New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
4 DOUBLE CELEBRATION.
Chicago Society Obse,'ues Lincoln S
and Its Oscn Birthday.
Muu.a. 5 Extr.. Dry.

LoVal sons and daughters of Chicago gave
dinner at Delnonicos last night TO Celebrate
the birthday OF Abraham Lincoln. IT was as
well virtually a celebration of the first ami
Hersary of the Chicago Society, founded last
February. The Chicago flavor was betrayed by
the accent and Jokes of the speakers. who
acknowledged that they had come to this city
10 acquire the superior advantages of the older
community
The American colors were displayed on the
tables and four American flags were draped
around a large portrait Of Abraham Lincoln
lent by the Union League Club. and placed be-
hind the speakers table
Senator Shelby NJ. CulIom. of Illinois, chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. was
expected 10 speak, but was detained in Wash
ington. Albert F. Chandler, president of the
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company, military
telegraph operator at the White House during
the Rebellion Who was TO have given personal
,ecoIlections of President Lincoln, was i'll, but
his speech was read by his SON. At the SPEAK
ers' table were Ashbel Il. Elliott LafaSelte
Young the Rev. Dr. Abbott f kittredge, George
S Boutwell,, Ex-Governor Of MASSACHUSETTS,
Lyman J. Gage, eX-Secretary of the treasury
Miss Ida M. TarbelI, Cassius NJ. Wicker presl-
dent; Samuel p. Mcconnell. toastmaster; Frank
a Eanderiip, ex-Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury: E H Gary and II. l.. Estabrook
F2x-t;overnor Boutwell, of Massachusetts, after
telling Of his acquaintance with Lincoln, said;
/ close this address with tie words that / 5aced
in ibe keeping of the silent cornerstone OF an
thirty years l submit them TO your revising
'''5Tesider1 Lincoln exoelled all his contempo-
rarfes as he also excelied most OF the enllieIlt
- ne constant assertion of reason passion
and feeling. in the Of dealing with men. IN
Tor delay when action was fraught with peril; in
the power Of immediate and resolute decision mdaF
.4qT.z dang
which forecasts the finai ard best opinion or ma;
a ro1s 9q ei niss and the highest pot
ioai Justice by which he was enabled TO save hd'
ton and 10 em2ncipate q race.
within Z. Curtis, Washington correspondent
OF The Chicago Record Herald in telling OF
Tine True Abraham Lincoln said:
Lincelnis sense Of huTnc- was his salvation It
the safety valve ~ which the pressure uiIl tI
faculty fer story telling rest his mind. 70 parry
UpNecomo inquiries and to emphasize
lac would relieve an embarrassing sfna on; nut az q
1roprety and the keenest instincts of the gentle
man.
lafayette Young, Editor of The Des Moines
Daily Capital" spoke on "Lincoln's Growth and
HIS country's Crisis" saying in part
The Civil War did more for America. North and and
;7efore 5onc j destroyed the contention over
es and f enfTeo rae se te Prs bshg in ' Of RnecS
greatness. The world learned of the courage OF
Of the crl War that III crowded. four centuries
q @ 9f"TPS M nleslo 9 a' Of The Repabc the rertor
ton Of the union of hearts and hands did not
1SsS when the spaniards blew gp the Maine BY
hat sh9GK tnf ooE on M Io IN blI5e was u com
pe1e. The old flag once more became the flag OF
II fasted over the frenc6es in Cuba. and over
The SONS OF The Blue and the GRAY. The fathers
were at NickSburg. the sons were al Santiago. In
memory and tradition they heard the bands play
,-omi9g Father Abraham 10000 More while
the new bands Of the new republic PLAYED The
Time in the Old Town Tonight" but whether in
I ',,, oT a II W the old camp Ground OF ma
tionality. There complete restoration Of the
south gathered together around the graves OF our
dead in the war OF H
-Alhan Jasper Conant, who painted the por-
trait of Lincoln now in the Capitol, told inter-
esting anecdotes Of the President
Miss Ida NJ Tarbel one of Lincoirs biogra-
Pliers. told Of Lincoln's acquaintance with Chi
csgo. and his practice of law in that city
Henry D. Estabrook, solicitor of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. in speaking on The
Vengeance Of the Flag" said
The birthday of Lincoln is approaching its CEN
tennal. for he was born ninety-four years ago to-
6av Of A wonderful mother. of whom the world
KNOWS alas. too little-Eancy Hanks. ] know not
~hat furtiye. haunting suggestiyeness there is III
This name of piquant pride and girlish coquetry.
But whatever buoyant song her soul might have
sung under happier skies. that gentle soul was all
loo sensitive the hard conditions of her environ
meut- She drooped. and the rosy cheeks grew
and the great soft eyes were troubled in their
depths. and the eager: questioning mind was
ntrnhed by the riddle OF her life and the burden
of its sorrcws If the wind laughed in the it
sobhed in the night II The spirits of the forest
p-hipered hone they sometimes shrieked despair If
the clouds like waterfowl, rested on the bosom of
her Woodland pools they also z hung like shadows
the wind and the shadows of tse clouds and the
hodinE spirits Of the earth and sky. and the mys-
terry and pathos. and tragedy Of life passed into
her nature and became part of IT. and into the
s tsIre ham, her sole heir to her tender
ness. her Wistfuness, her destiny.