Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

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and associations OF the father OF Arbor
day and left only the soft feeling Of love
and respect with their hearers.
Exercises at Monument.
The exercises, held on an improvised plat
form in the center of the park at the
edge of the monument grounds, presented
trying ordeal, because of the raw, pene-
trating weather and sunless sky only
once did the sun break through the clouds
and then but timidly. Shortly before p. m.
the Cleveland party left Arbor lodge for
the scene of the exercises. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland rode in the first carriage, in
which also were DR.. and Mrs. George L.
Miller OF Omaha. Cheering crowds followed
the line of carriages and 1t was with diff
foulty that the committeeman in charge
OF affairs succeeded in forcing the vehicles
through the throng.
on the platform were these men and
women:
Mr. and Mrs Cleveland, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stevenson. David r. Francis, Hilary A.
Herbert, Governor and Mrs. Mickey, For
mer Senator and Mrs. Henderson, Senator
Willard. Former Senator Dietrich, Former
Governor Crounse, E. p. Ripley DR.. and
Mrs. George l.. Miller, Edward Rosewater,
j. NJ. Woolworth, George b. Harris. Cen
eral John c. Gown, Paul JOY, Mark
Morton, the three sons and the grandson;
Sterling Morton and Miss Emma Morton.
Near the stand were seated Chancellor
Andrews OF the university. Former Comp
troller Eekles, Former Governor Boyd,
Henry w. Yates. Senator Burkett and
other prominent men.
Former Attorney General Judson Harmon
was detained by illness. wiring from Gin
cinnat he could not be present
John w. SteinhRrt. chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Arbor Day Me-
mortal association, presided. After music
by band. Rt. Rev. A. L. Williams,
Misrepresentation OF the Episcopal church
OF Omaha, pronounced the invocation.
Bishop Williams prayer was read with
eloquent and deep effect. Chairman Stein
hart then extended Nebraska City's greet
ing and introduced Governor Mickey.
Mr. Steinhart took occasion to review the
work OF the association which had brought
about the erection and dedication of this
great shaft. The association was organized
May g. 1902 Mr. Morton's death occurring
April q of that year. The fund was raised
by popular subscription, Nebraska City
giving more than any other city and Ne
braska more than any other state. Yet,
he said. the statue was to commemorate
a man and his work OF national and
worldwide significance.
Mickey starts Speeches.
Governor Mickey was received with earn
est applause The governor, like the
former president and vice president after
him, read his speech. His voice was clear,
strong and we'll sustained. He brought
forth loud cheers when he mentioned the
act OF President Cleveland in appointing
Mr.. Morton to his cabinet and again when
he said: Morton as cabinet officer added
new and imperishable luster to the name
of Nebraska
Mr. Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen: This
Is an occasion OF extra ordinary interest.
Never before in the history of Nebraska
has such a scene been enacted as is before
ls today. True, number of our great
men have received distinguished mortuary
honors but this is the first time that the
east has Joined us in paying tribute TO one
whose fame Ia wider than state bounds
and whose memory Is "A national heritage.
on a certain memorable occasion, when
the passions of men were running high
under the impulse Of thrilling oratory, IL
was the lamented Garfield who Quilted the
storm by the significant remark: 1T is
from calm level of the sea that all heights
and depths are measured In a similar
sense II can be said that from the peaceful
Iepose OF the tomb the truest measurements
can be applied TO mans claim to greatness.
and briefly reflect on the life and achieve
ments of him who embellished its natural
beauty and hallowed it for all time, we are
perhaps more conscious than ever OF the
genius OF j. Sterling Morton and of the
distinguished service which he rendered to
state and nation. Nebraska Is proud of
his memory. We owe him a debt which
we can only pay with the homage of CRATE
full hearts. He came to our state in the
early pioneer days, fresh from college and
the more alluring scenes of the east, and
gave the best years of his life to the de-
velopment of a new country within which
his prophetic vision saw the unmistakable
signs OF promise. He and his youthful
bride seemed TO realize that Nebraska
needed them and that here was their APP
pointed life work.
Though at times engaged in other pursuits
Mr.. Morton was always passionately fond
OF agriculture and horticulture and he
never divorced himself from those interests,
EIo was a practical farmer. He made a
careful study OF the subject from the stand
point of a Nebrskan, surrounded by the
conditions that then existed in the terri
tory, and his painstaking research proved
OF great value, not only TO himself. but to
all others interested along similar lines
with whom he came in contact. He was the