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New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
HOW LINCOLN LOOKED.
Er-Judge Mott Tells of Presidents
41nearance at CoOper Union.

Charles Bulkley HubbeIl. speaking at Public
School 1 Broome and Clarke streets, yesterday.
read paper prepared by ex-Judge Charles c Mott
ard describing Lincoln he appeared on the night
n his famous speech at Cooper Union Mr. Mott
vas that time practising lawyer in this city
re was member Of committee appointed TO re
ceave Mr. Lincoln. Nj Mott is the last surviving
seosrsl judge whose commission bears the sig
nature Of President Lincoln He retired two or
shres years ago az chief Justice Of the Court of
Gains AT Washington Re wrote
One winter evening when I school trustee
y ne city OF New York a stranger came 10 the
,csr 70 deliver address IN the Cooper Institute
tse vas e tall. gaunt man. His weary brow
ceeplT furrowed ana his followed cheeks were
ssned His face had been roughened by expos
lrs ard Ais figure ssfNsned ny toll Any would
ave said that had had Il his lifetime too much
ntre work and too little nutritious food His man
81 was awkward. rustic. unSainly, and his voice
IA high and ehrin. strained by often speaking 10
t1ensands IN the open air His dress was uncouth
10 nr becoming and nishtting. and magnihed his
.ss,ic appearance His name was Abraham Ian
Tou would have said II you had been there that
.eni- Poor Ensn-pooT. quiet. plain. kindly, IN
sro.nsing rnE--there Il one here who has strug-
teo through many disadvantages as you have
was even He had learned his English from
Zee that die not know how 20 speak II; he had
e3ght HE pronunciation from those whose pronun-
.Ato1 reproach. IL had chung 10 him tena-
eonsly. consciously that he could not shake u
e &c had acquired little Of the learning ana
-5ne q TIE polish that 20 In the inteil-
strt Intercourse Of life. Poor. tired. SAD faced
SfsnEers was there mar in the Cooper Institute
New-York tribune., 1909-02-13

At the Temple Israel. Of Harlem, DR.. NJ H Hss-
rfs spoke on Lincoln last night. and AZ ths 1vT
Club IN East SD street. there were exercises COZ
sisting OF music and speaking The exercises OK
the Ethical Culture School consisted OF scsnes ~
hecting the life and work OF Lincoln Ths scenes
were worked out and written by the upper section
of grade seven which took up the study as part o<
the course in American history There were etgf1x
scenes-the Boy. the Youth. the Lawyer. the Presf-
dent. the Emancipator. the Friend the Martyr and
the EpIIogue The programme closed with the sing
ing of America
This letter from Admiral George Dewey Sd-
dressed 10 J. A Shedd president Of the Young
Mems Lincoln Club. read at the Lincoln CEN
ennia celebration in the Five Points Mission house.
No So Park street
have the heartiest sympathy in your tncent1on
the emulate the life principles OF Lincoln Who
kindIiuess and unfaltering courage in the path q
duty Only his appreciation OF fun and humor kept
him alive through the tragedy OF the Civil Wars
and he was the victim Of peace-not war
William Ordway Partridge. the sculptor. and the
Rev. Dr. George P Eckman- pastor OF St. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal Church, spoke Of Lincoln
Last night was a great night for the three hun
dred Youngsters of the Newsboys' Lodging House. az
No "a New Chambers street They had turkey
dinner A vaudeville show and listened 20 ad-
5rAss on the life OF Abraham Lincoln by T. Delano
,Veekes who for years has given dinner for ths
boys of the lodging house on Linccln's Birthday
New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
"REMINISCENCES OF LINCOLN.
Chancellor MacCracken Tells Them at New
York University Celebration.

