The Washington herald., 1907-07-29

would exercise the appointive power II
the legislature were not in. session. but
does not necessarily bind the lawmak-
ing body itself This Is correct but 1t
! IS regarded as highly improbable that
the legislature VIII elect any other man
under the circumstances, inasmuch as
such action would seem to be IN conflict
with the will OF the people who placed
Johnston second in the list Of alternates
at the primary.
A Curious Development.
1t Is a remarkable and curious devel-
opment, that with respect 20 the aged
Alabama Senators, both Of whom have
now passed away. II is remarkable in
the first place, that the contingency pro-
vided for by the election of alternates
at the last state primary-the death Of
both the Gle men-should now have become
an actually. ard IL is a coincidence that
Edmund Winston Pettus should so soon
have followed John Tyler Morgan 20 the
rest they both have earned so well. SEN
ator Morgan died the night Of June 1l-l2
SO that his old friend and colleague sur
vIved him only about seven weeks. As
indicating the friendship between them.
habitues Of the Capitol recall some re-
marks Mr.. Pettus made in the Senate on
January %, this year. when the sub
ject % the proposed increase IN Con
gvessional salaries was under discussion.
Mr.. Morgan was absent. and. referring
to him, Mr. Pettus said,
He began his education at the old field school
He has always been a student from bgyhl0d. Z
knew him when he first became a lawyer. and
have known him ever since. have lived IN the
same village with him for ahout sixty years Re
c1mmucd life without anything. You al see
how hard he works hcTr. He has worked that way
all his lie. When Pee came 20 the Senate his in
come vas something in the neiEhbcrh0od q SIS 90
a war He has be.u here now for thirty years
Had Dc worked at his profession ! nave I'D doubt
that during The tine be has been IN the Senate.
his income w0sid have been az least S9 00o year.
lie might have been Millionaire to-day II he had
stuck % his profession
Senator PettUs was universe lly beloved
and respected by HIS colleagues on both
sides of the chamber A Republican of
great prominence and influence said 10 a
friend one day last winter. In discussing
the dsinclination Of the Senate 90 20
handle q certain matter as TO crafty a
young Republican Senator from a Middle
Senators. that II IL had been Senator Pet
tus who wanted a favor done. the whole
Senate would have been more than glad
70 make any sacrifice IN order 70 accom-
modate him. Pettus was not great
statesman. as Morgan was. but he was
a fine. genuine. honorable old Southern
gentleman whom 70 know was TO love.
DIR. JohnSton's Career.
Joseph Forney Johnston. Senator Pet
tus' probable successor. is a native Of
North Carolina. and IS sixty-four years
old. He was a high school student at the
opening of the civil war. but he immedi-
ately enlisted and served until Lee met
Grant at Appomattox. raising himself. in
the five years. from private 20 she rank
of captain. He was wounded four times
After the war be entered into the prac-
tice Of law at Selma-which town. Incl
dentally, was also the home of both Nor
gan and Pettus-and remained there until
1854 Then he removed % Birmingham,
which has been HIS home since He is a
man Of considerable means. having pros
pered as a banker and iron and steel
manufacturer. He was governor OF Ala
bama four years, from 1896 20 1900 and
in the last-named year he was an unsuC-
cessful candidate for MOrgan's seat in
the Senate The unexpiTed term Of Sena-
tor Pettus. 10 which, in all probability.
he will be elected. win end March g. 1909
How lie Got the Bowlder.
According to story now going the
rounds. William Barbour. a multi-million-
aire of Morristown. n J.. came 10 the
United States from England fifty years
ago, poor boy. Walking along the roads
of rural New Jersey, he came TO a big
b5wlder just at the noon hour. He sat on
it, ate HIS frugal lunch. and dreamed of
the future. Then he started out to hunt
for work. and found it. He grew rich.
and forgot all about the old bowlder until
a few weeks ago when he fell to thinking
how it had inspired him with it's strength
and size and ruggedness, and how, on that
day so long ago, he decided that when
he grew 70 be a man he would have it for
a monument. So ne jOurneyed to it. ar
ranged 20 buy il from the owners Of tho
land on which il lay, and then COM
menced to negotiate with a railroad COM
pany to have 1t transported to his home
He was told that no car was big enough
to hold it. Build one big enough" said
he. "and I'll pay for It." This was done,
and the bOwlder was loaded. Then It was
found that the bridges were too low to
permit its passage. and its owner was
compelled TO give reluctant assent to its
being chopped down to the right size. It
was finally delivered at his home at a
cost Of $4,000.
Kansas Perpetual Motion.
The nearest approach TO the perpetual
motion idea comes from the Kansas State
agricultural College, where Prof Oscar
grf has invented an endless chain ar
'angement Prof. Err takes milk from