Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1896 — Page 5

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1896.

IN MEMORY OF MORTON

A.xivi:nsA!tv or the kiumt wau :ovnnoirs dhatii. JIaJ. K. AV. Hnlforil'a .dtlrc nt Crn-trnl-Avnnp 31. K. Church Feature of the Statesman Life. The annual stnlcfs In memory of Oliver P. Morton were heM yesterday afternoon In the Central-avenue M. K. Church. The day wus the nineteenth anniversary of his death. The church v.as beautifully decorated with flags and bunting. Small flags adorned the pillars supporting the gallery and on the walls were larger flags. The large pipe organ yhha almost covered with an Immense fiaff that formed the background for the pulpit. The veterans met down town and marched to the church, and they tilled It to ltd capacity. The principal address was delivered by Major K. W. Ilalford, who was private secretary to Mr. Morton when he was In tho Senate. The address was listended to with the closest attention. Mr. Halford was tinablo to stand alone, but had to lean cn his cane most of the time while talking. II. M. Cay lor. department commander of tho (i. A. I:., made a fchort introductory ftddress, Fpe.'ikinjr of the custom that had made this service an annual afTair. lie was followed by Mrs. Agnes Ilitt. national president of the W. li. C. who read a short address. After Major Halford concluded J. Jtussell Powell sans "The Soldier's Dream." It was finely rendered, and elicited great fipplause. The addres3 of Major Halford was as follows: Mr. Commander. Ladies and Gentlemen. Members of the Grand Army of the li pub.K It 1 have no Diner equipment tor the hour to which your partiality has brought me, I cherish an aimost filial regard for the man and the memory In whose honor you have assembled. I firsi saw Oliver Perry Morton in the little Ohio town, then my home, when-he was the candidate of the nascent Republican party for the governorship of Ii.ctlana, In that inspiring campaign of 133, when, with othr lads, I marched as a junior Pathfinder under the banner of "free press, free po'ch. free Kansas and Fremont.' In the llush of young manhood, a splendid epeclme-n of stalwart Americanism, Morton was, to my Imagination, one of the roremost of that brinlani galaxy of men who made those days illustrious with their patriotic devotion to freedom. A fev years afterward It was my fortune to corne into somewhat close acquaintance with the Governor and to be honored by a tdight service for h?m. which did not cease urjth, standing by his btdjitle. 1 saw the last act in tne drama of his great life. Others have icken. and will continue to peak. of his public services, of his untiring labors during the year vi. the war as Governor of a restless State, which he held by strenuous and Almost superhuman grasp to its allegiance to tho national government; of his equally arduous and conppicuous service In the chamoer, where, first among equals, he commanded the tpplaus of a listening Senate, and wrote his history In such Indelible characters that It wtll bo read forever in a nation's eyes. Buflice it for me to quote only the verdict . of President Grant, who. as general of the ermles and thief magistrate of the Nation, had the best opportunities to know and measure their value: "Senator Morton's nsrvlces will rank him with America's greatest statesmen." In that hUh company his memcry stands secure. Whl.e ho was Governor, bearing the tremendous burdens laid upon his shoulders. It was my duty as a reporter to go Iruo his office every day, and never did I see him without receiving a cordial treetini: and the treatment which only a really ,rrat man can give. Looking back upon thoe days and upon succeeding ones after his transfer to the Senate, it is a marvel to reeau the unv.e-cricu patience, the unfatilr.s courtesy, the gentle kindness or the man. It U not Invidious to any other memory or my life to say that in all that makes up what we call a gentleman Oliver P. Morton holds the tirst p.ace. In health or In sickness, weighed down by cares that infested day and night alike, amid all clrh irrt without, abuse the prand old name of gentleman." It wr? due to the tines in which he lived and wrought, to tho passions excited to treason, murder nnd Tis.-asslnatlon that for a time Ms natural gentleness was obscured, and he was caricatured by those who knew him leasi as "the apostle of hate." This falsehood was born of a thorough misunderstanding of the underlying springs anil motive or Ms public life. But hs lived long enough to liavo that misunderstanding removed and to to W-ognlzed by podtleal fnentl and foe alike for what he really vas. SOMK SENATORIAL TRIBUTES. When the Congress came to speak of him vho had been Us most noted ilgure these ere some of the tributes to his characterSenator McDonald said: "His opponents concede that he possessed many high and r.oblo qualities." Senator Thurman said he v.as always kindiy and friendly. Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, said: "Morton was a man of catholic eplrlt and Jutlgncnts: "Senator Paddock said: "He was a kindly, gentious man withal." Senator -d-munds said: "The warmest controversy rarely, if ever. Interfered with the kindni.r ks of his personal re'atlons with his f -i-low-senators." Senator Mitchell, of the ic remittee tn privi.tges aid elections, said. "By those who knew him well his gentlerus of manner, his unircrm klndnss..wi': be cherished la gratefui remembrance to the end of life. He aiways met hl3 colli agues In the committee room with a smile and parted with words of Kindness. His nature wa one of true gentleness." Another of his colleagues sul.l: "To all rugged and man y attnbuus he aiided a tend-T ard gentic spirit, which especially ritted him for companionship and drew others . him with hooks of steel." Morton C. Hunter aid: "He was as littlo influenced by petnal animosities as