The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

T sat by his side at his law desk, about 1878. when telegram was brought in. After reading, he passed It to me After a moments pause. he remarked with deliberations: T will accept no special favors from the Un- ited States. Until the people of Ala pama are all free. accept nothing The message was from Senator George Goidthwaite. asking permission to make a movement to have Morgan's political disabilities removed.
 Very limited if any mention had been made or Morgan as candidate for the senate. when the Legislature of 1876 met: Governor Houston was an open candidate. A natural delicacy seemed 10 prevent any prominent opposition to the Governor. In the summer pre- ceding Morgan published a card saving he had authorized no one to declare nm candidate for that high office"
 In 1880 Senator Morgan made some speeches in Alabama, one of which well remember. At Pike Road on the montgomery and Eufaula railroad, liv- ed John Wilson. a prominent merchant an ol dbachelor from Kentucky. Wilson possessed an excellent knowledge of men. Strange to say, he had never seen or hear of Morgan. So when the summer morning canfe that the Senator was to speak in Bullock county. some miles away, he went to the meeting. It was amazing to witness Wilson's captivity to Morgan. He took him back to his house and entertained him for the night 1avishly For months thereafter. no matter what topic came up for re- marks in Wilson's presence he turned 1t off to Morgan.
 MT. c. C. Langdon was a pronounced candidate in opposition to Senator Morgan in his second election. 1882. Langdon came to Montgomery to press his claims before the Legislature. At the breakfast table of the Exchange Hotel, the two men faced each other. Morgan addressed Langdon. as the lat ter took his seat. in a curt manner, complaining of the circulation of re- ports intended to injure him. Lang don suppressed his feeling, merely sug- gesting that the conversation had better be adjourned to the lobby. Morgan re- piled sharply, No. sir; no place is too public for what I say to you"
 In the Oates campaign, of 1894, Sen- ator Morgan. in a speech at opelika made two. interesting personal re- marks He said: My wife is as econ omicaf as any woman who ever stood at wash tub but I cannot live on my salary" He said speaking of his he pits of labor, that he never went to bed until 12 o'clock and he always rose at o'clock to renew his work
 No doubt Senator Morgan and Gen. eral Wheeler exercised a powerful, if not decisive, influence in bringing on the Spanish h-American war, a mis- fortune to the United States that can- not be measured. Nevertheless in the primaries of 1900 Senator Morgan was trlumphantly endorsed for reelection without any serious discussion of that war measure. The Senator was so re- E0llrraflI in hrtp pefore the country and so interesting in their discussion, that if his views on any one subject failed to receive lndorsement, small notice was taken or the fact. In this circumstance we nave an insight into his popularity, Nothing ever disconcerted him. If dis appointed. he concealed his feelings. He could drop one line of thought, take up another and yet another and return to the place he left with no apparent Inconvenience. He never felt the nec- essity of asking where was I at?" If he ever felt the emotion of anger. wonderful convention of profound sentiment and perfect outward calm which nature made in him. This great and good man. so courted in all cir cles was not conversationalist like Chesterfield, but rather monologist like pr. Samuel Johnson. A friend related to me, that after a good dinner he listened to Senator Morgan discuss the character of the different vintages of the world, naming the wines and de- scrfbing their merits and finally dis coursing on the use of stimulants by all nations. so that when he talked none other of the company spoke q word.
 I remember in a grand night rally on the street at Selma, in the cam paign of 1876. Houston and others spoke out when Morgan stepped forward to close the occasion the orator was a very much higher being than any of others. At the re-union of Laws Brigade in 1872 at the Selma Fair, several gen. erals and several coloneis rode their horses to the front of the line one by one, to speak, but when Morgan, at the close, rode forward, lifted his hat and spoke he was a very much higher being than any of the others.