Evening star., 1927-05-22
Praises Work of Justice Moody.

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mate relations. He displayed the
same energy and intelligence in the
cabinet he had shown in the House.
and that was also true when he went
on the Supreme Court. 1t was per-
sonal sorrow when he was stricken
down in his robust health, unable to
perform his official duties.
'sThe last time | saw Justice Moody
was in the Summer of 1911. ] was in
| Massachusetts, with Representative
Weeks. afterward Secretary of War.
With Representative Mccall. after
ward Governor of. Massachusetts,, we
went to call upon him. We found
the Justice in an invalid chair, unable
to lift his hand to his mouth. helpless
as "a child, but his intellect was as
keen as ever and he was better in.
formed on the political and business
conditions of the country than we
who were direct from Washington.
We talked politics, medicine and re.
ligion, and / never saw more bril-.
liancy of mind in the man than in
that hour. AS we were about to
leave he told his nurse he wished to
drink toast A bottle of wine was
brought in. his glass had to be lifted
to his lips by the nurse, but before
taking his sip he said: Here's toast
to YOU. my good friends. May you
live on to be a hundred, Uncle Joe.
ana be the same youthful spirit that
| have ever known you. To you, Sam
and John, long health and happiness,
and to me. speedy dissolution Then
he drank the toast.
Career Ended Abruptly.
ST could not drink it. / was un-
able to say anything for moment,
but after a pause tried to cheer him
up. He knews his condition and his
wish was an earnest prayer for re-
| lease from his suffering. He did not
need our consolation. He was not
Respondent. We, his guests, in sound
| health, were the Respondent ones in
| that room. He it was who turned
| the conversation to other things when
| he saw the impression his toast had
made upon us. His was the philoso-
ply of a man facing the inevitable.
He had fought disease with the same
courage he had fought for right prin.
ciples in government. but after con.
sulting the best medical men OF the
country he knew that his work was
done, his fight finished and he had
only to wait for the end.
II left that cottage in Haverhill
| both glad and sorry / had gone to
see my friend / realized that he was
never more calmly judicial in Con-
gress, in the cabinet or on the Su'
preme Court bench than he was when
he looked death in the face and serene
ly, cheerfully welcomed its EMBRACE
without a murmur and without for
| getting the court sizes to others or
that fine feeling he had for his friends
1t was like Moody. He had all his
life wanted to know about material
things; when he realized that his work
was done he wanted TO know the un
knowable-and speedily.
Morrison Courageous.
Another courageous deathbeo
comes to mind. Only this time the
story ends happily, for the man un
expectedly recovered. He was viii
liam r. Morrison, one of my Demo
cratic colleagues Of Illinois. Morrison
was one of the leading Democrats in
Congress; he was known as Horizonta
Bill because, as chairman OF the ways
and means committee, he introduced
bill providing for horizontal re
duction of the tariff. 1t was called
the horizontal BILL and after it was
killed the name was transferred tt
him.
Morrison did not like some Of hi.
Democratic associates, one or then
being William NJ. Springer of Spring
field, of nv State, who had weak
ness for breaking into the limeligh
regardless of the inconvenience III
caused other members. While serving
his last year in the House Morrison
was taken seriously III and his col
leagues from Illinois were much con
cerned. We visited him and tried t
cheer him up as best we could. On
: evening when ] called at his hotel
found him discouraged and apparentl!
without hope of recovery.
when Congressman dies it is
as YOU know. the custom to deliVe
eulogies of him. / chatted with tn
, apparently dying man for a while ant
he broke in with: L suppose if / d
the House will take some notice O
; the fact, and some Of you will sa.
something about me and my service
. That will be all right and my famil.
will appreciate it, After a moment
silence. he added: But, Joe, if Bill
Springer starts an Grafton l want yo'
: to move to adjourn / afterwar
a thought that last remark turned Nor
l. rison back to recovery, for he did ge
, better after that talk. and I did no
3 have to go TO parliamentary extreme
to prevent Springer from taking
. conspicuous part in memorial serN
ices for Horizontal Bill. He got wei
and lived for many years Of honorabl
and useful service as chairman of tn
y Interstate Commerce Commission.
- "A Democrat even more prominen