The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-26
NEWS AND. GOSSIP FROM
 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL


 I he did exactly right and hope that ne will not change his mind.
 Senator Morgmn's Work. Senator Morgan's health is remark ably good for one of his age. hs seems much stronger and more acSlVe than he was at the close of the lasa session of Congress.
 It will be recalled that Alabama se- nior. Senator Iabored hard last session | in connection with the investisasis"n ,o. ~, | the Panama Canal matters. and TOT ! weeks and weeks conducted on the part | of the minority the examination Of Wit nesses before the Committee on Inter" ! oceanic Canals The toughest witness | that Senator Morgan had to deal with was Lawyer Cromwell of New York The Senator also devoted much or ms time to complex Indian questions, and
 he attended regularly meetings of the
 Foreign Relations Committee, of which he Is a leading member. This committee has always before Il A lot of weighty subjects--particularly the pending treaties. The Senator's so. journ in Alabama during the recess did him much good, and he is better pre- pared to perform his duties. it is be- | iieved. than when he left Washington
 shortly after the close of the last ses-
 Several letters have been received | here within the past week from Sena' | tor Pettus, who wrote to have certain documents mailed to him at Selma The ' letters were in his own handwriting | but General Pettus did not mako any | mention of the state of his health, noI did he say just when he expected tc return to Washington, His friends | have an idea. though. that the vener- | able statesman, from what they can | learn indirectly, Is recovering slowly from his severe spell of illness and | they confidently expect to see him ir | his seat when the Senate is called tc order on December next.
 | As Is well known the Alabama sera | tors are the oldest men in the upper ! branch of Congress, General Morgan | being in Ills S3rd and General Pettus | in his seth year. There are seven oth. i CT United Sttaes Senators who have | passed the three-score and ten mark | They are as follows: Messrs. Allison | of Iowa, 77 last March; Senator Culton | of Illinois. IT last Thursday; Frye oi l Maine, 75 on September 2 last: Teller of Colorado, 76 last May: Proctor o Vermont. 75 on June 1 last; Platt o
 New York. 7s on July IS. and Depew ot New York, who has also reached hii 72nd year.
 or the more venerable Senators
 Messrs. Frye and Proctor are the most
 active physically. Senator Allison has
 been in such poor health that he was
 practically unable this year to take | any part in the Iowa campaign. He had a breakdown towards the close oi
 the past session of Congress. and las | not rallied entirely from the attack
 His friends have advised him not tc work so hard. Tn addition to being
 chairman of the Appropriations Com. mittee he is also a leading member oi
 finance, and is noted for plunging into
 general debates. Mir. Allison has been longer in Congress than any man oi
 either branch, having taken his seat ir the House in 1863. and has been here
 ever since as a member of either the | House or Senate.
 Resignation Of PIatt.
 Some of the New York politician, keep insisting that Senator Plat of thu Empire State will shortly resign anC make way for a younger man, provided the selection is to his liking. The for Iner boss" however, gave out an in terview the other day in which he sait
 that he had no idea of retiring, anc
 declared that he expected to resume his duties on December 2.
 MT. Platts brain works are not th'
 slightest Impaired, but he walks witt
 the greatest difficulty. and has beer
 shaky on his legs for two years ol
 more. Tn going about an attendant in. variably accompanies him. If it were
 not for this assistance he could not SC