New-York tribune., 1906-06-04
HONOR CARL SCHURZ.
Chicago Societies Fin Auditori,mn-
The Presidents Letter.

chicago, June 3.-Services in memory of Carl
schuTz were held to-day in the Auditorium. before
an audience which filled the great hall. The or
ganizations under whose auspices the meeting was
heid Were numerous and varied. including German
singing societies. Turngeeindes the Military Order
OF the Loyal Legion posts of the Grand Army Of the
republic, commercial organizations political asso-
cations, literary clubs and Civil Service leagues
Mr.. Schurz extolIed as a patriot A states
man ana man OF moral force, whose life had been
henent 10 the country which was his by birth and
to that which became his by adoption William
Woke presided and addresses were made by Pro-
lessor Benjamin Terry, Of the University OF Chi
cago Harry Rubens of Chicago; President Ed
mund j. James. of the University Of Illinois; Gen
eral F. c. Wnckler, of Milwaukee and Professor
Charles J. Little. OF Northwestern University.
Music was rendered at intervals by the United Ger
man Singing Societies. the chorus numbering three
hundred voices.
Harry Rubens. after extolling Carl schurz as the
greatest German who ever lived in America read
the following letter from President Roosevelt:
Ny Dear Mr.. Ruhens: I wish could be present at
ne N meeting at which you are to speak in honor
nit me 10 express through you my appreciation OF
me distnguishsd services rendered 10 the country
which hefeil all men who were able TO play part
government He was one of those who, in the coun-
Gu SSn Ghamoer on the stump and on the field OF
coin, and he is remembered. therefore. among the
men who came to the front in of the two heroic
foundation and at the time Of its preservation He
was able to prove his fealty a lofty idealism by
the course he then took
After theSwar he among the most prominent
champions of Civil Service reform. and later Of
sound money, and in addition to his services as a
public man, he rendered very real service to the
cause of American letters by his remarkable little
biography of Lincoln. and his longer biography of
Henry Clay, not to speak of his other writings.
Sincerely yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
In calling the meeting to order. Mr.. Woke said:
We love and honor Carl Sehurz for his spotess
character, for his indorltable courage for the he
roic services he rendered his country, for the wis
dom of his craftsmanship; because himself ctti-
zen of foreign birth. he has by his noble bearing
and his lofty teachings illustrated the millions
sacred duties of American citizenship eXhOrtng
those people above all to love and admire our
American institutions
President James Of the University of Illinois spoke
OF The Men of 1S4s, and the Effect of Their Immi-
grafton" He said, in part:
The German element in this nation has been one
OF the most advantageous OF all those which have
flowed into body polite make up this unique
and wonderful combination 10 which gi71s the
name American people As long the influence
of that stock shall remain the influence Of these
men OF 1913 will be potent toward all good things
In all national uplifs. in all great forward move
ments. in all progress by which society FORCES
ahead. the influence of these men of 1s4S will still
be powerful beyond any ability of ours to express
even to comprehend
1t is no displacement of the other men to say
that Carl SchUrZ the greatest Of them all He
represented in his own life and the virtues
and defects of the idealist and the prophet.