The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-12
ROOSEVELT PAYS GLOWING
TRIBUTE TO MEMORY
OF LINCOLN
He Characterzes Him the Mght Of Mighty Men Who Mastered
the Mighty Da-Ihounds Witness the Dedication of the Mean
Little Cabin at Hodgenvile, Indiana, in Which the
Martyed President Was Born

Hodgenvlle. KY, Feb. 12.-Reyer-
ent and curious Americans. to the
number of several thousand today ded-
icated the mean little cabin in which
liberty wrought her last great miracle.
The present head of the nation, the
Governor of Lincoln's native state
two eminent lawyers In the struggle
through which Lincoln brought forth
the nation. reunited and free, another,
late the governor Of a state, Tlyen like
Kentucky between the fires OF section
al devotion and duty, all these. and
q host of others In the forefront OF
American life, joined in the act OF con-
secration.
Something of the uncouthness. so
inseparable from Lincoln during his
lifetime, was distinct In the heart or
the ceremony OF today. which ceie-
brated his one hundredth birthday.
The enshrining of a flower-mantIed,
but. wIthal dingy structure of logs,
within a noble structure OF marble,
one block of which would buy set
Element such as that in which the Lin
coins lived when Abraham was born,
cannot but retain some elements OF
the rural and the homespun
The tent. which will serve as an
auditorium, was roped off from the
crowd which gathered around the hal
lowed spot In the centraI, beside
the platform for the speaking and tho
machinery for the cornerstone laying.
is the cabin itself. little building not
over sixteen feet square, built OF logs.
notched and laid together, pioneer
fashion. The logs are worn smooth
where the bark has peeled off or rot
ted and now they are a dirty leaden
gray. The clapboard roof is In fair
condition and the puncheon floor
patched as though "Shirtiess Ton"
as Abraham's father was known. had
knelt down one afternoon ana gone
the very chore.
Tall farmers boys and grizzled old
men, sprung from the same soil and
nursed at the same rougn lands
breast, gazed at the cabin nom day
light on. reinforced by those Of the
city dwellers. who had come out early
had known the cabin since childhood,
but they stared at 1t now In It's car
Dival trappings. as though 1t might
at any time, glow from Its window
holes. with the genius that was in mo
place before the Lincolns crossed into
Indiana. and Young Abe pegan that
pilgrimage from which his feet were
not TO rest, until he reached Fords
theater.
Early morning revealed that hoo
genville had. with some trepldatIon
taken temporary position as capi,
tai Of the world
The little place Is a fair specimen
OF the brisk Kentucky town. with a
commercial club. mayor and corpora
tion and A clean maic street This,
as well as the entire residence por-
tion, and every farm house passed
along the route to the Lincoln farm,
was shot through with the colors in
the national ensign,
1t is an even three miles from the
depot to the farm. and the farmers.
gloved and holding the rein over the
backs Of every ouadrupec IN LaRue,
gave lifts to many a centenary jub-
ilator who had not calculated the dis
lance from Hodgenville Itself TO the
dedication site. AS the cabin itself
was the only antique on actual display,
many horse and perhaps a shay or
two. which remembered Lincoln pass
ed unsung
BY the suggestion OF some or the
kindly Kentuckian7, whose indigen-
ous cooperation made the entire cell
ebration possible in a rural county, the
native cabin was set in a casket OF
flowers, the gift OF the school chill.
dren Of Kentucky
The cabin stands a half mile In-
side the gateof the farm. and as none
Will be allo4ed TO bring his vehicle
within this gate. there was a. forkIng
delta of humanity and color setting
toward and around the cabin during
the time before the ceremonies, and
when It was seen that there was no
more room within the tent.
Five special trains that set out ear
ly from Louisville, kept the air In the
little town vibrating with their whis-
ties. until near the hours OF the ded-
tcation. The first came az 7:35 o.
clock with spectators aboard the Sec
ond and third. an hour apart, and the
fourth arriving at IL O'Clock. brought
Governor Augustus e. Wilson or Ken-
lucky, and his company anG stan, n
long drawn-out toot at a quarter CT
noon. announced to the waiting huh
dreds. surrounding the station. the
Presidents train, and when 1t pulled
In and the distinguished citizen alignc-
ed, the air cracked with cheers.
When the president, his wife ard
daughter. with Secretary Loeb had en-
tered the two closed carriages re-
served for them. and the oand and
company F OF the First henluciy
regiment had formed at tho peg:nnis z
of the lile. the parade was ready %
move on TO the cabin size.
Following the band and the soldiers,
came Governor Wilson and his staff.
Tho parade drew up al the side vi
the cabin and the governor, the Prs1-
ldent, Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt,
MT. Loeb and members of the centel.
airy committed entered the tent 10
The applause OF Its occupants and tocx