Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 308, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1901 — Page 8

TUE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1901.

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They mirror our greater showings within. Some tell of special values, others give a first glimpse of new styles, still others appeal to one's sense of the beautiful only. To-day s displa3s include: An exhibit of handsome Winter Coats. Choice patterns of Oriental Cashmere. A number of pretty pictures and some select bric-a-brac. A window full of Novelty Silks at a dollar. These llk at. a dollar a yard an a Amonsr thep latter are: Ombre stritwd tnfivta. with rope cord ; Lculslne sllk. In rich coloring-, with whit Lce Hnps: i Ik-faced velvet. In corduroy effects; Armure Itrilliant, In black, and many white. ind black striped Loulhlneh all at a dollar a yard. 8 s2r. Indianas urcaicsi l(T 9 fi Ü 3 Distributors of )r.v O o or ERA THE II. LIEBER COMPANY. 24 Weit "Washington Street. DECORATORS AT WORK BUSY FOR TWO DAYS "WITH THE INDIAX.V FLORAL FESTIVAL. Exhibit Will Arrive To-Day-Tlio Opening To-Mnrrow Night- Additional Exhibitor Ask for Space. Twelve or fifteen florists and decorators have been at work in Tomünson Hall for two days preparing for the Indiana floral festival, which opens to-morrow night for th week. While the general scheme of decorations has about been completed, there Is much yet to be done in the hall, but Secretary W. G. Bertermann says every exhibit will be in place and every strand of laurel, smilax and Southern moss will be woven Into the decorations In ample tlmo for the opening. Electricians will be busy to-day locating several hundred extra lights about the balconies, on the stage and among the exhibits where they will be most effectivp. The exhibits will begin to arrive this morning. The decorators have their scheme for the floor of the hall well In hand, and the exhibits can be unboxed and placed in position as fast as they come. Secretary Uertermann thinks he has a treat in store for visitors to the enow during the week. He says the decorations will be more elaborate and will be more expensive than any that have ever teen rhown in the hall, being superior to the decorations at Governor Durbin's inaugural ball. The idea of the decorators Is to make Tomlinson Hall to appear as much like a flower garden as possible. The decorations have been to this end and the Idea will be further carried out by the arrangement of the exhibits. The flower show will open at 8 o'clock to-morrow night with a blare of trumpets, a flood of light and an orchestra concert, n'hen Herman Henstedt, of Cincinnati, will give cornet solo?. Mayor Pookwalter and J. A. E. Haugh, of Anderson, president of the Florists' Association of Indiana, will speak. The women who attend the festival cn the opening night will be presented with carnation blooms fresh from Indianapolis greenhouse?. A telegram to Mr. Uertermann yesterday said that Peter Fisher, of Kliis. Mass., had a large exhibit of carnations on the road to the Indianapolis show, and they will arrive in time for tbe opening night. Tnc exhibit will be made up of Lawson carnations. This variety was originated by Fisher, who sold It to a Hoston millionaire for J,Ojo. There are a number of florists in Indiana who have bought seedlings oi tLe Liwson variety, ami they will also have exhibits of the blooms at the show, it 1? said to be as near perfection as florists have come In carnation culture, although the growers of other varieties will have exhibits In the hall with which to dispute this claim. The Cottage dardrn greenhouses, of New York, ynt word to Mr. Uertermann that they hid shipped u quantity of Roosevelt earr.a'.ions to Indianapolis. This 1m a variety that lias never teen shown at an Indianapolis festival of flowers. The Westview Floral Companv, cf Knliitstown. In. I., will hive an exhibit cf carnation and roses during the wek. airs. E. T. Grove, of Richmond, will send everal varieties of chrysanthemums and carnations. J. A. Peterson, one of Cincinnati'? largest growers of Movers, has reserved spa e in Tomlinsnn Hall for an xtens-lve txh.btt of cut chrysanthemums, carnations and foliage plants. J. X. Ma. o Simmitvil!e. X. J., has notified the recretary that he v.ill have many novelty and scedlirg ross here for the wtek. an. I they will be varieties that are new to Indiana oooj.le. ;. R. Clause, of Richmond, has packed a largo care of begonia plants for the show. All these exhibit hive b.n entered since S.Mimlay. and Mr. IJeiternann looks for many mote 'to-day. THE COUNCIL TO-HIGHT. Will In in II. AVlaeeler AV1II lie Klrrted to Succeed Harold C. 3IeKrcvr. The Council will meet In special session to-night a half hour before the usual meeting time, to elect a successor to II. C. Megrev. The election is a mere formality, William II. Wheeler, the caucus choice of the Republican members of the Council, bolnfc certain of election. As soon as the lection Is complete.! the Council will meet In regular session. The question cf ratifying the new interurban contract prepared by the Hoard of V.'orks. and which iu all probability will be signed by that toly this morning, will be up for discussion, but it is not thought that the Council will take decisive action at to-niKht's session Tin ommittee on contracts and franchise s will present its report on the interiirbai; matter, and the decision of th body will likelv l..- referred until the next meeting. Tho committee on finance will report favorably as to granting an appropriation of asked for by Controller I'.reunig to cover miscellaneous expenxs. atal the controller will also address a communication to the body In regard to the election expenses incurred at the last mayoralty contest. Approximately, the controller will ask the" Council to grant an additional appropriation of Ji.Sto. To-nU'ht the Council will get ,iawn to the real work of the year, in the next two months, experience has shown, there will be more ordinances brought before the body for its consideration than during the other tn months of the jcar. A IVould-Ue Thirl Caught. Early yesterday morning while Harry Fjpteln. a saloon k ep- r at 4T. Massachusetts avenue, was counting hi.? rr. -::ey at the cash register, a colored man enf-re.! t'i- saloon. talked behind the bar :.! befnr Ilpsttin realized what he was dog. grabi d of the mon-y. I-:p?-t-in grabbed th- i. gro und held him until the arriw.l jf j;L.le Policemen Hm.r und Tiirnj.t. U,. -.ns ent to p' lhe station a.n 1 harged with till tapping. Kew P;ano and up at Wuuttincr'.

