The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-15
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ogden, Feb. 14-LincOln day was OBJ
served by the long and much-advertised
celebration in the Grand Opera Hous5
tonight. As an occasion for good music
and some fine euIogies of the great
American, it was a success. As a move
ment for reconciling the various fac
lions of the Republican party the sue
cess was not so marked.
Judge Zane did not speak; neither did
Z. K. Rogers, though both were on the
programme, and Rogers appeared on
the stage for u short time after the
beginning of the meeting. His absence
was not explained from the stage.
Judge Zane did not come up from Salt
Lake. Judges Miner and Bartch came
up about noon, caroused around awhile
and then took the train back to the
capital city an hour or so before the
exercises began.
There were two tiers of seats across
the stage, besides the seats reserved for
the speakers in the front row. About
half the stage seats were filled, those
on the stage besides the speakers being
Sidney Stevens. II. c. Wardleigh, VIM.
PETIT, Patsy Healy, VIM. Binford, Fred
Chambers, Mrs. Jennie Nelson, Mrs.
West, Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. T. Gamble.
Miss E. Clark, J. L. Clark, Joseph
Strange, Tom Mercer, Joe Marx. John
S. Houtz, ]. P. Meakin, Mrs. William
Binford, Mrs. P. Healy, Mrs. Z. T.
Woolley. and Mrs. William Driver.
About 20 people came up from Salt
Lake.
The crowd was a little slow in as
sembling, but by $50 the best seats in
the first and second floors We're filed,
about half the audience being ladies.
OPENED BY MURPHY.
At about S:45 the meeting was form
ally opened by Chairman James D.
Murphy who said in part:
We have met to 90 honor to a great
American. l extend TO you in behalf OF
the Abraham Lincoln club. hearty
welcome. IT has been said that this
celebration has been arranged in the
interest of some faction. We have not
met here to make platform. nor do we
ask anyone here what their politics are.
Stlll, the Abraham Lincoln club is a
Republican organization. Ee was a
partisan all his life. and l want to tell
you that no man is too good TO train
with a political party"
GOVERNOR WELLS.
Governor Wells was greeted with
hearty applause when introduced. Gov
ernor Wells said: 1T is one of the
joys of a republic like ours that its
the lives of its great men. We have
met to pay our respects to the greatest
American of the century, Abraham
Lincoln" (Applause.)
= brief sketch Of Lincoln's career
was then given, interspersed with COM
ments by men of Lincoln's time and
quotations from the speeches and meet
ings of the martyred president He
closed with forceful euiogy and was
heartily aDDlauded
The Apollo quartette sang 1.-The Story
of Washington and Lincoln with Fred
Tout doing the solo work This proved
a tremendous hit and in spite of eff
forts of the chairman to make the
crowd wait they had to do it over
q gain.
POEM BY CONDOR
Chairman Murphy then mentioned a.
long list of leading literary men be-
ginning with Shakespeare and ending
with Amasa s. Condor. who read a
poem written for the occasion and en-
titled Abraham Lincoln"
John Z. Bagley made a brief speech
eulogizing Lincoln and the party he
did so much to found and maintain.
Miss Mamie Tout sang Wandering
Love" and made the hit of the even
ing. A cyclone of applause greeted her.
but she did not respond to an encore.
ARTHUR BROWN ON BOLTERS.
Ex-senator Arthur Brown was the