Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-01
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Magnificent Audience at Auditorium At
tends Creighton Memoir al.
ALL WALKS Dr. LIFE ARE re- R4PRESENTE0
Az With JOhr A. Creighton in His Life, No
Greed Measured Its Bounds.
TENDER TRIBUTES FROM LIFELONG FRIENDS
Great Heart s1d Manlinsss the Dominant
T'ait of His Life
MONUMENT TO Be RAISED TO HIS MEMORY
Committee Appointed 90 Take Charge
of the Matter-Money 20 BE
Raised by a Popular
Subscription.
MONUMENT TO Be RAISED TO HIS MEMORY


A magnificent audience that nearly filled
the Auditorium gathered last evening in
honor OF the memory OF Omaha's greatest
philanthropist the late Count John A.
Creighton. II was representative gather
ing Of the people OF Omaha, all walks OF
life being reI resented. The meeting vas
marked by intense feeling throughout The
first steps were taken toward the erection
Of a monument to Count Creighton with
money to be Used by popular subscription.
The narrow limits OF creed did not bound
the audience that gathered to honor tho
memory Of me man whose great heart
knew no such limits. Men Of all creeds and
OF no creed were there. Upon the stage
sat the 2sS vice presidents OF the meeting,
including many of the leading citizens OF
Omaha and tt state. Captain II. E. Palmer
presided On the main floor $50 seats were
reserved fo the students of Creighton
university. ,ighton Medical college and
the schools the Creighton institute. I'M
mediately T. r-ont Of the platform $50 seats
were reservtl' for the relatives of Count
Creighton lirty-five ushcrs assisted the
great crowd % find seats The speakers,
excepting Mr. Bryan, were limited to ten
minutes eachy
II was Just o'clock when william j.
Bryan and ne other speakers took their
places on II stage. and wave of ap-
plause swept bver the audience. The choir
OF All salAs s. Episcopal church sang
Weary Pilgrims"
Always the Same.
I'VE are ere TO do honor to the man
who In A. cisl way did more for Omaha
than a. man." said Captain Palmer
in opel meeting. II made the ac-
quaint4 Count Creighton in the early
COS. WI was helping his brother blaze
the wal Faf' e Pacific coast. Through all
his life manned the same generous
open-hs gentleman"
DIR. Geort. Millers speech was marked
with deep L ling. His voice trembled as
he recalled ne noble traits of John A.
Creighton Al of other members Of the
family. to Hom he paid rich tributes fol-
their person. worth.
1T has a'S sys been a pleasure to me, y
safd -DRs~ AfrrS, Ito recall to the minds OF
the rising " Grafton the sterling worth
OF the men ;sho were here half a century
ago to lay ne foundations of this city
Never in m 'ong life have met or heard
of a body ~ men stronger in body. II
heart and nd and purpose than were
those men And among them John A
Creishton stood with the first. His sou
was great and his heart generous. He wal
a warm frieod and companion and keeI
man IN the ~ 'uilding of the great west.
The nanA Of Creighton is written owe
this como lCy. In monuments OF bricl
and stC tire material evidences of tn,
generok Of his great heart. But hi
name ten more lastlngly in tn
hearts II hundreds of thousands whom
he aided 3 own free, generous hearte,
way,
II he web here know I could no
please him a(tter than to say a word o
respect and depreciation OF his brother
Edward Gre shton. to WHOM he alway
said he oweel so much and Hhom he love,
so deeply ItIward Creight{n was also
man Of gentt ,sity and in $ charity he
like John A. creighton. new r let his lef
hand know at his right nd did.
My heart Is deeply md ,ed and mi
speech is obs ucted, as l re all the great
ness OF tina cart that is billed forever
Peace be TO > memory of u I'm A. Creigh
ton"
Advu' idea of Monument.
Rev. T, ackay broach[d the subjec
Of the mon ent it is Proepsed to erec
to John A. ighton.
I'VE are g." said Rev. Mr.. MackaS
''to honor a nan not on account of hi
wealth, bat " cause in his veins ran tina
blood which 81 lght TO know of man. nc
what Ia his eed. but what Is his neet
1t is to honor such man that this mas
niScent audience has come out this evening
I'VE want to see a monument erected I
John A. Creig',t in this city. The bes
thing we can 20 is to erect such a monU
ment to this Inan as has been suggested
Let everyone contribute to II. Catholic an
Protestant, believer and hereto, rich an
poor. and let IL be a memory from IN
people to their benefactor"
Henry w. Y ties spoke fetlingly OF NJ
Creighton as a business man. He said |
part:
II feel It incumbent upon every man I
raise his voice to honor such a man. "
are here not 20 honor the memory OF
statesman. IL never held a political O
fee. He was o ly plain Christian gentle
man. He was inancler. but he made h
money honestly Count Crelghton's relisio
was not the kind TO be carried branded O
his forehead lie did his charitable deeC
because he loved to do them
"such men rs Count Creighton SOC
would bridge tha gulf that is said to exi
between the so called classes and ma3se
Such men as he renew faitn in the fathe
hood OF God anc the brotherhood Of man
William r. Gurley eloquently characte
lied Count Creighton. saying in part:
We bring here tonight not encomiun
which men yielc to genius and Statesman
ship We are here to bring a simpl
honest tribute t. the memory Of a human
hearted man.
He might have had the wealth
crOesus. and yss gone down to his gra,
unmourned. But Count Creighton was n
that kind OF man. In his giant fran
reposed the tender heart Of a child
Contrast with other Lives.
Gilbert NJ Hitchcock pointed out Il
contrast OF Count creighton's -charaet
with the greed o, the present age.
I'VE live In an age OF great commercis
ism," said Mr. Hitchcock. I'VE ara he
10 honor a man who sought o. ina no
he could help society. II Is a matter
pride to us citizens that Omaha has pr
duced such a man. Now omaha's need