The Portland daily press., 1901-02-13

for this contamination devoutly TO be
wished. Born In poverty. reared amidst
want and sadversity, he became, under
God, the instrument that delivered slave
and master from the blighting institu-
tion that was swiftly carrying the nation
to its death. He wrought tor those who
came after him. IL we had contracted
under Lincoln we would never have ex.
pAnded under Mckinley. The cry OF the
oppressed in Cuba would have bssn heard
UNDECIDED by an aggregation OF warning
states composing several unstable repuh.
lies We are great now, ana Will increase
in greatness because we had Lincoln 60
save th9 nation amidst the shock ana
clash OF arms In the greatest war OF any
time. And SO tonight, the Sunilower OF
the prairie and the Pinetree of the forest
do homage to Lincolu's name and fame.
At the conclusion of Congressman
Longs eloquent address, President
Moore introduced Walter q. Emerson
who was given a cordial reception, and
whose spec oh was one OF the brigt test Of
tn evening.
Mr.. Emerson expressed pleasure In
joining with the club in greeting the very
eminent gentlemen from the West and
the very elegant gentlemen from the East
who had torn themselves away from the
biennial appropriations. " was also very
gratifying, he said, to meet face to face
under ons roof, dining together In har-
mony, so many candidates for mayor,
"among others mentioned"
In reviewing some features OF the last
campaign he mentioned Mr.. Croker 81
one of the gentlemen who had done muot
toward elscting the Republican tickei
ana recommended him for reward. Hs
also drew on n humorous picture OF thai
famous dinner In New York where Mr
Irving winslow's candidate for the presi-
dency, MIR. Bryan, was surrounded by a
magnificent collection OF me 'anohoiy, dis
satistied impossibles from whom were 60
be selected the successors OF Secretaries
Hay, Gage, Long and Root. lt 10 just al
well to know what we escaped.
These Lincoln anniversaries mean more
and more to us as time goss ON and the
country grows. What have his Success
sors done with ths heritage left BY she
great preservsr? Those "persons sitting
| in darkness" see only gloom and disaster
America has broken away from her moor
inqs, and former President. VINO leit
the country at sea without chart, com
pass or business, Is now very mnch oon
oerned because he thinks the country II
again at sea without chart, compass or
reason. Nothing Ia for the best, all is fol
the worst. / would not quarrel witt
those who differ manfully on questions
/ OF national policy. / would quarrel will
those who see only wrong and greed and
dishonesty in the doing OF deeds tina
must be done. They have been every thiul
in all parties and nothing in any party
the perpetual pessimists of politics. Anc
| let me tell you that Lincoln reminds ms
/ OF the gentlemen who call themselve
auti-im mperialists, because he was d
| different-his whole life the antithesis o
| the iconocIast. Lincoln did things Thel
| lind fault with everything. Lincoln was
steadfast aud courageous. They trembl
| az shadow. In darkest moments Lin
| coin was brightest, always kope1ul, IL
/ brigh lest moments they are darkest, al
ways hopeless. Lincoln built up. They
tear down, And now to cheer them III
In their gloom they have taken on tina
great International humorist, Mark
Twain, who, thank Heaven, does no
/ cease to be humorous when he fegins u
be serious. An Innocent Abroad FOR fou
years, he comes home and unds hii
country guilty-guilty OF greatness. Ant
/ he proceeds TO quarrel with his cab driv'
| er In Twenty-ssventh street ami his Presi
dent in the North American Review.
Their very last argument in the las
camuaiRn was this: The ReDuhlicaI
party, beaten ON principle always hoist
/ the old nag. polishes up the olu bras
cannon and calls for votes" And 4
offset they proposed TO tear down thi
''oId flag" spike the old brass canAoi
aud Issue a general invitation flor every
body TO Jump on us. They cry aloud
"Move out OF the Philippines bag, bag
gage and flag" when they know yer!
we'll that never for a moment has 1t beei
possible to move out of tine philippine Q
since the first shot In the battle OF Manil
bay. They cry aloud that we, q peopl
boasting or liberty, deny liberty to 4
Deople for the first time on the threshold
of freedom. when they know very wei
that the party in power did not take tn
shackles fran four million slaves In th
South to put them on tsn million slave
In the East They cry aioud-and
heard this with my own ears, "If W
had not been in the Philippines we
would not have been in China" wheI
they know very well that it was our uut,
to be In China, 90 protect the lives ans
property Of American men and the live