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IN MORTON'S MEMORY

I'St'AL ANMAL, SRHVICRS HELD AT CHRIST C1IIRCII. In the Audience That Assembled "Were Many rirlzzleri Veterntiw of the Civil AVnr. TWCV FINE ADDRESSES MADE IIO. WILL CI'MDACK'S RKVICW OF WAR GOVKHXOIPS 1.1 FI. Interesting Itemnrkn ly Hon. Addison C. Harris The Minlcnl Pro. Kramme Appropriate. A service In memory of Oliver P. Morton was held yesterday afternoon in Christ Church under the direction of the Department of Indiana G. A. R., in accordance with a beautiful custom which once each year recalls in exercises of mingled religion and patriotism the life and valuable deeds of Indiana's war Governor of undying fame. Notwithstanding the disagreeable weather, a good-sized audience gathered to do reverence to the great man's memory, and among tho number were seen many who had known well Governor Morton when he moved among and counseled with his fellow-citizens. IJy a happy selectiqn the orators of the occasion were ex-Lieutenant Governor Will Cumback and ex-United States Minister to Austria-Hungary Addison C. Harris, both of whom knew intimately the distinguished man they eulogized. The exercises opened appropriately with the singing of Mrs. Howe's Immortal "Rattle Hymn of the Republic." After the impressive Episcopalian ritual, harmonizing with the character of the occasion, had been conducted by the rector, Rev. James D. Stanley, Commander Garrigus, of the G. A. R., took charge of tho services and presented the first speaker. Hon. Will Cuuibuck's Adilres. Mr. Will Cumback's address follows: The fame of Oliver 1. Morton, Indiana's great war Governor, is secure. Oratory and poetry, eloquence and song can add nothing to it. The great crisis of lbOl is still fresa In the minds of the citizens and soldiers of that period. Fortunately for Indiana, for tho whole Nation, and still more for the cause of human liberty, Morton was in the right place at that time and was equal to the great responsibility. In coming together annually at this anniversary of his death we do honor to ourselves. We rekindle in our own souls a deeper atid broader patriotism. We catch anew the same spirit that animated him. We go hence from this memorial service carrying with us a more determined and self-sacrificing devotion to the promotion of human rights, a cause for which ho gave his great life. To me it seems to be a work of supererogation to give in detail his biography. That Is known and read and is familiar to every true and thinking American. Allow me, then, briefly to call attention to the conditions existing when he came on the stage of action. The eloquent Edward Everett said: "The history of men struggling to be free, the history of men who have acquired and are exercising their freedom, the history of those great movements in the world by which liberty has been established and perpetuated forms a subject which we cannot contemplate too closely. This is the real history of the human family, of rational immortal beings." Having before us today the life and the death of one of the great actors in the drama, the thrilling contest between liberty and tyranny, it would seem to be an opportune time for such contemplation. As the conservation of the inherent rights of man is the only object worthy the efforts of organized and civilized society, so the record of the results in this direction is the only history worthy the attention of the sincere student of human action and destiny. Thorough knowledge of the acts of the great leaders in the affairs of men will furnish the completest scholarship of human history. The stalwart and loving minds and hearts that have given their lives to .breaking the shackles which have bound men, the heroic souls who have overthrown and removed the barriers that have hindered the upward march of the race, who have lifted them out of the darkness of ignorance and the fogs of superstition into a proper conception of the significance of their own existence are the builders and makers of real history. To fully comprehend what they have done in the past and to apprehend and realize their motives and spirit makes clear the measure of our responsibility and equips Us more completely to meet the obligations and duties of life. It was not the work of these leaders of the liberty-loving forces to Increase the power and extend the boundaries of nation.