The Arvada enterprise., 1911-07-27
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on every occasion have kept hewing to the line
of special legislative endeavor. John T.
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 interoceanc
canal He lost out, but it is probable that the
facts which he obtained in his researches were OF
more value to the diggers of the canal than those
gathered by any other man.
Senator Morgan of the noted excep
tions to the psalmist's rule for the limit of the
years of Some of the flppant, and pos,
sibly tired senators declared that Mr.. Morgans
speeches long his life. If the voice
of the Alabama man had been younger there
would have been few sleepy In the senate
when he talked-that Is when he talked any
other subject than the nteroceanic canal Then
it 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
ones. The aged ones words went into the Con
gressional 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
tce 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 imperiast. He had a fear
in his heart of the outcome of the policy of expan.
sion and the note of warning that came from his
lips was 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 what he said:
In this lofty attitude we prove the vr-
tue of the republic before the eyes of all man
kind, or we can set Its light beacon to warn
coming generations that, even 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 oligarches
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 undignifed to the
point of striking several older senators with
horror
Senator Tillman 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, unseen of Timan
and took station behind the South Caronian.
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 Tliman's side, slipped into his pocket, and
came out again holding in its clutch big black
bottle
All unconscious Tilman went on 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 gasp, then a
smothered and simultaneous gurgle of horror
from a hundred throats, and then roaring laugh
ter uncheckable.
Tlman turned and knowledge of the awfulness
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 At his bidding His face was first black
with something like anger Then the cloud clear
ed and dmile broke through. Speech returned.
and two words came: "Boracic acid"
1t was bGracic acid, but unfortunately for Mr..
Tillman, 1t had been put into black and suspi-
cious bottle throat the reason for its
carrying ana while the South Carolinian is a
man of known truth, he would not 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 senate house makes light of pen
sion pleas in the presence of the galleries. but
some Of the wouldbe pensioners play comic roles
in the committee rooms and corridors. Claim
ants who prove things treated old SOL
diers and old soldiers widows ought to be treated
-decently and reverently.
Congress in its weakness las voted pensions
many occasion, though doubtless know
ing that the pensions unearned and unde
served, but the day Of that sort of thing is pass
ing II 1t has not altogether gone. One member
asked to his influence to secure an in.