The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-05-25

siding officer of the senate he might from sheer
sympathy try to deliver some of those whose
deliberations he guards from the fate which once
befell him.
One of the speeches of length which Mr.. Fair
banks made senator was on the question OF
Panama. The speech was delivered not long
after the recognition of the independence of the
republic of Panama by the United States and
at time when party feeling ran high 1t was
long speech and the senator gained much OF
the fruit of glory, though he had to wait long
time for 1t to ripen and this was the way OF 1t:
Senator Cullom had charge of the Panama
matter on the floor of the senate. The Indiana
senator went to Mr.. Cullom and expressed his
wish to speak at a certain hour. Senator Gull
lom said "All right" and apparently the thing
was fixed.
The senates business session over and
the hands of the clock showed quarter to one
Senator Fairbanks buttoned his coat and started
70 rise from his seat. Mr.. Fairbanks Is long
ran and the process of his rising is likewise
long He up finally, however, only to find
the aged Morgan was claiming President Pro
Tenn Frye's attention.
A look of something like despair into
the Indiana senator's face. for when Morgan OF
Alabama got started a speech neither gods
nor men knew when he would come to the end.
Senator Morgan. however drove away the look
Of despair from Senator Fairbanks face by say
ing: II wish to make few remarks only
Mr.. Fairbanks sank back in his seat and Mr..
Morgan with only two pages of notes on his desk
began to talk. He kept at it for twenty minutes.
came to what the senator thought was his climax
and then apparently started to resume his seat.
The Indiana senator had Strengthened up again
and half opened his mouth to begin, but the
southern senator had Strengthened up again and
had on his desk two new pages Of notes. which
he had drawn from a shelf underneath.
The Indianan sat down once more and the
ALBANIAN went on with his renewed determine
ton. He spoke until half past one, came to an
other seeming climax and then made movement
which made every think he was going to sit
down. and this movement a signal for the
Hoosier senator to rise again. But Mr.. Morgan
had two fresh pages of notes and at 1t he
started anew. Mr.. Fairbanks sighed and sat.
The other senators who had been held to their
seats by the belief that Mr.. Fairbanks was to
speak looked at the aged but tireless ALBANIAN
and one after another left for the senate restau-
rant for the luncheon hour was full come. Fair.
banks, Morgan and Frye left alone the
floor of the senate, but the galleries had a
goodly throng, waiting to hear from the middle
west the matter of Panama.
| Senator Morgan talked in twenty minute relays
with two pages of notes for each twenty min.
| utes and talked until the fifth hour. Then Sena-
| fort, saw the people departing and the minute Of
! adjournment nigh. He walked over to Senator
Morgan, held out his hand, and with the grace
| for which he is famous he congratulated his
| southern colleague on the strength of his speech,
| II not its length and then walked out and had
| luncheon and dinner at one sitting.