-, but to lift up and make great the Individual man, to clear the way for him that he may have what his Creator gave him the right of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," the unquestioned and untrammeled enjoyment of the same. It is the only work which invests human action with the majesty of divinity and the charm of angelic beauty, and the actors with the crown of undying and ever brightening fame. The men who have drenched the world in blood that they may have the glory of conquest and widen the area of their kingdom will be consigned to oblivion, while the true statesman and philanthropist will never be forgotten. The name of Washington will outlive that of Caesar, and that of Lincoln will be pronounced by countless millions when that of Napoleon has passed into the darkness and silence of the forgotten. A WIDE-REACHING CHANGE. Ever since the declaration of American Independence In 1776 the current of thought and action has ben materially changed in all tho civilized vrorld from, the consideration of the glory of courts and kingdoms, the pomp and pageantry of empires to the elevation and development of the individual man. All this comes from the divinity that stirs within us. It is this that urges humanity to demand justice and love righteousness, that nerves the arm and fires the soul in the conflict between liberty and oppression, the great and mighty struggle in all the past, a contest which from its very- mature admits of n armistice or compromise, a conflict that will go on and on until everywhere, in every land and clime man shall stand erect in full possession sind enjoyment of every natural right, shall be disenthralled from all tyranny, freed from the despotism of dogmas and creeds, free in his bodv and in his soul, sir.gtng In swett harmony the praises oj the brave and thouqhWul philanthropists who wrought his salvation. The assumed riht to own and compel In anv way directly or indirectly, the involuntary service of another will then be buried to know no resurrection. In our optimism we join v ith our Whittier, a devoted lover of his feliow-men: "O sometimes gleams upon our sight. Through present wrong the eternal right; And step by step since time began We see the steady gain of man." It was not the gains of the Nation in armies or navies, or in territory, or in wealth and power, or that millionaires made their appearance in a mercenary age. or that combined wealth controlled the markets of the world and robbed the poor and oppressed labor. This was not the prophetic picture the muse brought to the sweetest of American poets. It was the gain of a completed manhood, gain in intelligence, in integrity. In social, moral and spiritual strenKth. vigor and b-auty. To attain to all this growth he must live and move and have his being in the bright sunlight of freedom under the fostering care of tho government created by hirnstdf. Hence the establishment of such a government in 1776 by the founders of our Republic was the grand Initial movement for the redemption und elevation of man. The faithful historian in the future will emphasize th.tt event as the beginning of the end of despotism and .is th dawn of a iifW hol e for the- rat e. U foro that tim.the history of man r veVis the ;ainfi;l fart that th'-" common man lu d ... f-n the victim of greed and oppression of despota who had asserted ami maintained the preposterous claim that they had a dh ine rl'ht to rule him and compel his service, a claim in Iteelf bUsphemoua and a slanderous

travesty on the Justice and impartiality of the Almighty. THE TIME OF SERFDOM. These robbers of th rights of man had denied him the blessings of education, had surrounded him with the darkness of superstition. Instilling into his benighted understanding mysterious creeds and dogmas, the purposes of which were to strengthen their right to rule and control Mm. They taxed the very sweat of his brow and stole his hard-earned wages under the falec pretenses thus created. They marched him off to the field of carnage and death, to fight for something in which he had no interest, to gratify their avarice and ambition. He was compelled to accept tsomebody's creed and worship the kind of god another had created for him and pay heavily fur this forced service. He was taxed without representation, and when his money was taken from him he had no voice in it3 expenditure. If any man claimed the right to assert his manhood and made an open protest against the invasion of his rights. If he dared thus to think and speak for himself the rack, or the gibbet, or the fagot became his portion. In short, it was serfdom or slavery without hope for himself or his children. This is the condition of the great mass of the human race to-day. if the colors on the map of the world were selected to exhibit the exact status of human rights the blackness of Injustice, cruelty and oppression would cast their horrid shadows on the pnge. Rut the great battle of the revolution In this country came and the world looked on In wonder. After a long and bitter struggle victory perched on the banner of the common man. "Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just" was verified in that great conflict. It was more than a contest for the rights of the colonists. Incomparably more. The men who followed Washington were unconsciously lighting the battles for oppressed humanity tor all time to come. They fought for tho only kind of government that is worthv the name, a government, as Abraham Lincoln said, "of the people, by the people and for the people." The contest came at a most propitious time for the colonists. Had England had the benefit of a submarine telegraph to dally tell the tale of the poverty and weakness and often tho depression of the patriots, and in addition had the aid of the swift steamships of the present time she might have struck a blow that would have postponed the victory for a century. Had George III, the British King, not been an imbecile, sometimes sane and sometimes insane, there might have been concessions made and compromises accepted that would have saved England the disgrace of entire defeat, and to-day we might, instead of chanting the praises of George Washington and his fellow-patriots, have been joining with tho Canadians in singing "God Save the King." The colonists commenced their life in this new- land not as adventurers to acquire wealth, but to have civil and religious liberty. They were of that noble race the Anglo-Saxon, a race that would seem predestinated to give language, literature, legislation, law and liberty to the world. A' STAND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. It was the very time and a new continent the very place and our brave revolutionary sires the very men to make the stand for human rights. The