The New York herald., 1921-01-10
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR LEVI P. MORTON
Elihu Root and Others Pay
Tribute to Late Statesman
and Financier.

Impressive tributes to the memory of
the late Levi Parsons Morton, former
Vice-President of tine United states,
Governor of New York and financier.
were paid yesterday afternoon in culogy
by Elihu Root. DR.. Charles Lewis Slat-
terry, rector of Grace Church. and Dean
Howard C. Robbins at a memorial SER
vice in the Cathedral Of st. John the
Divine. In the large audience which
filled the cathedral were delegations
from business, political and patriotic or
ganiZations with which Mr.. Morton had
at some time in his long life been asso-
ciated. At the close Of the service a
memorial communion rail. the gift of
Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis. his
daughter. was dedicated.
Drawing from a fund Of knowledge
from years Of intimate acquaintance,
Mr.. Root paid eloquent tribute to the
qualities OF the man.
He was not an orator or writer or
genius" Mr. Root said. mo rhetoric
adorned the expressions OF his opinion.
There was nothing spectacular about his
life. Such, a thing was impossible. There
were qualities. Something In the boy
urged him on from the foothills Of the
Green Mountain State to Hanover, to
Boston. to the greatest cities of the new
world and to London ana Paris. climb
ing to wealth. power, station and fame.
1t was no accident. 1t was not done
by the aid of powerful friends. 1t was
the quality O. the man.
He had no overwhelming ambition
to rise upon the downfall of others. No
step OF his rise was gained by pulling
down another. He had the honest am
bition to play his part In the world Of
action. that honest and reasonable am
bition which makes our country great
He had the urge of public service. Men
and women who have that are the life
and soul of government, the church, Ii
braries, schools and those beneficences
which come from associated power
Those who have it not vaguely pretend
only for their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT
without really successfully deceiving the
world. Mr.. Morton had the impress and
the impetus which come from the urge
Of public service.
He was n true lover of liberty His
conception of liberty was not liberty for
himself but for others with whom he
felt it should be shared. He was free
from that widespread and almost uni
versal vice Of tyranny. Parents tyran-
nize over their children. teachers tyran-
nize over pupils, legislators over the
public and moral. pious persons seek to
compel others to follow prescribed rules
OF conduct. All over the world tyrants
are scheming to destroy the liberty Of
others. This man was free from this
vice"
DIR. Slattery and Dean Robbins eulo-
gized Mr.. Morton's many services to the
churches Of the city, particularly to
Grace Church, of which he was many
years a member. and the Cathedral Of
st. John the Divine. to which directly
or through members of the family. he
gave the choir, altar. organ and choir
stalls. The gift of the communion rail
is the latest of many benefactions which
have come from the family.
Prominent in the large audience were
| Major Ranulf Compton, military secre-
tary on the staff of Gov. Miller Henry
White. former Ambassador to France ;
Charles II. Allen. former Governor of
Porto Rico. and Mrs. Allen; Judge and
Mrs. Augustus n. Hand Herbert l..
Satterlee. George Blagden and DR..
Thomas Darlington, representing the
New York Chamber of Commerce
Frank X. Sturgis. president of the Met
ropolitan Club: William Allen Butler.
job E. Hedges. Alton Il. Parker John
a. Stewart. Morgan J. O'Brien and John
B. Stanchtield. from the Lawyers Club I;
Charles d. Hilles. oscar w. Ehrlong
and delegation OF fifty other members
OF the National Republican Club !:
, George G. Haven and Gherardi Davis Of
the Down Town Association +. w,
Frentz, Shelton c. Hemstreet and DIR.
J. v. Westfall.
Also Mr. and Mrs. John +. Yawger.
Mr. and Mrs. +. c. Seabury. Mr.. and
Mrs. William III. Childs and Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur S. Leland. representing the
Society of Mayhower Descendants /:
Clarence w. Bowen. DR.. Gorham Bacon.
Harold A. Hatch. Harry Il. Thayer and
Edwin ID. Worcester OF the New Eng
land Society.
Mr.. Morton's daughters. Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustis and Mrs. Helen Nor
ton Of Washington. ID. c., were present,
FR. 0'GORMAN MADE RECTOR