The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
ALABAMA MEN
 DRAW EATS Senator NAston Not E orn In. WILL TAKE THE OATH TODAY Mi. 0vsrman of North Carolina to
 Present Him. State DeIegation Introduce. Several Measures On First Day--Recom-
 mendation. For Waterways
 Are Submitted.
WILL TAKE THE OATH TODAY
BY ALFRED '. sToFEn


 Washington. D. C., Dec. 2.--(Special.) The Senate's session was brief one today as an adjournment immediately followed the announcement by Mir. Tel Ter, of Colorado. of the deaths of Sem ators Morgan and Pettus. the usual res olutions Of respect to their memory having been passed
 Senator Johnston was not sworn in
 today. it having been derferred until
 tomorrow OH acc Nint of the passing of
 the resolutions to the memory of Ala
 bamas deceased senators. He will be sworn in tomorrow, and will be escort ed to the Vice Presidens' desk by sem | ator Overman. of North Carolina, who claims the pleasures and privilege be- cause MT. Johnston is a native of his State.
 Senator Bankhead was not present being detained at home by illness. It I Is reported that he hopes to be here within ten days.
 Of the more aged Senators former Boss" Platt, of New York. was the | only one who had to be assisted to the | chamber. He is unable to walk. but looks we'll Tn the face.
 Senatcr Johnston has a seat on the
 back row, next to Senator Whyte, of Maryland, the most venerable member of the upper branch of Congress. The Democratic senatorial caucus will meet tomorrow. All the indica- tions point to the selection of Senator Culberson as minority leader. He Is a native of Alabama.
 Drawing of Seats. In the drawing of seats in the House
 today. which Is always an interesting event. the Alabama members did not come out quite so well as they did two years ago. Representative Richardson was the first of the delgation to be called. IT- -.9- |. N~ near the center of the big hall occupied by the Democrats. The next Ala | bamian reached was Captain Hobson who also fared very well, taking the second seat from the aisle leading to I the east door. It adjoins the seat that
 was sfor 50 many terms occupied by the late Samuel J4 Randall. Sof Penn sylyania, and afterwards by Roger e.. Mills, of Texas.
 | MT. Underwood Is on the back row 1 in the center of the hall near the main ] entrance. On the same row near the | east entrance if Mir. Burnett. He was called late and there wasn't much | choice. MT. Taylor had the same fate. Representative Clayton secured the seat he had in the last Congress. Colonel Wiley, MT. Heflin and MT.
 Craig are punched together on the
 edge of the Democratic reservation just across the last aisle from the lapover tier of seats, which had to be taken by the Republicans unable to find room over on their side of the hall. One | redeeming feature Is that the Alabama members are where they can hear plainly everything read at Speaker r's l rostrum.
 Representative Underwood briefly | made in the House the announcement of the deaths of Senators Morgan and Pettus. whom he alluded to as eminent statesmen.
 Representatives Hepburn, of Iowa: | Heflin of Alabama, and Macon. of Kan sas. all have bills to prevent gambling in grain and cotton futures as they express it. They will confer with a view of joining forces so as to bring the matter to a focus and endeaver | to have action on the measure this session.
 For the Waterways. The Secretary of the Treasury in sub l hitting to Congress his estimates of | year recommends the following for rivers and harbors under the continua | tion system: Mobile harbor. $360.000
 Tennessee River. below Chattanooga Alabama and Kentucky. s213,000. Representative Taylor introduced in the House today biu to pay the estate of Rebecca L. DeLeon $25,oOO for prop | erty destroyed on a government reser- walton in New Mexico. One of the in- terested persons to this claim is T. c. DeLeon, formerly connected with The
 Mobile Register
 Representative Richardson intro | duced in the House today a resolution | instructing the Ways and Means Com mittee to revise the tariff so as to make | 1t a tariff for revenue, not for pro | tecting one class of citizens at the ex- pense or another.
 Representative Hobson introduced a bill establishing fish hatchery In Ala bama and appropriating S25.0O0 there for. It's location Is to be determined by the director of fisheries. Captain Hobson also introduced a bill
 to throw the surface of the mineral | lands of Alabama to open settlement | the mineral rights beins' reserved.
 Representative Clayton re-introduced
 his bin to repeal the bankruptcy act.
 MT. Clayton will succeed himself on
 the Judiciary Committee and will use | avery effort to have the bill favorablS
 reported from the committee at this
 session.