Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08

his career was rounded into the victory OF
leadership. The election of 1864 came on
the heels of this outbreak. Governor
Morton was given the nomination. of
course. His colleague in the senate during
the last years of service there J. +. Nc
Donald was his democratic competitor.
The two engaged in joint debate
throughout the state which awakened the
most intense enthusiasm. Governor Nor
ton was reelected ~ more than 10000
maioriT In the following summer, that
of 1866, Governor Morton WAS stricken
with partial paralysis OF the lower limbs.
Medical skill of two continents failed 10
arrest the disease and from then until his
death it gradually gained upon him. The
state legislature of 1867 was called upon
to elect senator To succeed Henry 5.
Lane. Governor Morton was chosen.
He took his seat in senate of the 10th con-
gress. March 4, 1867. In January 1868
Senator Morton made his first senatorial
speech. 1t was in debate on the recon
siruction question and Immediately direc
ted To an attack on the republican party
made by Senator Dooliltle of Wisconsin.
Since then his course is part of the scnate's
record He took "A leading part in all leg
islation relating to southern questions or
questions growing out of the wa. He up
held the fifteenth amendment, was fore
most in passing the "Ku-klux act,' took
i'm hand the Louisiana question from the
be- inning, and was occupied with differ
ent ,l ,es oft till the eEd of his career,
always representing the ultra republican
views, He opposed with vehemence, as
he did everything he opposed or advoca-
ted the bill tor universal amnesty, advo-
Gated the repeal of the habeaus corpus act,
which was given the Craftsmanship of a
newly created committeeman OF pr.vil-
eyes and elections-which he held, con-
tnually. refusing that of others considered
higher III senatorial dignity. By this
committee he controlled the political ac-
ton of every state in which there was dis
pute as to senatorial succession, thus be-
ing found in the front of party service
continually. He refused the mission to
England, rendered him by President Grant.
for similar reasons it would have allowed
democratic appointment TO fill his unex-
pired term. In 1872, ut the extra session
of the legislature, he was reelected to the
senate, where he was constant attendance
until the end of the last session. The last
measure of Importance he advocated OF
late years was his method of electing pres
idents. which he did not press with the
celebrity which characterized most of his
work. His participation In the last po-
litical campaign is fresh in every mind.
He sounded the key note;' the same
that he had sounded throughout his pub
lie life. He was a candidate for the presi-
dental nomination before the republican
convention at Cincinnati in June, having
been Endorsed by the Indiana state con.
yention He received respectable sup
port, reaching in one ballot l3S votes,
most of which came from southern states,
where with the exception OF his own state.
his warmest partisans lived. Defeated
there, he plunged into the canvass with
his accustomed energy and after the cleo
ton here went to the Pacific coas. as
member of the committee TO Investigate
the Chinese question. Returning in DE
cember, he took ais seat in the Senate.
He opposed the the formation of the cleo
torial commission, was appointed one of
its members when the measure passed in
spite o. his opposition, and worked with
all his force for decision favorable 20 the
republican candidate. During the sum-
mer recess he went To Oregon as chair
man of committee to investigate the case
of Senator Grover. At the conclusion of
his labors there, and onthc evening of his
return home, he was attacked with in
digestion, another manifestation of the
slowly extending paralysis. This was
nearly ninety days ago.