Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-26

Judge Morgan. He was one Of the
most tenderhearted of men and still
when the occasion required, he had
an opinion OF his own as shown by
his dissenting opinions as we'll as by
his actions as q member OF the Board
OF Pardons.
AS a Judge, he tempered justice
.,oard of Pardons, it grieved him to
have to refuse a pardon. He served
as Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
since Januarp /, 1905, longer than
any other man, and during the same
period, by virtue of his position as
chief justice. he was a member OF
the Board Of Pardons. His manner,
In presiding as Judge of the District
Court OF the Second Judicial District
and as Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court, was characterized by unusual
simplicity, dignity and courtesy, and
his opinions are founded on sound
principles and expressed in well
chosen language; are unusually con.
densed and clear and evince careful
preparation and discriminating judg.
ment.
He was a very Conscientious mar
and never shirked a responsibility, a
hard and conscientious worker; none
Of us have forgotten how faithfully
he labored, while health permitted, to
perform his full hare Of the work,
that was constantly pressing upon the
Supreme Court, and it may be that
IL he had been more careful of his
strength, and less determined to do
all of what he conceived to be his
duty, his life would have been longer
spared to us.
James T. Brady, q celebrated New
York lawyer, said: II would rather
have it said of Inc. after death, by
my brethren at the bar, that they
were sorry | had left their compan.
ionship, than to be spoken Of in the
highest strains OF gifted %panegyric."
Surely the members of the bar of this
state are sorry that Judge Morgan
left their companionship. He was
esteemed by all. ut to those, who
were SO fortunate as to share his ac-
quaintance. he was endeared by the
warmest ties of friendship and affeC-
ton. He believed that the highest,
purest and most unselfish of all earth
ly affections is mans love for man.
He was one of the most modest OF
men; he was charitable and generous
hearted, but his deeds of charity
were not published to the world. The
fact that the people of the Second
Judicial District and Of the state hon.
ored themselves by so frequently
electing him to the highest position
within their gift, speaks more elo.
quently of the esteem in which he
was held by his fellow men, than
anything we can say or do here.
Shakespeare says: THE evil that
men do lives after them, the good is
oft inferred with their bones. Judge
Morgan did no evil to live after him
and let us hope that the good he
did is not inferred with him. During
the last few years of his life he was,
undoubtedly, a great sufferer, but no
person heard him complain. He suf-
fered with the patience that marked
all his life.
For twenty-thrae years, Judge Nor
ran was a prominent figure in this
state and for eight years before that
in the territory. Upon his arrival,
in 1881, he took a prominent place
among the lawyers Of the territory,
but he is goe, the place that knew
i'm once will know him no more. He
has appeared before that great court,
where many, many Of the judgments
of this world are reversed. His
honesty was lever questioned, and
let his life be an inspiration to those
who come after him, and in conclu-
sion we may say with Shakespeare:
His life was gentle and the elements
so mixed in him that nature might
stand up and say to all the world
This was a man."
| cannot close without paying a
tribute to that unselfsh, devoted and