Show TENDER TRIBUTE OF CLEVELAND Former President Speaks at Unveil Unveiling ing of Morton Statue THOUSANDS WERE PRESENT CEREMONY TOOl TOOK PLACE AT OLD MORTON HOMESTEAD City Neb eb Oct OoL la the tha presence p pre e of ot O G o and led wIth elaborate ceremonies a statue of J Sterling Morton secretary Her of or agriculture ture In the last Cleveland cabinet and aft founder of Arbor day dey was unveiled at Morton park title this afternoon Sterling Morton orton a 11 grandson on of the secretary drew dw aside the curtain which exposed eX O e l the statue to view There Ther were six sis addresses addrell tf the principal of which was that thai of ot Mr Cleveland which was Ii a at touching eulogy of or his bis former cabinet and aud a d personal l friend Other addresses addressee ea were by Governor Mickey who bo the visitors Hilary A Herbert David Da viti R Francis Francia Adlai Stevenson and Dr George Geors L th the latter of ot Omaha Weather Was Ideal I eal Perfect weather greeted the thou thousands sands an of or eJ Who Wh tO ne to witness tl n unveiling of the tho Morton n monument Th The al train carrying former formel Pros Pres 1 end lid Mrs rR Cleveland and of ot nearly near nesri 1110 arrived over ever r the th Burlington at t hI hi u th the morning In this party were wore former Vice President Stevenson t Paul Morton Morum daughter Miss Pauline P Morton Joy I Morton Mark Morton former cS ere Ury tary Hilary E I Herbert Hubert Dr and Mm Mrs Bryant of New York Da David Dav vid v 4 14 H R Francis Frands Joseph Josiph Jo h Gr Green n Michael James H II Eckels and P F 13 L 14 Evans Evan President K Eo P Ripley of the tue Santa Fe railway Ci G C K D Harris and Ii B T Cable also arrived by s ecial train trainA I A reception r JUon committee met those th Se and ald I other oUter guests and they were escorted to Arbor Lodge where they thoy were guests of ut Joy J r Morton torton until the unveiling ceremony ceremony I emony at It t Morton park lark this afternoon Governor Mickey and anti staff wore ware met by company O C Nebraska national guard by whom horn they were escorted to the blind bUnd institute where here they wore were guests of the tue superintendent John Jolla W l chairman of tho the lH I lt eI t r thi th orial IK O I y rr Ji i at dt UK fh IP ul 1 I t I Mickey who delivered the address s of l I welcome Eulogy The principal address was by Grover Cleveland who said saidI I r have hUe not come to the th surviving family of J Sterling Morton and anti to those who were life his hi intimate friends and neighbors neighbor for or the purpose of ot o bringing from afar superfluous recital of his virtues and ap an mental endowments You who within the sacred precincts of or o his home homo knew the warmth w of bi his love you who daily found cheer and delight in III the tile sunlight of his steady constant friendship and you ou his im mi fellow citizens who have been to admiration and attachment by bV b his M unselfish sl and effective labor in behalf of those with whom lila hia lot was cast ca t need no words of mine to arouse i In your mind minda I the sentiments which be i fit t this commemorative occasion Even Een though all were the beautiful monument here would itself I eloquently signify the lo love lOe e and friend friendship 1 ship and admiration which l are today revived by b the tue recollection of an nn dutiful and ami useful m rue lire e I But I am not here llert without a mis mh mission sion slon I would fain Interpret this mon non monument message to me as it recalls my close companionship and tion in the tile discharge dt hargo of or the tho highest public duty with the man we e honor I am here to give evidence concerning the thin s lie he revealed to me in the light of that companionship and coop This is but to testily testify te Uy to his lofty civic righteousness his simple and sure standards stan ards of public pu fc morality his stern insistence on official honesty honest his lIs sturdy adherence to opinions deli daub deliberately and aud conscientiously adopted his hisen generous en concession conces ion to others of ot every Hory result rosult of their efforts and his passion passionate ate desire do lre to serve the bast bt lJ t interests In his lila fellow countrymen countryman co Faithful to Every Trust I am required for the sake of ot exaggerated tribute to Insist that in 10 the mero inane possession lon of these virtues our friend wits was distinguished above till nIl others But it must munt bo be said saW that he stood out from amidst a vast congro congre congregation gation gatlon of f r others other who believed and md knew the lie right e in defense of o the th right light us its he Ito believed ed and knew IL tl he be was wa willing Milling to tight light and amI suffer not hot only in a It small n ull arena of private and sud social existence ext but in lit the fiercer fi ller deadlier amphitheatre of 0 public life liCe hi He believed that the same care end and nd good faith exacted by a fl r trust under taken for or an individual were due to the hie from those who assumed of o responsibilities and he believed that waste in public expenditure was sin sm These