The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-29

nedy of Alabama, chairman; Maj. r. w.
Milsaps of Mississippi, G. A. Waterman
of Louisiana, Col Haryie Jordan of Geor-
gia, David Pender of Virginia, A. W..
Douglas of Missouri, p. l. Wall of Flori-
da, Hon. e. L. Dougstridge of North
| Carolina, f. j. Watson of South Caro-
lima, c. C. Gilbert Of Tennessee.
Committee on Resolutions-Col. Clar-
| ence Ousley of Texas, chairman; Senator
| Joseph e. Ransdell Of Louisiana, Gen.
Julian S. Carr of North Carolina, Col.
| r. M. Nixon of South Carolina, Hon
Benjamin Hennessy of Oklahoma, Hon.
John A. Fox of Tennessee, Hon. j. c.
Haas of Alabama, Gen. w II. Sebring
of Florida, on, j. S.. Davis of Georgia,
Hon. T. G. Powers of Virginia, Hon.
Charles P Senter of Missouri, Hon E. f..
Noel of Mississippi.
Auxiliary Opening
| The opening session of the Woman $
| Auxiliary of the Southern Commercial
congress was featured by addresses by
| Mrs. O'Neal, wife of Governor ONeal;
| Mrs Marie Bankhead owen of Montgom-
/ cry president general of the Woman's S
| Auxiliary; Mrs. Charles Henderson of
Troy: DR.. Lillian johnson of Tennessee,
and number of local leaders in wom-
ans work.
The principal feature of the day, how
ever, was the memorial services in honor
of Senator Morgan
! Probably the most brilliant address OF
| the day was delivered by Governor O'Neal
who said In part His was q life of
] continuous study. lie was wholly exempt
| from that spirit commercial ism, that de-
! sire to amass wealth, which seems to
/ be the predominating characteristic Of
/ today. Through his ability as lawyer
/ he could have resigned from the senate
| 11l ,1,..
| he might have suggested, but he e'was alb
solutely free from any mercenary spirit.
Although he lived in an age and period
| when he could have easily secured great
wealth by using the information which
| came to him as a senator and without
| violating any law, yet so lofty were his
ideals, so high his integrity, SO great his
| conception of the dignity of the position
he held, that he always declined to en-
bark in any enterprise of commercial
character and~steadfastly devoted all Of
| his time and though to the service of
/ his country. He died a poor man; poor
! in the accumulation Of property and
wealth, but rich In that which is more
enduring than god-a fame which will
grow brighter as the days go by. and a
legacy of distinguished public service He
was type of that splendid civilization,
which commencing with Washington end
| ed with Lee, and when those of us who
are gathered here today shall have passed
away, his fame will live and he will take
his place side by side among the greatest
senators and public men produced dur
/ Ing the nineteenth century.
Keep Up High Standard
Let us firmly resolve that the high
/ standards of service which Morgan set
shall not be lowered. His equal in all
elements OF manhood and craftsmanship,
we may not easily find. yet we should
/ demand that those who seek high public
/ office, should at lease possess his high
| integrity, mis- unselfish loyalty to the
state and nation, his lofty ideals and
! conservation to duty"
In closing the governor said: ''When
those of us here present today have
| passed away, the achievements of this
man Will be remembered-his unselfish
labors, his farsighted craftsmanship his
| brilliant attainments-high models for
imitation for generations yet unborn.
| but for Senator Morgan generations
would have passed before this project
would have been accomplished.
! Through his genius a grander and
| greater chapter in the commercial and in
dustrial development of the American
/ people will be written.
He wrought nightly and through him
will pour its golden tribute into the laps
of the American people. Yet, he per-
| sonally died poor, but rich IN fame
which will endure as long as the Panama
canal shall open its locks to the ships
of the nations"
! Mobile. October 2s.-Two speakers at
the session of the Southern Commercial
congress today emphasized the necessity
of the American business man becoming
better acquainted with needs of the peo-
j pie of Latin-America and then giving
those people what they need and want
John NJ. Parker. honorary president OF
+ the congress- seemed to strike a popular
1 text when he declared: "Our manufact-
urers should offer these people what they
want and not what we think they should
| have" Senior Federico Alfonso Pezet.
representing Peru, said America should
send men into Latin America to ascer-
J tain what was needed there. Europe's
success in trade with Latin America he
attributed to understanding by European
merchants of conditions and needs there.
| That the United States would. have
! keen competition from Peru in it's effort
! to get LatinAmerican trade after the
| canal is opened, was shown by the atti-
| tude of Senior Pezet in his speech Peru,
| he said, was in better position to gain
! by the opening of the canal than was
the United States and the country was
doing everything it could to get ready
to handle that trade. He said. however,
that the trade advantage in the United
States lay In the southern states rather
than with the Pacific coast.
Wealth of Ideas
! A wealth of ideas as to what might
/ be done to better fortify the American
| business man against competition after
the canal is in operation was given in
many speeches at the three sessions TO-
/ day.
| The first convention of the womens $
auxiliary to the congress was opened and
women orators told how, by a system
of education in the south, they hoped
to lend strong arm to southern mer-
chants in going after the much sought
trade. The auxiliary adopted a resou-
ton putting the organization on record
as opposed to an amendment to the fed
eral constitution granting women the vote
and in favor of state action.
The resolution favors adoption of won,-
ans suffrage by a means that will pre-
serve to the states the inalienable right
to dictate or define the electorate" The
resolutions urged that the commercial
congress go on record as favoring states
rights in womans suffrage.
The morning session was enlivened by
a resolution offered by Senator Rams
dell Of Louisiana, in which it was pro-