The age-herald., 1900-04-05
WHITE AND HEFLIN AT THE AUDITORIUM Spoke in Advocacy of Senator
 MOrgan's Reelection. MADE ELOQUENT APPEALS Handled the Governor Without Gloves and Held His Administration Up
 to Public Gaze-Chairman
 Greene Presided

Captain Frank s. White, chairman of the Morgan state campaign committee, and Hon. J. Thomas Hef1in the brilliant young orator from Chambers county, last night | addressed large audience at the Auditor ium in advocacy of the return of Senator Morgan to his seat in congress.
 Quite a number of ladies were in the au- dience and much enthusiasm was aroused.
 Praises of the venerable senator were sung in words of eloquence, while wit sar- casm and ridicule were mercilessly applied to the governor.
 Music was furnished by Memoli's band. which paraded the streets before the meet ing and when 1t was called to order struck up the soul stirring strains of "Dixie.'
 Mr. Hefn was introduced by Chairman Greene of the county committee, and duly acknowledged the compliment paid him by the chairman, stating that if his reputa- tion stretched from one end of the state to the other. as MT Greene said it did that so long as he was given name and fame to advocate the cause of Senator Morgan, he. would say, Let her stretchH'
 "I bring you good tidings' he said, "frcm the historic county of Chambers, from Randolph, Coosa, Tallapoosa and other east Alabama counties, from the Black Belt and from the wiregrass region where the people are singing the praise of Alabama's senior senator.'
 The speaker took occasion to refer most eloquently ito Senator Morgan, and in ring ing words sung his praise amid great ap- plause. He followed his record and en- phaszed many of the notable acts of the venerable senator. He referred to his standing among his colleagues. and in the ether states of the union, and declared that 1t pained his heart that there was any man within the border of the state of Alabama who dare oppose him.
 The governor was made the target of the speakers cutting sarcasm, and was held up to the light of ridicule much to the qualification of the audience. The speaker Illustrated his points with well told stories nicely applied, and closed his speech by singing a hymn with words of his own inn prov.sing, which brought down the house.
 Captain White was then introduced by Chairman Greene, and for more than an hour ne held the closest attention of his hearers with a powerful argument in favor Of Senator Morgan's re-election. He held Morgan up one of the greatest states men and declared that while the senator was regarded as the greatest living Ala bamian, that he regarded him as the great est man that Alabama had ever produced He discussed the senator's record and dis passionately followed his long and useful career, pointing out his many firm stands for the interest of the people and his faith fu service as their representative.
 Captain White devoted much of his time to the governor and handled him without gloves. He sarcastically referred to the business administration and proceeded to dissect the different items and acts of the man whom he said was good at singing his own praise''
 Surplus, taxation, constitutional conven- tion, tax dodgers, census examiners and coal oil inspectors, newly created offices and other acts of the administration forEied the captions into which the speech was divided, and strong arguments were ad- vanced to disprove some of the governors claims. In conclusion he called upon all democrats who loved their state to rally around the grand old senator and by their votes send him back to the senate