any man 1 ever knew The present Postmaster-general, Hon. W. I. Wi.son, one of the congressional committee that attended his funeral in this city, mid: "Nd man tould be thus mourned and buried who did not possess goou qualities., both of head and heart." juege Hoadiy. also, said: "Uc was amiable and cordla;, Knial u.id sweet tempered, a man of tenutr heart and very gentle nature." Whho a member of the Electoral Commission of 1ST6-T7 Senator Morton was carried from the Supreme Ceurt room to bear a part in lb--novices hold la honor of the memory of Michael C. Kerr. ex-Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives. A writer la the Isoaton Herald, who knew him well, said: "1 have known of his leaving his hcuso after a very hard day's work at the State, Capitol and return again to his ottlce to prosecute an inquiry tor a sorrowing wonmn a'out her wounded wn." The Nashville Banner of June 'JO. 10, related an incident that transpired while he was t'.ovcrnor of the State. In the battle of fchlloh th? Confederate general. Joel A. liattlc. was taken rrisoner and brought, with others, to Camp Morton. The General had lost two sons on the second day cf the Fhlloh light. Shortly after the arrival of the prisoners Governor Morton visited the camp and. at his rquest, was introduced to General liattle. The Confederate otHcer had the then prevailing Idea of th Governor and expected to receive a tirade of abUie. Instead, tho Governor gave nim a kindly and respectful greeting, said he had known or of his sons at Miami University, ympathized with him in the loss of his boys and inquired whether ho could bj of any service to him. goiivz so far as to offer to become the General's banker if he reeded funds for h's personal comfort. Long after the war General Uattlo was wont to relate this occurence and to say that, no matter what the heat of political controversy might had ethers to hay of him. he kn,w tb.it no better and truer man lived than Oliver 1. Morton. In the dght f these facts, and of tluse judgments of th03e who knew him best, recalling the uncounted thousands who lined thee streets on that chill November day to do honor to his memory, it is not too much to saythat, whatever the misunderstandings with whlcn his life and service may have been once attended. Oliver P Morton died in universal honor and was buried in universal grief. HIS HEROIC MOLD. Hut tht kindly and generous nature did C'jt mean timidity or indecision. He was of heroic mold, physically and mentally. Nature had been large In her lounty toward htm. and had given him a soul sln-c-.rv. His intrepid and undaunted spirit moved relentlessly to the accomplishment cf th object which commanded his fealty. "When the nerves of others failed, his be came ateel. In IVaj his voice shut out from the old courthouse the iJchtnlnir bolt that first rived the clouds ct secession and despair hanging cv;r tl.e coi-ntry. While others ndKlit propo. ttmt "th erring Haters should depart In pencr," Morton eiectrlile'd the hearts of toyat people by tho

declaration that "Sven years is but a c"ay In the life of a nation; and I would rather come out of the atrurle at the end of that time defeated in arms and conceding independence to successful revolution than to purchase present peace by the concession of a principle that must Inevitably explode this Nation Into small and dishonored fragments." That blast set the Nation in battlo array; and never from that first moment until the last day of his life did he falter In his faith, swerve in his duty, or admit a doubt to paralyze his effort in the task of demonstrating to ourselves nnd to the world that "We are one people, one nation undivided and indivisible." That supreme iuea dominated his mind and hart. He gave himself unreservedly to h.s country with all the passion of his great nature. On the roll of the Nation's honored and heroic iead no name speaks of greater sacrifice, of more exalted and devoteti 3rvic His courage was superb, llo knew no fear. His hie was nothing to him. It was often imperiled; but he paid little or no attention to threatening danger. He felt secure until his work was done. The high duty to which he had devoted all his powers put him undr a protection that banished the possibility of Tear. He had moral courage as well. One year memorial day happened to fall on Sunday. There was much public discussion wheth'-r the exercises should be held on that tlay or on the following Monday, the plea being that it would be a desecration of the Christian Saboath to have tne parade and puoho exercises over tne graves of the dead on that day. Opinion was so divided that, as a result, two celebrations were held that year. Hut Governor Moiton. roused at what he deemed a tithing of mint, anise and cummin, joined the parade that went out to Crown Hill on Sunday, himself making the address, thus asserting that no day was too holy, and no hour too sacred for the annual tribute to the memory of those who had made it possible for their survivors to worship God in peace and honor. Cariyle says the word "koenlg" comes from the German word "koennen" "can" and adds: "He is most a king who makes tho strongest impression on the age in which ho lives, though his scepter be a walking stick." Governor Morton once said: "I want a man who can do a thing." It was the expression of his own intense. Impetuous, achieving nature. He did things; impressed the age in which ho lived, and under the definition of Cariyle was a king of men. Sitting on one of the sofas of the Senate chamber, a friend listened to tho late Judge David Davis, then a member of that boay. give his characterization of several of the leading Senators as they came to their seats. When Morton hobbled in on his canes tho scepters of his kingship the Judge said: "There comes the bulldog of the Senate." It wan neither an unfair nor an unkind epithet. In fidelity to