The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-20

ticed a slight hesitancy in his speech, which added to- rather than detracted from his effectiveness. It might have been fancied that MT.
 Shepard in early life had struggled against and overcame a slight impeachment in his speech
 He used but few gestures. In the de- livery of his speech he stood a large part of the time with his left hand thrust into his trousers pocket. His gestures were made almost exclusively with his
 left hand. In the favorite one he brought his hand sharply to his shoulders and let 1t fall slowly in front with the hand half opened.
 A Message to the Mind.
 The address of Mir. Shepard was di- rected to the minds of his hearers %nd not to the emotions. It was the men sage of thinker and a leader. directed his hearing. His diction was fautless. the cearness of his expression was re- | markable.
 He showed a complete mastery of his subject The importance of the 18th milan canal he threw into clear relief with few bold streaks. The history of the | canal project from the days of John Quincy Adams to the present day was sketched briefly but so distinctly that no Oetdll or II was lOSl Commended Senators. In these words he spoke of the Senators from Alabama:
 You have the great advantage of the presence in your own State of a master of all this learning in the venerable
 statesman who Is full of the patriotic zeal and energy of youth. To Senator John T. Morgan, the chairman of the Senate Canal Committee more than to any sin gle man is due the assurance we now
 have that the canal is to be built. and
 that it is to be American. No man in public life is to be envied so much as one who has indussolubly joined his
 name to the performance of a great pub- | lie service, the results of which remain
 In the plain sight of mankind. May Sen ator Morgan and his coadjutor, Senator
 Pettus, to whom like debt is due by the | American people, remain in the full pres ent vigor of their faculties and useful
 ness. to precide over the delication of the 1 completed canal. and long after, to re- joice in a glorious realization of its pres ent promise"
 A burst of applause evidenced the ap- preciatiOn of his hearers of the compll' ment
 He dwelt upon the work of De Lesseps
 and his co-workers upon the partial con- l struction of the Panama route. The re- | cent legislation by Congress on the canal
 question was clearly put before his hear CTS.
 The authority delegated to the Presi-
 dent in the canal question was outlined and explained.
 The importance of the canal to the
 trade and industrial conditions of the United States was enlarged upon and em- phasiZed. With an array of figures, the great shortening of trade routes for yes sells was made clear to MT. Shepard $ hearers.
 When Mir. Shepard declared that "the
 Trans-Andean trade was worth infinitely more to the United States than the Phil ippine trade which cost us thousands of ! lives. hundreds of millions of treasure, to say nothing of the wreck of traditional policies and conscientious scruples." his | hearers applauded the sentiment warmly.
 The Negro Problem. It was. however, in his remarks upon
 the negro problem that MT Shepard re- eefved the most enthusiastic approval oi