The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-20

He was named FOR. ana was the
nephew OF Stephen Mallory, the ante
bel1um Senator from Florida. and Ia
Their Of Senator Mallory who died q
few years ago and was succeeded by
the bright young man. William j..
Bryan. the latter with the exception OF
Henry Clay of Kentucky being the
youngest man who ever took his seat
In the body. But Senator BRYAN was
q typhoid fever victim and died short
iy after being sworn in.
Put on Finance Conamittee.
Few Senators ever receive the dis
tinction of being appointed member
OF the Senate Finance Committee du-
rim the first term Of service. and yet
Senator Flint had that honor bestowed
upon him. He took q prominent part
In helping to frame the tariff bill that
was recently placed upon the statute
books. and for that reason his determ-
ination to quit washington was much
of surprise to everybody.
recent sizing up would seem to
indicate that there are at present In
the Senate less than dozen millions
aires. Some who are supposed to be
In this class regretfully deny the ac-
question. although nobody puts down
any OF the Senators from the South as
being mi1lionaires unless West Vir-
ginia be regarded as Southern state.
Senator Steven Eikins. of course. can
count his wealth by the millions. His
colleague, Mr.. Scott, Is only rated as
q near millionaire" few hundreds
of thousands would about At Senator
Talisferro of Florida. although when
he was first elected word was flashed
over the country that probably a mill.
lionaire had broken into the Senate
from the South.
Gugsenheim. of Colorado. Is the rich
est of all the Senators since Clark of
Montana went out. The latter was by
far the wealthiest man who ever had
seat in either branch Of Congress.
Crane of Massachusetts. Oliver of Penn
sylvania and Stephenson of wisconsin
are all worth several millions each.
Perkins Of California probably is worth
a million or more. and Aldrich. the
powerful Republican leader, Wetmore
the other Senator from Rhode Island.
Depew of New York, Kean OF New
Jersey. Nixon OF Nevada and Dupont
OF Delaware are undoubted million
aires. Hale OF Maine enjoys the in
come from a million or more of his
wife's money. he having married
daughter of the late rich Senator Zach
Chandler of Michigan.
"Jim Grown Law Wanted.
The average negro in this city Is
considerably worked up over the pub
LEGATION in the local papers that Con-
gresham Tom Helm of Alabama has
reintroduced his bill to provide Jim
Crow" street cars for the District of
Columbia.
They do not like Mr.. Hefiin little
bit since he had that alteration on
a street car some time ago in which
he smashed on the side of the head
with the barrel Of pistol that bad
negro. Louis Lundy, who used vulgar
and profane language in the hearing
of women. OF course Mr.. Helms bill
will not even be reported one way or
the other from the committee.
A majority of the Republican Con-
gressmen. IL they were to vote their
real convictions, would be only too glad
to have separate cars here for the
whites and blacks. because II is a no.
torious fact Eat Washington has in a
large percentage of the negroes an un-
ruly and tough population. who cause
much trouble on the cars and on the
streets. and who constitute fully IL nci
more than seven-tenths of those
brought before the police courts.
1t will interest members of the AL
pha Tau Omega fraternity In the South,
and particularly in Alabama where
there are SO many chapters and
alumni associations Of this Greek let
ter society, to know that the other
night a dinner was given In this city
by the alumni of the District Of CO.
lumbia in honor Of Rev. Otis Glaze
brook, for some years rector of an
Episcopal parish at Elizabeth. N. J.
DR.. Giazebrook was one Of the three
founders of the fraternity at the vir-
ginia Military Institute just after the
close Of the civil war in 1865. Another
of the founders is Judge Erskine NJ.
Ross of the United States Circuit Court
in California. Among the alumni of
this city at the dinner were George H.
Lamar, who attended the University
of Alabama; John H Holt, who Joined
the fraternity while a student at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. and the
writer who was initiated in one OF
the Virginia chaptera