Professor Pat terson of the Coored Normal school at Montgomery is here to try to get simi- lar gift for his institution. When Booker Washington was here looking after the grant for his school he made a most fa- vorable impression.
 Howard Still Sick.
 Congressman Howard has not been on the floor of the house since he was re- moved from it in an unconscious condi- ton about ten days ago. There is still comment over the fact that Congressman Latimer of South Carolina refused to aid in taking Mr. Howard from the floor of en so suddenly MT. Latimer's action has not been explained. All that is known is that he refused point blank to aid in taking MT. Howard out MT Howard lacks great deal of being popular in the house, but his correspondence is about as heavy as that of any congressman.