formation of the American Union and the adoption of the Constitution by the several States, creating a national government, gave our country a place among the family of nations. The monarchists of the old world Jeered at the experiment of a nation founded on universal suffrage, with no standing army, but depending entirely on the citizen soldiery to maintain order. Their prophets of evil proclaimed that such a government would dissolve when internal strife came to test its coherency, that it was too weak to stand the strain of civil war, that the mob would control ihe government. Rut the unparalleled grow m of the Nation in wealth, population and intelligence won the respect of all other governments and challenged the admiration of the thoughtful people of the civilized world. The cupidity of the British slave trader had forced on the colonies the curse of human bondage, which was such an incongruity with our free Institutions that it brought on the great civil war of lMil. And when that great conflict came the wonarchs and despots rejoiced in the hope that their prophecies would be fulfilled and that they could point to our failure of selfgovernment to secure more willing submission of their subjects to their autocratic demands. The success of our Republic lor more than three-quarters of a century had commended itself to the intelligence of every land and clime. It had so permeated the masses that many a monarch was compelled to abandon some offensive ruyal prerogative, was forced to loosen some chain of tyranny and to lift some burden from tho shoulders of oppressed humanity to prevent threatened revolution. The quick response of the loyal millions who tooK up arms to defend the flag and maintain the Integrity of the Union and perpetuate the Republic was a revelation of strength and patriotic devotion that made the European powers hesitate to give recognition to ti e so-called Southern Confederacy. Prudence suggested it best not to offend the Republic, however much they might desire its disintegration and destruction. And again the purposes of the belligerents, being to establish a government to perpetuate the curse of human bondage, were at war with the moral sense and Christianity of the age and would meet with the condemnation of the enlightened conscience of the civilized world. So the powers waited for a time when the depleted ranks of our armies during the long and bitter contest would not be filled and our defeat would seem certain, and then England, who had secretly aided the Confederacy in munitions of war and in fitting out cruisers to prey on our commerce, would no doubt have recognized and perhaps openly espoused the cause of the belligerents. Those of us who were active participants in the civil war and were all the time cognizant of existing conditions had gTave reasons to fear suen a time might come. The public debt was increasing at the rate of more than $1 00) each day. The value of ins currency was rapidly and constantly depreciating. The business of the country was demoralized by the doubts and uncertainties of the future as well as by the constant fluctuations in the value of our money. Sorrow and bereavement had come to countless homes. The conditions were such as to fill the bravest heart with doubt and despondency. STRONG MEN NEEDED. Every intelligent and loyal American in those darker days was watching every line of action, was noting the efficiency of every department of the government, cften seriously impressed if there should be at any time a failure at any point all would be lost. While the very ablest management of our foreign relations In the Stat-? Department and so in the war, navy and treasury was of the utmost consequence, yet not less than all of these was the importance of wise, energetic and prompt support of the executives of the several States. Fortunately for the Nation all the loyal States had at this critical period strongmen at the head of their state governments. Rut for this I doubt not but tne Union would have been dlssolvei. Hut it H the pride and glory of Indiana that OUvr P Morton was without a peer ut that period as a war Governor. Long befare th conclusion of the war that fact was universally conceded, lie was the model etat? executive of the civil war and the maiti support of th administration during that crisis. No Governor had more embarrassing environments. The people of Kentucky were about equally divi.ie.l in their Fup'-.ort of the Union and the Confederacy. Tlnir Governor favored disunion and bltterlv opposed Lincoln's policy. The Union mn of that State looked to Governor Morton for help and protection. In many places in southern ln.li-e-i the people had come from the South, and their kindred and slavery Interests were thee Th.ir hatred of anything that had the scmb.ance of abolitionism put thin in full sympathy with the Southern Confederal They were bitterly opposed to Governor

.wuiiou roucy or suppressing the TebelPon by force and placed every obstruction possible in his way. Reside th- disloyalty it home the aid and

inutui ot ientu.-Kv fo enracd the enemies of the government in that Mate that invasion was :h,eaten-d all along our southern border. v.... jii.i-.-v u,i mv M.ue ueoi. I he manifest motive was to cast a -t'gna on the administration of Governor Mor'on -'rd secure a partisan advantage t tt'nn-Ve of the honor of the State. Rut the h'nmi- cuoii whs a miseraoi f..i;ui. Viineed the mnny and sav.M the non r ' tho State. Und we had a wearv mar. fc Governor or a man unwilling to .iut'c . .IL I I'll 4 V. creat responsibilities in a ro:if rrln Stat, would have had the shui.:e of repudiation. Again. Indiana was not only a central State, but a border State eay of access

An unrrlemlly Legislature filing to appreciate the patriotism of ine vWe rot only did not :rovide the ine.ln5 for' tip. defense of the southern border of th State but refused to vote an ainro-ri.-.f.... ...

