Omaha daily bee., 1907-06-17
MORGAN A GRAND OLD NAN
Democrat Who Stood by Party When
He Believed Party Right.
ALWAYS OPPOSED TO BRYANIsM
Aged Senator an ola school
Lawyer with Reverence for Con-
stitutiOn and Constituted
Authority.
tFrom a stan correspondent.l }

! WASHINGTON, June l6-(special)-A
far-seeing statesman. an unselnsh friend
and one Of the leading figures Of his time
was John Tyler Morgan, the senior senator
from Alabama, who passed out from the
busy cares of life last week. In his thirty
years as a senator he earned the respect
and esteem OF his colleagues OF both sides
OF the chamber and no man will miss him
more than his venerable associate and fell
low-townsman, Edmund Winston Pettus
They were the two oldest men in the SEN
ate. Pettus Is nearly So; Morgan would
have been SO had he lived until the 10Th Of
the present month. Next in point Of age to
these two splendid types OF American man
I hood comes William Boyd Allison, who at
taIned to the age OF 7S on the % OF March
last. Next to Senator Allison IN point Of
age Is Senator Shelby M. Cullom Of nli-
nois. who will reach 7s on the I'd OF No
vember next, Senator Henry NJ. Teller Of
Colorado Is a year younger than Senator
Allison or Senator Cullom. having been
born in 1880 while the two former were
born in 1893 Senators Frye OF Maine and
! Proctor Of Vermont will reach 7e this year.
while Senator P1att will be "a and his col
league Chauncey NJ. Depew. will round out
| the 79d milestone.
Democrat of the Old school.
Senator Morgan was probably less Of a
partisan than any Of his colleagues. Po-
litical consideration played little or no part
in what he conceived to be his duty to his
country. He was a democrat, but of a
school whose exemplars is fast passing
away. He voted with his party when he
believed his party was right. Mr.. Morgan
was opposed bitterly to the principles of
democracy advocated by Bryan and Hearst
They remind he," he would say In tell
ing his favorite story. "of boy who was
very III.
"Tf can throw him into fit said the
doctor, can save him.
" But why should you want to make him
have a fit?' asked the boys father.
! Well. I'm an expert on fits said the
doctor, and know how to cure them
! That's the way with Bryan and Hearst"
Mr. Morgan would continue. '1f they can
throw the country into a it the country
will be cured OF Organism and Hearstism." !"
! Senator Morgnn's respect for his chosen
profession, the law, was one OF his most
marked characteristics. Essentially gen.
tleman of the old school, he was an old
school lawyer, with reverence for the con-
stitution and the coordinate powers OF gov
| ernment, the legislative, executive and ju-
dicial departments. Hts steady candidate
for the presidency was that magnificent
/ specimen OF tho upright American Judge.
Associate Justice John NJ. Harlan OF the
| United States supreme court. in spite Of the
fact that Justice Harlan has always been a
republican.
''But he should be a democrat-he is a
democrat in his principles" Mr.. Morgan
would say.
The Alabama senator's admiration for the
jurist began in their association as mem
bers OF the Paris tribunal Of arbitration to
adjust the Behring sea sealing controversy
between Great Britain and the United
States.
First 20 Use Term "CuckoO."
Mr.. MorgaN is credited with originating
the term cuckoo" which has come to
mean one who applauds every utterance
from the White House. In the second
Cleveland administration he referred in a
sarcastic way to the subserviency OF some
OF the senate democrats to the require
ments OF the president.
THE trumpet has sounded" he said, ''the
forces are marshaled. the clock has struck
at the White House. and the cuckoos here
all put their heads out OF their boxes and
responded to inform US Of the time OF
day"
Mr.. Morgan was Just twenty-ons when
he hung out his shingie. That was sixty
two years ago. He used TO tell that he
| started to practice law on a Tuesday and
got his first case the following Saturday
/ MY first case" he called Il. From the
start he succeeded, although he never be-
came wealthy He had married before he
was admitted TO the bar. His people wero
wings, but he became a democrat and thus
brought about family dissension. In the
civil war he enlisted q private In the
confederate army, and rose TO the rank OF
brigadier general. There was nothing
about Mr.. Morgan, however. to suggest the
soldier. He was always the lawyer and
the legislator.
Society never saw Mr. Morgan. He lived
In an old but attractive house in a part OF
Washington once fashionable. but now in
the business section. 1t is John Marshall
Place, a short distance from the District
Courts building. Here he lived, year In and
| year out the routine OF his existence
broken only by occasional visits 10 Ala
bama. When congress was In session he
would go TO the capitol early, and after
the senate adjourned would return to his
home to spend the rest OF the day In
reading. writing or study.
HuntIey Project Plans.
The intense interest taken throughout
the United States IN the opening of the
Huntley irrigation project. indicates that a
large number OF people will go to Mon
tana In order 10 get an opportunity to
draw for the 6S3 farms which Uncle Sam
will give every qualified entryman by an
impartial public drawing. The details OF
this drawing can be obtained from the
local land once at Billings, Mont. or from
the general land once at Washington. d.
c. The applicant must. however. go 10
Montana TO execute the necessary papers,
which must be in the Billings ONCE on or
before June g Great care has been taken
TO subdivide the lands so that all the farms
I shah be as nearly as possible OF the samo
value. The farms will contain as nearly
( as possible forty acres OF. irrigable land
{ The total area, however, win vary consid-
/ cradle on account OF the two lines OF rail-
road passing through them and the canal
/ system which necessarily must cut some
/ OF the farms into irregular shapes. The
/ total area OF the farms viii vary from
forty TO l0ns hundred and sixty acres
For this reason the reclamation service
has printed q large number OF township
plats showing the arrangement and areas
! OF the farm units. There are seven or