The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-22

corrected until last November. He calls
this 8 misplaced switch in the tariff
printing bureau, where the arrangement
was evidently not regarded as irregu-
lar. But he does not think that he or
the president Of the road were any
more responsible for this misplaced
switch than the same officers might
have been for bad wreck. AT this
time he had no interest in the Colorado
Fuel company.
The President to Morton.
The correspondence concludes with a
letter from the president to Mr.. Nor
ton under date Of June IL, 1905. In
this letter the president says that not
a shred of testimony, so far as he
knows, exists which duplicates Mr.. Nor
fers to Mr.. Morton IS letter and says:
I do not think that you need to
pay any further heed to the accusations
that have been made against you. l
do not myself need any confederation
Of any statement you may make, but
the boldness and frankness with which.
over three years ago, and before any
Of the proceedings with which we are
now dealing took place, you testified
/ to the entire truth in connection with
the taking Of rebates from the rail
roads,
The president gives Mr.. Morton credit
for being the only man among the
great number of railroad men who was
willing to assist him to break up this
system Of giving rebates, and says that
he cannot too, heartily commend the
| fearless and frank way in (which Mr.
| Morton alone came forward in the IN
! terest Of the government and the public
and gave legal evidence of the fact
| ~; L Iy,%n faI q
admitted to exist, but which the inter
state commerce commission had prevl
| ously been unable legally to establish
| It was primarily due to this testimony
| Of Mr.. Morton IS, says the president
| that the government has been able tx
| put SO nearly an effective stop to the
system Of rebates as it then existed.
Chosen for the Cabinet.
Mr.. Morton IS service to the public
in this connection SO impressed thu
president that when vacancy occurred
| in the department he made up his mine
| that he desired him in his cabinet
where, continues the president, permit
me to reiterate, you have shown your
self to be one Of the most faithful ant
devoted public servants With Wn4 on = ;,
connected.
The president then refers to MI
Morton IS recent acceptance of the pres
idency of the Equitable Life Assurance m 9
society, and, referring also to the cor, con
nection of former President Clevelans
with that company. says: ~ have faitl
not only in your will to do right, bu
in the Judgment which will enable yo'
to do right. I do not congratulate yo'
upon entering upon this work, for | d.
not wish to congratulate any man whe1
he puts his harness on, but rather t.
wait until he takes it off. But d
wish to express to you not only belle
in you and in your success, but M
strong feeling that you have undertak
en- one Of the most important public du
ties that can befall any man just a
present.
A significant remark at the close 9
the president IS letter to Mr.. Morton
this: Incidentally, it seems to m
that what has occurred (referring to til
Equitable Life) furnishes another al
gument for effective supervision by tn
national government-if such superv
sion can be obtained-over all thes
great insurance corporations which
an interstate business