oauuiuK iinn in .ew lork cvty, th b adin ' member of which was Mr. L ir:i: r. a former resident of Indiana. hnvi::g enMre co-i'i-dence in the integrity, ability ar..1 nttiotim of Governor Morton, ai hi re ni.t

to the armies of the belligerents. Th? unceasing vigilance of Governor Morton, backed as he was by the great majority, composed of the patriotic men of all panics, prevented Invasion. Could the secessionists have entered, fortified and held a position in southern Indiana at some critical period in the contest it would hive been fatal to the Union cause. The men in those times who were so short-sighted as to undertake to stem I he tide of patriotic sentiment, who thouirht to secure personal promotion oat of the country's p-ril by giving aid and comfort to the enemy soon found they wert not only without a following, but had the jeers and cor.ternpt of both soldiers and patriotic citizens. Not only was the nonor cf the State rav.-d by meeting every obligation. Lut the courage of her soldiers on every battlefiel.1 nd the ability of her olliceis challenged th. nplause of the whole Nation. They wipea out and avenged .he slander of Jefferj-on Davis that "Indiana soldiers were cowards at Ruena Vista." TWO GREAT EPOCHS. The Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in July, 1776, and the surrender of the armies and collapse of the Southern Confederacy in 1SC5 were two great epochs in the history of human affairs. Their magnitude will not diminish but will increase as the ages shall come and go. The first great event initiated and made the experiment of a government resting on the consent of the governed, recognizing the individual man as the sovereign and conferring all power upon him. The second great event verified what fewhad believed that such a government was the strongest tnat human wisdom had ever conceived or constructed. Not only had the Nation maintained her sovereignty, but to avoid a recurrence of such a civil convulsion In the future with heroic treatment used the sword of liberty to cut out the cancer of slavery, making the country in her policy ami her laws consistent with the flag as the symbol of freedom and with the great declaration as an earnest of her purpose. When the United States came out of the great conflict stronger, purer and freer than before all the prophets of evil were confounded. The intelligent of other nations could not fail to observe that the American citizen had a higher conception of and a more determined purpose to guard .the rights of the humblest citizen, and, recognizing the moral and political advantage of the destruction of the incubus of involuntary servitude, they conceded a grand and glorious career was now open to our Republic. We became a challenge for the emulation of other nations. It was our ability to stand the storm of civil war nnd abolish the curse of African slavery that has resulted in a republic in Mexico, in Rrazil, in France. Also the Hawaiian Islands struck for liberty and asked for the protection of our Republic and now are a part of It. The Island of Cuba being so near us and its commercial relations with us so close and constant, and so many of our people having great interest in the island the Cubans learned the lessons of human rights by contact with our own people. They caught the spirit of liberty, which was intensified by our victory in 1S65. The very breezes from our freer and happier land inspired them with a burning and irrepressible desire to throw off tho yoke of a despotism that was and had been robbing them for centuries. They declared for liberty. Spain sent her great armies and navies and tried to conquer them. but. failing to do so, resorted to the most barbarous and luawarranted means. The civilized world was horrltled at her cruelty. Our government protested again and again, and not only demanded protection to American interests, but that the war against the Cubans should be carried on In accord with the rules of civilized warfare. THE SPREAD OF LIBERTY. The protests were unheeded and war with Spain was the result. Our gallant navy soon sent that of Spain to the bottom of the sea and our soldiers compelled a surrender at the first battle. As a result Cuba will have a republic of her own choosing. The Philippine Islands and Porto Rico will now have the blessings of civil and religious liberty, the domain of despotism is diminished, the area of liberty is enlarged. These are some of the manifest proofs of preserving the American Union. It is unnecessary to add that our defeat in the civil war would have been the end of our history as a nation. The East and the "West, the North and the South would each for themselves have organized a confederacy, all of them rebellious children unworthy to carry the stars and Mripes or inherit the glories of the revolutionary fathers. The two great events stand out. therefore, on the horizon of the history of human liberty like two great mountain peaks, looming higher and their outline becoming more distinct and magnificent as the years carry us farther away. The names of the great leaders, too numerous to repeat, who, faithful to the truth and devoted to the highest interests of the race, men who refused to be conquered and who made the Declaration of Independence a living fact, are household words in the homes of every true American. Yea, more, they are known and revered wherever history has carried the story of the past. They are among the immortals. Not less honored are tho men who, animated with the same spirit and high purpose, have made the government the fathers created the grandest power on earth and the greatest