The age-herald., 1899-12-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

! ham tomorrow. They will come from the
 various sections of the state; and at the
 meeting any friend or supporter of the sen- i ator who cares to be present will be cordial ly welcomed The purpose of the confer ence is to formally organize the Morgan forces in the senatorial contest. The sena- tor himself is expected to be present to ad-
 wise with his friends. No meeting of
 greater political importance than this con-
 ference has assembled in Alabama in many years; and whilst 1t win probably deliberate privately, presumably the conclusions ar
 rived at will be given to the newspapers. The contest for the enatorship has been hitherto mere sxirmishing. The lines of the great battle will be formed tomorrow. It is not advisable at the moment to give the names of the leaders who are expected to take part in the conference; but The Age
 Herald expects to print the full list in it's issue of Saturday.
 1 Hon. Robert J. Lowe, chairman of the state democratic executive committee, will
 not take part in the Morgan conference, al-
 though he is personally ap ardent support CT of the senator. Having regard to his official position in the democratic party, MT. |
 that he should not participate in the con- i ference. He has made arrangements to
 leave the city this afternoon for Cuba. The journey was agreed upon many days ago,
 and the plans all worked out. Mir. Lowe | will travel with friends and will leave the
 city at 4:O5 on the southbound Louisville
 and Nashville train In the party will be MT. Lowe, Hon. John Mcqueen, Hon. arIa T,,l1 Go al Greene, of the criminal court. They will | travel to Montgomery, and there will go
 from the Louisville and Nashville to the Plant system, which will convey them to Havana, where they will remain for few
 days only, as they expect to be back in Bir-
 mingham by the Sth of January. It is pos sb!e that Senator Wiley, of Montgomery, will accompany the party. The pleasure 1 seekers will go to Savannah; from Savan-
 nah to Tampa; and at Tampa will board ship for Havana. It is averred that every
 member of the party will be seasick; and so in all probability, will be their condition at sea. They are not accustomed to the sail ing of the sea; so it is not improper to sug- gest that they will become violently i'll after l leaving Tampa, and let us hope that they will not despair. The states solicitor, MT Ferguson, insists that their ship will not
 "sal" from Tampa but that it will "steam'
 from that port. There will be no quarrel
 with MT. Ferguson on that, point; but on
 the contrary, everybody will wish much joy for the entire party
 Something was said here months ago in
 regard to the remarkable success of Hon. Hilary A. Herbert former secretary 4;a. of1 i,, sl- ington. It was stated then, upon the most trustworthy authority, that Colonel Her bert had received shortly before that date two fees of -$5O,O00 each. It may now be stated, upon information entirely reliable,
 that Colonel Herbert is practically in re- ceipt of one fee of S600O0 and another of l $30,000 These enormous fees have been earned by the distinguished Alabamian for work before the United States court of
 claims and the great departments of the l government. There is none in this state
 worthy to be called a good man who Will
 not feel some impulse to congratulate Col l onel Herbert. Alabama has not given to | the world truer better man. In the full l ness of time it shall be spoken of him: | His life was gentle, and the elements 1 So mixed in him. that Nature might stanl up,
 l And say to all the world, This was man 1 Colonel Herbert is the attorney and con- l fidential adviser of Admiral Dewey, and l represents the "Thrd Admiral" and his l fleet before the court of claims for the prize
 money won by the American fleet at Manila, | May Day, 1898.
 Lawrence Breckenridge Musgrove tells a | l McQueen, several years ago, offered his services to the state democratic executive committee to make speeches for the party l in the canvass then pending. MT Me- l Queen, like the true democrat that he IS,
 has for fifteen years held himself in read l mess to obey his party committee lie l was ordered, on the occasion referred to | by Mir Musgrove, to proceed to certain l place in Walker county to address the un- 1 terrified and the unfaithful alike. His l fame as an orator had gone before him | and so a great crowd gathered to hear the | eloauent orator, "the tall sycamore or 1 Jones valley" A platform many feet high | had been erected for the tall gentleman | from Jefferson-to which he mounted with l much difficulty. Warming to his work he
 threw his arms upward, and now and then I he touched the branches Of shadowlng 1 tree, much to his own annoyance. Finally l in a burst of passionate and masterful 1 eloouence, he flung his hands upward, and l brought down a big leafy limb under his l left arm. And the subsequent proceed | irgs interested him no more." Thus he | was not unlike Bret Harte's immortal
 "Abner Dean of Angels"
 l Former Governor Thomas Goode Jones
 was in town yesterday, accompanied by his | bright and handsome little son, Thomas 1 Jones, the younger. Governor Jones, as Illustrating some point raised in con- versation in the lobby of the Morris, told
 a story on General John B. Gordon and l himself. GIe was of Gordon's staff, and in | one Of the battles of the war between the
 states in Virginia, Gordon dictated to. him | an order to am officer in command of the | troops holding a certain important point.