Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-23

of potted flowers and plants and Others
were placed at the corners of the stage
The proscenium was decorated with
eyergreens, and on the right
side was a splendid portrait
Of the dead Emperor wreathed with
eyergreens, while at the left was another
picture wreathed in the same way. The
stage was also handsomely decorated with
evergreens and American flags, all of which
bore streamers Of crepe. At the back OF
the stSge was another large American flag
draped in the same way. All those who
occupied the stage wore in the lspels OF
their coats, o small blue flower with a piece
Of crepe attached, which represented the
violet, the favorite flower of the Emperor.
All the committees in charge of the
affair had done their work well, and it was
carried out in q highly successful and
creditable manner. The demonstration
was douhly appropriate in view of the fact
that yesterday was the D~iBety-irst ami
versary Of the Emperor's birth, and had be
been alive it is more than probable that
some celebration of the occasion would
have been held.
Following is the complete programme of
exercises.
The Growing March, from The Prophet
Opera House Orchestra.
Opening Address .........~Hou. Augustus Pollack
Chorus-"Prayer".. -. ..........E Kremzar
Arion, Ge,mania. Mennerchor, Beethoven and
Mozart Singing Societies.
Military March~"soldiers' Lii" ....-.Ke,a Bella
Opera HouSs Orchestra.
cSorGs@aPTaycr Before the Battle. .......s....
AL the Singing Societies.
SRe esS ~~.......Rea by C6fistIsn s scRnePf
Chorus -"waeht am Rhein" .............~......
By all the Singing Societies.
Hon. Augustus Pollack presided over
the meeting and after the Opera House
Orchestra had opened the programme with
the overture, hs addressed the audience as
follows:
Friends and FslOr Citizens, Ladies aud Gea-
uemsN:
Your presence here this evening shows
that you take q great interest in this de-
monstration and is an expression of your
love for the Father-land. We owe thanks
10 the different committees for their ex-
cellent work in making the arrangements
for this occasion; to the press for its part
in helping it along; to the Superin-
tendent Of the Park for so beauti-
fully decorating the stsge, to the Opera
House orchestra, the speakers, the singing
societies, and all Others who have 80 sue
cessfully assisted in perfecting this dem
o~nstratiOn.
This vast asssmblage here tonight and
these exercises, and similar ones all over
the country, show that the German people
everywhere sympathize with the bereaved
household of the dead Kaiser, and desire
TO express that sympathy in q public
manner.
After giving q brief outline OF the object
of the demonstration, Mr.. Pollack closed
by saying that he would desist from going
into a history of the brilliant career of the
dead Emperor and would leave that for the
speakers of the evening. Mr.. Pollack
then introduced Rev. Vim. Ulfert, who
made an address in German, of which the
following is a brief outline:
REV. wM. ULFERT.
Kaiser Williams name is known all over
the world, said the speaker, and is justly
respected, and while W. are all good and
loyal American citizens, still We all pos
sess q warm feeling for the dead Emperor
and his family. The speaker went on to
say that ne had been an officer in the En-
peror's army and had served under that
distinguished soldier and ruler. He then
gave a short history Of some Of the promi.
nent events in the life ofthe Emperor, COM
pairing him to George Washington as o
of Father Of his country. He spoke
of the reign of Emperor William and how
great and prosperous the German Empire
had become under his administration. He
gave n short biographical sketch OF the
dead Kaiser and ended with . glowing
eulogy.
The chorus by the singing societies was
well rendered, after which President Pol
lock introduced Hon. A. W. Campbell.
MR. C~AMPBELL's ADDRESS.
Mr.. A. W. Campbell, the English orator
Of the evening, was then introduced and
received with applause.
In his opening remarks the speaker al
luded to the fact that in some parts OF the
country there had been opposition and d.
vision among the GeImans in regard to the
propriety of this mefnofial tribute to the
dead Emperor. He was at a loss to under
stand how q feeling of this kind could arise
among intelligent and patriotic Germans.
he did not understand this tribute TO he in
any sense a recognition Of the hereditary
principle in Germany or elsewhere, much
less the divine right claim Of the Hoben-
zollern dynasty, OF which the dead En-
psror was such q conspicuous and tenacious
representative. IL is rather in spite of all
this, in spite of the early history Of the
monarch, that this tribute TO his memory
Ia paid.
This demonstration is only in part per-
soDal TO him who was born this day ninety
one years ago. 1t is chiefly in honor Of
what he achieve in the last score of his
long and memorable career. No truly ap-
preciative person, German or American, or
even French, can withhold personal ad-
miration Of this grand character. In the
days of our Revolution there were English
statesmen who could perceive and scknowl=
the greatness Of George Washington.
In the days Of our late war there were pa.
in the North who could see that the
thief commander on the Southern side was
asst in q noble mould of manhood. So it is
a this case that intelligent and apprecia-
i've people, irrespective Of nationality or
ondicting opinion, recognize in the late
Of Germany o man such "A
IA-.haspsass kadir nind whSn no chaxac-l
cried the King of Denmark as "a man
pom whom every god had SET his seal TO
i've the world assurance of q man"
This was true Of the late Emperor, men,
ally and morally. He was o kipgly mar,
nd not even Rarharcssa himself, the ideal
Emperor Of Germany's most chiyalric era,
vas q more kniRhuy nan in ell his in
tincts. Under all the fierce lightn that
re are told ''beats upon q throne" he
TODD the test Of manhood.
What more than this test can be de-
handed of human nature, when we come
o stand by the grave Of any The
OF his birth, the traditions Of his
,ouse, the severity and isolation Of his
arly military life, the weakness Of his
all these ~conspired to precipitate
into the d~eplorable collision with the
,eople in 1913; than even those who
and spoke Of him "a . monster
anne at last 70 know that he bad q great
oui, that he sincerely loved his people,
md that his pateIna instincts and sym
were as wide % the fatherlsnd.
We mist measure kings as we do other
men, By thsir environments. To be born q
a~ohsnzollern prince, n far back - 1877,
md to have witnessed the doodofdemonl-i