The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-11
TELL A STORY ON MONTGOMERY MAN Marshal Walkers Experi-
 ence in An Elevator GOVERNORS IN SENATE Twenty-Six Members Have Served Their States As Chief Executives.
 House Does Not Contain
 Single Ex-Governor
GOVERNORS IN SENATE
BY WALTER HARPER


 Washington, July 1o.-lSpeeial.) )-Benja- mine B. Walker is the United States mar shai at Montgomery. Ala. He is big and heavy of averdupoise and his hide is full of good humor His voice Is mellow with just enough metallic ring to make it sound best in laugh.
 He may not laugh at the story I am about to tell on him but his friends may
 Ben was in New York short time back ard while taking in the sights took trip to one of the loftiest buildings in the city on an express elevator. The speed was something greater than the people of Montgon cry are used to or can stand without jar and when the bulky mar saai ficsn he south steY ped out oe t 2 cage at the, thirtyumph floor he took about a second to get his breath and swear that he would never try it again.
 But he was up and had to come down. He could not stay up there always. The idea of descending with the speed that he had come up was more than he could contemplate. He kew that he could not tell the difference in just falling down the shaft
 TIC IOOkcu IOI tIlC sldii "dy ihSiS "s' none from that floor and he turned help lessly to young man in the corridor who seemed to be an empoye in the building
 'Is there any way that I can get down out of this plagued building without go- ing down that elevator?" asked Benja- mine.
 You can jump off the roof, 1t isn't much farther" replied the boy. grinning.
 .Ah quit your kidding and the marshal displayed his badge.
 T can carry you down on the freight elevator if you are too slow. Where do you live, in Philadelphia?
 'Is the feright elevator slower than the other?"
 "Oh, yes, that is slow enough. Come on."
 The freight was slow enough, but when it started on it's downward trip Mir Wal ker discovered that it was. not enclosed with cage and he got one look down the dizzy shaft. He lost his nerve and leaned heavily against slender rod that extended up through the center of the ele- vator. He got as far as possible from all edges of the platform and hugged the rod with his back.
 When he finally reached the bottom and stepped out on the ground floor with sigh of relief he was reminded that he had greasy streak up the center of his back. F.
 He took off his coat-his white linen coat-and sure enough there was river of black, dirty grease down the center.
 IJo t,a ys1id SU nOlp back-foremost
 From the press gallery or any other di- vision of the gallery loft in the Senate chamber you can look down on 26 men who. have served as governors of their respective states. Twenty-three states are represented by ex-governors. Three of the states of the Union are represented by two ex-governors. S
 More than half of the 46 states are rep resented by .ex-governors and more than one fourth of the entire membership has been honored with the. gubernatoral toga.
 A number of the other senators have made efforts to break into this exclusive class at various times. but for one req son or another failed in the one feature tndl IS TtSdTuSu Dy IldHy dS the next round below senatorial honors.
 Senator Kern of Indiana for instance, was faithful in his efforts to travel the regular course and might have been gov ernor of some other state. But he got there and is perhaps satisfied. How ever, Senator Kern aimed higher than the governors chair at one time in an effort to become the presiding officer of this august 'gentlemen's club
 MT. Kern has the distipction of being the only man in the Senate whose name has ever appeared on presidential or vice presidential ticket. a.ssf
 The ex-governors in the Senate are Jo- seph F. Johnston of Alabama, James P. Clarke and Jeff Davis of Arkansas, George Payne Mclean of Connecticut Joseph Meriweather Terrell of Georgia. Shelby Moore Cullom of Illinois, Albert Baird, Cummins of Iowa. William O'Con- nell Bradley of Kentucky. Murphy J, Eos ter of Louisiana. John Walter Smith of Maryland. Winthrop Murray Crane of  CONTINUED ON FACE 2l