beliefs were not in his hia mind mere comfortable ed t mildly stimulating to luR ness but w wore were re active Incentives to bat the tle The noxious atmosphere of gov goi governmental Un extravagance could not hot blind his eyes oyen nor por could the ridicule lc of if who had tU off at of or or Ims thit at alg ft o 0 of who ly contrived to t appropriate ate public fund fundo to private to gair dr him to Je with rong Bold and defiant In the midst of or It li he took brave brae counsel or of conscience con lence as did the dauntless Father f t the Re Reformation Reformation formation who cried o Q v co tt his tor tormentors mentors nr I cannot win m not re retract retract retract tract anything any thIns for t against con en conscience c n science is unsafe lly Fought for the Right Thus Titus It was wap wap that our friends fine moral perception and his h love of rectitude rectitude tude shed a bright and unwavering light on the patti path of or official om lal obligation and thus did his clear discernment of ot duty dut lend impressiveness to his efforts towards the highest usefulness u in public office It t iv was as keen i Intelligence and a n d his worldly wisdom that taught him that an effective equipment for the best bast public service needed a n large admixture mixture a of ot sterner stuff and there was never a servant of the people who in their cause met misrepresentation and unjust accusation tion with more fortitude or 01 saw the tbt submergence of relations with more resignation oV ir dealt deaU harder blows to dishonesty and wrong whether wh lurking with friends or r foes As a pioneer among the settlers setters of the great west he espoused with af nt zeal every movement or in Iii Interest terest that promised its Us development an and J prosperity but even this he lIe die did with such strict subordination to the thc commands of conscience and with such courageous reliance upon the tho strength that comes of or clear conviction conviction tion that In lB advocating his Jl beliefs on tn a economic econ and financial topics he hid not hesitate he to attack the opinions ns and prejudices of with whom h he had made his home There was no bitter nets n s of heart in all aU this but there was the positive rugged earnestness s of a strong determined man marl quite content to trust time and s eser second thought for fol his vindication Indication Founder of Arbor Arb r Day Our friend loved nature na re with con oon constancy constancy stancy tancy f dad delight and through na nature nature nature ture he was led to a re reverent erent lOve of the maker of tha Uta universe He Ha served the purposes of God Cod Godon on earth arih and taught his fellow countrymen countryman to realize their relationship i to nature and the th father of ot all created things when he established the th planting of trees as a of general observance ob eran o among our people This work was done with without out trumpeting the praise of the tite mart man who founded Arbor day ay and without perverting Its j beneficent design to o the exploitation of his tame fame It i wah a done modestly and quietly in keeping with the disposition of its it promoter and his bin estimate of reasonable service No beautiful crest or elaborate coat cont of arms arias arms would so well illustrate lila bis grand simplicity or typify the spirit in which this project had bad its rIse and comple completion c tion as its by a growing tree surmounting th legend Plant Trees Pioneer and Statesman Though the erection of this monument ment may have hov had its us beginning in inthe Inthe Inthe the loving appreciation of Arbor day da wo we cannot escape the feeling that It would tell but little of the storY of the life lito and the founder of that day If It there were not ably abl inscribed upon it the words pio plo pioneer fleer neer statesman scholar as 9 well as astree astree astree tree planter And even with ith all that has bas been here and inscribed those them who wh knotS knew k him hint best and a d loved him most cannot see in this dull cold effigy any presentment pr of the tender tenderness ness itens j Jand nd unceasing affection of ot the and md brothel and the cheerful cheerfulness ness nd mirth which in his hours of relaxation he brought to his hi home and I fireside fir Side nor the and contagious co good which he hr gave gae gaeto to Ultimate companionship The monument I ment meat that recalls features of ot his hla heart and soul Is bullion billJ the hallowed ground of pL Lesson of Mortons Life And yet none should 50 go 0 from irom thin place 1 by the l 1 eson 9 on h thia lb sta ch s Here we I should learn tHat und rupt edby ed by the contagion of ot Ignoble things and by the corrosion of ot sordidness and Is the I cornerstone of every truly useful life Ure and of every genuinely elY noble achieve achievement achIevement ment We shall do violence to the j moral morU sense gense which God has vouchsafed yo i ito to humanity If amid the surroundings i we close our minds to t the truth that character chara ter e real value alue of ofa ofa 1 a man according to the unalterable standard of ot fine gold and that it dif differs i fers fern