The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29

be ashamed of the manners of her
relations, as is alleged, and that the
latter did not give themselves absurd
airs of royalty on account of their
nearnesS to the shadow of the throne
Mrs. Oliver P. Morton of Indiana. is
visiting in this city, where she lived
so many years when her late husband
was prominent figure in the Senate.
Talking with eX-Marshal Shaughnes-
sy, of Salt Lake City, who is a prom
inent miner of Utah, and well known
throughout the West, he said to me:
1T is difficult for people who live in
Utah to understand why there should
be any hue and cry against the seating
of Mr.. Reed Smoot in the United States
Senate. That he is a man of the high
est character is vouched for by the
best men in the state who do not be-
long to the mormon church. Above all,
he is not and never has been a poly
gamist, and so there is no ground at
all for the talk of excluding him from
the Senate" His wife, Mrs. Alpha May
Smoot, will be a decided acquisition to
Washington society. She is the eldest
daughter( hence her name Alpha), of
the late Gen. Horace S. Eldridge,
very prominent Mormon who was for
years at the head of the great store
known as 'Zions Mercantile Cooper
ative Association" Gen. Eldridge was
second cousin to President Lincoln
on his mothers side. The Eldridge and
Smoot families have long been
wealthy and influential factors in
Utah. Mr.. and Mrs. Smoot have had
seven children, of whom six are liv-
ing-three boys and three girls.
Among the new senatorial families,
I I1l.w
warmly welcomed than that of Sem
| ator Mason's successor. Senator Hop
kins was a member of the House for
eighteen years, some of his children
were born here and all feel quite as
much at home in Washington as in
| Illinois. There are four children. d
| daughter and three sons. Miss Hop
kins, an attractive blonde, was a deb
| utante two seasons ago and possesses
charm of manner which has made
| her, like her mother, general favor
| lite in society. She was educated at
Ferry Hall College, in Illinois, where
| she carried off the honors of her class
| at her graduation as it's Valedictorian.
The eldest son of the family is attend
| ing law school at the University of
| Chicago; the second son is in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; and the
! youngest is at Phillips Academy, Exc
ter, N. H.
| Senator Clarke, the new solon from
| Arkansas, has served in both branches
of his state Legislature and been it's
| Attorney General and its Governor; so
to the United States Senate was but
another short step in his upward prog
reSs His wife was Miss Sally Moore
before her marriage, which occurred
| some twenty years ago. She is Ken
tuckian by birth, of famous blue
! grass family and fully maintains the
| traditions of her section as to beauty
| and breeding. She is a thoroughly up
! to-date woman, active in church work
"a member of several clubs, fond of So
! ciety and an unsurpassed hostess. The
! Clarkes have three children; the eldest,
brilliant girl of IS, is a sophomore at
| Vassar, and there is a son of IL and
daughter of 10.
Senator Latimer of South Carolina
has been a member of the House four
terms at the time of his transfer to the
| Senate; SO readers of the Morning
News already know all about him. Mrs.
Latimer is a typical Southern gentle
woman, genial in temperament and
cordial in manner. She is the niece OF
eX-Gov. Joseph Brown of Georgia, who
represented his state in the United
States Senate for twelve years. She
graduated from Greencastle Female