The programme of the Lincoln centennial at New
York University included three addresses-the hrst
bv representative the students, Benjamin Parke
De Witt '0s. Sandman prize orator for the year:
the second by Professor Marshall s. Brown, head
of the department OF history, and the third by
Chancellor Henry NJ. MacCracken. The first two
discussed the character OF Lincoln and the last
presented the following "reminiscences:
MI Lincoln he'd returned after his defeat for the
Senatorship in 1858 TO his practice OF the la ne
had replied TO request that he help pay the eK-
I have been an expense long without earning
ANYTHING that / absolutely without money nov
for even household purposes 49,. -...
But he added: Il am glad made the race
Though now sink OF view and snail be for
gotten 1 believe have made some marks which
will tell for the cause Of liberty long after am
The second occasion upon which saw and heard
Abraham Lincoln was on his journey from his nome
field on the 1lth. the day before he was nfty-two
wears old He spent that night in Indianapolis, and
seems 10 have thinking OF his age for he said
70 the people in that city
III the union of these states and the labors OF
this people shall be lost Il Is but little TO any one
man Of ffty-two years OF age, but great oeaI 70
the thirty millions Of people who inhahit these
United States and to their posterity IN all coming
time"
Il hav. not maintained silence from any want OF
real anxiety II is good thing that there Is no
more than anxiety, for there is nothing gong
n Seemed to GONE Of US little optimistic in as
much the Southern Confederacy had heen iorIneo
bv more than half dozen states the preceding
week and Jefferson Davis was 10 be inausurated
the following Monday
At the conclusion Of the services procession
was formed marched around the Hall OF Fame
and halted at the Lincoln tablet, whore in the name
If the Young Mems Lincoln Club the Chancellor
placed an evergreen wreath upon the tablet
New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
COLUMBIA HoNoRs ITS ALUMNUs.
University, Which Gave Lincoln Degree,
Holds Anniversary Exercises

Columbia University. Of the colleges known
to have honored Abraham Lincoln with an aoa-
demic degree held anniversary exercises yesterday
afternoou President Nicholas Murray Butler read
the Gettysburg speech Of Lincoln and also his sec
ond inaugural address. Ex-senator John = SpooneF'
the orator of the day. said. in part;
7, VAS a long toilsome and rugged journey from
the log cabin of Kentucky to the lofty eminence
anon which Lincoln died. The intensity with whicn
he was nalgned in the press and on the platform
siec1 ed 10 ridicule and carfcature, those who did
,,ot live in that time can hardly conceive. With
hin, the sense OF hunor was indeed a saving sense
Who a well as he would have endured in silence
the yenonlous attacks. The fatsehoods and denun-
ciatyons which he bore in silence-not for want or
snirit or courage. for he possessed both IN the
highest degree but for his love of the cause? VINO
coG,Id so have compelled the personal frendliness
and almost flial regard which pervaded the RANK
and 7le OF the army. East and West2 He came
from the ranks of the people. and every common
-oI5isr knew that his friend. and IN TINS
SoI1n6 inspiration for loyal and faithful service
The opening lecture in the series given to com
r,ernorate the centennial Of Charles Darwin's birth
,Tss delivered yesterday morning in Haxemeyer
EsI1 bv Henry Fairfield Osborn. head OF the Mu-
scum Of Natural History PROFESSOR ospor" orlehF
cor1nsred Darwin and Lincoln.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-13

building that night who Of the springtirne and
promise OF life apparently possessed less7
Yet Abraham Lincoln possessed three things that
night which were priceless, and in them he
passed al the men who looked and listened in that
nail First, ne had learned to think; second, ne
hao learned to speak; third he had cultivated the
soul within him that he could, If he spoke at all,
speak with simplicity and earnestness. These three
things became the secret and the instrumentaltty
or his success-to think well, to speak well, to
speak In absolute simplicity and with fervtd
nestness Men saw not then the rustic gesture, and
hearq not the rasping, uncultured sound But the
absolute simplicity of the language they could not
Iail TO understand. while the gnarled manhood OF
the frontier ktndled with a fire and warmed
them with the fervor of it's own glowing soul
For some years, when benumbed by the con-
tagious obscurity of befogzed I have taken
this address Of Lincoln and read IL when would
dsS1tangle my own thoughts, and more than once
have said to young Americans. IF you would
learn TO think read Abraham lincoln
New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
PRINCIPLE OF ABoLITIONIsTs.

