Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29


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81 tons Northerners southern
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~ have their strengths and their
weaknesses, their likes and their
~ disIikes, their. physical manner
NERN@f isms their mental idiosyn
" CRASHES just like all other human
beings.
A0 There have been in con-
gress who year in and year out
on every occasion have kept hewing to the line
of one 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 fnteroceanlc
canal He lost out but it is probable that the
facts which 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 excep
lions to the psalmists rule for the limit of the
years of Some of the fippant, and pos
sibly tired senators declared that Mr.. Morgan's
speeches were as long as his life: Ii the voice
of the Alabama had been younger there
would have been few sleepy ones in the senate
when he talked-that is when he talked any
other subject than the interoceanc canal. Then
it to fly before the face of his oratory.
There substance to Senator Morgan's
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-
: gressional Record and Illuminated its pages.
When he rose to speak many of the colleagues
of Mr.. Morgan retreated to the restaurant or 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 was no imperialist. He had a fear
in his heart of the outcome of the policy of
siop, and the note of warning that from his
lips frequent and forceful. One day, after
outlining the position which he believed his
country should take his voice back
him Senators starting to leave their seats sunk
back and listened The words fairly rang through
the chamber. This what he said:
I'm this lofty attitude prove the vir-
tue of the republic before the eyes of all man
kind. or we can 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
with the sin of covetousness, and is afame with
the consequent lust of power that is attended
with the usurpatons tyrannies and expressions
which have marked the of the olgarchies
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
occasion the Senate undigniied to the
point of striking several older senators with
horror
Senator Tillman of South Carolina was max
ing nothing less than impassioned speech. He
was reaching toward the skies of oratory when
Senator Warren left his seat, of Tillman,
and took station behind the South Carolinian
The speaker had both hands high his head
directing the soaring of his thoughts and words
Warren took a step forward. His hand stole
to Tfllman's side slipped into his pocket, and
came out again holding in its clutch big black
bottle.
All unconscious Tillman 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 a gasp, then a
smothered and simultaneous gurgle of horror
from hundred throats, and then roaring laugh
ter uncheckable.
Tillman turned and knowledge of the awfulness
of his situation to him. For once, possibly
for the first time in his life, he staggered
to speechlessness. He strove for words but they
not at his bidding His face first black
with something like anger. Then the cloud clear
ed and smile broke through Speech returned
and words "Boracic acid"
1t boracic acid, but unfortunately for Mr..
Tillman. it had been put into black and suspi-
cious bottle. throat was the reason for it's
carrying, and while the South Carolinian is
of known truth, he would not let the matter
pass until he had passed the bottle and had
forced him comrades smell the stuff and make
Neither senate nor house makes light of PEN
sion pleas in the presence of the galleries, but
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 to be treated
-decently and reverently.
Congress in its weakness voted pensions
many occasion though doubtless know
ing that the pensions were unearned and unde-
served but the day of that sort of thing is pass
ing, if it has not altogether gone One member
asked to his influence to secure in