The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
FAVORS PRIVATE ALLEN
WASHINGTON WOULD LIKE TO SEE
 HIM IN SENATE.
Famous Mississippian Enjoys Great Popularity At The Nation's
 Capitoi-Senators Who
 Were In The War.

Washington, Dec. 2S--(SpeciaD- While no announcement has been made that former Representative John M Allen of Tupelo will be a candidate before the Mississippi Legislature in the approaching senatorial contest at Jackson. yet the possibility of his name being presented before the thing Is settled has been discussed in Washington political and legislative circles.
 Private Allen. as most every one speaks of him here. has hosts of friends fin the capital city who would rejoice greatly were the choice of senator to fall upon him. His sixteen years of service in tho House Of Representatives gave him truly na- tional reputation. and 1t is no dis paragement of other Mississippians to says that no man from that state ever enjoyed more universal popularity.
 While in Congress MT. Allen served on some of the leading committees. and having been SC long in the popu- lar branch. he had ample opportunity to learn the ropes.
 While people up this way are doing nothing to aid any movement looking to his selection. and while they realize that suggestions pr possible interference on their part might be resented by the legislators at Jackson. still many prominent men cannot help letting 1t be known that they think the Mississippi Legislature. in the event of a furious wrangle or dead lock might find an easy way out of the difficulty by electing Private" Allen to fill the vacancy caused by. the death of Senator McLaurin.
 As is well known MT. Allen did -once make dash" for the Senate. That was while he was member of the House. Then he as an avowed candidate, and in his desire to "tote fair" he agreed to step aside in his own district and not run for the House again.
 As the late Senator McLaurin was a Confederate soldier it will doubtless be of interest to know just how many of the members of that august body at present served in the same army. There are more of them. even though the ranks are being thinned, than the average reader thinks. Here is the list:
 Senators Bankhead and Johnston of Alabama, Money of Mississippi, Bacon of Georgia, Daniel and Martin of Vir- ginia, McEnery of Louisiana and Taliaferro of Florida.
 Senator Taliaferro who Is excep- tionally young looking for his age. df1 not enter the army until 1864. Sena tor Martin of Virginia only reached the fighting line once, but while a cadet at the Virginia Military Insti- tute he was under orders and was practically in the Confederate service for a considerable time.
 Senator Tillman of South Carolina quit school to join the Confederate army, but was taken desperately i'll. and this continued for two years. re- sulting in the loss of an eye.
 Of the Republicans in the Senate, only five served in the Union army during the civil war: They are Sena tors Warner of Missouri, du Pont of Delaware. Scott of West Virginia. Nell son of Minnesota and Burrows of Michigan.
 The Gridiron Club at its opening dinner of the season the other night, had for the souvenir quite a humor- ous illustrated book for the guests to read and take home with them. 1t was called the Dream Book: also Revelations In Chiromancy, Physiog- nomy. and an Oraculum of Fate" Numerous public men were referred to-
 Here was rather a fetching one about Senator Johnston:
 Conversation: To dream of con- versing with Senator Johnston of Alabama is hard luck. He is so agree able while one is awake"
 Alfred J. Stofer