The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-13

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE anniversary of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln was gen
orally observed today by exercises in
the schools and by various banGuets.
The principal banquet of the evening,
however. was the twelfth annual affair
of the Marquette club, which was held
at the Auditorium hotel Fully eco
members of the club were present and
the speeches in reply to the toasts We're
received with great applause. EXPIRES
ident Harrison was the speaker of the
evening and his address on Abraham
Lincoln" was received with enthusiast
tic manifestations Of applause.
President l.. c. PaUlding, of the Mar
quette club, opened the exercises with
a brief address and then introduced
Congressman BOutelle of Illinois, who
spoke on Chicago. 4 Political Storm
Center
EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON.
Ex-President Harrison responded to
the toast Abraham Lincoln. he said
in part:
The observance of the birthday of
Abraham Lincoln, which has now be
come so widely established, will by
public law or by general custom. more
and more force the orators of the occa-
sion to depart from the line of BIZ
ographY and incident and eulogy and
to assume the duty of applying to pend
ing public questions the principle IL
Illustrated in the life and taught in the
public utterancss of the man whose
birth we commemorate.
And, after all. we may be sure that
the great. simpie-hearted patriot would
have wished il so. Fiattery did not
smooth the living ear Of Lincoln. He
was not without appreciation OF friend
ship. not without ambition TO De es-
teemed: but the overmastering and
dominant thought of his life was to be
useful to his country and 10 his coun-
trymen. No college of arts had opened
to his struggling youth He had been
born in {. cabin and reared among the
unlettered. He was 2 raHsplitter, a fiat
boatman, country lawyer.
HE WAS a LEADER.
Yet, in all those conditions and as
sociatiOns he was a ieader-at the rail
splitting. in the rapids, and at the bar.
and in story telling. IN the broad. com
mon sense way in which he did small
things, he was larger than any situa-
ton in which life had placed him. Eu-
rope die not know him. To the south
and TO not q few in the northern states
he was an uncOuth jester, an ambitious
upstart, reckless distuTber. He was
hated by the south not only for his
principles but for himself The son OF
the cavalier the man who felt toll to be
a stain. despised this son Of the pso-
pie: this child of toll. He was dis
tinguiehed from the abolition leaders
by the fairness and Eindlinsss with
which he judged the south and the
STAKEHOLDER. He was opposed to human
slavery. not because some masters We're
cruel, but upon reasons that kindness
TO the slave did not answer
LIBERTY THE LAW OF NATURE.
"AH men" included the black man.
Liberty is the law of nature. The hu-
man enactment cannot pass the limits
Of the state; COOS law embraces ere
alton.
Mr.. Lincoln had faith in time. and
time has justified his faith. II the
panorama of the years from 81 to 90
could have been unrclied before the
eyes of his cOuntrymen, would they
have said-would he have said-that he
was adequate for the great occasion?
And yet, as we look back over the story
of the civil war. he is revealed to US.
standing above all men of that epoch.
in his capacity and adaptation to the
duties of the presidency.
LOVED PLAIN PEOPLE.
Mr.. Lincoln loved the plain people"
out of whose ranks he came. but not
with a class love. He never pandered
To ignorance or sought applause by
appeals to prejudice. The equality of
men in rights and burdens: justice to
ali. a government by all the people,
for all the people. was his thought
no favoritism il enactment or admin
istraJions; the general good.
He had the love of the masses. and
r. - 70 f,T~-
he could. therefore, admOnish and re-
strain with authority. He was a man
who could speak to all men and be
heard. Would there We're more such
There is great need of men now who
could be heard both in the directors
meeting and in the labor assembly.
he Is BELOVED.
Qualities Of heart and mind combined
to make a man who has Won the love
of mankind. He is beloved. He stands
like q great lighthouse TO show the
way of duty to all his countrymen and
TO send afar a beam Of courage to (
those who beat against the winds We
do him reverence. We bless tonight /
the memory of Lincoln
Following Mr.. Harrison came Justice !
David J. Brewer OF the United States /
supreme court, who spoke eloquently on !
THE Nations Anchor" the court of I
which he is a member. He was follow |
ed by Lyman J. Gage, secretary of the !
treas ury. who spoke as follows on /
Government Finances"
After giving a brief financial history /
of the nation during the administra- !
ton of President Lincoln, and up 10 the /
time OF resumption OF specie payments |
in 1879, the speaker asked why these /
rotes were not retired. and why are |
they. regarded even as money itself. In 1
answer 10 his own question. he pointed /
cut the assistance the banks rendered |
the government during the war as
proof that the banks are the bulwark !
OF the state itself; that while they adj |
vanced $3.50, 600. 600 in gold TO the gov
ernment. the gold reserve Of the banks |
had been depleted only 100000. Mr. /
Cage continued:
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
I'VE have seen that the interjection