immeasurably from reputation which measures a mans worth by the shifting and untrue standards of mean mc n ambition successful cupidity We have fallen upon unon days when our peo pee people pie Itle are aro more than ever evor turning away from their old faith in the saving grace of character and flocking to the wet wor worship 01 ship of or moneymaking Idols Daily and hourly in the light of ot investigation and exposure characterless lives Ues are seen in appalling numbers without chart ehart or compass crowded upon tho the rocks and shoals of 01 faithlessness and und I breach of trust How Mow Ill III have these wrecked lives exchanged changed e the safe course and ana the harbor of honor and usefulness which wl character and rectitude rectitude rectitude tude point out for a wild and head hea headlong headlong long rush over unknown seas in a consuming search for pelt pelf Worthy of Emulation If our people ever return again a to their trust in character as a steadying d lm in our restless enterprise and im lin immense mouse mense material grow growth th It v wilt ill be when they take to heart the full tull significance I I of such a commemoration as na this Wo We l J memorialize a ft man who not n t only earned the lasting g lonor of his countrymen n t but whose life in all things worthy of high endeavor was wn abundantly suc sue successful successful As At 9 a pioneer who labored ored to improve the new country of his home he lived to see it blossom as the rose as a scholar he lie cultivated his own mental m powers and acquired knowledge in Iii order that he might h lie be able to in instruct instruct and benefit others as a states nates statesman ates man he lIe left the fess s of or high bight aspi aspiration aspiration aspiration ration upon our citizenship lp and of use usefulness se and fidelity upon our public life liCe and as the father of or tree plant planting lUg ing he lie gained the grateful remembrance remembrance brance of or the old and young of or the present generation and that of ot genera generations generations generations yet unborn All AU those these things he wrought out through the power of a 0 strong wholesome patriotic and beau character Example to Be Sc Heeded Let those of oC u us who were his fel tel fellow tellow fellow low citizens and knew lila his life heed his example to the end that our work may maj be more inure unselfish un and more mora loyal to the purposes of God and the better betterment betterment ment meat of ot our fellow follow mono men Let his SOUl sons SOUlin In whom was centered all his worldly prid that the only success Uce s that Is satisfying and und honorable honora le is i that achieved in their fathers athers spirit 8 nil high resolve It n Is ts that t lat this monument should recall memories that must not noto tile dio o it is well that it should arouse amuse arou tho tIle living to noble endeavor But to the dead doad it Il avails not hot He HO hat has roared reared his Ills own oun monument more durable than brass or stone U Secretary Herberts Herbert Tribute Former Secretary S Hilary A Herbert ono one of Mr 11 Mortons cabinet ate aLes was tho the next speaker In ill the tho course of or lila his remarks Mr Herbert said saidI I never knew a better or a u man alan Sitting near him for four foul our years ear earli around aroun the council table of the th dent matters of ot great moment were continuously being discussed ne neer nev er en did I hear from him an opinion upon any lany question foreign or 01 domestic that was ivan not direct and to the point anti and worthy of ot great consideration and anti neither thero there nor iw elsewhere did didI I ever discover in hint him n spark of jealousy or revolutionary or any au other fo tin nfl worthy orthy of the Christian gentleman 11 that ho l to was 1 Tho rile model m d l 1 afew a t ew CW York VoIle sculptor g d bY bv the tha memorial association after attel having u be been be n examined in competition with Uh set sev several SC 1 eral others at the Chicago Alt institute 1 tute The object sought in the design is 15 to combine simplicity with dignity and Impressiveness thus typifying t the th manliness and a d no nobility mt which charac tharal characterized tensed the life of the father of or Arbor Arborday day The central figure in the design is of course the statue of Morton orton him himself himself himself self which h stands stand upon massive a yet ct graceful pedestal in an attitude char characteristic of ot his strong life lite At t the tho toot Loot of the pedestal stands a graceful wood sprite her left hand tenderly protecting pi p young oung growing tree syn sym symbolizing the ideal ex expressed expressed x pressed by Mr rr Mortons simple form formula formula onn ula Blant trees A semicircular stone stono bench stands sit nit some distance back of or the pedestal and forming terming a fries around round it tile weeds Pioneer statesman scholar tree planter plantAr Upon the pedestal Itself is inscribed l J S Sterling Morton Father cf Arbor ArborDay ArborDay Day Da Plant Trees The reverse of ot the pedestal bears a concise sketch of Mr Ir Mortons life lICe and public services I |