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University Missourian., 1909-02-12

While Lincoln was coming up the Mis-
souri, river toward Council Bluffs. ! was
returning from making reconnOis-
sancc westward for the proposed Pacific
railroad. and l reached Council Bluffs
almost exactly at the time of his ar
rival there We found ourselves stop
ping together at the Pacific hotel. which
stood directly opposite the site of my
present Office Council Bluffs was then
a frontier town of about l.j00 inhabi-
tantS.
After dinner at the hotel Mr.. Lin
coin sought me out and engaged me in
conversation about what I knew of the
country west of the Missouri river. He
greatly impressed me by the marked in
tcrcSt he displayed in the work in which
| was engaged and he expressed himself
Is believing that there was nothing
more important before the nation at
that time than the building of a railroad
to the Pacific coast. He ingcniouSly cX-
tractcd great deal of information from
me about the country beyond the river.
the climate. the character of the soil.
the resources. the rivers and the route.
When the long conversation ended |
realized that most of the things that ]
had been holding as secrets for my en-
plovers in the East had been given to
him without reserve
University Missourian., 1909-02-12

Schoolboys from the kindergarten +"
the University heartily approve Pre>i-
dent RooSevclt'S action in suggesting
another national holiday. Their only
desire is: May it always come on a
school day"
University Missourian., 1909-02-12
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not be printed unless desired. The Cniver.
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ing them.)
University Missourian., 1909-02-12
LINCOLN ONE OF TWO
GREATEST AMERICANS
So Says President Roosevelt In speech at
Hodgenville. hy.-A Tribute to the 0oS OF
Poverty Who Rose to He I'd OF Nation.

We of this day must try to solve
many social and industrial problems. re-
quiring to an especial degree the COM
binatiOn of indOmitable resolution with
coOl-headed sanity. We can profit by
the way in which Lincoln used both
these traits as he strOve for reform.
We can learn much of value from the
very attacks which following that
course brought up his head, attacks
alike bv the extremists of revolution
and by the extremists of reaction He
never wavered in devotion to his prin-
ciples, in his love for the Union and
in his adherence of slavery. Timid
and lukewarm people We're always de.
nOuncing him because he was too ex-
treme; but as Il matter of fact he never
went to extremes, he worked step by
step; and because of this the eXtrem-
lists hated and denounced him with a
fervOr which now seems to lis fantastic
in its deificatiOn of the unreal and the
impossible. At the very time when one
side was holding him up as the apostle
of social revolution because he was
against slavery, the leading abolition
ist denounced him as the slave hound
of Illinois, When he was the second
time candidate for President. the ma
jority of his opponents attacked him
because of what they termed his ex-
treme radicali,m. while Il minority
threatened to bolt his nomination be-
cause he was not radical enough. lie
had continually to check those who
wished to 90 forward too fast, at the
very time that he OverrOde the Opposi-
ton of those who wished not TO 20
forward at all. The goal was never
dim before his vision: but he picked
his way cautiously, without either halt
or hurry, as he strobe toward it,
through such morass of difficulty that
no man of less courage would have
attempted it. while it would surely have
overwhelmed any man of Judgment less
serene
University Missourian., 1909-02-12

4 bill was introduced in the national
House of Representatives yesterday af-
ternOOn to decrease the salary of the
Secretary of State from $4,000 to So
600. This was done to remove the con-
>titutional prohibition against the sue
cc>>ion of senator =. {. Knox of Penn
sylvania to the cabinet position of Sec
retary of State under President Taft.
University Missourian., 1909-02-12
Four Meets for DePauw.

DePauw is to have four track meets
this season.
University Missourian., 1909-02-12
Washington and Lincoln.

