The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-13
JUDGE. MORGAN.

In the death of Judge Morgan, late
of the supreme court, this state loses
a citizen who both in his private life
and his public service has measured
fully up to the most eJacting de-
mands. His private life has been as
pure as the mornr dew. He was
a gentleman Of the old school. schol-
larly. refined and cultured he radiat-
cd a sunshine upon all who were so
fortunate as to come within his
friendship. Gentle as a woman and
pure as Il child. he was withal pos
Sessed of those sterner qualities that
made him the counselor and leader
uf men.
He possessed in a marked degree
that peculiar personality that drew
out the best in those with whom he
associated. He had friends innun1era-
hle. and these friends counted moth
ing too difficult to accomplish if it
would benefit Judge Morgan. n yet
they did his not because they hoped
for any cmolument. but simply be"
cause they loved him. His friend
ship was a sufficient reward for the
greatest effort his supporters could
put forth. In all his years on the
supreme bench. no matter how tur-
bulent tho political sea might be, ev-
uvryhody wanted to work and vote
for Judge Morgan. We u If the
judiciary Of the entire country has
II parallel case. And he never disap-
pointed that great army of sup
porters. He was on the bench to the
people what Lincoln vas in tho cx-
ecutive chair.
AS a .iurist. Judge Morgan will hold
in history the same relationship to
the state of North Dakota thai John
Marshall hoes To the nation. He was
thoroughly grounded in the funda-
mental principles of the law. and he
possessed that clcarness of logic and
strength of reasoning that enabled
him to apply hose principles with
nnerring saGacity TO modern condi-
ticns without either destroying the
me or fanaticising the other. He
established the new order of things
rn tine imperishabln foundation of
r'nglish jurisprudence and linked the
conditions of today with the sources
of the rights of persons and the rights
brushed aside t~echnicalities and eX-
'eptlOlIS anu Nti IltN6i SUM tiiC
controlling principle involved.
He was A judge whom the laynlan
could understands rare thing, in
deed. How often has it been said,
when decisions on cases of public poll
ity we're sought. iii Judge Morgan
decides the case We'll know what Is
light This was especially true of
the cases which required construc-
ion of the new system of legalized
party politics. Judge Morgan. in
such cases. taught the public a deep
er reverence for the constitution by
showing that it was not an instru-
nent of mystery with latent and CON
cealed powers, but rather one of n
e~auivocable terms. distinct powers
n living uses. These things made
him as potent a factor with the pub
lie as he was a constitutional one
with the lawyers.
"He left no children. that the ma
ton might call him father declared
the great orator in his eulogY ON
Washington. How applicable of
North Dakota and Judge Morgan.
Thousands will mourn him as a
friend: thousands will she the tear
OF sorrow beside his bier because they
loved him: bench and bar will spread
their eulogies or their records and
proclaim them in a silence which
their loss hetokcns; but the whole
state will mourn the loss of a man. a
citizen, and an official who was all
that could be desired in each.
When he shall appear at the bar OF
the Judge of the Universe there to be
heard concerning the deeds done in
the body, it will be said Of him as of
another before an earthly tribunal. II
find TO fault in this man."