The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-02
OMNIBUS CLAIM BILL
WILL PASS SENATE DURING THE
 COMING SESSION.
Alabama Has About Fifty Claims, . Number of Which Were Added Through Energy of Senators
 BaBkAemd and Johnston.

"aShs toh, OeC. I.-tSpeciai.-Tne omnibus claims bill which passed the House last session. will in all proba- bility. go safely through the Senate turing the coming session.
 The Senate increased many times over the aggregate appropriations the House placed in the measure. For that reason the Republican leaders of the lower branch of Congress served notice that 1t would not be allowed to become a law for some time. The general appropriations had piled up to such alaTming figures that Speaker Cannon and his assistants were afraid of the effect 1t might have in a Presi- dential election year. In the bill as 1t was reported to the Senate, Alabama had about fifty claims. a number of which were added through the energy of Senators Johnston and Bankhead after the measure came over from the House. They had some fifteen or six teen others which they pressed and are hopeful that these may be included this session. for there was a sort of understanding last May that if the matter was permitted to go over un- til winter. many additions would be made to the Items. There Is a dis position among both Senators and Rep resentatives to get these claims out of the way as speedily as possible. Especially is it desired to close up ali OA TOtlBlOuS 0enOulIndtlOnS anu educational institutions for damage in- flicted to their property during the civil war by the Union armies. The Court of Claims has uniformly passed favorabiy upon these bills referred to that tribunal by Congress for careful investigation.
 Sending 0ut Seed.
 Tn distributing his allowance of gar- den and flower seed, Senator Johnston has taken time by the forelock. MT. Stallings, his secretary. has been here pretty much all during the recess of Congress and has looked after this business The last of the packages were sent out last week to Alabama. It is stated at the Department of Az riculture that Senator Johnston was the first one to furnish his complete list to the clerks who are detailed to put up and direct the packages as in- dicated in the list of constituents who made their applications. Senators and Representatives are allowed under the seed provision about 15.000 packages each They also have a limited num- her of plants. vfnen and bulbs, the lat ter being necessarily small in number as the intention is to merely intro- duce new varieties in sections where 1t Is thought they are uncommon and are likely to thrive. There is no such general distribution as there is, Of garden and flower seed. and this fact Is often embarrassing to Congressman for the reason that they cannot be- gin to respond to the many applica- tions which are made
 This year Senator Johnston has fur nished to the Department of Agricul- ture. names of Alabamisns who are anxious to experiment with citrouv fruits. The Department officials asked Congressmen from States in which 1t "a hA1fAva6 fhAgA nf. be successfully tried. to send in a limited number of names. Heretofore 1t has been assumed that citrous trees and plants would thrive only in States having the warmer climate like Flor ida. Louisiana, Texas. South Carolina, Georgia and California, and the territo- ries of Arizona and New Mexico: but 1t is now believed that certain kinds can be successfully produced in nearly all portions of Alabama and not alone in the Southern part of the State. At any rate the names furnished the De- partment by Senator Johnston include residents of even the most Northern of the Alabama counties.
 AIabama's Rural Routes.
 Within the past two months Sena- tor Johnston has done all In his DOW CT to induce the Postof1ce Department to increase the Alabama rural free delivery routes. He has been notified
  established and that of petitions pend ing some others will soon be favorab- ly acted upon The improvement of the county roads in Alabama is. from what Department ofncialS say. a help to the Congressman from the State in securing rural free delivery service. A considerable percentage of the peti- tions that are rejected may be put down to very bad local roads in some of the States in which the people have not walked up to the necessity of properly improving their highways.
 The residence in this city of the late Senator Morgan still has a For Sale" sign on its front. This Is a fine man. sion but has an undesirable location for the average femily of prominence. If it were out in Sle more modern and fashionable section of Washington, it would be worth several times as much to the heirs of the distinguished Ala hama statesman. But it Is located on John Marshall Place down in a section oS the city which has had it's day for residences and just a little too much out of the business section to be val. uable for commercial purposes. It just suited Senator Morgan, however It was near enough to the capitol for him to walk to the Senate chamber in pleasant weather and he was attached 10 1t as home. The house is a splen- didly built one. It was for years the private home of one of the most suc~ cessful of Washingtons builders. He was a man of large means in his life- time and spent a great deal of money on the interior to make the mansion comfortable and attractive. Before the civil war. most of the, noted public men lived in this portion of Washing ton. What were formerly considered magnificent homes-and the houses as rule splendidly constructed and are spacious-are now for several blocks given over to boarding and lodging houses and are patronized chiefly by respectable people of rather limited in- comcG
 Churches in Vicinity.
 Three of the most prominent church. es of the city are In the immediate vii cinity of the Morgan residence. Right across the street in John Marshall Place is the First Presbyterian in which the late President Cleveland was a worshipper during both of his terms A block South in John Marsh all Place is tho Metropolitan Meth odist. Gen. Grant while President regularly attended this church. It was the place of worship also of Hon. Will liam Mckinley, while he was in Con- gress. and while he was President. Several of the pastors of the Metro politan have become Bishops of their church. Dr. Bristol elected Bishop only last spring at the Quadrennial Conference in Baltimore was at the time its pastor. The other church of note in this vicinity is Trinity Episco- pal. Although these sacred edtces are so far removed from the fashionable section the most prominent families retain their memberships.
 Alabama" still appears in gilt let
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