St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-01-04
TRIBUTES TO SENATOR MORRILL,.
The Secret Of His Strength.

TRIBUTES TO SENATOR MORRILL,.
The Secret Of His Strength.
| There is no man in Vermont whose
death would touch the sensibilities OF the
people of the state in the same way and
to the same degree as has that OF Sena-
tor Morrill,. Probably no citizen OF the !
state has ever been so truly and so uni
versally revered as he. In very true
sense his career was unique. 1t is doubt
full it in our history there can be found
another instance where a man who took
no part whatever in public affairs until
after he was forty years old, and was
then scarcely known outside his own I'M
mediate environment, came to such
prominence and public usefulness as did
he. The story OF his career has been
told this week in every newspaper in the
land. There has been generous recogni-
ton of his good life without blot or
stain, and Of the eminent services which
he has rendered his country in her times
of greatest need. But if we look closely
we see that what made Mr.. Morrill,
great man in the best sense Of that term,
what gave him his long continued promi-
hence, what gave him his hold on his
constituents at home and on his col
leagues in public life, was the man him
self. 1t was the Inherent and patiently
developed and wisely subserved qualities
which underay his public life and his
public acts and came to their legitimate
fruitage of pure. strong, self conferred
manhood. In respect 10 its cleanliness,
purity and Iprightness, to it's diligence
, and its freedom from self seeking, and to
its active and steadiast endeavor main-
. tanned to the very end, the life OF the
senator is one of which the people OF
, Vermont and of the American nation
, may we'll give reverent and heartfelt
. thanks. Herein lay his real strength. his
true greatness. The secret OF his life is
one for the young men of the day to
ponder deeply in the quietness of their
Utmost hearts, Brattleboro Phenlx.
r Fine Old vermonter Of the Best Type.
d Senator Morrill, was more generally
t known than any other public man who
q had not been President, vce-president or
c speaker, and was better beloved by his
g associates in public lite than all the other
i statesmen. His comfortable home on
e Thomas circle had been Tor many years
l. famous for its simple, cordial hospitality
'f and for that old.fashioned New England
Ut atmosphere OF sincerity and kindliness
J. which Senator Morrill, preserved through
'e all his long service in Congress. Wash
is ineton could not spoil man OF his sim
n plicty and integrity, and he remained tt
J. the last fine old Vermonter of the best
ID TYPE Henry Mcfarland in the Boston
S, Herald.
er The American Gladstone.
G Because OF the parallel which his lit
'r suggested with that of Gladstone tn
10 senator was called the Grand Old Ma
OF of the Senate" Gladstone was bor
!, T. five months before him. but Gladston
* retired from public life when he was g.
CT and at that age Senator Morrill, was il
VI the enjoyment of vigorous health, men
6 tai and physical. and able to attend t.
=, all his legislative duties.-[New Yor
IL Herald.
His Character an Inspiration.
n. There have been more brilliant name
in American history whose owners dazzl
re their contemporaries and have cause
q. posterity to wonder at their accomplish
= ments-men like jefferson, who at 3
40 wrote the Declaration of independence
&C, and like Hamilton, who at 80 held tn
a treasury portfolio in President Washing
- tons cabinet. but there was no finer, n
" more representative figure, no one VIII
lie could be better selected as model 70
m the youth of the country than Senate
To Morrill,, and his digni6ed and conscier
nc tious character should be an inspiratio
he for all time Washington despatch t
a. the Burlington Free Press.
Ike Morrill, and Edmunds.
so Mr.. Morrill, was, in many respects, til
ng grandest man in the Senate. Absolutel
OF honest and conscientious, with hig
on sense of official responsibility and a
OF earnest desire to serve the public welfar
MS he leaves a record which lew can al
Dr.. proach and none can excel. He is one
me the last of the great men OF the Senat
lit Edmunds and Morrill, were two nam'
on the Senate roll that gave glory to tt
pit state Of Vermont. and made her repr
nd sentation in that body second to none
I'D the union Washington despatch
IN the Boston Transcript.
n' Tribute from Gen. Circuit
.en lust now all hearts are filled wit
sorrow bv the last rites over the dee
nd senator and his faithful, loving wife, wi
go 90 together to their last rest among Il
ice hills Of Vermont, which they loved
led well. They were lovely and pleasant
er their lives, and in their death were nj
,ad divided
.sr' mot Vermont alone, but the who
s;x country, pays the tribute of its love al
~, tears at the bier of the Vermont state
,ss man. in whose name and fame eve
9 a state in the Union has long felt CONNIE
NV ownership, and regret more than CT
Irs express my inability to testify by n
rlt presence Tiny physician thinks it st
unsafe for me to leave the house, n
EN-. appreciation of the distinguished 81
noe vices and high character OF the honor
% dead and my sympathy with the bereav
vas friends"
"A Senator Hoar's Tribute.
OF az can say nothing adequate toexpr'
e of the affection telt for Senator Morrill,
NAL all his associates here, or my own SCI
lost OF his great and pure public charact
all have often cited the tact that he /
able been kept in the public service so long
as Vermont as striking proof that I
Yer. people are fit to select their rulers, and
their constance in the support OF tn
late best and greatest men.
cred "Mr. Morrill, was an admirable exa
able ole of the character of an American $
aver ator. He had no ambition but the O
.o l;.;o, IN serve the republic He wa