Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-04
TRIBUTE TO CARL SCHURZ
Many Civic and Military Societies Join in
Honoring the Dead,
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SENDS LETTER
HOnored and Leaves Permanent Mark
on Nation of His Birth and the
One of His AdOptiOn-Type
of sturdy Race.

CHICAGO. June 3.-Services in memory
of the late Carl Schurz were held today
in the Auditorium before an audience
which completely filled the great hall. The
organizations under whose auspices the
meeting was held were numerous and
varied including German singing societies,
Turn Gemeindes, the military order of the
Loyal Legion, posts of the G. A. R., COM
mercial organizations political associa-
tions, literary clubs and civil service
leagues.
Mr.. schurz was extolled as a patriot,
a model German American, a statesman
and a man of moral force, whose life had
been benefit to the country which was
his by birth and to that which became
his by adoption.
Mr.. William Woke OF this city presided,
and addresses were made by Prof Ben
iamin Terry of the University of Chicago,
Harry Rubens of Chicago. Prof, Edmund
]. James of the University of Illinois and
Prof. Charles ], Little of Northwestern
University.
The following letter was received from
President Roosevelt:
wish / could be present at the meeting
in honor of the late Carl Schurz. To him
there befell the great good fortune which
befell all men who were able to play a
part worth playing at the time of the
great crisis OF our government: He was
one of those who in the council chamber,
upheld the. policies of the mighty Abra-
ham Lincoln, and he is remembered
among the men who came to the front on
one of the heroic periods Of our govern
ment-at the time of it's foundation and
at the time OF its preservation. He was
able to prove his fealty to lofty idealism
by the course he then took.
After the war he was among the most
prominent champions OF civil servtce re-
| form, 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 lit
| tie biography of Lincoln ard his longer
| biography of Henry Clay, not to speak Of
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
! Men of IS4S.
| President James Of the University OF
Illinois spoke of 1.-THE Men of 1S4S." He
said in part:
! The German element in this nation has
| been one of the most advantageous OF all
| those who have followed into body polite
| to make up this unique and wonderful
| combination to which we give the name
| American people. AS long the influence
| OF that stock shall remain the influence
of these men of As will be potent toward
1t is no disparagement OF the other men
| TO say that Carl Schurz was the greatest
OF them all. He represented in his own
| life and career the virtues and defects of
! the idealist and the prophet. He was so
| intolerant and impatient of what he
| thought was sham, hypocrisy and coward
! ice that he was apt to regard caution ana
/ conservatism synonymous with these
| baser qualities. He did a great work.
! He did II in his own way or he could
| not have done IL at all. He was the gift
of God to us We shall not soon look upon
| his like again.
Prof Benjamin Terry of the University
OF Chicago said I'm part:
| He has taught us new faith in democracy.
arl Co in
/ God. He believed in the triumph OF right
! and this optimism he never lost. 1t lie
his supreme benediction to us who honor
his name today.