AS people we are indeed beyond
measure fortunate in the characters OF
the two greatest of our public men.
Washington and Lincoln Widely
though they differed i'm cxternals, the
Nirginian landed gentleman and the
Kentucky backwOOdsman. they were
alike in essentials. they We're alike in
the great qualities which rendered each
able to render service to his nation
and to all mankind such as no other
man of his generation could or did rem
der. Each had lofty ideals. but each
in striving to attain these lofty ideals
was guided by the sOundest common
sense. Each possessed infleNible cOur-
age in adversely. and soul wholly un-
spoiled by prosperity. Each possessed
all the gentler virtues commonly ex-
hibited by good men who lack rugged
strength of character. Each possessed
also all the strong qualities commonly
exhibited by those towering masters
of mankind who have too often shown
themselves devoid of so much as the
understanding of the words by which
we signify the qualities of duty, of
mercy. of devotion to the right, of lofty
disinterestedneSs in battling for the
good of Others. There have been other
men as great and other men as good
hut in all the history of mankind there
are no other two great mon as good aS
! these. no other two good men as great.
Widely though the problems of today
differ from the problems set for solu-
tion to Washington when he founded
this nation. to Lincoln when he saved
it and freed the slave. Vet the qualities
they showed in meeting these problems
are exactly 'he same as those we
should show i'm doin" our work today.
Saw into Future.
Lincoln saw into the future with the
prophetic imagination usually voucI-
safed only to the poet and the seer.
He had in him all the lif, toward great :
ness of the visionary. without any of
the visionary'S fanaticiSm or egOtism
without any Of the visionary's narrow
jealousy of the practical man and in
ability to strive in practical fashion
for the realization of an ideal. He had
the practical mans hard common sense
and willingness to adapt means to ends
but there was in him none of that NOR
bid growth of mind and soul which
blinds so many practical men to the
higher things of life No more practi-
cal man ever lived than this hOmely
backwOOds ideali>t: but he had nothing
in common with those practical men
whose cOnsciences are warped until
they fail to distinguish between good
and evil, fail to understand that
strength, ability. shrewdness. whether
in the world of business or of politics
only serve to make their possessor
a more noyiOus. more evil member of
the community. if they are not guided
and controlled by fine and high moral
sense.
University Missourian., 1909-02-12
Never Vindictive.

Yet perhaps the most wonderful thing
of all, and, from the standpoint of the
America of today and of the future, the
most vitally important. was the extra
ordinary way in which Lincoln could
fight valiantly against what he deemed
wrong and yet preserve undimni>hed
his love and respect for the brother
from whom he differed. In the hour
of a triumph that would have turned
any weaker mans head. i'm the heat
OF struggle which spurred many
good man to dreadful vindictiveness. he
said truthfully that so long as he had
been in his office he had never willingly
planted thorn in any mans bosom,
and besOught his supporters to study
the incidents of the trial through which
they We're passing as philosophy from
which to learn wisdom and not as
wrongs to be avenged: ending with the
solemn eNhortation that, as the strife
was over. all should reunite in a COM
HloH eIOTl 10 save tnelr common cOuil-
try.
He lived in days that We're great and
terrible. when brother fought against
brother for what each sincerely deemed
to be the right. In a contest SO grim
the strong men who alone can carry it
through are rarely able to do justice to
the deep convictions of those with
whom they grapple in mortal strife. At
such times men see through glass
darkly; to only the rarest and loftiest
spirits is vOuchsafed that clear vision
which gradually comes to all. even to
the lesser. as the struggle fades into
distance. and wounds are forgotten. and
peace creeps back to the hearts that
were hurt. But to Lincoln was given
this supreme vision. He did not hate
the man from whom he differed.
Weakness was as foreign as wickedncss
t" his strong gentle nature: but his
courage was of a quality so high that it
needed no bolstering of dark passion.
He saw clearly that the same high quail
tiles the same courage and Willingness
for self-Sacrifice and devotion to the
right as it was given them to see the
right belonged both to the men of the
North and to the men of the South. As
the years roll by, and as all of us,
wherever We dwell. grow to feel an
equal pride in the valor and self-devo-
tion. alike of the men who wore the
blue and the men who wore the gray.
50 this whole nation will grow to feel
a peculiar sense of pride in the might
lest of the mighty men who mastered
the mighty days: the lover of his
country and of all mankind: the man
whose blood was shed for the union of
his people and for the freedom of a race,
Abraham Lincoln
University Missourian., 1909-02-12

