Ogden Sun | 1905-10-31 | Page 7 | Monument to Morton Unveiled

cleveland and herbert eulogize the dead nebraska city neb ocl 28 in the presence of persons and with elaborate ceremonies a statue of J sterling morton secretary of agriculture inthe in the last cleveland cabinet and founder of arbor day was unveiled at morton park this afternoon sterling morton a grandson of the secretary drew aside the curtain which exposed the statue to view there were six addresses the pal of which was that of mr cleveland which was a touching eulogy of his former cabinet officer and personal friend other addresses were by governor mickey who welcomed the visitors hon hilary A herbert david R franci s mr stevenson and dr george L miller the latter of omaha in the course of his remarks mr herbert said 1 I never knew a better or a purer man sitting near him for four yeara around the council table of the president where matters of great moment were continually being discussed never did I 1 hear from him an lort upon any question foreign or domestic that was not direct and to taft point and worthy of great consideration and neither there nor elsewhere did I 1 ever discover in him a spark of jealousy or revolutionary or any other feeling unworthy of the christian gentleman that he was SWEDISH CABINET RESIGNS stockholm sweden oct 28 the cabinet has resigned it was formed solely with the object ot carrying out