Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-13
HONOR l|NCOLWS MEMORY
JOINT SESSION OF THE HOUSE
AND SENATE ON L!NCOLN'S
BIRTHDAY.
SUITABLE HONOR PAID TO MEN,
ORY OF MARTYRED PRES.
lDENT.

IOENT.
Eloquent Address Made by Judge
Cochrane and Father Conaty-Large
Audience Fills the House Chamber
and Listens With Interest to the
Addresses-Patriotic Services.
The memory of Abraham Lincoln,
the great emancipator, was fittingly
honored by the members of the legis
lature yesterday afternoon. when the
two houses met in joint session to hear
the addresses of Judge John NJ. Coch-
rane. of Grand Forks. and Father
Conaty, of the same city Long before
the addresses began the hall of the
house of representatives was crowded
with the members Of the two houses
and large number of visitors. The
decorations of the hall were patriotic.
great American flag being draped
across the front of the speakers stand
and festoons of patriotic colors being
swung from various parts of the room
Behind the speakers stand was a
framed portrait of Lincoln. wreathed
with flowers, the contribution of Sen
ator LaMoure At either side of the
hall was large number of ladies. who
heard the addresses with interest At
fny. nf ho co m a
of the Grand Army and the old sol
diers of the union and the confeder-
acy, alike paying tribute to the mem
ory of the martyred president.
The speakers. with Governor White,
who presided over the assembage.
were escorted to the house by COM
mttee of the two bodies and were
greeted by hearty applause as thev
entered the hall Upon the speakers
stand were Governor White. Senator
Judson LaMoure Representative Finn
Leech, and the speakers of the occa-
sion. Dignifedly. eloquently and
feelingly the speakers portrayed the
character. of Lincoln. and paid trib-
ute to the worth and genius of the
man. Frequently both addresses were
interrupted with bursts of applause.
dS SoIut StHtiHltut WdS IeutCteu tiidt
appealed especially to the assemblage.
Address Of Judge cochrane.
In opening Judge Cochrane spoke of
the endurance of character such as
Lincoln's as a monument to his men,
ory; the lessons that are to be drawn
from the life of Lincoln are valuable
to us as worthy Of emulation: we
study every act and motive of the
man, to the end that in the emula-
tiOn of his life we may gain profit:
Lincoln stands forth as a noted ex-
ample the worth Of character; he had
not to exceed one year Of schooling.
but through honest effort and toll he
gained for himself the benefit Of ed
ucatiOn; he was born on the eve of
the second war with Britain; in his
earliest youth his attention was called
to military and historic subjects: one
OF the first books he read was the life
OF Washington he realized early that
he was possessed of superior genius
and never forgot that he was a free
moral agent and an imperial man. and
that the Imperialism of mind and the
dignity of education was a power far
beyond the heritage of kings
Youthful Efforts for Education.
Because Of his humble origin he
was forced to labor to the accomplish
ment Of his purposes by the gather
ing to himself of all accessible materi
al that might tend to broaden and i'm
prove him; he learned the importance
of lucid speaking and of ANALYTICAL
consideration of the social problems
that then engrossed the attention Of
the country; to fit himself for the ca
reer he craved he sought opportunities
to discuss live questions and read
aloud to cultivate his memory: he
wrote and made memoranda of import
ant suggestions that came to him.
attended debating societies. and
sought in various wavs to remedy the
lack of the educational advantages
he would so much have priced.
Early Political Amb itions.
He was man Of manly action and
thought. never shrinking his plain
duty and always straightforward in
his life work: as rail splitter he
gave expression to his manlv charac.
ter, character that showed that no
employment was considered beneath
him if it gave him the opportunity
TO improve his condition and saved
him from the curse of idleness His
early political ambitions were re-
counted. his first defeats for the legis-
lature and for congress and his ulti-
mate success. He dignified the as
Diratlon of the Young. man of the west
Tor political career bv proving that
II was a laudable and praiseworthy
ambition
Elected to congress. he devoted his
attention, not to eloouence or displav
but to profound study of the rules
by which the lawmaking BODY was
governed and familiarized himself
with the art of ruling deliberative bo-
dies He made a study of the char