The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-13

died, but he stuck to his work and did months of his existence. Before the civil war Dennis Murphy reported the utterances Of many of the most brill liant senators of that period. and en- joyed a olose friendship with them, the senators from the South especially be- ing his favorites.
 Two of the crack stenographers of the Senate entered upon their work in that body about the game time. It was forty-three years ago when Henry J. Gensler started In under Dennis Murphy as a helper and subsequently was put on the regular 'stan where he has been doing almost lightning work ever since and who Is Virginian Theodore F. Shuey. now the chief, came on shortly after Gensler. Thirty-eight years ago before either Shuey or Gen. sler had married they had rooms hore together. couple of years ago the members of MT. Shuey's family were all in Europe where they expected 10 re- main indefinitely. MT. Gensler had the misfortune to lose his wife and as his children were married and scattered Shuey and Gensler again rented an apartment near the capitol and lived together as they did in the long ago.
 Reporting Debates Hard.
 What made reporting of the recent tariff debates So nerve racking to the stsnOgraphers was due chiefly to the fact that the discussions were livelier and more acrimonIus than any that have ever taken place since hessra Shuey, Gensler and Murphy have tack led the job. Heretofore the Repubu- cans have not been So badly divided as they were during the fight of the extra session of the present Congress. The ten insurgent Republican senators from the Western states stirred up heated arguments that compelled Senator Al drich and the other high protective ad- vocates to be almost continually on the move, and the running debates at times were so fast and furious, and there such long hours and so much rapid talk that the reporters were continual ly put to their best sndeavor to keep up with what was said.
 Senator Rayner of Maryland is com ceded to be the fastest talker in the body, but he is considered comparative ly easy to report, for he speaks ia loud tones and very distinctly.
 But Beveridge, of Indiana. The HooSier senator, simply gave the re- porters fits almost to keep up with him. It was not that he talked so almighty fast but in his enthusiasm and intensity he would whirl around so often that 1t was next to impossible to catch his words when he had his back turned to the reporters.
 Like to Follow Morgan.
 The veteran stenogrsphers all say that the late Senator Morgan, of Ala bama. and former Senator Edmunds. of Vermont, were the easiest speakers imaginable to report on account Of their deliberation, the purity of their diction and clear enunciation. These two eminent senators were never In the habit of revising their remarks. But there were a couple of occasions when 1t became necessary for the re- porters to call upon Senator Morgan to help them out He made speeches on the Indian question and later when his Nicaragan canal route was attack ed on that score in regard to volcanoes. The names of Indian chiefs and of volca- noes were so numerous and So difhcult to spell that the reporters were stump ed.
 An interesting illustrated bulletin has been issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, on soy beans being one of many in come ton with forage investigation commenced several years ago by the experts who have been studying this important subject. This soy bean, al so called the "soja bean" is a native of Southeastern Asia and has been ex- tensively cultivated in Japan, China and India since ancient times. In those countries the beans have been cultivated entirely for human food. but their flavor has not commended them to Caucasian appetites, and thus far they have found but small favor as hu- man food in either Europe or Ameri- ca.
 As forage crop. however. soy beans have become. according to the depart ment officials. of increasing import ancs in parts of the United States, es- pecially southward. They have been tested at most of the state agricultural experiment stations and the experts of the department here report that it is clear that their region of maximum i'm portance will be south of the red-clov- CT area and in sections where alfalfa cannot be successfully grown. They thus compete principally with cowpeas. but as cultivation Is usually required they fill a somewhat different agricul- tural need. Their culture has greatS increased in recent years, especially in Kentucky, Tennessee. North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. and in the southern parts of Illinois and Indiana.