The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-08
His Usual Conversational
 Monotone Forgotten.
Much Sympathy Expressed in Wash ington for Mir. and Mrs. Cleve- land Over Loss of Their
 Eldest Daughter.
,xnrassad in Wash.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building,

Senator Morgan had the closest atten- ton in the Senate today when ne replleo to Lodges championship of the adminis- tration. The veteran Alabama senator departed from his usual conversauonai monotone and spoke with unwonted terVor taking an occasional flight Of eloquence that carried his voice sonorously through !. out the chamber He undoubtedly made Lodges imposing array of authorities on the recognition of the republic appear to he nothing but the garbled cuttings from the random utterances of speakers ana writers in a sort of moot court ana de- fled him to sustain his contentious for the administration by any official records.
 The Senator had his speech written out, but often left his manuscript to accen- tuate his conclusions with what seemed fresh inspira alton. An incident which was greatly enjoyed occurred when the Sena- tor was reading the Teague letters and the letters signed "F. C." to The New York Evening Post giving an account of the inception of Panama revolution and tending to show what the Washington authorities melted and encouraged the revolution in which officers of the United States participated. At this point Sena- tor Cullom, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, asked whether what the Senator read was an official document or a mere newspaper account.
 They are not official,". explained the Alabama Senator, They are newspaper accounts from reputable correspondents of respectable newspaper. It Is the same class of authority the President has used Eo sustain his own position. have just as much right to rely upon such authority Hs he has,"
 Then the Senator, looking around the Senate said. He gave us in his message all that I believe he Is going to give us in the way of official information of what occurred between his administration and Colombia. and the transactions that led np to the sevoiation, xEe has locked the door of information upon us and denied ns access to information we have a right to have" f.i
 Sympathy With the Clevelands.
 There is very deep sorrow and tender sympathies aroused in many a house. hold in Washington over the death of little Ruth Cleveland. the eldest child of former President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland. The bright little girl of the White House in the last Cleveland ad- ministration is well remembered here
 Miss Ruth was the eldest of the five Cleveland children. and was born while the Clevelands were residing at 16 Mad ison avenue. New York city. She was 13 years old, October 90, 1903, having been born in 1890. Two years later MT. Cleve- land was elected President, and Ruth became the first "baby of the White House" But the only Cleveland child born there and, in fact. the only crild of President ever born in the White House. was Esther. who first saw the light of day in that mansion, September g. 1883 She is therefore 10 years old Miss Marion, the third child, was born in Gray Gables, the Massachusetts sea- side home of the CIevelands, July 2, 1885 Richard Folsom Cleveland, the first son of the family, was born in their Prince ton. N. J., home, "Westland'' five years ago, and Francis Grover, the second son, was born last July.
 A recent visitor said of the family "AIl the little Clevelands are handsome, healthy, bright, children. Ruth had grown into a thoughtful and stately young girl. ambitious to succeed in her studies. She and Esther attended a private school kept by sister of one of the Princeton professors. In a quaint green cottage not far from Westland. Sara Morgan. the daughter of one of J. Pierpont Morgans nephews, the Armour and Van Dyke children also attend the scnool. The two younger children learn their lessons at home. Their pony Is har- messed to a pretty tan dog cart on fine afternoons and driven up and down the shaded streets of Princeton. 4 nurse generally accompanying the children to prevent accidents"
 The Clevelands enjoy almost an ideal home life at their ample home at Prince ton. The ex-Presdent Is himself a native of New Jersey, having been born March 1s 1887, in the village of Caldwell, thir- ty-fve miles from Princeton. He s, therefore. now nearly G years old. The summer home of the family has been for numbers of years Gray Gables, at Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. There MT. Cleveland thoroughly enjoys the ocean breeze and salt water and more than all, the fishing, for which he is famous. MT, Cleveland and Miss Frances Folsom were married at the White House. June 2, 1886.