The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
LINCOLN DAY is CELEBRATED
PLAIN CITY PEOPLES DISPLAY
OF PATRIOTISM.
Governor Wells, Ex-senator Arthur
Brown and Other Prominent Cit
liens Attend the Celebration.
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| Ogden, Feb. 13.-Lincoln's birthday
was celebrated today ait Plain City,
some 500 people attending, of whom 100
were from Ogden and some guests OF
honor from Salt Lake. The affair in
cluded a banquet in the afternoon and
exercises in the evening
Those fregn Salt Lake were Governor
Wells, Arthur Brown Judge Loofbou-
row. W. 0. Lee and several ladies. They
were entertained in Ogden at the We
Der club. and left for Plain City with
the Ogden people at p. m
The citizens of Plain City, under di-
rection of the Ladies' Republican club,
had prepared a banquet in the Amuse-
ment hall. The menu was an elaborate
one.
Toasts We're given as follows:
The American Navy" Hon. j. Z.
Bagley.
The State of Utah." Hon. W.-O. Lee.
Women in Politics." Mrs. NJ. a.
Liberty and It's Blessings" Arthur
Brown.
Irrigation and How the Republican
Party Made 1t Possible" L. B. Adams.
Our Sister Republicans In the
South Mrs. Arthur Brown.
The State Of Iowa" Judge Loofbou-
row.
"The Farmer In Politics. F. j. Hen
dershot.
Miss Mamie Tout sang "Old Glory
A vote of thanks was rendered the
ladies of Plain City and a committee
appointed to draft resolutions comment
orative of the Utah volunteers who
have fallen in battle The news Of the
wounding of Lieutenant Seaman, with
the announcement that the bodies Of the
dead would be returned by the govern
ment, was received by Governor Wells,
who gave it to the meating.
After the banquet the hall was ar
ranged for the evening meeting, when
Edwin Dix of Plain City gave an ad-
dress of welcome and introduced Sid
ney Stevens of Ogden as chairman.
The resolutions regarding our volun-
tears were introduced by Judge Bagley
and adopted.
Judge Loofbourow spoke on The
Party of Lincoln
Governor Wells made an address on
Abraham Lincoln, saying in substance
as follows:
In these dying years of this most
eventful century. when our country is
disturbed over the great national queS-
ton, and when citizens differ and con-
tend over the great national questions,
and their souls are rocked in contem-
pIdllOH OL the GCllOIlS VI lEuOWSf
it is a comfort to know that at least
there is one subject upon which our
minds MAJ dwell in peaceful unison
reverence for our illuStriouS dead.
There lives no citizen in these United
States in whose veins flows the red
blood of liberty and whose heart beats
true devotion to his native land who
cannot join with us upon this day in
paying respect to the memory of
Abraham Lincoln" The speaker then
considered the many sides to LincOln's
character and showed how his life
might be studied almost as a model
by the farmer, lawyer. minister, sol
der, politician and statesman. He
then reviewed the chief incidents in
LincOln's career, quoting apt sayings,
relating anecdotes and making the part
he had played in history stand out
clearl:-.
Arthur Brown spoke on Republican
Leaders, paving particular attention
to Lincoln, Greeley and Seward.
William Glasmann spoke in favor of
expansion.
Miss Myrtle Crocker gave a recita-
ton and Miss Tout another vocal
selection.
The amusement hall was crowded to
its utmost capacity.
The Ogden people returned after I
a. m, the Salt Lakers returning on the
early morning Short Line train.