Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13
NATION KEEPS LINCOLN DAT
Observes AHnivsrsAry Of hsrtyrsd President
in Many Cities.
MINISTER WI PAYS A WARM TRIBUTE
AmOnE Other NOtable Orators Are
secretary Ions, Senator'S DePew
and Neutrality-suspicious.
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Not Forgotten.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. 1.-THE
Lincoln club OF this city celebrated the
birthday OF Lincoln tonight with a banquet,
Congressman, William Alden Smith bring
ing q number OF guests from Washington.
The principal guest was Minister WI. The
Chinese Minister was warmly welcomed
when he arose to respond to a toast. He
said in aart:
Looking back through the vista of time,
l am Inclined TO think that the civil war,
coming. as Il did. was not altogether a bad
thing for the country. Measured by the
sword and tie quantity of blood spilled on
the battlefield, the war was undoubtedly
the n I rISsiouS re esliPis axcihie Sed % csisf among ny
which was the settlement Of the slavery
question. the war was not an unmixed Evil
Incubus weighing heavily upon. the, nfs
and energy OF tbs nation. II had hung
Il IKE had q ns Siyide shaf fSs c SSsT Tss into TsOif h0 5saR;
faetionsLone working for ite abolition and
The other for its extension Under such
to be settled before the country could enter
upon the road of prosperity and peace:
unsettled, the people wasted their time and
thought In bitter controversy, and all the
important matters pertaining 70 internal
~relsgated 70. the background.
The war came and Lincoln cut the Cor
patton proclamation. With the abolition
new life.
Notes Radical Change.
What a change in the condition. of things
from what they were no further back than
two or three decades agoi Then the In
dustries OF the country required govern
ment protection for their healthy. growth
not only in domestic, but in foreign mar
kets. Then the United States was coAtent
to keep aloof from the rest Of the world;
now you are not to be satisfied with any
thing less than a world power: ~ is the
irresistible logic of events that has brought
about the new order. OF things o .vA
The question now lie whether you Amer
loans realize the change. FortunatelyNyou
have men at the helm1of affairs :thatscan
lens which confront the nation. President
Mckinley sounded the keynote 10 the pres
exclusiYeness Is past. Reciprocity. treaties
are in harmony with the spirit OF The
Now, cannot this grand principle Of .re-
ciprocity be applied to the intercourse be-
tween China and the United States? Is 1t
q matter Of Business that this should b be
done? In order to pave the way for inter-
change Of friendly ofices,-for the profit;
able employment OF American capital and
American energy in the development OF
China to the ADVANTAGE OF both-the estab-
lishment of good feeling betweenlthe people
OF the two countries Is a primary requisite.
There should be no .invidioue. discrimina-
ton Lon Of any kind whatever. Then there
9ld empire and the, youthful Tepubuoi Then
both, countries win reap The BENEFIT OF
genuine reciprocity. ' Hr
Congressman william Alden Smith acted
as and speeches we're als6 made
by Congressman Cousins Of iowa, Congress-
man Lands of Indiana, Henry d. Esta6fook
Of Illinois and Hon. Amos I. Wilder Of
Wisconsin. - %g"51 :
secretary Long at Boston.
= BOSTON, Feb. da.--AE a fitting observance
OF the anniversary Off Lfnc1in's g. birthday
the Middlesex club ave q, banquet At Hp-
tel ,BruhsEick, this evening. 1900. ~ !
The guests who addressed the meeting
we're: Secretary John. d. Long, Major
Daniel w. sickles. Captain John, Rordman,
u. s. A. and Roscoe conklln Bruce, a
colored student and orator at Harvard col
lese. The list of those present comprised
tho names OF almost every well known re-
publican in the political history Of the
state.
Secretary Long received a fattering re-
ception.
Mr.. Long said he brought good news from
Washington. where every department was
carrying out the ideals Of the best senti-
ments Of Massachusetts,. The work of the
government was going on In all It's. varied
anges and all its trusts were being ad-
ministered~ in the interests of the people.
Tribute TO Roosevelt.
OF President Roosevelt he said: mo
one can be associated with him without
feeling how devoted he is to the welfare
and greatness OF his country"
His best tribute 10 Hfncoln, said Mr..
\ 49, A. - - fhgo srfwf& 60 raunaoaAaw
his generous sympathies with all men, TO
love his sense OF freedom, his unhinchins
readiness to strike the blow or spill the
blood necessary to the irm achievement OF
4 freedom. No narrow construction OF the
constitution, continued the speaker, which
would have carried it'into the territory to
rivet slavery there, harnpered him.
And no narrow construction Of the con-
stitution would hamper him now in dealing
with the problem of our insular posses
sions today.
he recognized the power Of congress
under the constitution. to make needful
rules and regulations for our territories,
then so he would recognize 1t today. He,
too. Jealous OF every safeguard OF the con-
stitution. yet looked through its letter for
the spirit and regarded 1t as made for the
country and not the country for it."
The address was concluded with a tribute
to the the memory OF the late Presiden,
Mckinley, who. said Secretary Long, hao
taken Lincoln's career for his guide.
Young of Des MOiRese
CHICAGO. Feb. 12.-Memorial exercises
In honor OF Abraham Lincoln were held here
today In a scale surprising that of any
previous local celebration Of abe abniver.
sary OF his birth
Layafette Young OF Des .Moines. Ia, spoke
en- Abraham Lincoln" and his address was
received with much applause. He referred
to the convention Of 1850. whore, he said
the compromises OF men made the platform
and the providence Of God made the nom.
instion. Statesmanship is common sense
applied 70 politics. 'generaIship common
sense applied 10 war. Lincoln was both
Statesman and general In this sense.
The restoration OF the union Of hearti
and hands did not come until the BLOWN,
up OF Maine. when the old nag was restored
to the south and the country became one
Lincoln died before the pains and penalties
Of reconstruction, escaping the small pur
poses following the war even as he hat
escaped the small disputes leading to It.
Senator McLaurin Then Spoke.