New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-22

sea duty. the mrnotouy Of shore service,
4 the anNicties Of war. the long absences
from his family the arrogance of superior
officers the whole chapter Of the rigo"S
rthe solf-denial the self-dlscipline. was to
he crowned with the evidence Of honor.
! which his country beStows upon faithful
navy officers He looked ~ expectation uf
words Of praise a. If in lonely watches
he had dreamed Of the eloquent sentences
which would become the psalm OF his Id
age.
The Secretary of the Nav stood up.
/ handed tho oreu parchment To the speech
less rear-admi-nl. and said only ihis:
Admiral Blank. here's your commission"
Then he sat down to his desk and went
on with his work, unconscious Of having
smashed a lieetime's dream.
/ Vet despite Mr Norton's abrupt and 'le-
cisive manner. there WIS kindly strain m
, his nature that endoared MIN To all his
associates and particularly to those work
! ms under him. For instance. he once sue
! crmbed To tn c,olucnce of pass ticnd,
and gave the man free ride over one of
! the lines of the Santa l'c Railroad, "i
which he was yice-president day or 30
later thc representative of another road.
To- whom appeals had also been made Tor
similar transportation. was in Mr. Morton 8
Office Some question came up with clerk
about the pass and he spoke 10 Mr.. Morton
regarding IL IN the presence OF The other rail
road man. This man Immediately chided MIR.
Morton for violating pass rules. and tren
retired MIR MOrton's wrath Immediately fell
on the unfortunate clerks head and, all
though the clerk is high railroad Official
TO-DAY he SAYS that ne will never forget
the scoring he received. He had no chance
10 explain or say word The next morn
me ne rentured an apology and Mr.. Morton
scid "Oh that's all right. George. What
made me mad was that fellow coming in
here and violating the privacy Of our az
fairs. You were not to blame but We will
get even with him by cutting off his an
nual"
One Of the higher officers once came into
M Morton's room and complained of the
amount of gas consumed in his department
by clerks working overtime at night Mr.
Merton grmly posted "A notice 10 the effect
that thereafter all clerks who could not do
q cir work during office hours would be dis
since the age Of sixteen years, !
when he chose 10 take a position with the
Is. u NJ. road at Plattsmouth. y. ~. lie
was always alert 10 his opportunities and :
never lost "A chance Of Selling them. This /.
IS illustrated in . story that Is told OF the
manner in which he became general freight (.
agent Of the Burlington road MIR Morton !
had always been a freight department man |
but he had been compelled TO accept the po- !
stlon Of general passenger agent Of The .
s. stem. While he attended strictly 10 the /
duties of the Office. he never liked the work. .
and waited for his opportunity TO get back /
into the freight department. In a short !
time T.. T. Ripley. who was then the freight
agent Of the road. resigned. and Alr. Stone,
The general manager called Mr. Morton In !
conference with other department chiefs /
10 discuss an available man as Ripley's sue
lessor Each in turn gave his opinion, and
when II came 10 NJ. Morton he said MIR
stone. | know Just the man for the Job
II l. fellow named l-aul Morton" Mr.
Mortons suggestion was adopted
Another trait NJ Mr. Morton's was his
fairness He did not believe a rich man
should use his influence 10 escape the
iuties ~ A citizen once he was drawn On
Jury duty and an ofticious subordinate