The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-13
REVERE HIS MEMORY
LINCOLN DAY OBSERVED nv sT
PAUL CLUB AT WINDSOR
HOTEL
SENATOR STEVENS. SPEAKER
Likened the Martyred Lincoln Unto
the Savior Who Died That His
Fellow Men Might
Live.

The members Of the St. Paul Lincoln
club observed Lincoln day last night by
a banquet at the Windsor hotel, at which
215 people were present to partake Of
the good things and listen to the address
OF Senator Hiram F. Stevens
Inc banquet was held in the dining
room of the Windsor hotel, which was
appropriately decorated for the occasion.
Behlnd the postmaster was a heroic pic
ture OF the martyred president The
walls were draped with the national coll
. ors. -Four long tables reached from one
end of the, hall to the other. When the
banquet began there were very few va
cant seats to be seen.
Inc address of welcome was delivered
by Jonn F. George who compIimented
the club upon the number present to
observe the day that should be most dear
to the hearts of all American patriots.
lie said that some organizations held
their memorial services the day before
Lincoln day because this year the ami
Versary of his birth happens to fall upon
Ash Wednesday. He could not under
stand any adequate reason for this, as
he considered that there was no day too
sacred upon which to commemorate the
greatest hero of the land, or to pay lust
tribute for the one who likewise laid
down his life for his fellow man.
Senator Stevens was introduced as the
speaker of the evening He took IN his
address where Mr.. George left off. af-
frming with him that even Ash Wednes-
day was none to sacred to hold service
IN memory of the simple loving Abra-
ham Lincoln
Since the days when the Son of God
offered up mis- life for his fellow man I
do not believe that there has been a life
SO nearly like until His as that of the
maTtyred president. A chasm of wears
separates them as time is reckoned, but
the man whose memory we honor tonight
approached nearer the divine standard
OF self-sacrifice and holiness than any
otner IN the history of the entire world .
The speaker for time dwell upon
The various sides to the character of
Abraham Lincoln, taking the man who
could bring smiles to the eyes of the
little children and tears to the ewes of
their fathers; the man whom every re-
hglon and political party claimed, be-
cause ne was large enough i'll heart
and soul to embrace them all
Senator Stevens went at length into
the history of the parents of the mar
tyr of the Rebellion, demonstrating the
oifferent forces of environment and ne
1edlty which went to make up the most
complete and broad character that his
tory recalls. Several instances were Civ
en- of the close attention to apparent
petty details which was one Of the char
acteristics of President Lincoln, when,
no matter how small they We're. tn ay
were OF interest to someone, he always
looked into them.
After Senator Stevens, DR. Reese, who
acted as POSTMASTER, called upon the
. following for five-minute speeches on the
various phases of Lincolns life, as an
Piled to latter-day politics: Representa-
tive Mallory, Duluth; eX-Mayor Doran,
Oscar Hallam, Eli S. Warner, J. 0. Adj
ans and c. F. Arnold
While 1t was generally understood that
all speeches after the principal speech
of the evening should be limited to five
minutes, few of the speakers confined
themselves to the time and the result
was that speechmaking was not con-
cluded until after midnight, although
nearly half the attendance left the hall
at the conclusion of the address by SEN
atOr Stevens.