The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-25
MORGAN ON MOBILl
SENIOR sENAToR TALxs I
 CULT CITY CITIzENS.
Says the Digging of the Isthmiar Canal Will Mean Much for the Section and Seaport Should Be Prepared.

" InNttaiion or the Commef- eial Club. through President Max Ham,
 burger. .Jr.. a large number of representa- uVa cltizens assembled in the club rooms tonight to participate In a smoker" given
 Tn honor of United States Senator John
 T. Morgan of Alabama, who arrived here
 President Hamburger, in introducing Senator Morgan, said it was a most happy period to him to present to Mobil- ians the grandest of the grand men Of
 Is one of Mobile truest and best friends.
 senator Morgan spoke at length. his topics being applied to Alabama and particularly to Mobile. This city, he
 said. Is under an impulse to bring her self in touch with the outside world. It
 IS the best sea port on the Cuff of Mexico because all the feeders of the bay are navisable streams. It Is the duty of the state to concentrate It's efforts In building up the port. he said, and making It Tn substance the 1trongest seaport of the South. The time Is present for Mobile to concentrate it's efforts. commercially, to make permanent the work iraugurated Tor betterment of the harbor and channel
 The old opposition has disappeared and new men are present to aid in the move- ment.
 He spoke of the early history of Aiaba- ma of the powers vested in 1t by Congress when 1t was granted Statehood. Re- ferrins to the needs of Alabama, he said 1t was not the duty of Congress to look out for them, but that of It's own government. Seek out what Is needed, he said. and make effort to secure 1t be- fore applying to Congress. Such things as pestlence must be gotten rid of at home.
 Senator Morgan took up the labor problem and spoke to it at great length
 He said there Is at present a large ele- ment which Is not at all beneficial to society and needs to be looked after Strikes and their causes were touched them.
 Trusts and combines were handled with out gloves and he gave < lucid remedy for preventing evils resulting from such institutions not conducted properly. Fix upon every man who belongs to such organization the responsibility of a part ner in commercial business and you will nave no trusts of an objectionable kdnd |" ne said. Fix conspiracy law for such organizations as wish to control your labor by going into your field and disturb ,ng tnosa you have engaged and you will break up such.'
 There are some people who would seek 70 enfrancfise the negro, he said but the common opinion, of Congressmen from all sections is that it Is dead proposi- tion. They concede the era is passed
 when talk of social equality for whites and negroes should be again made. Even Europeans have ceased to countenance the subject. It now becomes us to act Judiciously and wisely in this matter. He advised his hearers to let the force of
 what has been done proceed quietly. In the settlement of the negro question is a great national victory. honorably won and won without bloodshed The great mass Of people are convinced that the South has been wronged. Alabama needs no further legislation along this line, After a struggle of thirty-five years the
 end has been accomplished happily -
 Ihe people of the South are of the
 best in this broad land and were made
 so by the trials of the past" he declared. II believe the State of Alabama stands in a position to which 1t Is entitled. in peace. In war and in her Statehood It has not crime at it's door. It has suf- tered as much as 1t possibly could and today behold white brotherhood and q prosperous State. I believe 1t will hold this position for ages to come"
 Senator Morgan then spoke of the duty Of Alabamians to uphold this position Referring to the presence of the fleet or war vessels in the Caribbean sea, he said 1t was because the government had realized that the southern waters were
 soon to be the theatre of great active operations of the commerce of the world The demonetration was necessary as a | preliminary to the cutting of an isthuiau canal He assured his hearers that the | canal would be built as the government has so declared. It was his duty, fo1 fifteen years, he said. as a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, tc make this canal a study. It was a duty he owed his people as a token of grati-
 tude for sending him to the Senate again and again. His proposition always was | 10 make the appropriation first and SC. cure the location later. The appropria. tion has been made and the canal will be
 built. He felt that the principle part oi his work had been accomplished and he l was delighted to announce to Mobllians l that the route will be decided on within nve months. and 1t may already be de, | cided on now.
 Now we want to know what Mobile
 will have in the way of opportunity tc | provide some of the materials for this work" he said. We are able to provide them and unquestionably will do so. Il was happily fortunate for Alabama that | we have ona great bay as the entreport It Is grand body of water. Never has | a dredge been worked on the outer bar All things are most favorable for mal
 ing the harbor what 1t should and mus l be, With only slight assistance aside | from nature. Mobiles harbor will be able | to accommodate an immense cargo. With
 all Its advantages there Is an open pos | ribility for every kind of business enter. | will be the fault of the people of Mo
 bile and Alabama if they do not lay theil hands upon these opportunities"
 Senator Morgan referred to the grea'
 wealth to be derived from the islands | dividing the Caribbean Sea and the Gull | Of Mexico. These are avatlable\ Venice was built from the commerce Of one sea | Mobile has the advantage of two seas | Mobile needs a vast fleet of sailing vessel: | built of her own pine and iron to handle the product from these islands and tc
 send wares to them. Ths people of Mo
 bile ought to build the ships for this | trade. Build the first right away. The
 industry of building these ships belongs
 to Mobile. Start itIn a small way, and
 like a crawfish hole in the Mississipp
 Ievee. 1t will grow in a night, as 1t were The State and Congress will come tC | your assistance if necessary" he said.
 This Is a doubly important matter tc you"
 He praised the vegetable industry ot | this section and the yellow pine also. He | had been here in the past to build th'
 people in hope for the future. and now !: | the time to tell them that the future ii | here he said.
 Hon. Harry T. Pillans, being intro | duced by President Hamburger, said hc | would be brave indeed to attempt to saN | anything further than that Mobile now | owns four sea-going steamers and many