President Roosevelt spoke as follows
at the centennial celebration OF the
birth of Abraham Lincoln today at
HOdgenville, Ky:
We have met here to celebrate the
hundredth 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 rail splitter. this boy who passed
his ungainly youth in the dire poverty
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 struggle from
which the nation emerged, purified as
bv fire. born anew to lOftier life. AL
ter long years of iron effort, and Of
failure that came more often than vic
tory. he at last rose to the leadership
of the Republic, at the moment when
that leadership had become the stupen-
dous world-task of the time. He grew
to know greatness, but never ease. Sue
cess came to him. but never happiness,
save that which springs from doing well
painful and vital task. Power was
his. but not pleasure. The burrows
deepened on his brow. but his eyes were
undimmed by either hate or fear. His
uaunt shoulders We're bowed. but his
steel thews never faltered as he bore
for a burden the de>tinies of his peO-
pie His great and tender heart
shrank from giving pain: and the task
allotted him was to pour out like water
the life-bloOd of the young men. and to
feel in his every fiber the sorrow of the
women. Disaster saddened but never
dismayed him. As the red years of war
went by they found him ever doing his
duty in the present. ever facing the
future with fearless front. high of
heart. and dauntless of soul. UnbrOken
by hatred mistaken by scOrn. he work
ed and suffered for the people. Tri-
umph was his at the last: and barely
had he tasted it before murder found
him. and the kindly, patient, fearless
ewes were closed forever.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07

the Church. Sabba,r school at noon. No
evening services and no Young Peoples
meeting on account OF union gospel meet
ing at the First Christian church,
North Side Christian will meet at the
old location, Twenty-second and Locust,
Sunday morning as usual for church SER
vices and Bible school. In the evening
this church will unite in the union service
at Trinity Methodist Episcopal church.
Members will please notice that no change
has been made in the place of worship.
clifton Hill Presbyterian, Forty-tifth and
Grant, Thomas b. Greelee, Ministep-Pub-
lie worship at 1920; Sabbath schoo at
noon; Junior Christian Endeavor at $50;
senior society at $3.50. In the evening at
1880 will be held the first service in the
two weekly simultaneous evangelistlc cam
palgn. Services each night excepting Sat
urday.
Church Of st. Philip, the Deacon, Twenty
first, Near Paul, Rev. John Albert will
Jams, Pastor-Holy communion, 1880 a, m.
Bishop Arthur L. Williams officiating;
mathis, 1890 a. m; choral eucharist and
sermon, IL a. m; Sunday school ana cate
ohism, 1880 p. M; Brotherhood of st. An
drew, 8 p. m; evensong and sermon, 8
o'clock.
Emmanuel Baptist, Twenty-fourth and
Pinkney, Rev. p. II. Mcdowell. PaHtor-
1880 a. M, The Dropped Note OF Origin
ality." The Lords supper will be OBJ
served. At 1880 p. m, sermon by Rev
Ralph Houseman. subject, "a Great one.
ton Grandly Answered" Bible school al
noon. the Baptist Young Peoples union al
$50 p. m. ~Evangelistic meetings ever
evening at s o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07
NOTED EDUCATOR is DEAD
DIR. William TOrrey Hprs y es of
Heart Failure ut Prnvi-
dence, II. 4.

PROVIDENCE, r.. l., Nov, CDR. VIII
liam Torrey Harris. former United States
commissioner OF education, died here to-
night. Mr.. Harris work in educational
lines gained for him International reeogni-
tion.
The cause Of death was heart failure.
DR.. Harris wal born in Killingiy. Conn,
In 1886. He attended Yale university, but
was not graduated. He began life as a
school teacher, and from 1867 to 1880 was
superintendent OF the public schools OF st.
Louis. From 1889 to 1905 he was United
States commissioner Of education. He re.
ceived from the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement Of Teaching "as the first
man to whom such recognition for merl-
torious service is given the highest retir-
Ing allowance which the rules will allow,
an annual income OF $1,000"
His death came at the completion Of a
new edition Of Webster's new internationa
dictionary in which, by the development
OF a system which he had worked out. Is
~eompacted 100000 words, derivatlons and
meanings. He was the editor-in-chief OF
the dictionary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07

