Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11

-. Der Of the First Presbyterian Churc
OF Indianapolis.
'hd he Will be elected by large ms
We jo-ity.
the HON. LEVI P. MORTON.
.a5 The Hon. Lew p. Morton. VIII,
has been named by the Republican
"S Convention as its candidate for th,
II wee Presidency Is 62 years old.
Is He was born at Shoreham. Yer
or mont Shoreham is a village on tn,
shore OF Lake Champlaine, Just op
poslte Fort Ticonderoga. His faith
er was lineal descendent of George
Morton, who came TO this country
from Englond IN the ship Ann in
1923. The Rev Mr.. Morton receiv.
ed S6OO salary a year, and therefore
could give his son only a common
o' school education. TIE boy early
~ LETT school and began MS business
nc life as clerk in 4 Concord, n H.
sS dry goods store. When twentv-one
IN yesrs old he set upin business himself.
be opening dry goods store in Con
he cord. Four years later, in 1910. he
Is moved to Boston and became n mem
z Der Of the dry goods firm of Beahe
% Morton & Co His connection with
J, this firm continued tliI 1854. when
5, nc moved 10 New York and founded
< tne dry goods house OF Morton 4
, GrInneIL This firm became financial
. y involved ri the beginning of the
: war and compromised with its cred |
, ltors aJ fifty cents on the dollar. Mr..
Morton not IN the least discouraged. (
established a bathing house in ISf3 I
He made money rapidly. One dav
the creditors Of the firm of Morton
= GrlnneH received an iuv;t ttion
lron Nj Morton to dine with them.
! When they sat down to dinner each
. man found beneath his plate a checE,
slSued by Mr.. Morton for an amount
. Of money that paid their claim in fu1
with interest Mr.. Morton was not
legally bound to pay the money. and
ms honorable conduct in the matter
therefore won him many friends. In
1865 George Bliss entered the firm
and 1t became known by its present
ufle Of Morton, Bliss \ co. The
same year, 1865, Mr.. Morton found-
ed the London house of Morton
bliss, ~ Co The same year. 1865
Mr.. Morton founded the London
house. Of Morton, Rose Il Co. MS
leading partner being SIR John Rose.
late financial minister 10 Canada.
Mr. Morton entered into political!
life IN 1876. Late in the canvass
much to his surprise, the Republi-
cans Of the NIth Congressional Dis ,
trlct nominated him as their caudi- G
date There Was no sufficient time -
70 make thorough canvass. and Mr..
Morton was defeated, although ne n'
reduced the usual Democratic ma of
Jorlty four hundred votes. Mr.. sc
Morton courageously ran again for a
Congress IN the same district IN z,
1878 and this time was elected. re- az
ceivlnS a majority that exceeded the [
whole vote Of his opponent. As q ev
member OF Congress he took a COM 81
mandlng position whenever financial co
questions were under consideration.
PRESIDENT Garfield offered Mr.. Nor. n
ton the Office OF the Secretary of the -
Navy, which the latter declined -
de md accept from President Gar Y
heli' however, the appointment OF y
minister of France.
Mr. MortOu's busir ess relation he'd
taken him many times to Europe -
he was well acquainted with Paris. o,
itls hrst step was to remove the
American Legation offices to a moro -
suitable place. They were situated ~
over laundry and grocery store 'u
He hired a fine mansion of the TTnit .
ed states, assuming some financial 4
flsk- The house was in a good
neI9hborhood aud it quickly became
the one place in Paris where the
leading politicians of France. Royal. To
ST. kepubhcan, and Radical could es
soclaIly meet The diplomacy of the =,
mted States was much smoothed
by 1t Mr.. Morton was able TO Sc Mo
cure from the French Cabinet a re GE
sclnding of the prohibitory edict
against the American hog. but the
lCuse OF Deputies insisted upon the -
'etention of the law. Mr.. Morton
the first nail in the con.
of tLe Statue of Liberty re tre
,ently erected in New York. and de spr
lvered q speech on June 18th. 1884. pur
accepting the statue in behalf of the ing
American government. He wss far
present at the unveiling Of thes,atue
u Lafayette at LIE Pui, the birth J
80 ASISh patriot through -
VI Morton S acquaintance with bank
rs and manufacturers the CONNER
.lal relation of France and the UnitAd =,
states were made to run smoothly LAM
throughout his term With the Per
omlng into power of a Democratic vici
at Washington. he. Al ~.
II course returned home. He has cnt
'eceDtly bought two hundred acres
4 land on the Hudson river. near N
thinebeek, and proposes to erect -
pom 1t a summer residence. He
as another fine place. Fair Lawn" ~
| Newport but ne intends to live at ~
is Hudson river home. -
AUsicAL CoLLEGE-The 34th Session of 4,
x Weeks, opens Monday evening, july -
IN, for the Teaching and Training of ~
Dung Ladies in Vocal and Iustrumen,.I No.
rsic- Address,