The abolitionists proclaimed as a fundamental
principle NO union with slave holders Mr.
Lincoln, in the midst of the Civil War. wrote to
Horace Greeley: IT l could save tne
Union without freeing any slaves I would do 1t,
and II I could save II by freeing all the slaves
would do H. and IL I could II by freeing
some and leaving others alone ! would also do
that"
And yet to the principle-no further extension
of slavery on American sOil-he gave hlmselr
with uncompromising conservation For that
principle he hazarded his own political fortunes
the fortunes OF his party and the life or the nd-
ton To all remonstrances urging compromise
upon him after his election his answer was the
same: "On the territorial question-that Is, the
question of extending slavery under national
auspices am inhexiole.'
have said that the slavery question was one
phase OF the labor question So said MI LIN
coin nearly half a century ago. The existing
rebellion he wrote to a committee Of the
working Mems Association of New York, is III
fact a war upon the rights Of all working peo-
pIe' To what conclusion would his principles
and his spirit lead upon the labor question as II
is presented TO us IN our times?
We NAV be sure that he who never denounced
the slave holder. who never did anything 70 IN
tensify the profound ire OF South against North
or North against South. would enter INTO iio
class war would never denounce the rlCh 70 t,ie
moor or the poor to the rich He who tolu the
farmers Of wisconsin that the reason why there
we're moro attempts to hatter them than an!
other class was because they could cast uoIo I
votes but that to his thinking they were Ilelller
better nor worse than other people, "oulu He' '. q
hatter the mechanic class to WIN TOT h'lilSeil VI
his parfv labor vote.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
ro1rAL1TY OF OPPORTUNITY

He who said in 1860 Il don't believe IN 10"
n prevent a man from getting rich and 90
ba1iave In allowing the hum best man an equd!
chance 10 get rich with any one else Wouu
have found, not in war upon the WeaItHy, puL ~
eousl opportunit,- for all. the remedy Tor soclai
and in piustrial inequalities He VINO condeilIle',
the mudsill theory. the theory that labor ah9
education are incompatible, and that a blihd
horse upon a treadmill Is perfect illustralou @ e
Of what a laborer should be. ali the better TOT
being blind. so that he could not KICK u!lueI -
standingly." would be the earnest auEoCa'e %
child labor laws and Industrial educatloh
Two solutions Of the labor problem present
themselves in our time for our acceptance one;
can3taIisnT or the wage system-that few shall
aIWavs own the tools and implements WIN
which industry is carried on; these are capilai
lists. and that many shall always carry on the
industry with these tools and implements Tor
wages maid by 1heir owners This makes the
upon few. The other Is state soclalism-t%net %
the government shall own all the tools ana I'M
plements Of industry and aliot 10 the Various 3
members of the community their respective m
d,,c+rias ana concentrations. This makes all IN
divfduals wage earners employed by an organ
ization the city. state or nation. in the controt
of which II is assumed all will share
Neither Of these solutions would MI Lincoln
have accepted. Neither of these solutions dld
he accent No solution would he have accepted
which made the working man whether ne
works with brain with hand. perpetual
wage Garner, fixed in that CONDITION Tor NE ana ana
forever dependent for his livelihood upon any
employer. whether private or pontlcaL IN MS
Ars+ annual message he stated with great clear
ness his solution of the labor problem TO that
s+atennent he attached such Importance that he
repeated II two years and a half later In his
letter to the Working Mems Association OF New
york The Importance of this statement or his
TaItb iustifes nv reading il at some length;
THE PLACE OF LABOR
Labor is prior to and independent Of capital.
fra-jta1 is only the fruit Of labor. and could
never have existed if labor had not first existed
Labor is the superior Of capital and deserves
much the higher consideration Capital has It's
riob+s which are as worthy of protection as any
r. rie-bts Nor is X denied that there is and
hetvraen ahNr
New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
GROWTH OF SLAVERY.

The slavery question seems so simple TO US
now but il was not simple TO the men Of that
generation For nearly two hundred years slav-
erv existed in every state in the Union except
Massachusetts and some of Massachusetts en-
gagged in the slave trade. Partly from moral
uartly from economic reasons, 1t was gradually
abolished in the Northern states. But the in
vention of the cotton gin creating greatly IN
creased demand for cotton. and the greatly in
creased demand. for cotton creating a greatly
increased demand for negro labor gave slavery
. new life in the Southern states
II was first regretted. then exCuseo' iien ii
justified finally glorifed For & whle nLie
yrss drawn across the continent, and an agree
rneut was reached that south of that line elaVeEy
should never be interfered with; nortn or tna'
line the territory should remain forever free
The abolition of this compromise IN 1oo1
opened Northern territory 20 slavery. ana threp
- Whole country into a ferrnent of passion and
manic IN the light Of subsequent history argu,
y,-aef,,1 then They were such as these; Slave
sbor is necessary to cotton and cotton Is heces-
sary 10 the world. Slaves have been Ins.oe ~ ~Prop-
OF vested rights. Slavery Is recognizes oS the
New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
BRooKLYN's TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN
Professor Arson, of Princeton. Delivered Ad-
sress in 18Th Regiment Armory

