Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-02-15

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cey NJ. Depew presided over and deliy-
cred the principal address at the four
teenth annual Lincoln dinner OF the
Republican club at Demonico last
night The dinner was attended by
over 500 members of the club and
guests. A notable guest present was
! Lincoln registrar of the treasury. l..
| L, Chittenden now an cctogernarian
Among other guests of honor were Alb
ner Mckinley, Gen, Arson G. MtCook,
Gen. Samuel Thomas, Gen Henry Ia.
| Burnett, Attorney General John W.
Griggs and Congressman Robert G..
cousins OF Iowa. Speaking to the
toast Abraham Lincoln, Congress ;man
| Cousins said in part. The dream of
the 18th century was free governments
! democracy, the thought that ciyillz d.
enlightened men could govern them
selves, and that security, progress and
| endurance would attend that system,
But tt was doubted by the world even
after our independence had been
achieved, doubted when Abraham Lin
coin was born, doubted when a free
people chose him as their president.
me test of rebellion had not yet been
made, When ii came most of the old
worlds lntelleCts volunteered the
force and influence OF their opinlons
aainst the possibility of the survival
of the republic. Half century has
passed since all men learned Llncoln's
name, and we have aain come as cit
liens OF that permanent, perfect
union, to voice our gratitude to him
who studied out the way, to him who
said; We shall nobly save, or meanly
lose, the last, best hope of earth
Mr. Depew said in part 1T is an
interesting question as we close one
century and enter upon another, TO
speculate as to who will survive OF the
nineteenth as representative Of what
has been done during these hundred
years Though we are only one cen
fury in advance Of the 18th, yet of all
worthless who fill the mind and eye of
the generations of that period only
Nv" "i' liNtl9dllS anu commonly
recognized Of all men George Wash
ington and Napoleon Bonaparte. When
the twentieth shall have been lost in
the twenty and the story OF the
nineteenth is recalled / doubt if there
will be in the mind Of the ave, age man
or woman any better known name in
Europe than Bismarck and in America
than Lincoln. .incoln dared proclaim
that the United States could not I've
half free and half slave He aroused
q storm of protest, discussion and de-
nunciation by his emancipation procla-
nation as violation of the constitu-
ton even ii it saved the country. VII ch
was only equaled by the de-
nunciaton from the same class of
minds of the action of presid Mt
Mckinley in sanetioning the aequisi-
zion OF new territories and the impo-
silion OF American institutions upon
Porto Rico and The Philippines, A
student of the teachings Of Lincoln
VIII find instructive lessons applicable
- the present conditions In Kentucky
The situation IN that commonwealth
brings emphatcally to the front one
Of the perils of our Institutions Dis
missing The tragedy, which we all la
ment and which was a elimination Of
kentucky's electoral difficulties. we
come al once To the lesson Of Lincoln
/ he whole spirit and philosophy Of
lincoln's politics was the power of
the people No statesman ever so
thoroughly believed that the voice Of
the people Is the voice Of God Goebe
prepared and had enacted the election
law which went by his name, whose
ayowed object was 20 prevent the peo-
pie from hayin their Will un-
less their votes were In ac-
cordance with his wishes This
crime against liberty and popular
government aroused such Indignation
among the intelligent honest voters Of
Kentucky that they repudiatel this in
ing majority Upon orders from
chiefs thousand votes were thrown
out in different localities, When this
wholesale slaughter Of suffrage SIN
left large majority against G,eb |,
his associates on the arrival II the re-
| turns To the supreme board al the
capitol, the American conscience of
two ~ the Judges rose superior TO the
partisan demand for the commi sion Of
tho highest crime known TO free gov
eminent Against that judgment Goe-
bel and his associates appealed TO the
leg stature % use the authority which
tina body possesses, for the purpose OF
car wing ont the original election
which would produce consequences
from which imagination shrinks'
WIVES or MISSIONARIES DIE.