The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14


LINCOLN LIVES.
Leslie s. Kinnard, of Anderson, respond
ed to the toast, Lincoln Lives" In part
he said:
"A fond father and a devoted mother in
the rugged hills of Kentucky in the first
half of the last century little dreamed that
the birth of their first son was the begin
ming of a life that would never end
THE people Of New Salem, ILL.,, who saw
the struggles, failures and successes of a
young man-of their village, knew not that
they were witnesses to the laying, in ad-
versity, Of the cornerstone upon which
would be built character that would
stand a lighthouse to guide the minds
of generations yet TO come.
Even those who composed the party OF
patriots that worked to make him President
did not possess that prophetic vision that
could penetrate the future TO the time when
their gallant leader and honored President
should say his last earthly farewells; to
the time when the last sad rites in that
universal tragedy, dust TO dust would be
performed; to the time when the telegraph
wires that would Vibrate with the mournful
melody of death, the sad news would
be carried from city to city, from State
to State, from continent to continent,
would also vibrate with the message of
life. Lincoln is dead; long live the i'm
mortal!
Most men who have so conducted them
selves to leave a lasting impression upon
| the minds of men, became immortal through
achievements past and live to-day and to-
morrow only as the memories of their
achievements are kept alive. France gave
| to the world a genius whose aim was
absolutism. but he missed the mark so far
| that his monarchy diminished to a cell on
| a lonely island, and his immortality
! dwindled to a mere memory on the day OF
| his DEATH even in his own land and among
| his own people.
mot so with Lincoln; for him fate had no
Waterloo for him immortality is not
memory and depends not upon achieve
ments past. Monuments of marble or brass
or bronze that fittingly commemorate Lin
! coin to-day become lamentably inadequate
! tomorrow The historian that would write
| of LincOln'S life and the good done in his
! name must have a fountain pen that never
| runs dry life that never ends; ear that
| hears the praises of race of men made
free, that daily tells throughout the length
| and breadth of this land that Lincoln lives;
| an ear that hears the joyous voices of a
| prosperous people, they reap the bene
! fits of thelwisdom and honor or the Repub-
lican party. for in all that party's work
/ Lincoln lives and leads
! AT such a time as this on such an
/ occasion as this, before such an audience
! as this. composed it is of those who
have labored for years and who are labor
ing now for the Republican party, who be-
| lieve that the success of the Republican
seems only necessary to say that the Re-
| public party lives to feel the answer, and
concur with me in the sentiment that Lin
| coin lives.
PARTY OF DEEDS.
|
vile. spoke on 1.-The Constructive Party"
as follows:
THE Republican party, born of the hours
great demand. fortified by pure aims and
wholesome purposes, has grown marvellous
~ both in numbers and in influence, un-
| til it's ranks contain the conservatism, the
wisdom and the patriotism of a peerless
| citizenship. 1t has eyer been and is to-
| day guided by
" The hands of a statesman yet friends to
| truth;
In action faithful. in honor clear
1t has ever made good its promises by fit
ting deeds. 1t has worked out its own
! glorious salvation, even in the face of OBJ
stacles numbered by the myriad. and pre-
| sents to the sight of the world in this hour
| its Incompatible trophies.
This nations history since the installa-
! ton of the great commoner' is in truth
but our party's history. 1t wrought out for
| these intervening decades and even for the
future, such contribution to the Republics
| achievement that no other political party
need ever attempt to rival il in splendor.
| Its past virtue is present great in
| heritance. Its first clarion notes sounded
the palladium of the broadcast liberty. 1t
has lived to its earlier hopes, which
were but little more than ardent dreams.
become laws, inscribed upon the Nation s
statutes, bringing with their enactment and
operation benefactions such that the world
beside is challenged to show a counter
part.
The Republican party fought and won
of its issues arose a nation consecrated to
amending unity. History stands
as a monument to the fact that the Re
publican party has never stood still, but
has constantly advanced, keeping firm and
measured step with the ever-increasing de-
mands and requirements of the world s
forming the brightest page in the everything
history of times greatest Nation. And il
is an abiding satisfaction to know that the
secret of our partys matchless sway among
men has ever been in the fact that all along
the pathway of its triumphant march II
has had truth and justice as its constant
and neVer-dy1ng companions
VALUE OF THE BALLOT.
THE American Ballot was the subject
of the address of Schuyler c. Hubbel. of
Goshen, and in part he said
at has occurred to me that In our ever
increasing anxiety for political majorities
we are certainly losing sight of the fitness
of the voter. To vote is the highest priv
| lege OF citizenship, TO vote right the graVeSt
responsibility, and nowhere are the conse-
! quenCeS so far-reaching i'm our United
States. and nowhere should the ballot be
| protected with such earnest vigilance and
care 1t Is through this medium that we
act directly upon our country and her in
: situations; obeyng its voice she falters oil
: FORCES ahead turns toward the right or the
wrong.
The right to exercise this power should
: be cautiously bestowed and thoughtfully
exercised. Those of us who were born and
/ reared here we'll know. Notwithstanding the
years spent IN preparatory study of the
framework of our government. its laws anC
its institutions. how inadequate and meager
D was the understanding of them all which
accompanied our first vote What qualifi-
\ cations. then for the immediate and intelli.
gent discharge or civic duty in this country
e have those who in maturity come from
other lands. strangers to government
: and our laws. without sympathy for oul
. ideals and our history, without love for Oul
= heroes and in many instances ignorant OF
4 / the language we speak2
r Not that foreign birth is a bar to higher
e American citizenship, far from H. as oul
records of brave deeds and self-sacrificins
patriotism show. But we as a people haV,
4 | American traditions TO uphold. American
n hopes TO fulfil and American foundations I,
Q lay, on which American posterity MAJ
e build and in OrCer 10 work out this DESTINY
j. the ballots of this Nation must be cast bl
r men who possess consciousness of thei
O responsibility. a love OF liberty and indie
q ! pendence. a firm conviction that before Go,
| all men are equal. and that devotion to tn
: | nag which sends a man to the front with
q ! gun on his shoulder or into the stoke-hOl
e | with a shovel i'm his hand in time of All
D | country's danger. They should know an,
( | understand the reason for our national ex
Z | istence. Such were the men who Tough
= and voted for Lincoln
: Robert j. Tracewell, OF Coryd0n. wh
e | occupies the important position OF controlle
y OF the currency at Washington, was calle'