ing, union eVangelistio service; Bible school
at IL; young peoples meeting at $50; evan
gelistic services every evening except sat
urday; song service at 1880 each evening,
Kountze Memorial Lutheran, Rev. John
e.. Hummon, ~Pastor-Service at 1913 a. M,
subject, "The Possibilities Of the Lutheran
Church in America; day OF prayer for
home missions; evening service, 7:S o'clock,
subject, The Changing Attitude mission
Sunday school, Nineteenth and CASTELAR,
streets, 8 p. m
CASTELAR, Presbyterian, Sixteenth and
CASTELAR,, Ralph H.. Houseman, Minister
1880. Let the Redeemed Of the Lord Say
Sol" Bible school at noon; $50, young peo-
pies meeting; 1850. evangelistic service,
Rev. William J. BRENT preaching, A In
teresting Sick Man Union evangelistic
meeting at 5 through week.
st. Paul's German Lutheran, twenty
eighth and Parker E. T.. Otto. Pastor
Morning at 10. Rev. l. Mueller OF Fremont
Lutheran Orphans home will preach on
christian Homes for Homeless Children"
evening service in English at 7:45; young
peoples meeting on the first and third
Thursdays of the month at s.
Hanscom Park Methodist Episcopal
Twenty-ninth and Woolworth, r.. Scott
Hyde, ID. D., Pastor-Holy communion AT
10. 80. with short sermon, Man Great
Neutrality-suspicious. union eVangelistic
meetings at 1880. DIR. jerks of the First
Presbyterian will preach. Sunday school
at p; Bpworth league at $3.50.
Central United Presbyterian. Twenty
fourth and Dodge, r. b. a, Mcbride. d.
D., misunderstanding worship at 1890
o'clock; sermon subject, "Christianity and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07
Reward in
Whitla Case
Distributed
Nearly all the $4,000 Goes to Cleve-
land Men and Cleveland Police
Pension Fund.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. Elm an Of
flcial statement, issued from the executive
department tonight. Attorney General
Todds makes these allOtments OF the re-
ward OF $4,000 offered by the state for the
apprehension and conviction OF the party
or parties who abducted Willie Whitla:
Patrick o'Reilly. Cleveland. 5000; Will
liam II. Hunley. Cleveland. 5000; T. c.
Cochran. Mercer. Pa, $500; Q. A. Gordon,
Mercer, Pa, $500; Martin Grain, Sharon.
Pa, 100; pension fund, Cleveland police
department, $500; total, 1900.
In making the awards, OReilly's claim
was allowed for a part OF the reward
because he first notified the Cleveland
police Of the presence Of the kidnapers
in his saloon in Cleveland; Hunley was
the Holienden hotel bell boy who looked
after the lad until his father came; Grain
is chief Of police Of Sharon and procured
Information which helped 70 convict, while
the two Mercer attorneys assisted in the
trial.
The recognition of the Cleveland police
department was given because Of the ar
rest and furnishing Of evidence.
Claims refused were presented by the
keeper OF the boarding house where the
BoyieS lived; the owner Of the store
where the money was paid over to Boyle
and the Cleveland men who saw the boy
on q car and tried to give the alarm. but
we're too late.
TIL awards were made as the result of
inQUiries extending over five months, in
which Investigations and hearings were
held in Cleveland, Sharon and P~ittsburg
by Deputy Attorney General Cunningham.
Governor stuart has approved the claims
and they will be paid in full as soon as
presented.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07
ORGANIZERS GET IN SCRAP
OVER DIRECT LEGISLATION
Elmer r. Thomas and Il. J. Quinby
Go TO Lincoln and Jam Pro-
gram Through.
(From a Staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, Nov. 6~.-(Special Telegram.)-
A direct legislation league was organized
tonight at a meeting held at the city coun-
Gil chamber at which about forty persons
were present, including Profs. G. E. How
ard and A.. L. Candy of the State univer-
sity, the Rev. Mr.. Wetherly and Rev. S.
z. Batten, several office holders, and Elmer
r. Thomas and L.. ]. Quinby of Omaha.
The object OF the league Is to create SEN
timent for an amendment to the state con-
s~tltution to include legislation by direct
vote Of the people. Every candidate for
the legislature viii be asked TO pledge
himself in advance of election to the
amendment proposed league. Every citizen
Of Nebraska may become a member by
signing the roll, and a sustaining member
by chipping in 81.
The meeting was enlivened first by a
scrap over whether the name should be
the initiative and Referendum league. as
desired by a bunch of populists present, or
the Direct Legislation league, as planned
by its promoters.
Councilman Meier created some excite
nsent whe he denounced those having the
matter In hand for having everything cut
and dried in advance of the meeting. This
charge he made directly to the Rev. Mr..
Weatherly. He was at once howled down
BY Others who wanted to talk. Considera-
bic time was spent in talking over who
was originally responsible for the direct
legislation idea, and the palm was given to
John o. Yeiser Of Omaha by A. E.. Shell
don. who said Yeiser drew the bill that
he introduced some twelve years ago while
Yeiser was still fighting for his seat in
the legislature.
Quinby assured the audience that his
friend, Elmer f. Thomas had helped draft
that bill, while he himself was touring the
country advocating the same idea.
Many Of the few present were against
the idea OF charging a dollar to belong,
while others were Of the opinion the ex-
ecutlve secretary would need some sinews
Of war to keep the new machine moving.
Mayor Love presided, and Walter Locke
of the Journal acted as recording clerk.
going over the constitution which had been
prepared in advance.
The following officers were elected; Pres
ident, Ex-Speaker ]. H. Mockett; SECRETARY,
A. q. Chapman; treasurer, L. $. Heron;
executive committee, Mayor Don Love,
Rev. A. L. wetherby, L. ]. Quinby. s. M,
Coffey, F. r. Williams. II. t. Dobbins,
George Wood.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07
WILSON TALKS TO FARMERS
Beoretary Of Agriculture Addresses
National Congress at Durham, NC.
PRAISES SOIL OF THE SOUTH
We says IL ~ Friendly 60 Nearly
Every Crop the COuntry Produces
Great Opportunities
There.