trust, in tenacity of purpose, in strength of action and in unconquerable force, he was a bulldog. When Morton was on guard the people felt secure. "No labor discouraged him, no contingency appalled him. no disadvantage dismayed him. no defeat disheartened him. In the forefront of every battle was seen his burnished mall and in the gloomy rear of every retreat was heard his voice of constancy and courage." AS-A POLITICAL LEADER. As a political leader ho was an intense partisan. "Ho coKd not be le:;s. or have done less," said Slator Morgan, of Alabama. His partisanship, however, was a partisanship of lofty patriotism and welcomed to its ranks all men of whatever former faith or affiliation, who were moved, alike with him, by supreme devotion to the government. Morton knew that in the throes of war there could be but ' two parties, as Stephen A. Douglas knew It one of patriots, the other traitorr. For the' time tho Republican party represented to him the only force that could be used for the preservation of the Union. In the figure of Frederick Douglas in those days of storm and tempest, "the Republican party was the ship, all else was tho sea," and unless all abode in the ship, neither ship, nor crew, nor passengers could be saved. With this key all his political life and actions are readily solved in harmony with the highest patriotism. He cared nothing for the consistency, so-called, of his acts. His only care was tor the consistency of his motives, let them lead to any course of action, however that of today might seem to contravene that of yesterday. In IStS he feared the introduction of the newly emancipated slaves into the body of the suffrage, but later changed his opinions with changed conditions, not hesitating to say that "the man who hi a learned nothing during the six years succeeding the close of the war was "like an ancient mileiosL by the side of a deserted

nignway. J'utting the opinions of 1SC5 behind him, by a vigilance that never slept, and a force that dominated a reluctant Congress and compelled the acquiescence of hostile States, he wrote into the Constitution the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. In the electoral contest of 1ST0-T7 he resolutely and with impassioned zeal opposed the constitution of the mixed commission, believing, as a majority of that tribunal afterward decided, that the voice of the States whose votes were In dispute had been legally given to the Repubdcan candidates. When the commission came to be organized he accepted membership upon it, and, despite his physical disability, rendered most conscientious, painstaking and arduous service. When Senator Thurman was confined to his room by illness and the work of the commission liable to be seriously hindered, it was at Senator Morton's suggestion that the commission held an Important session in the sick chamber, so that no undue delay in their decision should intervenes After the inauguration of President Hayes, when tho Republican party was threatened with internal dissensions because of the Southern policy. Senator Morton held his own convictions in abeyance and urged upon all Republicans the necessity of a united support of the administration. No voice could have been so potent with the discontented as his. The letter he issued on the L'Hh of May. 1S77, had Immediate and powerful effect. He let the President know by letter that he should give to his administration a cordial und earnest support from his seat in the Senate chamber, where he hoped to be in the following December, an assurance personaly repeated when Mr. Hayes called upon him in Richmond, und the two held their last interview almost in the very presence of death. From bis chamber at his home, in this dtv. there came frequent appeals through the medium of the press for party harmony, and almost the last thing the Senator did was to dictate to me an earnest message of the like character to tho Republicans of the Nation, which was published in tho columns of the Indlanaolis Journal. HIS INTELLECTUAL FORCE. The Intellectual force of Senator Morton was as remarkable as was his genius for political leadership. He had power over things, and he had power over men. He compelled everything to work together for the accomplishment of his purpose, while his control over men was unparalleled. Your memories will recall Innumerable Instances of this, not less in the case of individuals than when ho addressed himself to masses of people. Ills power on tho hustings has never been excelled, and in the calm de.iberatlon of the Senate his influence was alike Incomparable. Not gifted with the rhetorician's art. his speeches unembelllshed with the graces of what is calJed oratory, he convinced the judgment by masterful logic, and held men enthralle-d by the intensity of his speech. The physlcial Infirmity that forced him to remain seated when speaking for any length of time only seemed to add to the power he exerted over an audience. No one who heard him deliver his Masonic Ha:l speech, upon returning from Kuroie In 1SC7, will ever forget the occasion or the, man. I recall another instance when a vast multitude was heM as in leash by the might and majesty of his words and manner. It was at Urbana, o.. where he opened tho campaign in that State in the year 1S7Z. Ills speech had been put into tyiHj In advance. The opposition paper of this city having surreptitiously obtained proof slips, published it in full on the morning it wan to be delivered, sending an agent to Urbana with several hundred copies fcr distribution before its deliverv. In the hoiH of Impairing, If not destroying, the effect of both speech and meeting. 