Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
A WOMAN HON0RED
Statue of Miss Willard AC-
cepted BY Congress.
TRIBUTES TO HER WORK
HER FIGHT FOR TEMPERANCE
HIGHLY PRAISED.
Eloquent Speeches by Senators and
Representatives to Her Devo-
ton to Humanity.
TRIBUTES TO HER WORK

The Senate and House of Representatives.
eied with each other yesterday afternoon III
IGNORING the memory of Frances +. VIII
lard. the famous advocate of temperance,
whose fame has been perpetuated in marble
in Statudry Hall, where ali of the states OF
the Union have been privileged to con-
tribute efiigies of their distinguished citi-
zeDs
The ceremony in the Senate followed the
exercises i'm Statuary Hall in connection with
the unwilling of the statue. There were
four speeches in the Senate. The first was
by Senator Cullom, who was followed by
Senator's Hopkins, Beveridge and DoiliVer-
The exercises began with the presentation
of a resolution by Mr.. Cullom for the ac-
ceptance of the statue-''the statue of one
Of the most eminent women of the United
States
Miss Wizards career was reviewed by
Senator Cullom, who declared that he was
proud to say he had been personally ac-
ouainted with Miss Willard during the
greater part of her active life. He said that
Miss willard had brought sobriety into the
homes of untold thousands; that the Worid
was better because she had lived ana ne
congratulated his state upon its selection OF
a woman for the national hall of fame-the
first of her sex in a long list of distinguish
ed people to find a place there
Senator Cullom's Tribute.
.Ulinois." said Mr.. Cullom, has had
many eminent men-Cook and Pope in the
early history of the state; Lincoln, than
whom no greater man ever lived Grant,
one of the most renowned generals OF the
age; Douglas. noted statesman; the gal
liant Logan. Trumbull, Oglesby, Palmer,
Davis and many others. Yet, with 50 large
-, i I FROM IXh
make a selection. the state of limos Sc
lected noble woman to thus so signaAy
honor.
tive of her sex, known to the world Tor
her devotion to the cause of temperance
and for what she accomplished in the inter
est of the human race. She had a wonder
fuI career beginning in poverty, struggling
with adverse conditions with courage and
faith In the right, she overcame all OBJ
stacles in her pathway, and became one or
the foremost women of her time. The story
of her life is inspiring TO her sex, uplifting
to. humanity
After sketching her career. including
the organization of the w. c. L. u. Mr..
Cullom remarked regarding that organiza-
ton under her leadership: She lived to see
it grow from a small. struggling organiza-
ton, which she headed in 1876. to world
wide movement, the most splendid organl-
cation of women that ever existed in this
world. numbering In the United States
more than 3O0,G0 with following of at
least half a million.
Senator Beveridge paid fine tribute to
the qualities of mind of the great apostle
of temperance and sketched the history of
her work.
Miss Wizards Noble Work.
From the beginning" said Mr.. Beve-
ridge, woman has personihed the worlds
ideals. When history began its record it
found her already the chosen bride of art.
no iSta 10
good have. from the very first by the
general Judgment. been made feminine
the ships that bear us through storm to
port; the seasons that bring variety, sur
cease of toll and LIES renewal; the earth
itself which through all time and in all
The Graces were women, and the MUSES.,
top Always her influence has glorified
the world. until her beatitude became di-
vine in Mary, mother of God.
And so we see that through all time
woman has typifed the true, the beauti-
ful and the good on earth And now ILL
nois. near the very heart of the worlds
great republic, and at the dawn of the
twentieth century, chooses woman her
self as the ideal of that commonwealth
ard of this period. For the character of
Frances E. Willard is womanhood's
apotheosis.
And she was American. She was child
of our prairies, daughter of the American
home And so she had strength and gem
LltiSSS- Siuplittty ana F1SlOI. NOT from
the complex lives that wealth and luxury
force upon their unfortunate children
not from the sharpening and hardening
process OF the city'S social and business
grind; not from any of civilizations ar
tificiaIities come those whom God APP
points to lead mankind toward the light
Moses dwelt alone on the summit of mys-
terry and human solitude. The Master
abode in the wilderness, and there the
power descended on Him with which He
put aside the tempter- In the forests the
father of our country learned Iiberty's
lessons from nature Iiberty's mother;
and from the valleys and the heights, the
fields and pouring streams got under
standing of the possibilities of this land;
a knowledge of its uses, a perception of
its peoples destiny. We cannot imagine
Lincoln coming to us from palace. No,
We can understand him only as he really
was-man of the people and the soil.
thinking with the peoples mind the grand
and simple truths, feeling with the. peo-
pies heart an infinite compassion for
and fellowship with all the race.
Concluding, Mr.. Beveridge said: Thus
prepared and thus equipped, she went out
into the world and to her work. No method
can measure what she did. The half mil
lion of women whom she brought into or
GanlZed cooperation in the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union is but suggestion
OF the real results of her activities Indeed
the highest benefits her life bestowed were
as intangible as air and full of life
She made purer the moral atmosphere of
continent-almost OF world. She rem
dered the life of a nation cleaner the mind
OF a people saner. Millions of homes are
happier for her; millions of wives and moth
ers bless her; and countless children have
grown into strong and upright maturity
wEo but for the work OF Frances f. WIZ
lard might have been forever soiled and
weakened
The mother Of all mothers the sister of
AL wives. to every child the lover Frances
T. Willard sacrificed ner own life to the
happiness of her sisters For after all she
knew that, with all her gifts and all the
halo of her God-sent mission, nevertheless
the humbleSt mother was yet greater far
than she. And 1t needful that she
should consecrate her strength and
length of years. For how shall the service
OF utter uuseihshness be achieved save in
the utter sacrifice of self? So she gave her
life and all the rights and glores of it that
all other women might lead fuller richer,
happier lives themselves.
And so. by placing her statue In the hall
OF our national immortals Il great common
wealth forever commentaries the services
this American woman rendered to human
ity And the representatives of the great
est people on this earth. in Congress as
sembled today pay tribute to that little
American frontier maid who heard and
Needed the voices that came to her from.
1hc unseen world. and, obeying their couu-
agN Q ,.. H.