Thousands of persons crowded the 18th Regiment
Arrnory last night. where Brooklyn's largest cee-
hration of the Lincoln centenary was held
Colonel c. O. Davis Of the 18th Regiment pre-
sided The programme included address by
Professor Stockton Axson. instructor in English
literature at Princeton University.
Professor Axson said that the people should not
be faied by the tales about the simplicity Of the
r1artvred President. He not always Honest
Abe the rail spltters" he said. 'Tndeeds the
con1plexity OF his character has never been
rectly estimated by the historians and crit
les"
New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
THE PLACE OF LABOR


Labor is prior to and independent Of capital
Ga Dital is only the fruit Of labor. and could
never have existed if labor had not first existed
Tsbor ia the superior Of capital and deserves
much the higher consideration Capital has its
riphts which are as worthy of protection as any
other rights Nor is Il denied that there is and
nroba hfv always will be a relation between labor
snd ca nital producing mutual benefits.
''rhe error is In assuming that the whole labor
- the community exists within that relation
There is not of necessity any such
ching as the free hired laborer being fixed to
that condition for life
NAM years ago delivered address to
a~ad their attention upon the interpreter at my
sid. They looked at him. Through MIN they
hsard me NV ambition this afternoon has been
20 effarA myself and bid you listen to the IN
-;sfhIe orator who stands by nv side with his
sad face his resolute conscience, his human
sS1n,natbiss and his simpIe. sincere English.
what If you could hear him. he would say
would be- I think what he said in $500 TO tne
capitaIIsts and the wOrkingmen Of New Haven;
ssT am not ashamed to confess that twenty
ave wears ago I was a hired laborer. mendlng
rails at work on a hatboat-just what might
10 have the chance-and believe a black man
is entitled 10 ft-in which he can better his
condition when he may look forward ana nope
IN he a hired laborer this year. ana the next
work for himself: afterWard, and finally, 10 hlre
men to work for him That is the true system.
Then YOU can better your condition, and so II
may go and on in one ceaseless round SO
long as man exists the face or the earth-
Not perpetual employment of the many by a
few capitalists. not perpetual employment or
all by one capitalist, the state. but Ialr neld
and an open door, by which every Workingman
may become a capitalist, every wage Garner his
own empioyer-thiS is Abraham 1<ncolnS SOfu-
tion sf the labor problem
The Greeley tribune., 1909-05-26

good for Greeley as would the e:'
iuIts Of many weeks tire by the
samc persons. even should these eff
forts be crowned by success.
Gentlemer, there Is lot OF kick
ing among the business men of Gree
ley at your dilatory tactics in this
matter You owe ii to yourselves and
to the rest of the business men of
the city to take definite action on
this matter at the earliest possible
moment. We want all those rail-
road spurs to center in Greeley and
we want them to center here this
fall. half minutes reflection
should convince you that additional
switching facilities must be had to
handle the increased business. Ii
these facilities cannot be had here.
they must be had elsewhere, and it
need not be retaliation on the part
of the railroad company either.
We believe that two men in the
'ity council could fix this thing up in
lalf an hours time. Do you want
o take the responsibility of block
ng this matter?
The Greeley tribune., 1909-05-26
SPEAR FIGHTING
FOR RIGH1OF.WAY
STARTS SUIT IN FEDERAL COURT
Prays Injunction Against U. p. for
Territory Near HilIsbOro

The Denver, Greeley & Fort Col
Inns Railroad Co., the proposed road
which is controlled by George J.
Spear of Greeley and c. T. Trem-
holm, general superintendent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, who
lives at ST. Paul, and the associate
members of that company, late Sat
urday afternoon through ATTORNEYS
Ralph Hartzell of Denver and H. E.
Churchill of Greeley filed suit in the
United States circuit court of Dem
yer against the Union Pacific Rail-
road Co.. in which suit an injunc-
tion is prayed against the Union Pa
cific for using some three or four
miles of right of way heretofore
acquired and owned by the proposed
electric line between Greeley and
Hillsboro. The right of way in
| controversy is near and along the
line of Wild Cat creek
The Greeley-Denver company ia
the corporation that some eighteen
months ago graded their line from
Greeley to Evans, and also the COM
pany that is involved in litigation
WIN the City or Greeley over the
life of its franchise on Sixth avenue
and other streets in Greeley.
| 1t is said that this concern has
spent several thousands of dollars
In grading and acquiring right of
way In and near Greeley, and If A
favorable opinion is given by tho
federal court sustaining their fran
chise here the promoters say thew
will start at once to build their lin.
from Greeley to Denver.
The Union Pacific, in the con-
struction Of its line from Hillsboro
to LaSalle, have according to the
complaint started to grade on tho
precise right of way owned by the
Denver, Greeley & Fort Collins elec
trio. TIE case will be heard at IN
O'Clock Wednesday morning heroro
Judge Lewis in the federal court a.
Denver.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-05-26
Six Graduates at Evans
(Evans Specially }