'Senator Morton, of course, was much annoyed, ami thos who accompanied him feared the result. Tho meeting was he.d in the public square, which was packed to the pavements with the crowd. Fcr two hours tho Senator heM the inople with scwrce a brak of applause, even, to lessen the tension. When the final words wer. said not a man or a woman stirred, and the Governor was compelled. thre different times, to tell them he had finished before they seemed able to move from tinder the sprll. Judge liundy. of New Castle, who stood on the platform beside me. will remember the scene. 1 have heard many great orators Anson liur.lnganv in the early day s: Sumner, Stephen A. Douglas. Abraham Lincoln. Wendell Phillips and many others: 1 have known Rlshop Simpson to raise an uudier.ee to its feet in some sp'endld outbursthut 1 have never seen any one who could do with men what Morton did that afternoon n Urbana. HIS CAREER IN THE SENATE . Governor Morton went into the United States Sonata an untried man, so far us experience la a deliberative body was concerned. The only oinces he had held were those of Judije for a few mouths and the governorship of the State during a period when other twers were required than thoso befitting halb ef lesiftlatlou. The

traditions of the Senato were such as to put a new member In oupllage for one term of Congr?ss. at least: and It was doubtless supposed that the Indianian would be ot.'dlent to the unwritten law. It is questionable whether Morton was aware of the custom; but if so. it was to him one more honored In the breach than in the observance. If he had anything to say or to do his habit had been to say it or to do it; and in those days, when the Issues of the war had passed from the field of battle to the forum of Congress, it was not in his nature to remain quiet nor permit himself to be hampered. Mr. Hendricks said to me on one occasion during the earlier months of Morton's membership that he (Morton) was making a serious mistake. "He seems to feei. as in Indiana, that whenever I (Mr. Hendricks) speak, he must necessarily reply. The Democrats here are only a handful, and I am accepted as tl:elr spokesman; but tho Republican side of the chamber has many leaders, old in service und experienced In debate, and they will not tako kindly to Morton's assumption." Mr. Hendricks mant the suggestion kindly, nnd evidently intended it Jo be repeated to Senator Morton. When I did this it was received quite in silence, but without evidence of iiritatlon. But when Senator Morton made his speech on reconstruction, drawing from Reverdy Johnson the compliment that it recalled the palmy days of the Senate, when Webster, Clay and Calhoun were of its membership, there v.as neither need nor occasion for further caution to the new expounder of the Constitution and defender of the Union. He had earned his right to be heatd at will, a right never abused by speaking merely for speech's sake. His primacy waa at once recognized and assured. HIS IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. Senator Morton was assigned, among other committees, to membership upon the foreign relations committee, of which Sen

ator Sumner was the uistinguisnea cnairman. It has been heretofore noted that between these two there developed a strong personal friendship. Dissimilar In many respects, they were at one in the deepest and strongest characteristics of their natures; and both because of their likenesses and unllkenes3es they were drawn to each other by bonds of personal regard that were not broken despite their succeeding party estrangement, it is Finguiar that the. deposition of the one from the committee of vhlch he had been so long the honored head should have been the means of introeiuemg the other to his commanding position in the Senato and in the Nation. It was a trying scene In tho Senate chamber when this oocapitation took place. Differences had arisen between the administration and Mr. Sumner, so radical that the public Interests required the reconstruction of the foreign relations committee, and tho naming of a chairman in harmony with the President and Secretary of State. It was a duty from which the Republicans shrank because of their regard lor Mr. Sumner. In the desire to neither unnecessarily wound him nor deprive him of a chairmanship, a new committee was organized that on privileges and elections. Mr. Sumner's name being the first on the list of its members, the second that of Oliver P. Morton. 1 shall not forget the scene when the new commutes were announced. Amid a profound shence, both on the floor and in the crowded galleries, tho tension In the chamber painful and almost pathetic, the resolution was read. The foreign relations committee was announced, with Simon Cameron as chairman, and following shortly came the new committee, with Mr. Sumner's name first. When tho reading was completed Mr. Sumner arose, and In his de?p voice full of emotion, said: "Mr. President, I desire to have my name eliminated from that committee." This declination left Mr. Morton chairman, it did not take long to demonstrate, both to the Senato and to the country, that it was not the committee which made the chairman, but the chairman that made the committee. Senator Morton at once lifted his new committee Into prominence. Its investigations challenged the attention of the Nation. It was the angei with the flaming sword, guarding the gates in every direction. It drove a Senator from his seat whose tenure was tainted with corruption; and it will bo many years before the presidential office will be again threatened by such an impudent fraud as that from Oiegon, with the gibbeting of which the indomitable cuairman practically closed his public life and service. It is not a secret that Senator Morton desired to serve on the judiciary committee, lie feit himseif to be a great lawyer, not in the technicalities and literature of the law, perhaps; but in grasp of fundamental principles, and in that absolute clearness of conscience which always led him to seek alone that justice who-e seat is In tho bosom of God. He v.as disappointed In this