DURHAM. n. C., Nov. 6-"The place
for the farmer now is in the south. where
the soil ls friendly 10 nearly every product
Of the country" declared Secretary Wilson
Of the Department OF Agriculture today In
an address before the National Farmers
congress during It's visit 10 Durham to
inspect the tobacco factories here
Secretary Wilson said he had nothing
against education In schools and colleges
OF the country. but that their tendency
had been to educate away from the farms
instead OF towards them. lie expressed
his sympathy with the mar who proposed
an agricultural school for every county,
whether that school be an actual institu-
ton or merely a place where farmers meet
and discussed farming.
"Of course the lure OF the cities and the
lands Of the west have called men away"
he continued. but the place for the farmer
now Is In the south. where the soil Is
friendly 10 nearly every product Of the
country. The abandonment Of farms has
been upon such a scale that the danger
OF reducing the country to an import
rather than an export nation Is evident"
Issue was taken with Mr.. Wilson by a
member Of the New York delegation when
he declared that in New York state sixty
miles from Albany and twenty miles from
Utica every third house was untenanted.
No Politics In Department.
Secretary Wilson boosted of the freedom
Of his department from politics. He de-
olared that Of the 1900 men under him
he did not know the politics OF eleven or
them. ,
While Secretary Wilson, whose presence
had not been expected, was addressing the
farmers downtown, Ambassador James
Bryce OF Great Britain was urging upon
the students OF Trinity college the neces-
sity OF cultivating friendships formed at
college, both among men and In the studies.
He congratulated the south upon the num-
Der Of men It sends to college for prepare
ton for business as well as learned life.
Mr.. Bryce commented upon the SINH
larity Of the national anthems Of Great
Britain n the United States after botli
had been sung by the students. He said
that men should study the growth OF lib
erty and its rebirth in the British nation
before America was discovered.
Mr.. Bryce spent the whole afternoon In
motoring over Durham roads. Owing to
his late arrival he missed the meeting of
the farmers this morning.
bryce SPEAKS ut Greensboro.
GREENSBORO, N. c., Nov. 5.-The del
egates to the National Farmers congress
in session at Raleigh arrived here this aft
ernoon on a tour Of inspection OF tobacco
factories and cotton mills at Durham and
Greensboro. lanes Bryce, the British
ambassador to the United States, accom-
panied them and made a short address to
the students Of the State Normal Industrial
college. Before reaching Greensboro the
delegates spent a little more than three
hours in Durham. Ambassador Bryce
spoke briefly before the faculty and stu.
dents of Trinity college.