The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-05
MORGAN AND PETTUS
 SENATOR'S FOR LIE
Col. Milton H. Hume8 Says
 Both Should be Reelected
RAILWAY FREIGHT RATES
Senator Morgan's Views on That sub- Iect, Says Colonel Humes, Will Not Alternate From Him
 AIabama's Support.

Colonel Milton H. Humes of Huntsville. in talking politics last night at the Hill- man. said that in his judgment public sentiment in Northern Alabama favored MT. Comer's candidacy for the governor ship, and that public opinion throughout the state was. and he believed should be, in favor of retaining General Morgan and General Pettus in the United States Sen ate so long as those two gentlemen might live.
 Politics is not yet become an absorb ingly interesting subject in Alabama" said Colonel Humes. "The people are talking and thinking more about the price of cotton. coal and iron than they are about the governorship or the United States senatorship.
 There can be but little if any doubt, however. that public sentiment In North Alabama Is supporting. at this stage of the gubernatorial campaign at least, the candidacy of MT. Conner. If the election were held in the next thirty days, MT. Conner could probably carry my section by a substantial majority. Tn so far as other sections of the state are concerned, I am not sufficiently well informed to ], express an opinion.
 "There has been some talk" continued Colonel Humes, "of displacing General Morgan and General Pettus in the United States Senate with younger men. Per haps I should use the word succeeding instead of the word 'displacing. for. in certain sense at least no living citizen of Alabama could fill the place now occu- pied and honored by either of our distin- guished United States Senators. l am satisfied that the people of Alabama will never consent to have either General Mor- gan or General Pettus retire from the Senate so long as the one or the other wishes to remain there.
 Tt Is said that General Morgan is awakening opposition by reason of his views regarding railway rate revision. Well. what if he is? The people of this state will never be persuaded that Gen eral Morgan's views on that question are sufficient to alienate from him the re- speet, confidence, admiration and affec- ton which have been won throughout aI- 1nOSL three score years or GIHtltHl anu faithful public service.
 General Morgan Is today the most dis tinguished living citizen of Alabama. He is of all living men, the man who has done us the most credit in the eye of the country and of the world. He Is to democratic Alabama what the late Sena- tor George F. Hoar was to republican Massachusetts-the incarnation of our highest and our best ideals in public life. Senator Hoar differed with his party re- garding the Philippine policy, but Massa- cbusetts. to her everlasting honor, re- elected him to the seat he had signally honored The late Senator l.. O. c. La mar Of Mississippi contravened the views of his party associates in his state on the money question, but Mis- sissippi never lost faith in her great son. She kept him in the Senate till he was appointed a member of MT. Cleveland's cabinet.
 Alabama will emulate the example of Mississippi and Massachusetts. The best asset possessed by a man in public life is character. and the personal and official record of John T. Morgan, from his youth to his old age, spells character in every line, It spells also courage scholarship, comprehensive grasp of public questions and an unfailing devotion to the highest interests of the state. Republics may be ungrateful Alabama is not so
 If the people of Alabama should fail to re-elect Senator Morgan to the United States Senate after his long and unselhsh service in defense of them and of the whole country, their action would be resented by right-thinking persons throughout the state and throughout the nation.'