deslre; but his service, on the Electoral Commission amply made known his fitness and equipment for the highest judicial plaoc President Grant said that, but for his physical condition, lie should have appointed Senator Morton Chief Justice of the United States. AMBITIOUS TO UK PRKS1DENT. Morton was ambitious to be President; but the desire was not. with him, the last infirmity of a great mind. His faiiure to secure the nomination in 1S7C, because of the widespread fear of his physical inability to bear the heavy burdens of the ofllce, did not in the least sour him, nor deflect him for a moment from his work as Senator. The office could not have conferred additional distinction upon him. He had reached a position of influence and IKJwer. a, sphere of labor and achievement for the public welfare that fully isatisried him. His fine nature was never corrupted with the mere lust of office. His desire for place and power was that he might the better serve his country and his age. liut It was as a man aim liieuu that the memory of Oliver P. Morton is the dearest. He had the genius of friendship. "Tht man that hath friends must himself be. friendly." To the poorest and the humblest there was neither patronage nor condescension in his friendship. He did not feel that to lnpress his own greatness upon others he must be either imperious or distant. He did not fear the common people. He was not a parvenu. He was born a man; ana tnrough all his years he filled the measure of that splendid panegyric uyvn mo nouiesi isoman or them all uis me was genta and the elements so mixeu in nun. that nature misrht stand u and say to all the world. 'i hi wn man. " He exacted no office of abasement from a friend. With him friendship was as fjjuyo.jiig as il was constant. Toward thos to wnom he had once given his confidence nieie tvas ut uner variableness nor shado )W ot turning, uratitude was not with hi im tne uvciy sense or favors to come. He i iid not disdain to be grateful for honorable V.'L1 i1"!"! service already rendered jnea tne necessity was imperative for change of pension agent in this city. a fu lw lue Ul general Terrell with tears J: , V uua n cinor in nis voice, nor ri;d he rest until another position in the public service was obtained for the Oereral worthy of his abilities and 'ltal"iL33. .and. Perfect Integ- ; i "u'ustraiive omcer. Moi ton loved his early friends with a per irv. e-w ones were made, but th ley . ui""" e u ones, it wax ;t ra re ?" - V1 Ium 10 u'e annual meet V it a"' or Wayne county (which he attended whon h i.i. witness the hearty pWasureTf tlio.e amongst whom he had spent his younger years, as thy took his hand and re-eived x,m JlJ" the COI"dlal greetings of comradeship. Tnere was a gentleman present on one of these occasions somewhat touched In the forehead, who imagined himself to be writing the early history of the county I reca'l him as he stood upon the platform' with the tit'e papre and prosjeetus of his proposed book In hand, and note again the respectful manner in whih Senator Morton gave way to him while h asked for subscriptions for his work, which he entitled to ne hi own wonR "Historical E-vents and Remlscenes of Wavii County." Wht'e some laughed. Oliver 1. Morton taught them 'and me a lesson in true gentlemanllnes. IN 1113 HOME CIRCLE. His heart ever turned towards his home city. He never was happier than when with friends here in whose faithfulness he felt unquestioning reliance. At tho open window of his sitting room, overlooking the corner of Pennsylvania and New York streets, ha was as happy as a boy If he could call by the first name some passing friend and talk to him, not Infrequently putting rather homely questions, which to one on the inside Indicated that his mind was dwcLlng on important public matters. One of thee occasions was when he was thinking hard uion the question of the resumption of specie payments. Mr. John Pra-ishaw came witnin the range of his voice and vision; and. caJiug h:m up to the window. Morton asked: "John, what would make and keep your promissory note good?" and before Mr. Dradshaw couid answer, replied to his Oivn query: "It would be that you shou.d issue no more than people thought you ecu Id well take care of, and that there bhould le a lime fixed for their payment, wou.dn't it?" To the latest day he would canvass public issues in hi- mind In this way. keep in Ciose touch with his constituents, and ulso honor his friends by this familiar contact. No wonder that to those who had come Into these relations tf friendship with Oliver P. Morton the world was lonesomer on that gray November morning when they read that. In thn twilight of the preceding eveninc he hud fallen on sleep. Morton had a rich vein of humor. In early life he was given to the Indulgent of this faculty, then allied with a wit biting and sarcastic. At tho beginning of his toIUIcaI career he made one speech In this

spirit, counted at tho time to be very suc

cessful. But he toia me. as ne told others. that, on retiring that night, he thought the matter over carefuliy, reaching the con clusion that the future h had planned for himself and the crisis even tnen impending over the country, demanded seriousness. His wit atrophied with disuse, but his humor grew genial and kindly. In hours when he micht take a little ease he rested on the cushion of this humor, and thereby lessened the tremendous strain of hl3 work. When I went to him in Washington. In obedience to a telegram, at the opening of the Grant administration m I asited him what he wanted me for. Ho pointed to two Immense clothes baskets heaping full of letters and papers, and said, with a smile: "That. it was my uuiy to pre pare letters for his signature. in reply to those which could not well be otherwise answered. That was before the days or the typewriter, and I wrote then in manu script. For two or three days, rs the let