blessing to man. The first great event was but the twilight of human liberty, the second the rising sun in full-orbed splendor, no longer darkened by doubts or obscured by the clouds of slavery. The men who led the libertyloving forces of the second secured and made permanent all that was attempted by the first. Their names will shine in ail coming time with an ever Increasing luster, for it does not require the gift of prophesy to see that there are to be no backward steps in the liberation and elevation of man. Among the men whose courage, abllltv and integrity wrought out this grand re"sult was our own Oliver P. Morton. To those of us who personally knew him. knew his Rreat organizing and executive ability his untiring energy and his ceaseless devotion to the soldier and the great cause for which he was fighting, the inspiration he Infused into the whole Union army can but wonder if the Union cause could have succeeded without him. In engaging in this memorial service as American citizens, and especially as Indlanians, we do honor to ourselves and magnify our own self-respect. I had the honor to be on close confidential relations with Governor Morton before and all through his official life. I deem it a precious privilege to pay this small tribute to mv departed friend. 3

Adrirenn of Hon. A. C. Harri. At the conclusion of Mr. Cumback's oration the vested choir rendered an inspiring anthem, after which Mr. Harris was introduced and spoke feelingly and with eloquence of the eminent man as follows: A beautiful custom obtains that you meet annually to pay tributes to the memory of Governor Morton. In accordance with this custom, and in its true spirit, we meet to-day to show our admiration for the life and character of one of our greatest statesmen. Oliver I. Morton stands first as a native son of Indiana, and the State has recognized his primacy by placing his statue in Statuary Hall at Washington, where his tigure stands erect and a peer to anv of the many great men in that most illustrious assemblage of American statesmen. Standing in that assemblage one feels as never before that a man is truly great who does the most and the best for the Rood of our Republic. It is the silent parliament of the great minds of America. The only rank there is noble service and devotion to the formation and preservation of our institutions. A crown that falls by inheritance on the head of a prince is merely a decoration until the wearer gives it a true slory by his own deeds. The man who makes strong and good a great Republic is greater than a king, for he renders better service to mankind. Intellect, courage and patriotism, when united and devoted to great purposes, endears the man to the living and secures an abiding place in history. He whom we honor today was such a man. Oliver P. Morton was born seven years after this State was admitted into the Union. At that time, from his birthplace to the Pacific, was an unbroken forest, and prairie, and mountains wild. Salisbury, his native hamlet, was then a frontier town. It long since ceased to exist. V.'yno county was then a wilderness, except as here and there where the strong and sturdv pioneers had cut out some fields in the forest. Ry heredity, and by circumstances, the lad grew under controlling Influences, tending to make a great and strong intellect. His ancestors had lived in America two centuries before his birth. Refore that they were the adherents of Cromwell, and the friends of Milton. In the mother country, and the companions of Roger Williams in colonial times. They te!ieved with him that the soil of America was bv right the property of those who occupied it at the time the colonists In Tided upon this continent, and. with William, they believed that the eivll power could not impose either faith or worship, and one of Morton's ancestors left the Puritans of Massachusetts bay and followed Roger Williams to Providence, ai;d lived and died his next door neighbor. FOR CONSCIENCE SAKE. It thus appears that Morton's ancestor sacrificed hi borne in the old world and

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Established 1862. his first homestead in the new for conscience's sake. These things were not unknown, and so must necessarily have become known to Morton when a boy. Moreover, Wayne county was peopled bv men and women who had left their homes in the Slave States and come to the New Purchase because, by the ordinance of 1787, and the Constitution of the State, our soil had been dedicated irrevocably as a land of freedom. . , These early Quaker pioneers believed firmly in both religious and civic liberty. They held that it needed neither priest nor sage to teach them what was right and what was wrong. They believed that if man would listen to the silent voice of his own conscience he would not err. These intluences. acting on the healthy mind of the sterling boy. made conscience the mainspring of life. Indeed, it was the dominant trait of Morton's character in manhood and guided his strong will and powerful mind in the performance of every duty. . , Thus, believing in the supremacy of Individual conscience, he early felt that all men were equal in the eye of God and under the law. And so he naturally affiliated politically with those who seemed to him at the time to best represent that truth, lie believed in our government. Its development and extension, and acted with those who favored widening its boundaries and jurisdiction to the Itio Grande and the Pacific, lie believed that a solemn national compact once made and performed could not in conscience be torn up and overthrown. And when the