The Washington herald., 1909-02-13


/ Loncoln Farm. Hodgenville. Ky. Feb.
1s.-The President Of the United States.
Gov. Folk. Of Missouri and Gov. Wilson,
/ Of Kentucky. and scores OF the distin-
guished guests participated here to-day IN
I the exercises incident TO the laying Of
| the corner store OF Lincoln Memorial
Han.
On the spot where Dnce stood the log
cabin in which the ensncipator was born
there viii arise q beautiful structure OF
stone and marble. which shall stand as
/ permanent monument 20 the memory Of
Lincoln. and a shrine TO which HIS de
votees may so on pilgrimages IN the
future.
The lrizzling rain which fen nearly all
morning nsFred the occasion to some
extent u
Long before the exercises begun the
tent which had been erected to shelter
I the crowd was filed with spectators. and
the muddy road leading from Hodgen-
vile 10 the farm was alive with vehicles
of every description. The Presissnt and
party were driven N a carriage from
Hodge1ville Station to the farm
President Wildly Cheered
President Roosevelt and the guests OF
the occasion. escorted by the mounted
police and the Louisville troopers, reach
ed the grounds at I2.15 p. m tie was
wildly cheered- When the President took
his place on the speakers stand
there were fully 500 present. and the
cheering was renewed.
The President. Mrs. Roosevelt. and Miss
Ethel Roosevelt we're accompanied to the
stand by Gov. Folk. Gov. Wilson. Gen. I
Wright. and Gen. Grant Wilson The
band was playing the star Spangled Ban
ner@ and Ny Old Kentucky Home" Mrs /
Wilson also occupied a place on the !
stand
The only incident Of the Presidents trip
over 70 the farm Was the breaking of /
the harness. on one OF the horses Of the I.
carriage containing Capt Farley. state
treasurer, Attorney General Breathltt. and |
several others. Nobody was hurt, how
ever, and the procession was not long
delayed.
Rev. E. /. Powell. OF Louisville deliv- !
cred the invocation and Coy. Wilson :
II
vas the first speaker Of the occasion. and /
after welcoming the guests. launched into !
an eloquent tribute 10 the memory OF
Lincoln. After Gov Folk. he introduced
President Roosevelt amid the widest ap-
plsuse- Here was loud call Of we cant 1
see you
Mounts a Chair.
The President thereupon mounted /
chair. 10 the great delight Of the crowd. I
saying:
If you hear me, you can see me-"
The President created a great laugh 1
When he declared before beginning his
speech There stands a Republican !
governor of Kentucky which state
went Democratic at the last election and i
a former Democratic governor OF Mis-
souri,, which State at the last election /
went Republican
There was wild cheering when he de-
ciared that his Secretary Of War was a
Confederate veteran who people declared
did not belong TO his political party
But he voted right In the last four
elections said the President The Presi-
dent was given the closest attention.
The Presidents Address.
IN part. President Roosevelt spoke as
follows:
We have met here 10 celebrate the
10Th anniversary Of the birth Of one Of
the two greatest Americans: OF one of
the two or three greatest men Of the
nineteenth century. Of one of the greatest
men in the worlds history.
This ran-splitter. this boy who passed
his ungsinly youth in the dire-soverty of
the poorest Of the frontier folk. whose
rise was by weary and painful labor,
lived to lead his people through the /
burning flames Of a struggle from which I
the nation emerged. purified as by fire. i
born anew to a loftier life After long
years Of iron effort and Of failure that /
came more often than victory, he at last
rose to the leadership Of the republic at
the moment when that leadership had !
become the stupendous world-task Of the
time.
He grew 10 know greatness, but never
ease Success came to him. but never
happiness, save that which springs from
doing well a painful and a vital task.
Power was his. but not pleasure
Alike in Essentials.
measure fortunate in the characters Of
the two gTeatest~of our public men
Washington and Lincoln. Widely though
they differed in externals. the Virginia
landed gentleman and the Kentucky back
woodsmaa. they were alike in essentials,
they were alike in the great qualities
which rendered each able to render serv-
ice to his nation and to all mankind such
as no other man of his generation could
or did render.
Each had lofty ideals. but each in
striving TO attain these lofty ideals was
guided by the soundest common sense.
Each possessed inhexibIe courage in ad- I;
versity and soul wholly unspoiled by
prosperity Each possessed all the gentler
virtues commonly exhibited by good men
who lack rugged strength of character. II
widely though the problems of to-day /
differ from the problems set for solution
20 Washington when he founded this na- I;
ton, to Lincoln when ne saved IL and
freed the slave, yet the qualities they
showed in meeting these problems are
exactly the same as those we should
show in doing our work to-day"
Following the address by the President.
Gov Wilson, Of Kentucky, spoke in be-