The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-16

The New York Tribune (Rep1 !.
The Alabama senator enJoysa
Ut p as saasss and
He possessed singular charm as az
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the real powers in the Senate. He was
dignified and punctilious i'm manners,
intense in his convictions and scrupus,
1 paSe anty asi He Of dsrsa
questions Of policy and never yielded
his in6epsndsnceu Of was Statesman
not a partisan; and among his 1850, ,
ciates from the South, many or them
, "a Mn apss dss for
from factional smallness and bitter.
ness. He was an intense ana aroe IN.
Senate was done in the PROMOTION OF
great national causes and proJeels' nil,
His chief claim to renae anng zee % Se.
termined advocacy of the construction
at national cost OF waterway across
the Central American isthmus. ne
on for ar th to
prise, ana more than any other man
In .public life, he kept alive the idea
q psnstEstting the snd spaeic oeeans
a. measure Of military defence. as Wei
as a stimulus to American commerce.
He opposed the selection, OF tne Fana tna
a sSs1sd ans a'sf the ire wss
not a strategic blunder. But his ms.
sionary work in the interest Oh az
istha n ayaTTuIed He Was aiso
advocate of liberal river ana n NJ az
improvements in all sectons ~. It ny
United stssss ana u n s spitss oa issds1.
the North he heartily favored the ad-
mission Of the States along me ne pa
lew As ichairman Of the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations ana as
mittee. The Tribune has often had oc;
CASTOR to commend his enlightened ana
patriotic leadership.
AS an orator, MT Mor ds nos VIZ OVER
ionr speeches. and he often abused the
patiencs OF his hearers. But at his
best he united fueney ana c faIiicity Of
phrase and his eloquence became truly
captivating because 1t was enasged
with intelligence, feeling and imaginat.
a real orator and a strong and useful
The New York world (Dem.).
In length of service, Senator. Allison
OF Iowa alone outra d nIm; az P sem.
ator Pettus, relatively a. newcomer,
was his senior Among his later, as
soclates there have been more priat Jan
but few, If any. could pretend to pc
his peer in personal force, Industry ano
learning None who survives him more
fionp Of ihe unitea States senate
BY the irony of circumstances, Sena-
tor Morgan's name has not peen i sito
sned to the sb6 great To others Is due the
credit for having made and kept tne
joining of the two oceans by an lstn-
milan Waterway live issue ssrcsd pe tSa fs ri
against the powerful influence OF the
transcontinental railroads; by his per-
sistence he made the project popular
i mere eisn' neeessity when the nal de-
oision was reached he dissented vigor.
route, but by that time opposition to
an interoceanic canal was virtually
dead. 1t is robbing them Of none OF
their deserts to recall thar In no1lere
United States Senate: that Mark Han:
mas name, mad hardly been neara as OF 81
later, and that John G. spooner after
the Senate until 1897. -,
mate situation opposed the Panama
Canal or ranged himself with Senator
Foraker and Senator Pettus in voting
integrity and his principles were never
in question. All his life he was hard
but honest fighter. whose weaknesses
were obvious. but whose whose eonv degStn
he had been reelected for sixth term
without solicitation or the use OF
tUyH-
He was a rare old man, repre-,
sentative of Democratic principles and
of aristocrattcal dominance of them:
Practically, he never sought ONCE and
Office, even humbly, sought him. BY
capacity, study, experience and indus
try, he attained the SUBMITS of tnfiu-
He knew that that ours 1 is s. Government
of parties and that he was, therefore,
nearly always in the minority. on party
ssTsf but that dd mot impair his
by politics are to those. so affected, as
an, hundred to one. His, non-politicai
influence was as marked among re.
among Democrats in the Senate. This
should not be forgotten. And 1t should
also be remembered that to progress
to all Republicanism. He was a party
unto himself, so to speak 1t mattered
not to him whether Cleveland, Bryan;
1aill; MChl ntSy OF HTuoeeNeit %
self and Alabama. The State ana the
man were one and inseparable.
Nor was he embarrassed by the viz
tual ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the blacks
who outnumbered the whites In. Ala
bama. They ought to be disfranchised.
II they wanted to vote, let them vote
Democratic. 1t was the right of the
whites to rule. and 1t was, the duty Of
the blacks to obey, a privilege, as well
served and justified their disfranchise-
ment- This blunt summary of his views
does to him no injustice. They were
the Views of the whites OF his state,
and he was their und.isputea Leader.
We care not here to trace the de-
tails of the service Of his man. His
character, learning, industry and high
honor became a national asset and
Democrats pride His addiction 3fLasdo to
times. to the Senate. and an attiictio,n
of civilization. 1t was the duty of the
Senate and of Northern audiences to
bear with him. he felt, and he gave to
cation. Alabama liked his speeches.
They were never too long for Alabama.
Alabama was the center and cynosure
of civilization. 1t was tn eduty of the
Senate and of the North to. emulate
and the better for Alabama.
Any President who combatted this
notion made a mistake for which Mr..
Morgan made that Presidents admins
tration suffer. Some Presidents had the
estimate of himself and of his state
and escaped bad ratings at his hands
Others had not, and for them there was
no peace. The idiosyncrasies OF this
public servant were as marked as those
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