agitation came to destroy a compact made by the previous generation, covenanting that all the Jands of the Republic on the north side of a certain line were forever dedicated to freedom, his conscience refused his assent. He used every power he could command to resist and prevent the violation of this national covenant. And, lastly, to resist it, he became a delegate from his county to the state convention, and there boldly resisted and denounced the movement as a crime against the Republic. His party leaders told him that their party was strong enough to do anything. Morton replied: "It is not strong enough to do a wrong thing." And when the convention sought to stille his conscience by adopting what Is known as a unit rule, requiring that the vote of each- county should be cast unanimously, and thereby it was sought to compel him to acquiesce in what be believed to be wrong, he arose, and with dignity withdrew, because to remain was to smother his conscientious sense of duty. No greater act of courage was ever shown bv that courageous man than this single act. Young, talented, ambitious, conscious of his power nnd favor all these could not for a moment suppress his own strong sense of right. He walked out, a man without a party because he was a man with a conscience. Soon another party was found by him and others to maintain these principles. It was this quality that in professional life m,'.de him irresistible before the panel. There he never relied upon what somebody else had said was right, but he appealed to the consciences ol the jury to answer him from their own hearts as to the right of the cause. He would not bow to the decision of any man which to him appeared to be wrong in principle. DRED SCOTT CASE. The Dred Scott case was decided by the Supreme Court in 1857. That great tribunal then declared that a free man whose ancestors were of the African race was not a citizen of the State in which he lived, North or South, and could not seek justice in the national courts; and that slaves were mere chattels, and could be taken, held, purchased and sold in any territory belonging to the United States. Morton refused to accept this decision as right or in accord with the Constitution and laws of our Nation. A short time afterward, being at the village near my father's farm, which he often visited, he made an address to the people in the Methodist Church. It was not in time of political campaign and it was not a political speech. It was an address to his acquaintances, friends and clients. He stood in the pulpit and began by reading the words of the Declaration: "We hold these truths to. be self-evident, that all men are created equal." He then read from the words of Chief Justice Taney tnat black men. when free, were not citizens of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution, and could claim none of the rights and privileges which the Constitution guaranteed to citizens of the Republic; that men of African descent had no rights except such as those who held the power and the government might choose to grant them. He declared upon his conscience that God made all men, whether black or white, and that In the siht of Him and under the Constitution all free men were equal in their civil rights. He was then but thirty-three, erect, powerful, with a voice and mien supremely commanding. And he closed his address with the declaration: "God made all men equal; and no free government can stand long that denies to any freeman equal rinhts and privileges under its laws." He held firm to this conviction throughout his life. It was by reason of his bold and fearless advocacy of these fundamental truths that he became Governor of our State. For years he" gave every energy of his brain and body to the great work he had to do, and put down every obstacle that crossed his path, and they were many. He lifted Indiana into the first place of military readiness and elficiency. During the war he was every where in the camps, the hospitals, on the battle fields wherever there was an Indiana regiment, there was his help and care. The story of his services while Governor is known to every one. It passs from father to Fon and daughter without the need of books. It needs no telling in this presence. Rut Morton's life is more than a reminiscence, or a memory. It does little good to hold in mind his acts and words unless they serve as guides and helps to nobler thoughts and the better performance of the duties of citizenship. SALVATION OF THE UNION. During the war he gave every thought and energy to the salvation of the Union. And when the surrender came he did not relax his work, but went on to strengthen the Constitution and laws and perpetuate the Nation's safety and glory. He was vigilant and untiring, and most potential In embedding in the Constitution the fundamental amendments that every man born in the United States is a citizen of the Republic; that no State has power to deprive any such of his Inalienable rights as such citizen; and he was the recognized leader in the movement that added th last amendment, that the rlsht to vote should not be denied or abridged to any man te--cause of race, color, or because he or hlancestors had been slaves. He taught always nnd everywhere- thut our Nation was not just and sound while it denied to one man that which wa enjoyed bv another ur.ehT similar conditions. .r.d could he spenk now, he would cry out that a Republic can not live long that permits some of its citizens to enjoy rights which are withheld from others. If we appreciate his life and work we, the living, should not remalu silent. We

