The age-herald., 1900-11-16
Nominating Speech Made by
 Hon. R. H. Clark of Mobile
ELOQUENT WORDS OF ACCEPTANCE
Grand Old Statesman cheered as He Entered the HalI-TunstaI and Martin Win Over Their Oppo-
 nents Before the Caucus.

Montgomery, Nov. 15.-(Special) )-Hon. John T. Morgan was tonight nominated by a Democratic caucus for a fifth term in the Senate of the United States. He received all of the votes cast in the caucus, 115
 The caucus was held in the House cham Der, and the gallery was overcrowded with friends and admirers of the Senator, who had come to witness the most unusual scene of making one man Senator for a fifth time
 Hon. Richard H. Clarke, of Mobile, made the nominating speech, and few times in the history of the hall has a speech so mas terly and eloquent been delivered from the floor. MT. Clarke seemed inspired with his grand and noble theme, and with elo- quence possessed by few he painted a pie ture of the grand old statesman that caused the Senators and Representatives to applaud with Vigor which none eouId mistake for earnestness.
 MT. Wallace, of Maulson, and MT. Whit son, of Talladega, seconded the nomna- ton and upon motion of MT. Heflin, of Ram dolph, the secretary of the caucus was in- structed to cast the vote of the caucus for John T. Morgan. A committee consisting of Messrs. Clark, of Mobile; Pettus, of Dal- las Mccain, of Clay; Dunn, of Clarke; Pettus, of Limestone; Whitson, of Talla- dega, and Arnold, of Calhoun, was ap- pointed to escort Senator Morgan into the hall When the committee appeartd with the honored statesman, the caucus arose and cheered lustily.
 Senator Morgan's Speech. - Senator Morgan read his speech in a slow. clear voice, consuming more than half an hour. He said that for twenty-four years he had tried to show his appreciation to the people of Alabama for their expression of trust and confidence by rendering them a faithful service in the Senate. He could find no language to fitly express what he felt by their renewed confidence.
 Senator Morgan said that Alabama had not an enemy among the states of the Union, but to show that sectionalism still ruled he had but to point to the result Of the recent election. The controlling reason for this political ban against the South, he said, lies deeper than sentiment pre1u- dice or the profits of office-holdipg or pa- tronage. It is found in the differing indus. tries and productions of the two sectiopS more than in any other cause. To over- come the majority of the North against the South in the Senate he had advocated the annexation of Hawaii and Porto Rico, and for the same reason he would advocate the annexation of Cuba by an unrestrained and voluntary action of the people of the island. The true policy, he said of the United States is to add states to the Union.
 The Senator discussed at some length the question of expansion, and said that he would have to adhtre to his oath of office in guaranteeing to tbe Philippines a re- publican form of government Discussing the Philippine question, Senator Morgan said:
 My successors in the Senate fifty years hence or sooner can better judge from ex- perience than I can conjecture whether the races in the Philippines are prepared to care for them rather than abandon those islands as derelicts, to be recaptured by Spain or dominated by some other power that may desire to own them.
 "A racial question arises in the Philip pines which would give us trouble If the white race was the paramount race there. As it Is, the question of supremacy of raci- al blood does not appear in the Philippines. These people have always been kept Tn slavish subordination to the Spaniards, and welcome any race that Is in sympathy with them in their sufferings. They would welcome political and social utilization with inal race in the Philippines, as it Is In Africa
 For more than third of A century we have been trying, without success, to force the negro into full participation in the powers of government in the southern states at the expense of the peace ana prosperity of the south and without any benefit to the negroes. The silent decree has been made by the American people that Continued on Second Page).