The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-19

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him except those whom the impress
sion of his own personality brought
around him, should so rise. A Sec
ond is the gentleness of his heart. He
who has to refuse every hour re-
quests from those whom a primatiye
person would have been glad to in
dulge, he who has to punish those
whom primative person would pity
and pordon, can seldom retain either
tenderness or patience.
1T is often said that every great
man is INSCRIPTIONS; and doubtless
most of those to whom usage has at
tached the title have been so. To
preserve truthfulness and consci-
entiousness appears scarcely possible
in the stress of life where immense
issues seem to make it necessary and
therefore make it right, to toss aside
the ordinary rules of conduct in
order to secure the end desired. 10
Abraham Lincoln, however, truth
fulness and conscientousness re-
manned the rule of life. He felt and
owned his responsibility not only to
the people but to a higher power.
Few men have SO stainless a record.
TO you, men of Illinois, Lincoln
is the most famous and worthy of all
those who have adorned your COM
monwealth. To you, citizens of the
United States, he is the president
who carried you through a terrible
conflict and saved the union. To us,
in England, he is one of the heroes
OF the race whence you and we
spring. We honor his memory as
YOU do; and it is fitting that one who
S privileged to represent here the
and from which his forefathers
came should bring on behalf of Eng
and a tribute of admiration for him
and of thankfulness to the Provi-
fence which gave him to you in your
hour of need.
Great men are the noblest pos
session of nation" said Mr.. Bryce
N conclusion, land are potent forces
IN the moulding of national charac-
Ter. Their influence lives after them
and il they be good as we'll as great
they remain as beacons lighting the
course of all who follow them. They
set for succeeding generations the
standards of public life. They stir
the spirit and rouse the chivalry of
The youth who seek to emulate their
irtues in the service of the coun-
Try. Thus did the memory of George
Washington stir and rouse Lincoln
n pnS l,1
Lincoln live and endure among you,
gathering reverence from age to age,
Uhe memory of the one who
saved your republic by his wisdom,
nis constancy, his faith in the people
and in freedom, the memory OF
plain and simple man. yet crowned
with the knightly virtues of TRUTH
fulness, honor and courage"
Washington, Feb. 12.-The cen
lennial Of Lincoln's birth was OBJ
served in the national capitol today
as a public holiday. Several me-
mortal meetings were held during
the day and in the evening.
A great monument DIN Washington
and a highway from Washington to
Gettysburg battlefield, to be known
as 1.-The Lincoln way" are among the
projects considered by congress to
do honor to the memory Of the
Emancipator.
A special two-cent postage stamp,
bearing reproduction of the profile
OF Lincoln from a bust by st. Gau-
uens, was put on sale today in Wash
ngton and at postofiices of the first
and second classes throughout the
country.
New York, Feb. 12.-With cere-
monies in SCI public schools, in SIS
theatres, morning and afternoon, in
10 armories at night, with speeches
by famous New Workers at great
meetings in Carnegie hall, Cooper
Union and at the College of the City
of New York, and music by more
than 1000 voices, the one hundredth
anniversary of Abraham Lincolns
birthday was made notable occa-
sion in the metropolis. The day
was ushered in with the firing of
national salute from the forts and
men-of-war in the harbor, and all
the bells in the city were rung for
five minutes. Batteries of the ma
tional guard also fired salute at
8 O'Clock this morning.
The principal exercises Of the day
took place this afternoon at Cooper
Union, where Lincoln delivered his
famous speech of February 81, 1860,
the chair which he then occupied
still being in evidence.
Hon. Rufus H. Choate presided.
The religious exercises were in
charge Of Bishop Greer. DR.. Ly-
man ABBOTT delivered the Grafton Of
the day. The Liederkranz societies
provided the music.
Chicago, Feb. 1.-TWO hundred
meetings i'm armories, halls clubs
and school buildings, in which it is
estimated that over 100000 people
participated marked the celebration
of the Lincoln centennial in Chi
cago, the city in which the most
famous citizens of Illinois was nom
mated for the Presidency. The city
was deliberately decorated and the
day was generally observed as hol-
iday. The principal meeting of the
day was held in the Auditorium this
morning, the speakers including
President Woodrow Wilson, of
Princeton University; DR.. Emil G.
Hirsch, Edwin Earle Sparks, pres
ident of Pennsylvania State College;
John A. Macdonald, editor of the
Toronto Globe, and other promi-
nent men