MORTON, JULIUS STERLING (1832-1902). An American political leader. lie was born in Adams, Jefferson County, N. V., and when two years old. was taken to Michigan by his parents. He was educated in the Nlethodist Episcopal Academy at Albion. and in 1850 entered the University of Michigan. lie completed his course at Union College, graduating in 1854. and in the year following in Nebraska, first at Bellevue and later at Nebraska City. where he founded and edited the Nebraska City News, the first newspaper to be estab lished in the State. In 1856 and 1857 he was elected to the Nebraska Territorial Legislature, and in 1858 was appointed by President 11u elmllan secretary of the Territory, and became Acting Governor upon the resignation of Gov. \V. A. Richardson, a few months later. in 1866 he was the Democratic' candidate for Governor, but was defeated. From that time until 1881. when lie was again a eamlidate for
Governor. he took no part in polities. In 1893 lie entered the Cabinet of President. Cleveland as Secretary of Agriculture. remaining in ()Hive until 1897. Upon the advent of \Vilna,» -It-li nings Bryan into Nebraska polities he became one of his most active opponents, and identified himself with the Cold-Democratie wing of the Demoeratie Party. In 1901 he was appointed by president McKinley one of the United States Commissioners for the Louisiana Purebaso. Expo sition. Ile was a student of forestry, and was the originator of 'Arblir Day in Nebraska. the observance of which has extended to many other States. .11 the lime of his death he was editing a weekly paper entitled The Congerraticr, in which he opposed most of the 410(1 rines advocated in Bryan's rota moncr.