Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-14

racy which comes by patent from God, viz.
intrinsic, manly worth manifested by well
doing, a kind not entirely extinct, but which
must become more plentiful if fate intends
to perpetuate this republic. His keenest
disappointment is to see the old highways
and recognized paths of democracy torn up
and its principles submerged in the mael-
strom of demagogism and lost in the ocean
of decisions. He is not vindictive, tor his
attacks are not aimed at individuals, but
fallacies. He never pursues a victim
beyond the point of confession, but woe to
the perpetrator of a fraud who hopes to
escape by a general denial and thereby sum-
mons the whole array of proofs in open
court. He is a good hater," which Carlyle
says is still a desideratum in the world"
and if there is any one thing that magnet>
ICES his trenchant pen it is an intentional
humbug and a premeditated fraud. The
genus sham was never hatefuller to any
man." 1t must be owned he is iniexibly
and ineXorably determined to have only
realities around him, and he turns decep-
lions wrong side out, condenses utilities,
assays platitudes, punctures theories, dis
sipates illusions, plucks records of vital
facts with a celebrity and thoroughness
which disarm antagonists who rely on
weapons of 'long-eared learning He is
not a cynic, because he accentu-.
ates good as well as bad quail
ties and rever s~atirizes virtues
or disinterestedness. His ambition is
not Of the "tin-kettle' variety to chase him
on to secure gifts and claims, not an aspi-
ration to be a popular idol, but a desire to be
a sincere, thinking man, to show what can
be evolved through industry and ~exertion out
of the opportunity which is the infinite in
heritance of every human being.
His Home His Life Work.
His home is the g~randest record of his life
work, the climax and realization of his am
billions, not merely as an abiding place, but
a home in the truest Specification Of the
term. Nothing better illustrates the spirit
of his ideal than the tender reverence for
his mother, the devotion to the memory of
his wife, the affection for his sister, the pride
in his children and grandchildren, the
repository for the noblest impulses and
motives, the source Of the highest and best
aspirations. Those who have visited "Arbor
Lodge can testify to the artistic surrounds
ings, the genial hospitality, the extensive,
well-used library which has given to its
oWner-'a man OF many books"-the title
of Sage of Arbor LODGE the many evil
dences of the helpful, devoted wife ana
mother who did not live to see the full
fruition of plans and hopes, and since her
death the refined womanhood of the sister
who has presided over the household.
Mr.. Morton is "67 years young" in the en-
joyment of excellent health, unimpaired
Yigor, a wide circle of friends, personal ad-
mireTs, the happiness of a home to which
no public man ever gave more dignity, all
or which constitutes a good investment of
human industry and guarantees an income OF
the highest blessedness which man is
capable or enjoying. He is a most en-
PERTAINING and agreeable host or guest. His
memory supplies an inexhaustible
FUND OF historical and personal Incidents,
sparkling with wit, repartee and anecdote.
His time Is spent in looking after his
and farm, in planning for the ma
terial and intellectual development of the
in which he lives, and his literary
genius and tastes find employment in edit
Ing The Conservative a periodical pledged
to conserve truth and expose error. His
leisure hours are spent with his family,
In the repose of his library, or in the So
eiety of friends.
His biography is a legacy to the rising
not because 1t is a stringing to-
gether of pleasant and profitable facts, but
on account of the spirit in which he has
worked, valuable not for dreams, but for
deeds, A..