ters were aid before mm. l noticed mat he seemed to be struggling S3 with some difficult problem, and thn. witn a sort or give-tt-up air, would alTix his signature. One morning he looked up and said: "Lige. you are the best secretary' I ever had." Of course a blush of ingenuous pr'de mantled mv cheek, but it was almost immediate. y dispelled by his adding: "I sign my name to your letters wltnom question. ior nuuuuj on earth can read what there Is In them. It Is some satisfaction to know that, for this or for some other reason, no one of the letters for which I was responsible ever returned to plague him. When the total eclipse or tne sun eccurred in this latitude in the summer or 1SC9 I was detailed to accompany a scientific partv which witnessed the phenomenon In Terre Haute, one or ine pieces oi mnatnre published about the time was a splendid description of a previous eclipse from the pen or a uisunguisiiieu auwhii writer. The Senator read it. and twitted me nhnnt mv eomimr work in comparison. The morning after the eclipse, as I came Into the tltting room used as ms omce ne laid down the Journal and said, with a twinkle In his eye: "I am glad So-and-so mentioning the celebrated author. Is dead; he would have felt so bad to-day. I fear there was pood ground for his sarcasm. There must have been a very sophomorlc corona and any number of rhetorical Rai'ev's beads in my account of the event. During the time when L. U. Reavls was agitating the project for the removal of the National capital to St. Louis the press being quite full of the discussion, the scheme finding its wav even Into the halls of Coneress Snatfr Morton had occasion .rritn rr Thi h did through a secre tary who had forrotten. If he ever knew, the rule that capital' letters should begin sentences and be used ror tne personal yiyncun and for proper names. This particular scribe was entirely impartial in his treatment of capitals, p'aeing them wher--cf Ma f:in,v sue-e-patwl. The Senator bad read he letter over before he signed it.for he added in his own writing: "iou win bee left-hand corner of the sheet: "You wl'l see that my new secretary is a capital remover." HIS STERLING INTEGRITY. Morton was a man of Integrity. I do not mean simply that he did not steal; there are many who Jvlll not steal who are far from being men of Integrity. Millions of dollars passed through Morton's hands, for the use of which he was under no accountability. His natire was such that the golden stream never tempted him. He tlid not have to debate with himself as to what he should or should not do when any question came up that affected Integrity. Ho was scrupulous to provide things honest In the sight of all i.ic-n. and avoided the apIearance of ev.l. Hi record in dealing with all public trusts was an open book, ever ready for Inspection. Ills Integrity in all respects and in all matters waa unassailable. He was at heart a religious man. Like all great natures, his was based upon the eternal verities. IIe never, permitted a slight to be put upon Christianity or the church in his presence, and he relied upon Christian institutions and Christian pcop.e as his chief helpers in great crises. I recall setting in old Roberts Chapel one Sunday morning. A battle was irrunlnent, and there was need of lint and bandages to be immediately forwarded to the front for the care of the wounded. Before the service commenced the tall form of Governor Morton was seen at the door. He advanced rapidly up the aisle, whispered In the ear of the pastor, and then, stepping to the desk, made his appeal to the women present to meet with others In one of the halls of the city that afternoon. to scrape lint and prepare bandage The Governor went from one church to another that morning, relating his desire from their pulpits, with the result that hundreds responded to his call, and the necessities or the boys whom he loved so well were provided for. When one of our. .regiments was . being transported from the East to the West, and was to reach the depot of the C, H. & D. railroad at Cincinnati about noon of one day in the beat of summer. Governor Morton telegraphed to the superintendent from New York, where he had been called on important business: "On the arrival of the Indiana troops at your depot, see that they have all possib'e attention, even toii cup of co'd water in the name of the great Master." Writing to a friend from New York on the night before he sailed for Europe, In 1S. he Faid: "For the sympathy expressed for me by the people at home I ?m most grateful, and you are right when you say you believe that I deeply appreciate the prayers which have been offered up by the praying friends whom I have left behind. I am no infidel. I was educated by pious parents to profess bebef In Christianity and taught to reverence boly things; and though I may, in many things, not have led a Christian life, yet I have never fallen into disbelief, nor have I been the immoral min some would have the world believe. The Christian gentleman is the noblest and loveliest character on earth, for which I entertain the highest respect and love. I recognize the hand of Providence In all the affairs of men. and heHeve there is a Divine economy which regulates the lives and conduct of nations." This is not the only expression left on record or remembered bv these with whom he talked on the dep things of life, whih evidence his beMef in God. and. using his own words, his "reverence for holy things." HIS DEATH. In the supreme hour, racked with pain, as he had been for days, his physical system so utterly exhausted that it failed to respond to any medicament, his wife and three boys, other relatives and a few friends about the bedside, he responded to questions, showing his perfect consciousness. His faithful friend and physician sat by him. holding his hand. A tremor passed through the frame of the dying