The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
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Referring to a criticism of the bril- | liant eulogy upon the life and character of the late Senator John J. Ingalls, of kansasA delivered on the 21st day of January, by our able and distinguished Representative in Congress Hon. A. A. | Wiley. warmly attached and devoted and personal friend said on yesterday: Colonel Wiley Is nearly a thousand | miles away in Washington attending | to his Congressional duties and looking | after the interests of all his constitu- ents in such splendid manner as have never been excelled by any other Com | gressman in the history of this State.
 He knows nothing of what think or am saying in reference to him. per- sonally or officially, but simple justice to faithful and gifted public servant Tt was a compliment to the State of | Alabama and to Hon. A. A. Wiley as tho Representative of this district when Colonel Wiley. with Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri, was selected by the Kan sas delegation as the two speakers in the National House of Representatives to pay tributes to the memory of Sena- tor Ingalls.
 nothing of that universal sentiment to speak only good of the dead 1t is a matter of regret that the remarks of Colonel Wiley should have been criti- eized as being too partial to the dead Senators
 If there was one man the South had cause to remember ungratefully more than another. that man was Charles Sumner; and yet. one of the greatest patriots and statesmen the South mas eyer produced. L. Q. c. Lamar. eulo- gized him in one of the most notable addresses ever delivered in the Senate Of the United States en such an occa . sion.
 Senator Hoar has never been re- markable as a friend of the South, and yet our distinguished Senator Pettus has recently paid him a very h high ,,iItio trin, and character as fit for any emulation by the young men of the country
 All these distinguished gentlemen paid the highest tributes to men who, in life. were their political antagon-
 "CoIorsI wiley's graceful and elo- quent tribute to Senator Ingalls, merely of the other distinguished men named, that Southern men can be true to their section and to their convictions, and yet be broad and liberal in their estimates of others whose environment and train ing have plae ed them on the other side of great public questions.
 While Colonel Wiley did refer to the service rendered by Senator Ingalls to the South in voting against til me among his friends of the South. The occasion did not admit of the discussion of such subjects He took a more catho- lie view by referring to those charac- teristics in which Senator Ingalls, was a prominent national figure as orator. statesman and in literary pursuits.
 Colonel Wiley deserves and will only receive commendation at the hands of his constituents for the graceful and eloquent manner in whi jh he discharg- ed delicate duty. He has done honor to his section, State and to himself" 
 The following attorneys are in at- tendance on the Supreme Court: Joseph H. Nathan of Shehleld; J. D. Rather, IT,, of Tuscumbla. son of the first Speaker of the House of Representa- tives after the war between the States: Paul Hodges and P. H. O'Neal of Flor ence; E. W. Godby. J. c. Eyster. w. R. Francis, Thomas W. Vert and s. A. Lynne of Decatur: r. A. Bostick of De- catur. w. T. Sanders, Earl Pettus and T. c. Mcclellan of Athens, Judge Paul Speake of Huntsville, and Hon. John A. Lusk of Marshall County.
 Rev. Edmonds Bennett, rector of Trinity Church, Mobile, spent Monday night in the city. He had been to Att lanta to fill the pulpit of Rev. c. B, l Winner, who was off to get married. MT. Bennett left for home yesterday stopping at Atmore, where he was to hold services in the Episcopal Church