Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-09
OFFERED wilson
ALL RESOURCES
MORGAN, THE PATRIOT DEPICT
I'D By COLONEL GEORGE
HARVEY.
Greatest PATRIOT OF ALL
Before Leaving for Europe Sent o
Message 10 Wilson Offering his
Resources and Influence.

NEW YORK, May S.-"When you
see Mr.. Wilson tell him for me that
II there should come a time when he
thinks any influence or resources l
have, can be used for the country,
they are wholly at his disposal"
These, the last words OF j. Pier
pont Morgan, spoken 10 Colonel Geo.
i. Harvey the day before Mr.. Morgan
sailed for Europe. never to return
alive were related tonight in an ad-
dress by Colonel Harvey before a
gathering Of bankers and other rep
resentatiye men at dinner Of the
trust companies of America. Mr..
Morgan was republican and, IN the
words of Colonel Harvey, not only
regarded the political views adyanc-
ed by Mr.. Wilson with honest appre-
henson, but never considered the
democratic party fully capable ot
governing the nation" His message
? TO the new president, Colonel Harvey
cited as measuring the depths Of the
mans patriotism.
Because OF contrary procliyities
OF my own as to Mr.. Wilson, frank
ly did not seek opportunities TO dis
cuss public affairs with Mr.. Morgan
during the past few years. said
Colonel Harvey. "As you all know,
when he thought he was right in his
Judgment he was unacoustomed TO
lu., a
there were times when his didatic
faculty so closely approached tho dy-
mamie In operation that ono Of pru-
dent disposition was inclined TO be
wary.
Always Was Optimistic,
But the election had taken place,
the inevitable had happened and. US
ing Speaker Cannon's phrase. Mr.
Wilson had becoms his president as
much as mine-perhaps, In fact, a
little more. Anyhow, there was no
constraint upon our conversation
when / saw him for the last time in
his library on the day before he went
away. He was optimistic as ever re-
garding the country and l naturally
spoke hopefully Of tho prospects Of
the incoming administration.
Then followed this curious cpl
sode. Suddenly turning those pierre
ing eyes upon me, Mr.. Morgan said:
DO you remember that American
speech you made in London" re-
membered very W i 1t was not a
speech--only few succinct remarks
at the close OF private dinner In
reply to an Englicized sycophnnt
wto had mistakenly thought to cur
ry favor with Mr. Morgan by speak
Ing contemptuously OF Mr., Bryan. who
on the preceding day. I had intro
duced to him at a reception.
And do you recall he asked,
those lines from Scott that you
quoted when that mani can hear
now the emphasis upon those two
w0rds-when that man had left the
room?'
II did Of course, and began to re-
peat:
"Breathes there a man with soul so
dead who never to himself hath said
VI hesitated for an instant and the
succeeding words came from the big
arm chair with odd distinctness:
This is my own, my native land.
Then very quietly Mr.. Morgan
asked if | could recall the remaining
lines and l quoted imperfectly:
Whose heart hath ne'er within
him burnd as home his footsteps he
hath turn'd.
From wandering on a foreign
strand.
IF such there breathe. go mark
him we'll"
Half a minute, gentlemen. is a
long time, but for fully that period l
should say Mr.. Morgan sat perfectly
still. Then. unconsciously beating
time on the arm of his chair, as he
used to do in the church, he repeat
ed as If soliloquizing:
"Who never to himself hath said
This is my own, my native land
And arising with difficulty from
his chair, for he was then quite
feeble, he said. with the emphasis
that only quietude can give:
"'when you see Mr.. Wilson, tell
him for me that IL there should ever
come time when he thinks any in
fluence or resources that l have can
be used for the country, they are
wholly at his disposal
Barring the usual leave taking.
those were the last words l heard
from the lips of Mr. Morgan. They
we're the words of true patriot. of
a great, very great American,
spoken from the depths of passion
ately loyal heart. Surely | can do
no better than leave them with you
all to remember, to cherish and to
feel so long as you all shall i've in
this. our native land"
Referring to Mr. Morgan's testi-
mony before the Pujo committee at
Washington. Colonel Harvey said:
Although mentally as strong as