man, and he rubbed his hand feebly over his heart, nnd moaned: "I am worn out." Dr. Thompson arose, and. bending slightly over his form, said: "'Oliver P. Morton is not afraid to meet death!" There was a preemptible strengthening of the undaunted spirit, noticeable even through the wasted body; and thus, intrepid to the last and in the full possession of its faculties, his soul passed to the God who gave it, with whom alone Is judgment. There remains one other thing for me to tiay. but which I hesitate to approach. The door of the home should not be opened with curiosity or rudeness; but the character of Oliver P. Morton would be illy set forth if the love he had for those standing nearest him by nature was left unmentloned. It was an Ideal home over which he presided. His affection for wife and children was supreme: its manifestation constant. Dr. llayliss talked with me while preparing the noble eulogy pronounced by him at the funeral, and I can best quote the Doctor's words: "This man had something else In him besid.es ambition and schemes of cold power. While he could hate wrong with intensity and could denounce it with the vehemence of lightning, could carry the affairs of a trreat State in his iron hand, and do it easily, and could leap almost inja day to the lederhip of the Senate, he could also love like a woman, and. as a mr.tter of fact, displayed In his constant family intercourse an affection that was as exquisite as it was exceptional." Ietweeit the father and the youngest son, who would be present but for personal sickness, the relation was most tender. No matter how deeply engaged the father mi-zht be. nor how engrossing the topic of his thought, whenever the little fellow broke into the room, if half a hundred times a day, he was always sure of a loving kiss and caress. Never did I observe a look of reproof on Governor Morton's face or hear a word of rebuke from his lips when any of the members of the family Interrupted his most Important work or studv. When Mrs. Morton turned from the dea'ih bed. with her arms about their necks, nnd wailed. "O my sons'." she spoke more than volumes could tell of the constant and sheltering love of the husband and father, whose memory must ever be to them a shield and buckler. We stand in the shadow of a great name. Illumined with memories of great days and great deeds. Lincoln, Stanton. Morton, Grant. Sherman. Thomas, with all their colatmrtrs and compatriots. Eei-4e them all it Is not too much to tsay that Morton was "The north star. Of whose true fixed and resting quality There was no fellow In the firmament." He did not live to hear the roll of al! the States of a restored L'nlon called In the Senato Chamber; but his work followed him. and It was not long after his dath that the Nation's banner was once more flung to the sky. with every star In place. Iu St. Paul's. London, there Is no monument to the memory of him whose brain conceived and whose genius produced the magnificent cathedral; but over the doer of the north trancept are the words. "Si quaeris monumentum, clrcumsp!ce"-lf you

would see h!s monument, look around. Not tho bronze figure In Monument place nor the marble bust In Crown hill Is the real monument to Oliver P. Morton. If you would see his monument, look about you to a State raised to the highest honor. In which two millions of patriotic people revere his name and honor his memory; a State proud of its record, both In war and peace; a State to which the Nation turned for one of Its ablest and moet Illustrious Chief Magistrates; a State whose name is a synonjm for honorable citizenship. Better than these, to a country purified as by lire; to free Institutions secured by a national government loved at home, revered abroad; to a flag carrying the stars of forty-five indestructible States of an indivisible Union. These constitute the monument to Oliver P. Morton, In this hour, with the lessons of this life to inspire us, when tho country summons ltd citizens to a duty scarcely less than that laid upon them when the hideous din of war surrounded a million men in serried ranks, let us here highly resole that, so far as in us lies, "government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth." AN UNPUBLISHED POEM. Following the address of Mr. Halford Rev. D. It. Lucas read hn unpublished poem addressed to Mr. Morton hv TV Rnchan-

an Read, of Cincinnati, during the war. In J telling the story of the writing of the poem Dr. Lucas said: "During the latter part of August. JS62. General Bragg and Kirby Smith invaded the State of Kentucky at the head of a formidable army, with the intention of capturing the cities of Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati and transferring the seat of war to the Northern States or making the Ohio river heir northern line. The Mayor of Cincinnati telegraphed the Governor of Ohio for heavy guns, to be placed on the hills back of Covington, as well as field artillery, troops, small arms and ammunition. Governor Todd answered him telling him to make out his requisitions and have them approved by the United States officers at Cincinnati, forward them and he would be supplied as readily as possible. All this required time, and the Mayor and citizens' committee became very' restless. What they wanted to hear was that the articles telegraphed for would bo eent at once. "Some member of the committee suggested telegraphing Governor Morton, which was done, and as soon as the lightning could carry the reply Governor Morton answered: 'We have no heavy guns, but our ordnance officer is now loading a battery of artillery, which, with an assortment of ammunition, will be sent by special train, and others with troops and additional batteries will follow as rapidly as they can be loaded.' "Wagons and drays were Impressed, and the work was not stopped until inside of fifteen hours from the receipt of the