The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-26
MORSE POOR MAN.
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One of those who were very init
mateIy associated with Morse at the
time Of the trial in speaking today of
some features of that trial and or
| Morse's relation to it, said that not
once from the beginning of the Grim
inal proceedings to this day has any
one of Mr.. Morse's friends ever heard
him speak cOmplainingly or resent
| fully of those who were his friends in
| his time of prosperity, but who turned
their backs upon him in his day of
adversely.
ResentfuI Toward One Man.
A single exception is made in this
statement. There is one man whose
conduct amazed and irritated Mr..
/ Morse. He had made 1t possible Tor
this man to speculate to great advan-
tage And yet this one person seemed
| to Mr.. Morse to be particularly VIM
dictive Of all the others he was ac-
| customed simply to say, wei, sup
pose it is human nature; every man
| has to look out for himself.
| Furthermore, his counsel, even,
never received any confidential infor-
nation which was in the nature OF ac-
l cusation against any other person. MI
| Morse sometimes said that he was no
| banker himself and that he expected
his salaried subordinates to keep him
| Informed, to tell him what was proper
and what was improper ct, ne as
l
| Sometimes there were recollect1onS
i of the day of great prosperity He
| was then a, prince and ne mao many
| suitors for faVors. His offices were
| crowded with men who were anxious
1 to take advantage of information
| tips or opportunities. Of all those VINO
| offered to come to Mr.. Morse assist
4 ance after his arrest, tlnanclally Or II
| the way of sympathy, with single
| execution not one was of the large
number of those who found 1t Proflt-
| able to be associated with Mr.. Morse
! in his day of prosperity
Mental Obloquy.
one queer feature of the case which
/ puzzled his counsel and which none q
| his friends was able to explain was the
fact that Morse never realized the
strength and prevalence or the eNli
reputation which he had gained lie
| knew of course. that he was not llked
bv some business men, but he attrlbul-
ed that feeling to business competi-
ton. He could not understand why II
was not regarded as wise thing 10
put witnesses upon the STAND WHO
| would testify to his good reputatlOH-
Former Congressman Littleheld, VINO
was counsel for Mr.. Morse at the time
| of his trial. became convinced that
Morse never had the slightest idea that
he had done anything Whlch was Il
violation of the criminal statutes
This characteristic was observed py
many others who were brought INTO
close relation with Mr. Morse. They
| discovered in it, as they thought,
| strange sort of mental obliquy or
| blindness and a curious lack OF moran
| sense But they believed that there
was no hypocrisy. Mr.. Morse belleVed
| that he was playing the great game OF
fortune making exactly as other sue
| cessful business men played IL, men,
too, who had good regulations, and
| against whom the prophecies OF tne
law were never brought from the
|
| time he was sent to the federal prlS-
on he could not understand why ne
had been singled out since MT
Morse's release it has been frequently
said in this city that whatever MS
moral or mental obtuSenesE may nave
been there was one characteristic III
which he differed, somewhat, from
other men who have been under suS
picion or charges. To use colloqulal-
ism these men say Mr. Morse never
sssouealed" And whether his life
prolonged or whether his death IS I'M
minent it is now certain MI morse
will never tell any tales OF otnerS WIZ
were associated with him.
Draining Florida Everglades.
Within three weeks of the time OF tins
opening to traffic of Henry NJ Flagler'
oversee railroad a most important stats
and national work in southern Florlce
will be completed. Mr.. Flagler predlctee
with accuracy when, late IN oecelnper -
he said that he expected the AlTSl t.sIll
| unon the oversee railroad would entel
Key West not later than the End Of jan
uary The establishment at Key west 2
| a railway terminal is regarded py pusl
ness men here as an almost epOch-mah1Ii s
event especially in view of the 1act ina
! the Panama canal Will. in all propaplnly
| be opened to navigation some time with
| in the next eighteen months
Supplementing the great railway con
| struction which Mr.. Flag1er single hand
ed undertook and has now completed N
state of Florida and the national govern
ment together with private capital, hav
been approaching Lake Okeechobee DOL
from the west and from the east coast Q
Florida. Information which was receive
this morning states that the gian
dredges which have been now for yea
or two occupied in making naV1gabl
channel in the Caloosahatchee river, 5
that navigation between Lake Okeecnobe
and the western coast OF Florida can y
secured. will have completed their Worl
about the 18th of February As Tesul
of this dredging and canaNzlng of the VI
per reaches of this river vessels OF moo