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cabinet , and , as head of the agricultural
department , succeeded in stopping
wasteful expenditure of public funds
and in instituting badly-needed re
forms.
Journal. Mr. Morton's political serv
ices may bo forgotten by the present
generation and remain unknown to
those who are to come , but Arbor Day ,
bearing his inscription , Plant Trees , will
be a perennial reminder that J. Sterling
Morton was born on April 22nd.
ELKHAUT.
Review. The death of ex-Secretary
Morton removes a strong man of the
best type of citizenship.
INDIANAPOLIS.
News. An excellent speaker , close
and careful reasouer , and a forcible
writer , there was no cause that he
championed that was not strr ' jthenod
by his advocacy. His integrity was
above reproach , and that sort of in
tegrity is not so common as we would
like to see it. Though not of recent
years occupying a position of import
ance or prominence , the loss of the in
fluence of every honest , good and brave
man is something to be deplored. So it
is that Mr. Morton's death will be
mourned by many people who knew
him only through the work that he did.
MAUION.
News. Mr. Morton lived to see the
work which he had begun taken hold
of by the schools in every part of the
country. He must be counted as one
of those broad-minded men whose life
work benefited men fully as much as
though he had endowed colleges and
universities.
Tribune. It was through his efforts
that Arbor Day became a national holi
day for the planting and care of trees.
ANDERSON.
Herald. He was one of the ablest
and most advanced democrats of his
V day , and his death is at a time when
his party most needs him.
Hi SOUTH BEND.
Tribune. To the efforts of Mr. Mor
ton more than those of any other Ameri
can is due the interest that is taken in
all the during
tree-planting over country
ing the month of April. Thousands of
old monarchs of the forest in years to
come will stand as monuments to his
memory.
OHIO.
CLEVELAND.
Leader. Although J. Sterling Morton
occupied the least conspicuous place in
the cabinet of President Cleveland , he
was one of the ablest men of that ad
ministration. He was a man of wide
information and with a large stock of
common sense , and he wrote and spoke
with an uncommon clearness.
TOLEDO.
Blade. He loved the soil and he real
ized the enormous possibilities of Ameri
H4 can agriculture , if the farmers should be
I educated , scientific men , in place o1
farming by tradition and the rule o :
thumb. He abandoned all hope of po
litical preferment , rather than to sup
port and endorse theories he knew to be
fallacious.
ST. OLAIRSVILLE.
Chronicle. The death of ex-Secretary
Morton removes a man who was recog
nized by all to have been of steadfas
onviotiou , undoubted honesty and un
questioned ability.
GALION.
Inquirer. Arbor Day and the country
est a good friend in the death of J.
Sterling Morton.
FINLEY.
Jeffersonian. Mr. Morton was an able
official and did much to advance the
material interests of the country.
DAYTON.
News. He was a man of unusual
parts , an economical student , and as
sompetent to conduct the affairs of the
ireasury department as the agricultural
mreau. That plainly states his remark
able versatility.
HAMILTON.
News. The late J. Sterling Morton
was a distinguished public benefactor ,
and the fact will be recognized with
greater emphasis by coming generations
; han by the present. The exercises of
Arbor Day in all parts of the country
are a tribute to his memory.
COLUMBUS.
Citizen. He always had the courage
of his convictions , and the nation would
be fortunate if it had many more men
as enthusiastic concerning forestry as
was J. Sterling Morton.
WISCONSIN.
BAOINE.
Journal. The death of Julius Ster
ling Morton removes one of the not so
many men in public life , who , while
partisan , yet were for their country's
best interests.
MILWAUKEE.
Sentinel. Mr. Morton's career and
character were such as to make him in
many respects what we like to .regard
as the type of sound and characteristic
American citizenship. He was a stu
dent and a thinker the practical man
mentally equipped for the public ser
vice.
Evening Wisconsin. A man of clear
intelligence , positive convictions and
intense activity , he was useful to his
fellows in many ways , and will be long
and respectfully remembered.
SUPERIOR.
Telegram. In the death of Julius
Sterling Morton the country has lost a
man who has rendered it signal service.
His whole life was characterized by a
discreet , honest and careful solicitude
for the whole country. His death is a
material loss.
WEST SUPERIOR.
Inland-Ocean. Few men will be
longer remembered than J. Sterling
Morton , who recently laid down life's
cares. He devoted his life for the bene
fit of mankind , and the results of his
labors will long live in the minds of his
countrymen.
OSHKOSH.
Northwestern. The death of J. Ster
ling Morton removes a man who has
been considered one of the foremost
citizens of this country. The one
thing which will probably do more than
anything else to perpetuate his memory
was his action in founding Arbor Day
FOND DU LAO.
Commonwealth. In office he renderec
his chief as well as the whole people a
good service , applying to it the prinoi
pies which had made his own private
life a success. Mr. Morton had the
courage of his convictions at all times
and constituted a high type of citizen
ship.
NEW MEXICO.
SANTA FE.
New Mexican , Plain and unostenta-
ious , ho led a strenuous life , doing his
country and his fellow citizens great
service.
ALBUQUERQUE.
Citizen. Mr. Morton was a man of
talent and practical experience , and his
services in the agricultural department
were progressive and went far to bring
it to its present high standard of ex
cellence.
IOWA.
DES MOINES.
News. J. Sterling Morton , who died
Sunday , was the Father of Arbor Day.
He was one of the great pioneers in for
est reservation and tree-culture.
The Homestead. Mr. Morton was
possibly best known on account of his
accomplishments while holding the of
fice of secretary of agriculture , and as
bhe originator of Arbor Day , which is
now celebrated throughout this broad
laud.
Capitol. He was endowed by nature
bo play a conspicuous part in the arena
of human activity and this destiny he
creditably fulfilled. In the death of
Mr. Morton , the state of Nebraska loses
a distinguished sou , and the nation a
citizen who believed in the integrity of
her institutions and was ever proud to
do his share in contributing to her wel
fare.
Leader. He was the founder of Ar
bor Day , the holiday which has already
done so much good. April 22nd , his
birthday , has been selected for general
tree-planting , and thus through coming
years Mr. Morton is to be one of the
few Americans whose birthday will be
regularly observed.
Times-Tribune. He will not be re
membered as belonging to this or that
political party , but as an honest , up
right , practical man , whose great heart
overflowed with love for Nature , and
up through Nature to Nature's God.
DAVENPORT.
Times. He was one of those men
whose fitness for their office rests large
ly on the practical backing of experi
ence which supports their active minds.
Democrat. The world loses a good
man in the death of J. Sterling Morton ,
of Nebraska. He was a man of opin
ions and progress and leaves a good
deal to commend him. In his death
the country loses one of its brainy ,
pushing , progressive men whose in
fluence has always been upward and
onward.
BURLINGTON.
Gazette. He was a typical westerner ,
stalwart in his convictions and pro
nounced in his ideas of right and wrong ,
and his unswerving integrity was
Eroverbial. As a citizen of his country ,
e has left a name that any man may
well envy.
AMES.
Times. J. Sterling Morton was one
of the leading men of the west , and has
long been active in the affairs of the
country.
M ARSHALLTO WN.
Republican. Next Arbor Day exer
cises should be devoted to a memorial