The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-01
CEREMONIES IN
 HONOR OF LINCOLN Statue to Dead President Un-
 yelled At HodgenviIle HENRY PATTERSON SPEAKS Louisville Editor Tells of the Great Character of Lincoln and of His
 Common Sense In Handling
 Knotty Problems.
HENRY PATTERSON SPEAKS

0Hdi dIlCi VI hlhSOl1 anu OI F1iS
 Common Sense In Handling
 knotty Problems.
 Hodgenville, Ky. May St.-In this quaint little town not far from the demaroation line of combat in the Civil War, there was unveiled today statue of Abraham Lincoln. Standing in the public square as an inspiration to the emancipators S home people, Its face points the way to the Lincoln farm, scarce three miles out to the thousands of loyal Americans who are yet to do homage to the scenes of his birth. The ceremonies attending the unyeiling were simple, yet the best of Kentucky's official and private life was present when Mrs. Ben Hardin Helm of Louisville. a close relative of Mrs Lin coin, pulled the cord that dropped the sitting in chair, his lineaments bearing the old, careworn. kindly expression fa- miliar to the people of the entire world It had been intended by Artist Weine- man of New York to reproduce the St. Gaudens statue of Lincoln park in Chi cago, but a protest from that city over rode the consent given by the Northslde park commission. Hodgenvlle conse- quently has it's original
 Special trains from Louisville and other points nearby began arriving early aNl by the time the ceremonies began prob ably 5000 people were crowded around tho platform on which the statue was placed. Among those on the platform were Gov ernor Wilson, Hon. Henry Watterson, Robert T. Lincoln and Judge George Du- relic, former chief justice of the Ken lucky court of appeals.
 The invocation was by Rabbi II. G. Enelow of Louisville, former Chief Jus tice E. c. ORear of the Kentucky court of appeals following with an address. 'The Kentucky Pioneer"
 Judge o'Rear's Tribute.
 The address of Judge o'Rear follows in part:
 ''While every country of necessity had it's first inhabitants, the name and char acter of the pioneer. are believed to be- long peculiarly to the settlers of Amer lea.
 "rhe Roman legions, charlemagne and the Franks, Atilla and the Huns, Will liam the Conqueror and the Normans, Peter the Great and the Slavs went en masse. They invaded by arms a new country and divided it among the suc- cessful captains.
 But the real settlement of America was as radically different from these and all others of which we have record, as were the characters and achievements of the i,,,,,, o,,fz A quered by soldiers.
 ''rhe pioneer did not write history. Tho recorded events of his life are, therefore necessarily meagre. The pioneer Is now almost, if not entirely. extinct as class There is no longer a west and the pio- neers course is run.
 His language was meagre of imagery The speech of the Indian abounded in rhythm. That of the pioneer in blunt fact. The former called his streams by names scarcely less pleasing to the ear than must have been their primitive beauty to the eye. The Susquehanna, the Allegheny, the Suwanee, may or may not have meant to the Indian what Bear creek, Salt river or Hell Fo- -Sartain did to the pioneer. The Indian had leisure, abundant leisure, to cogitate upon names. The pioneer had too many pressing prob- lens, including that of the Indians to admit of such pastime.
 Most of all that has been said applies as we'll to the wife as to the man. If he was hero, she was a true heroine. When he was a soldier she was sentinel. She was, too, the artisan of the settlement
 'The spirit which was in the pioneer is today the dominant national spirit-the spirit of se1f-relance. The unknown does not frighten it. the situation does not daunt. The seemingly impossible does not stop it.'
 Cheers For Watterson.
 Hon. Henry Watterson was given a chorus of cheers when he arose to speak, and his address was given close attention.
 MT. Watterson was followed by Mir F. J. McDermott, g. wel1-known member of the Louisville bar He said, among other things:
 Wherever a free people need a man to admire and love for his humanity and goodness they will look for one like this hero of the republic, Abraham Lincoln.'' After the brief ceremony of unveling the statue had been performed by the venera- ble Mrs. Helm, the assembled throng sang America" with telling effect, the ac- ceptance of the statue being made on behalf of the monun>>s commission by George Durele of Louisville.
 Governor Wilson accepted the statue on behalf of Kentucky, in a brief and grace ful speech.
 Watterson's Speech.
 Mir Watterson began his address with sketch of the men who laid the founda- tions of the republic and the conditions which had provoked the war of sections, evolving Abraham Lincoln out of the primitive clements of American life and thought. and continued as follows:
 We are assembled today upon the spot where Abraham Lincoln was born to ded- icate memorial In his honor. This me- morial is a tribute from the state of his nativity. It is a fitting tribute, for it comes ungrudgingly.
 The men composing majority of the official body which ordained it called themselves democrats. He called himself a republican. They were partisan demo- crats He was a partisan republican. The republican party und the democratic party yet abide. They face each other sometimes in angry and always in spr- ited controversy. How comes it that dem ocrats find inspiration in the name of that republican who, more than any other. who more than all others, gave life and repetuity to the republican party, and gather lovingly about the site of the cab