The Glenwood post., 1911-07-29
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o3 There have been men in
gress who year in and year out
on every occasion have kept hewing to the line
of one special legislative endeavor. John 7.
Morgan, for years senator from the state of Ala
bama, worked for months untold to secure the
adoption by the United States government of the
Nicaraguan route for the great interoceanic
canal He lost out, but 1t is probable that the
facts which he obtained in his researches were of
more value TO the dggers OF the canal than those
gathered by any other
Senator Morgan of the noted e1cep
tons to the psalmists rule for the limit of the
years of Some of the fippant, and pos
sibly tired senators declared that Mr.. Morgans
speeches were as long his life. II the voice
Of the Alabama had been younger there
would have been few sleepy ones in the senate
when he taked-that is when he talked any
other subject than the interoceanic canal. Then
1t was to fly before the face Of his oratory.
There substance to Senator Morgans
speeches and this much cannot be said for the
vocal efforts OF some of the fippant and younger
The aged ones words went into the Con
gressiona Record and illuminated Its pages.
When he rose to speak many of the colleagues
Of Mr.. Morgan retreated to the restaurant the
cloak room. Only rarely did he take apparent no
tice of the seeming discourtesy. Once. wisely or
unwisely he said with something OF pathos in
his voice that he wished he could talk in the
lunch room for there he would be of
audience.
Mr.. Morgan no imperialist He had fear
in his heart OF outcome of the policy of expan-
sion, and the note of warning that came from his
lips frequent and forceful. One day after
outlining the position which he believed his
country should take, his voice back to
him. Senators starting to leave their seats sunk
back and listened. The words fairly rang through
the chamber. This was what he said:
In this lofty attitude can prove the vir-
tue Of the republic before the eyes OF all man
kind. or we set its light beacon to warn
coming generations that, in the highest
reach of power and advantage, this republic
the cynosure of all eyes-is affected to the core
with the sin Of covetousness and is afame with
the consequent lust OF power that is attended
with the usurpations, tyrannies and expressions
which have marked the course Of the oligarchies
and despots that have disgraced the history of
other nations
The senate of the United States stands for dig
nifty. Sometimes the dignity is overdone but on
one occasion the Senate undgniied to the
point of striking several older senators with
horror
Senator Tman of South Carolina was max
ing nothing less than an impassioned speech He
was reaching toward the skies of oratory when
Senator Warren left his seat, OF Timan
and took station behind the South Carolnian.
The speaker had both hands high over his head
directing the soaring of his thoughts and words.
Warren took step forward. His hand stole
to Tflimans side, slipped into his pocket, and
came out again holding in its clutch a big black
bottle.
All unconscious Tillman went with his words
OF fire. Warren held his find aloft in full view
of the presiding officer of his colleagues and the
crowded galleries. There a gasp. then
smothered and simultaneous gurgle of horror
from a hundred throats, and then roaring laugh,
ter uncheckable.
Tillman turned and knowledge of the awfuness
Of his situation came TO him. For once. possibly
for the FIRST time in his life, he was staggered
to speech;essness. He strove FOR words but they
not al his bidding HIS face first black
with something like anger. Then the cloud clear
ed and smile broke through. Speech returned.
and two words came: "Boracic acid"
1t bGracic acid, but unfortunately for Mr..
Tillman, it Rad been put into a black and suspi.
cious bottle. A throat the for its
carrying ana while the South Carolinian is a
of known truth he would let the matter
pass until he had passed the bottle and had
forced him comrades to smell the stuff and make
clear his temperance record.
Neither house makes light of pen
of the would-be pensioners play comic roles
in the committee and corridors. Claim
ants who prove things treated old sol
diers and old soldiers widows ought be treated
-decently and reverently.
Congress in its weakness voted pensions
on many occasion though doubtless know
ing that the pensions unearned and unde-
served but the day of that sort of thing is pass
ing If 1t has not altogether gone. One member
asked to his influence to in