New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
IN SCHOOL AND ARM0RY
tITNCOLN'S VIRTUES ANO
DEEDS E6TOLLED.
Tastice Gcynor Defends Captains OF
Tndustrz,-St. Clair McKeLrGy
Refers to Ballot Reform

r7-T- hi al fTls ITe,
brought freshly 20 che minds OF huhoreus VI 'iu
sand young by various speakers
Justice Gsynor OF the Supreme Court. spoke TO
fifteen hundred persons at the Manual Training High
School on Seventh avenue, Brooklyn last night
he said IN part:
Look al our grea: heads captains Of Industry,
as they are called. Whence came they, but oy the
r-,va road Of hard toll from the lowest beginnings.
ertIY -ro And how many are railing at and abusing
then Their hard earned success seems 70 Is e1Gi.e
Their courageous enterprise and combinations OF
Rsiher should they excite our Arbitration and good
The natural combination of capital, unfostered
and una!ded by law or goveTnment Is IN dng n 10 no
snEind BIT II II be built np by government Ia
-oritism, which enables few 70 destE1y s3 'r r
Jaw for instance TO their wholesale Treignts
carried over The railroads the highNai3s OF .re m
a. Hsy one-third the their rivals are charged
Tnai rnuSh and thereby speedily gradually ruin
sner, drive them out OF business, ana lhus ciee'7
Do not attack ;he honest enterprise Of your fellow
men. but attack these evils wherever fhey aa5y en'S
Blame your government for thenL lIae ae ezo rtoS
Fhould rse made poor that few may be mace rich
s seih n661 not tsn said the Ike Fair Play to
and fsvoritsTT to none VIII stl commune s9 @
statesmen politicians business from your own
sznks Are YOU not rearing and educating your
sene FOR Ills Purpose? Then be just and generous
- the sons of others who from the same beginnings
II is true that Abraham Lincoln belonged to no
Christian church denomination. but on, now Iu
his great soul was of belief IN Almighty 600 anu
! Ais rulership this world. He was callea ~
s1 5s who does not accept the divinity Of Jesus, or
other fundamental Christian dognas. ne was an
fnhdel But he atheist Ills neHeI n
AZ iso sftscleS ike Lincoln about his religious
t{ iS in tie Tecenf rampaisn Elaborate articles
sofr< of them to the effect that he was an jnidel
:5crsd and j partiai to the Catholic church
The people Of this country viii not stand TOT re.
iigious bgotry. No one ever Vet got diVloeha oat
when they see him whatever he may believe or
feel unable 20 believe
ST. CLAIR MKELwAYrs SPEECH
A large audience. typical OF the East Side and
composed mostly OF women immigrants, listened
st4enrively 10 the speeches and followed eagerly
the exercises held in Public School es. 9Th street
and First avenue. last night Hundreos were
furned away.
Louis Ea,ipt Commissioner OF Education. intro
drced the principal speaker Of the evening, DR.
St Clair McKelway.
The Increasing desire for ballot free from in
sfrniiation before is cast and free from identh-
cation after II IS deposited Lincolnism which
the best men Of both parties are united, for they
realize thar a vftiated suffrage is a greater peril
70 free institutions this land than any angry
form which civil war has here assumed, was
ore Of his thoughts He said further:
The nfty-six years OF Lancolrs life cast on the
centennial OF his birth not few admonitions ana
rightly been cancnzed. He exists in Homeric calm
and godlike completeness lie Is WITHOUT c9mparlff f
the United States on Abraham Lincoln has been less
effect Of Abraham Lincoln on the United States,
The United States made Abraham Lincoln, who
obscure His circumstances were those of ex-
ever, in the humble birth and hopeless environ
81 Abraham r. ne9n HIT II G;a4 naes n fsnqee os f6e
humble brought him into confidential terms
s5h afes aoeeaped n n their MorE In the educaton
Of Lneo:n for the trusts for which he was reserved
The Indian troubles OF the earlier Haskeye & war
for Iesdership The anti-savery agitation from
onward aroused him from sluggish whiggism int1
fhe rest from 1855 to isss-the rapidly of his rise
f Fes s asitg II S q gid defeat with anecote
despair NTH phiiosophy Dse&fo & WITH b t4b slebene n
tEiotism with nsrsyrdoIn and the grave WIN tne
st+ ~ Os fIas @ ,; ersine ~ and parting skies he
words OF parTssanship but words OF nationality /
snerzl STANDARDS in our society and in our govern
snent His eounsels would not be for contention
he would have sympathy. admiration and encour-
sTe agreed are as thoroughy. Linconisms Union.
emancipation ard manhood suffrage are The /
sgsinst she sovereienty Of the saloon is Lincoln
s IN 7 al ss is mara sa bsops @ Mch must De written
SAMUEL S. KoBNIG's ADDRESS.
Samuel S KoenIga Secretary Of New York State. /
made an address during the exercises at Public /
School g. He said in part:
Lincoln was a novel type. He could have sprung |
asture could not have been ripened otter than on
american soil The clay ef which he was mould
Ize was representative man. unlike any other.
m ho man Ss Of ev ell IL H. I d no
think as other men aid He studied questions care
sxsd IDEAS, He did Try and find out what
G e e s saS the on way 9s ad and then hsn Mf S5a
shst courage for which he was noted, put his
wfieh Re adopted IN early life were those which
made him ring true TO Righteousness and truth.
Lessons from the Life OF Lincoln" was the title
of address delivered by Professor Franklin
Russell, Of New York University, Public School
AS Hopkins street, near Delnnoniee Place Brock
yn. He said in part: +
The real grandeur OF IAncoln's character was IN |
4 mass OF myth is fast obscuring the true and
simple story Of what he DID Popular legend. MI
ne ne @a @ ,,t1 % @ Ups ans oosns sI sssrd Ss ga @
tited te very rats that he is said to have split
bat te true muse OF history finds his assertion
Isnee,n ee Vas son Of ~. h hts eonsTon e eone His
oriEfa humble. his fortune long in coming.
To- ro tesve months 20 ramiy vas ennobied bV his
record Of gler!; 70 church. with narrow walls and
narrower creed. claims him in the fellowship Of her
n the rner.or, 81 ais r1srf~rion: and ton;rbt @ ss
Elsdly rehearse those heroic myths that no harm.
tEer fast IN fesh and blood where ali the Young
10 do great deeds
SENATOR pEPEw AND JUDGE sPEER.
The Department Of New York. G. A. r. held
in the list Regiment Armory Senator
Depew was one Of the speakers He said in part:
We read much in these days Of the lack Of op-
sifhcai5y Of earning living or of getting ahead
Increases year By year. but TO ali who despair. all
oision the life Of Abraham Lincoln is an example
o sI etao theee ere Is no y9ush In this audi
and who are surrounded with such discouragine