New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
WOODRUFFIN BRYAN'.S STATE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON
"FROM LINCOLN TO MKINLEY"
AT NEBRASKA CAPITAL.

Lincoln, Neb March 2i-The first annual din
ner of the Abraham Lincoln Republican Club of
Nebraska was held tonight at the New Lincoln
Auditorium, bringing together the leaders OF the
party In Nebraska as we'll as many from neigh
boring States The dinner marks the opening of
the Republican campaign in Nebraska
The ceremony begaR at 3 O'clock and many
women were at the tables. The attendance was
large. John N Baldwin of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
who acted as POSTMASTER. spoke briefly before
introducing the first speaker, Lieutenant Gov
einor Timothy L. Woodruff of New-York. Mr..
woodruff responded to the sentiment From
Lincoln to Mckinley" He said in part:
Of In ia this place at this banquet under the auspices
PotGat Organization In your state the toast aS
itself an Inspiration. SO marked is the similarity
of their character and career, as written by the
of these two men may be invited without fear of
portions and features two men could hardly differ
ment for public life the similarity between them is
M he as S'h Of e a%
Each bore arms for his country and each served
six years separated the beginning Of their ad minis
trations, each entered office four years after
sion, and at once each secured for the alleva ton
ministration Of eaeh the country was suddenly
was, carried to successful Gonc lsi9n by the mas
ter hand of the Chief Executive. Close in the con-
sentiment Of the Nation Lincoln moulded the
sse's% of IRsS2s 8? Vital
M Of of the the Sedp ON the aBG
vital Vital to the Industrial life Of the Nation. The
9 Of oe ssHes of he and
the liberation OF their white masters from wholly
Of McKinieys Admins ton has been the liberia;
sFouGed 'f 3 tf the da ark the
tenth I century rePnblicaRism, and now this last
yestge Of the Old World desP6tsWv has oeG4 e@ 0p
s n5SFaeto TOT all '''''s 'O" ''''
WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED.
Lincoln guided the Ship of State safely amid MD the
rarest diplomacy narrowly averting war with Eng
land: Mckinley with equal success steeaeq p Geas
Of Continental Europe who path ed With s6nf Spain In
Se Eq E had R6h AND Mcns
cised their constitutional rights as Cnmmen Myers IN
in the in which the one received te bd
announcing the victories tor st0 OF of
the Northern Army the othe, reGeved GasegTam
ana directed the maneuvres the victorious Army
and Navy of the United States In go concluding
all and malice toward none -. ,-o,rosra
nc fbaT Services and even Their lives for their
countrys cause was waged In the interest e o5
st ua P between and liberty loving
one side pnd equally a h oFSsT Mc
Kinlev's war In which the of Nebraska again
bore an honorable part, also In the interest OF
human liberty but was a short, decisive contest
between a kingdom whose methods or oppression
the Civil War had enjoyed all the blessings of lib
ertv. The of Lincolns time with all its horrors
with all unprecedented loss of life and property
aroused the American people to a realization or
their greatness, that in McKnleys time IT is
the universal verdict that the Republic OF the
respects and in all directions than II secession by
force Of arms had not been undertaken. AS Lincoln
in 1865 liberated three millions of slaves and told
them they citizens OF the United States. so
Mckinley in 1898 has liberated ten millions OF the
inhabitants OF the islands OF the
would doubtless have established amtcahle rela-
lions between the North and the South. It. how
ever was reserved for Mckinley to finally heal the
breach by appointing to important commands such
ex-Confederate commanders as Joe" Wheeler and
Fitzhugh Lee and by calling upon the people OF the
North and the West to cherish the memory and
guard OF the Southern dead. Dissensions
rrav hereafter in the great union family, but
in the OF the proverbal domestic circle. out
side interference only result In a closer bond
hors The UNPARALLELED spectacle has been afforded
the nations OF the world OF the bitter enemies OF
generation marching side by side In a war for
human liberty and human progress The sounds OF
strife the bugle call the drum the resonant cannon
neal echo more in the valleys of Dixie nor among
assemble no more In the Nation established by
Washington. saved by Lincoln and expanded by
Mckinley. except for one nurpose-defence against
external Interference and for the protection OF
glorious world respected flag.
Norris Brown. of Kearney. Neb. and Governor
Shaw of Iowa also made addresses.