A declamatory contest marked the
closing of the Evans schools last
week. The contest took place Sat
urday night at Young's hall and
there We're nine contestants. all pu-
plls chosen from the eighth and
ninth grades. The winner of the
hrst prize was Miss Bertha Bann,
OF the second, Miss Henrietta Reed
OF the third, Miss Mamie Hentzell.
In addition to the speaking, an elab-
crate musical program was given
consisting of vocal solos, duets and
instrumental numbers. The diplo.
mas were presented to the gradual
ing class by DIR. ID. J. Horton. Those
graduating from the eighth grade
are Henrietta Reed, Mamie Hent.
eel, Ethel Craig, Edwin Young, Bert
Reed and Bert Riddle.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-05-26
Mrs. Marcia p. CaIkins

Mrs. Marcia Palmer Calkins, wife
OF w. II. Calkins, died early Sunday
morning at the family home, of heart
trouble following rheumatism. De-
ceased was 10 years old and has been
resident of Greeley for many years
ohe was married twice and is sur
vlved by her husband and five chill
dren. The two older daughters are
Mrs. VIII Travis and Miss Nellie
Williams.
Mrs. Calkins was a kind and gem
erous neighbor and devoted moth
er' She was member of the United
Presbyterian church and funeral ser
'lces will be conducted at that church
oy Rev. Philips, at o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-05-26
RAINSTORM WAS ERRATIC
Precipitation Heavy in Some Dis
tricts, Light in Others

The big storm of Thursday came
in streaks and while in some places
the rainfall was heavy in others
so little moisture fell that it was
not worthy of the name of storm at
all. Ault got a nice rain and re-
ports from the northeast indicate
that there was a heavy fall of mos
ture in that country. But in the
Wyatt district which is due east of
Ault, the rain was SO light that
the farmers continued work in the
fields all day. The good done to
barley crops, wheatfields and to the
alfalfa, in sections where the rain
fell, was immense.
A smart shower struck Eaton
about noon, following a cloudy and
drizzling morning and the weather
did not clear up until sunset. The
farmers are wearing u smile of sur
prising width today; and spud plant
ing will commence at once
LAGRANGE people say they are
thankful for small favors and so are
not ungrateful for Thursdays show
ers; but considerable more rain
could have been used than the
amount that fell.
Beebe Draw was in the path of n
good rain, the principal amount fall
ing in heavy shower about noon.
Corn in that dis -rict is now planted
and the rain will be of the greatest
benefit to it. Wheat and alfalfa are
also the gamers by the storm.
At LaSalle it didn't rain enough
to put on rubbers" but big storm
is reported at Peckham. Between
Evans and LaSalle hardly enough
moisture fell TO lay the dust.
kersey had nard rain that lasted
two hours and thoroughly soaked the
fields. A very heavy storm is report
ed in the country to the south and
southeast but lighter to the north
and northeast
The Greeley tribune., 1909-05-26
Friendly School Rivalry
(Ault Special1


The youngsters of the fourth ,rd
NTH grades of the Ault school have
had lengthy contest among tbar-
selves in the matter of reducing ,ardv
MARKS IN their room. The boys we're
on one side and the girls on the 9th
er ana each tried to outdo the other
III Keeping up high standard of
attendance. The girls won ont and
the boys paid the forfeit by getting
up picnic for their rivals Saturday
accompanied by their teacher h,,ss
Ada Coney, they all betook themseIy-
es TO Cailahan's grove, where The
dinner was enjoyed and iolly time
spent When the rain threatened to
spoil things, the children took refuge
III d roomy dugout near the grove
and had their games there.