first telegram the Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Regiments of Indiana Volunteers, twenty-four pieces of artillery, 3.UO0 stands of arms. 31.0XK rounds of artillery ammunition and over S.OOO.OOO musket cartridges were in the city of Cincinnati, ready for use. Governor Morton also went to Cincinnati, with his military staff, and was accompanied by Generals Lew Wallace, Thomas A. Morris and Ebenezer Dumont, to be near the seat of war and better enabled to render needed assistance. General Wallace was placed in command of the defenses of Cincinnati. "Just; at tills time the disastrous battle of Richmond. Ky., was fought, principally by green troops from this State, against Kirby Smith's veterans, which bad tne effect of delaying the progress of Smith's army towards the Ohio river, and alfordcd General Wallace time to put Cincinnati in such a state of defense that Kirby Smith, after reeonoltering in front of Covington, concluded that the lime was gone by to attempt to accomplish the first object of his campaign, and turned his attention to forming a junction with Bragg, and marched towards Louisville. "The press and people of Cincinnati took every opportunity to express their gratitude of Coventor Morton for his timely aid, and among other things, ordered T. Buchanan Reed, their distinguished poetpainter, the author of 'Sherman's Ride. to come to this city and paint a portrait of Governor Morton, which still bungs in the Council Chamber at Cincinnati, to attest their appreciation of our great Governor's timely aid. "During Buchanan Read's stay In this city, while painting this portrnlt, he wrote the following, which was recently found among the Governor's papers, and which has never been published: "To Oliver P. Morton. Governor of Indiana. (By Thomas Buchanan Read.) "Stand firm, great captain of your State, In face of sea or blast: If need be. In a cause so great, Like Farragut, spite of every fate. Stay lashed unto the mast. "Be firm, be steady, hold the reins. But let your charger go Like him who swept aero., the plains, Brave Sheridan, with burning veins, To fight the self-same foe. "Like Sherman, cast all trammels by. With nothing In your wake. And like the eagle from the sky. Pounce on the serpents crawling sly. And leave no copper snake. "Be resolute, humane, serene V To suffer Is divineLike Grant on many a battle scene. Stand with your grand, unmovlng mien, And fight it on that line." NEW PUBLICATIONS. It Is always somewhat risky for an author who has achieved great success In one literary effort to tempt his or her fortune again. If the later effort should fall below the standard of the' earlier one the author is apt to be subjected to . odious comparison?. However, this does not and should not deter authors from always trying to do their best, and some do continue to Improve almost to the last. Mrs. Humphrey Ward, author of "Robert Elsmere" and "Marcella," both noted novels in their respective ways, has written another. "Sir George Tressady" is a sort of sequel to "Marcella" in that the characters of Marcella and her husband are carried forward in It, but it is broader hi scope than cither of the author's other works. The --hief characters are Sir George Tressady and his wife Letty, jealous, impulsive and wayward; Marcella and her husband, and Lady Betty Leven and her husband, Frank. The women in the story are important factors, and yet they do not demand it. The skill with which not only the three families named, acting and reacting on each other's lives, but. also, the separate figures of each family., are kept in proportion, shows greater formative skill and larger handling than Mrs. Ward has hitherto exhibited. The plot has a background of contemporary poitlcs, and turns on the passage of a certain bill, and the personal influences of Marcella in changing the attitude of Sir George Tressady. who she knows is in love with her, and even opens up the book with an English election, at which Sir George is returned to Parliament. All this is subordinate to the evolution of character, as it shou.d be. and, while tho tcry Is essentially a politico-social one, there Is enough of the subjective element In th character studies to interest readers who prefer that sort of writing. As a political novel "Sir George Tressady" will rank with the best, and the subject of a man in love with his friend's wife has never been more skillfully and delicately treated. "An Essay on the Present Distribution of Wealth in the United States," by Charles B. Spahr, Is designed, the author gays in his preface, "chiefly for tho instruction of the Instructed clastcs." He says further: "The conclusions reached respecting the present distribution of property and Incomes are. In the main, those which common observation has forced upon thoughtful men and women In the ordinary nalks of life. The writer has rome to believe that social statistics are only trustworthy when they show to the world at large what common observation shows to those personaliy familiar with the conditions described." In accorelance with this idea the main purpose of the work seems to bo to mak- statistics confirm the mischievous id'ii that the rich are growing richer and the poor are growing pecrer. As might be supposed, the author favors free trade, an lncomo tax, etc. Some of the statistics hto Interesting, but one cannot help suspecting that they hae been cyrefu ly sifted so as to present only one side of the? case. The work shows considtrab'e research, but is one-sided. It is publish d In tho "Library of Economics and Po.ltics," by T. Y. Croweli & Co.. New Vcrk. In anticipation, no doubt, of the ho'.Iday season, the Penn Publishing Company, of Phllade'phia. have made a copious contribution to juvenile literature in the following books for boys: "The Lost Gold Min" by Frank H. 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