Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-03-31
OLIVER PERRY MORTON.
Presentation of the Statue of the
Illustrious Indianian to
the Nation.
TO STAND IN THE HALL OF S1ATUARY,
senator Fairbanks Drew IA Glowing
lie Services of MIR. Morton, PayiI y
Tribute 10 His Stainless ana IL :
sItcd Public Services.


RItcd Public Services.
Washington, March 24.-During tie
session of the senate Mr.. Fairbanks
0nd) presented resolution accept
ing the statue OF Oliver =. Morton
from the state of Indiana. He spoke
in part as follows
"The senate of the United States
pauscs in the consideration of the i'm.
portant routine business of the coln
try to accept tribute from the state
Of Indiana statue of Oliver Perry
Morton.
THAT statue is to stand in yonder
venerable hall of representatives, now
tennnted by the mute images of the
chiefest jewels of The republic.
The state Of Indiana has an ample
roll Of distinguished statesmen who
have served her we'll; of soldiers who
won imperishable renown upon the
battIclields Of their country; Of those
who have attained high places in the
world of letters, but without inydious
discrimination, she makes her present
and first contribution to Statlary hall.
"Oliysr Perry Morton was one OF the
commanding figures of the United
States during the most heroic period
of her history. he impressed himself
upon his state and nation by the force
Of his commanding genius, and the
history of neither state nor nation
would be complete without the story
of his life and work"
Mr. Fairbanks then with bold and
sweeping, but definite and exact lines,
drew striking word picture of Coy,
Morton. He pictured his early life, his
struggles for an education, the sacr
! fees he made to shake his passionate
thirst for knowledge, and the power as
a lawyer and judge which he early at.
tanned by reason of his brilliant quail.
Rcatiors Then he told in yigorou,
words the stirring story of Morton's
entrance into political life and of his
becoming the governor of his native
state, "at the threshold of a mighty
crisis"
Mr.. Fairbanks then succinctly re.
lated the part which Gov, Morton took
in the civil war, what he did for lis
state and her troops in that critical
period, and how he won the love OF
the soldiers and an imperishable repu.
tation at the same time. Next he told
how the distinguished statesman, al.
ready in the grip of deadly disease,
came to Washington as a senator
from Indiana. That he might do his
duty to his state and to his country,
he bid even death defiance. He worked
increasingly that the nation, which
had just emerged from the fiery bap.
tism of war, might he put on the
highway of enduring peace. This her.
culean work must be done. He hat
no time to parley with DEATH
There are colleagues of Mr. Nor.
ton in the senate, who remember, al
though it were but yesterday, how
the senator was borne into this cham.
Der in his chair, and how he delivered
his great speeches seated there"
Eloquently Mr.. Fairbanks told O.
Mr.. Morton's most conspicuous anl
illustrious public service-his labors
on the electoral commission following
the presidential election of 1876.
hNr al "A
and rapidly approaching the end of an
illustrious career" said Mr.. Fair,
banks, "he yet became a member OF
the commission, the creation of which
he had antagonized. He had to be
lifted into his seat during the sittings
OF the commission, there remaining
into the long, dreary hours of the
night, tireless among the tired, press.
ing on where strong men gave way,
he presents picture that may we'll tx.
cite our wonder and challenge our adj
miration, and for which history fur.
nishes no example"
"No dshororable act" continued the
speaker, "detracts from his fame. His
hands were clean, his integrity incor.
ruptible. He was bold but chivalrous
political antagonist, for his sense of
honor was acute. His political adver.
saries, at the time of his DEATH paic
tribute to his stainless and exalted
purpose. He was regarded and ranked
as an intense partisan, and such he
was He had an abiding faith in the
virtue of his party, and of its beneti.
cence as an instrument in promoting
good government.
THE state Of Indiana commits to
the keeping of the United States the
statue of Oliver Perry Morton, to he
kept and preserved so long as the ia
rio of our political institutions shall
kept and preserved so long as the fab.
Increased Wages.
Charleston, S. c., March 26,-The
York cotton mills of Yorkville, this
state, have announced that they will,
on next payday, take three per cent
from the annual dividend and add il
to the wages of the operatives. The
Fifteen Years For II Life.
Albany Mo March 2J-In the cir.