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It was a fundamental principle with him that God was the Father of all men; and in legal and political rights, all men were brothers. He held that this was elemental. This truth sprang from his conscience, and he maintained, with all the energy of his leonine powers that the government had the right and was bound to exercise it to the uttermost, to secure the enforcement of and obedience to this rule of the Republic. We are met In theshadow of the noblest monument ever erected in commemoration of martial glory. Lesser monuments dot the earth in honor of a prince or king or commander; but this is raised in honor of the soldiery of our State and their acts of heroism and loyalty on both land and sea. And near thereto Is the statue of Morton in bronze. Every one who passes feels the influence of his presence. He was the friend of every man who bore arms while he was Governor. He sent them away; he ieceived them back. Unable to lead them in battle, he inspired them with patriotic duty. He and they made the name of Indiana glorious forever. Rut his labors did not end with the peace. The work he then took up is not yet completed. It must be done. It will be done. And when done, the name of Morton will head the roll as the leader in the great work of embedding in the mind of the Republic entire obedience to and enforcement of the fundamental principle that all men are equal, alike in the eye of God and the law of the land. This done, the safety and perpetuity of the Nation is made sure. And when done, the fame of Governor Morton will be as lasting as the Republic itself. The service was concluded with the singing of the national air "America" by choir and congregation. GEORGE W. GONSER'S VIEWS. He Thinks There I Money to De Made in Mexico. George "W. Gonser, formerly of Indiana, but now a resident of Mexico, engaged In raising coffee and rubber, was recently interviewed by the Mexican Journal of Commerce In regard to Improvements by the. companies in which he is interested. Mr. Gonser is financial manager of the Mexican Coffee and Rubber Company, of Indlanpolls; the Ubero Planatatlon Company, of Boston, and the Isthmus Rubber Company, of New York. Mr. Gonser says the companies mentioned hold .something like 1S.000 acres of land, which is all belnp utilized for tropical products, corn and pasturage for cattle. This year the Mexican Coffee and Rubber Company is setting out 100,000 more pine apples plants, making a total of r50.0oo plants now growing. In Mr. Gonser's Interview It is stated that the. land Is well adapted to raising corn and two good crops each year can be counted on. Cattle are high, beef cattle fetching at the time of the interview from $35 to lih a head, and they are scarce. Mr. Gonser thinks there is a handsome profit in both corn and cattle in Mexico. IT WOXT WORK 1IEHC. Innnrnnce Never Likely to He Taken Ont In Thin Country to Any Kitent on the Live of Prominent 3Ien by rernoni Other Than Themnclves. 'One prominent feature of life insurance business in Kurope has effected no lodgment whatever in this country, and that is the taking of policies upon the lives of notable people by persons in no way connected with them. The lives of the King of England. Emperor of Germany and others have had larRe sums of ineurance placed upon them by certain of their subjects, the latter to receive the full amounts of the policies upon the death of the rulers in question, while other persons of note are also "insured" in the same way for the benefit of individuals who may never have even spoken to them in person. This sort of insurance is of course mainly speculative, as the idea of family protection is out of the matter entirely, and the only possible "insurable Interest" claimed is that in certain instances the death ot the rukr may so injure the business of those who have tak-n out policies upon his life as to make it fair for them to guard themselves in this manner. It is not known that in the United States there has been anv of this kind of insuring at all. Several of th Nation's residents who have died In the past forty years have carried life insurance themselves, bat only In the usual way and f"r the benellt solely of thf.ir families. Their death, whether expected or sudden, either whilo in oiJice or out, has had no Appreciable effect on business, and if it had no loser has ever thoucht to cuard aeainst the injury ! to his affairs by taking out insurance iu the European fashion. In other words. American life insurance has retained the distinctive charaeter of the original insurance idea protection for a man's family after his (bath or aid for himself in his advance 1 years. With all its fine progress and manifold enlargement of opportunities for th' insurant the chance of gambling on the life of a ruler or some other notable has never been encouraged here and probably would not be allowed by the companies. A man's family has the highest of all insurable interest in his life, and the man himself seeking to insure comfort or plenty in his later ye ars has of course sue h interest al.-i. That interest is recognized and provided for by the admirable life coinpuides of t ii country, the soundest and most succysf ul of ;:ny in eitence. to an i ext nt une-qu:iled by similar organizations in any other part of the world. Our Presidents and other big men ar. welcome to carry all the policies they require, but other people- are never likely to be e-ucour-agtd in the United States in betting Insurance premiums on the chance of a great man' early or late demise.

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