The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-17

siding ofdcer 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 as a 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 q time when party feeling ran high. 1t was
a 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 it:
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 certain hour. Senator Gull
lom said "All right" and apparently the thing
was fixed
The senates business session was over and
the hands Of the clock showed quarter to one.
Senator Fairbanks buttoned his coat and started
to rise from his seat Mr.. Fairbanks is a long
nan and the process of his rising is likewise
long. He was up finally. however. only to find
the aged Morgan was claiming President Pro
Tenn Fryes attention.
look of something like despair came into
the Indiana senator's face. for when Morgan of
Alabama got started on q 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: Il wish to make few remarks only"
MT FaHDanks sank BACK IN MS seat ana 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
be had drawn from a shelf underneath
The Indianan sat down once more and the
Alabaman 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 one think he was going to sit
down, and this movement was signal for the
Hoosier senator to rise again. But Mr. Morgan
had two fresh pages Of notes and at It 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 Alabaman
and one after another left for the senate restau-
rant for the luncheon hour was full come. Fair.
banks, Morgan and Frye were left alone on the
moor OF the senate, but the galleries had a
goodly throng, waiting to hear from the middle
west on 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-
tor Fairbanks, who until that time had held the
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 on its length and then walked out and had
luncheon and dinner at one sitting