The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-13
Gov. CUMMINS
BREAKS OUT
DECLARES AGAINST PROTECTED
M0NOPOLIES AT A LINCOLN
DAY BANQUET
PILGRIMAGE TO BURIAL PEACE
Many Cities of the Country Witness
Celebrations in Honor of the
Memory of the Great
EmancipatOr.

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 12.-Abraham
Lincoln's birthday was celebrated to-
night by the Young Mems Republican
club with banquet at the Lincoln hotel.
Gov. Cummins, of Iowa, was the prin-
cipal speaker. Much of his speech was
devoted to the questions of reciprocity,
tariff revision and the trusts
He said in part Il am profound
believer in the system of tariff duties,
but consumers have a better right to
competition than producers have TO pro-
lection; therefore, if congress finds tnat
any manufacturer has destroyed the COM
petition of our own country and that the
monopoly is likely to be continued it
should, and ] believe it will, w4.--draw
from the products Of monopoly the pro-
lection hitherto accorded them"
Pilgrimage to Burial Place.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Feb 12-At the
national Lincoln monument this after
noon, on the anniversary of the birth Of
Abraham Lincoln, hundreds of gray
haired soldiers who had been on many q
hard fought field, and of women who
had aided the cause Of the Union Dy un-
tiring work in hospitals and at homes,
assembled and laid beautiful floral Offer
lngs on the sarcophagus. The exercises
consisted of singing of America" prayer
by Rev. ]. M. Stevenson, chaplain OF
Stephenson Post No. 80, G. A. r., and
addresses by Col. Charles f Mills, com
mander of Stephenson post, and Col
James S. FELTON,, while Mrs. E. ID. john
son, wife Of Maj. Johnson, custodian Of
the Lincoln monument, read an address,
and Mrs. Mccain. representing Bross
Woman's Relief Corps, colored, reeited
Lincoln's favorite poem, "Oh, Why
Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud,
and the assembly sang Julia Ward
HoWes Battle Hymn of the Republic :"
Tonight at the court house exercises were
held under the auspices Of Stephenson
post, G. A. r., at which Maj James A.
Connolly made short address and Capt
T. w. S. Kidd, United States commits
sioner, gave "reminiscences of IAncoln
The address of the evening was made by
Gen. Alfred Orendorff, who paid an elo-
quent tribute to the life and work of the
martyred president.
North and South at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12-Menrorial exercises
in honor of Abraham Lincoln were held
here today on scale surprising that
of any previous local celebration Of the
anniversary of his birth.
Appropriate exercises were held in the
schools, all of the public buildings, save
the postoftice, were closed and no busi-
ness was transacted at any of the banks
or on the Board of Trade or the stock
exchange. A large number of business
houses also were closed during the after
noon.
In the evening there were a number
of banquets, at which the speakers for
the most part dealt with some phase Of
the life of Lincoln. The largest of these
affairs was held in the home of the
Marquette club, where at least 700 mem
bers of the club gathered to listen to
the addresses.
Lafayette Young, of Des Moines, Iowa,
spoke on Abraham Lincoln" He re-
ferred to the convention of 1860 where
he said the compromises of men made
the platform and the providence of God
made the nomination. Craftsmanship is
common sense applied to politics; gen
eralship common sense applied to war.
Lincoln was both statesman and gen.
eral in this sense. If Yorktown was the
Christmas of the republic, AppomattoX
represented the Eastern resurrection.
Lincoln died before the pains and penal
ties of reconstruction, escaping the
small purposes following the war, even
as he had escaped the small disputes
leading to it.
Senator McLaurin said in part: 'I
think l see the dawn of another day
when our country Will be divided, not
on sectional lines, but in thought: when
a man will act and vote. not from the
influence of the mere locality, but in
accordance with the dictates of his con-
science judgment and enlightened self
interest This, and this alone, can make
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