Evening star., 1909-05-29
WAR CHIEFS H0N0RED
Memorial Services Held in
Capitol Rotunda.
FLOWERS PUT ON STATUES
Impressive Tributes Are Paid to
Grant and Lincoln.
LED BY W0MEN's AUXILIARY
Senators, Representatives and Others
Deliver Stirring Addresses at
Grand Army Exercises.

The rotunda of the Capitol, location of
the two majestic statues of Grant and
Lincoln. echoed today with patriotic senti-
ment. elOquence and affection in the
course of the memorial services held under
| the auspices of the Grand Army of the
Republic by the womens auxil:aries Of
| that organization.
| The first exercises were held before
| the Grant statue by L. S. Grant Circle,
| No. 1, Ladies of the G. A. r., and were
conducted by Comrade j. Tyler Powell.
who called the assembly to order.
I'VE come today" said Mr.. Powell.
before this heroic statue Of the great
captain of men. to pay our loving tribute
of esteem and admiration for his great
service in the war of the rebellion. BY
his masterful planning and execution he
did SO much to perpetuate our national
integrity and union. and you patriotic
women honor yourselves in paying honor
to Gen. Grant
Rev. DR.. Radcliffe delivered the invo-
cation, after which Mrs. Ida w. Law
renee, president of the circle. placed "a
wreath of flowers upon the statue. and
each member of the circle passed before
! it and left rose or other flower in
| tribute
quisitely sweet voice sang The Star
Spangled Banner" the company joining
| in the chorus and the echoes sounding
gloriously through the great vaulted dome
above their heads
Address by Rabbi Simon.
Rabbi Abram Simon of the Eighth
Street Temple delivered the address of
the occasion. His eloquent and scholarly
discourse was introduced by the state
ment that he was born in the south, of
parents who sympathized with the south
ern cause. but that he had grown up
with the hundreds of thousands of south
| erners who blessed the names of Grant
and Lincoln and gloried in the fruits of
| their services to mankind and the coun-
try. This patriotic sentiment brought
| burst of applause.
ices of this character need not necessarily
be funereal. They did not. to him, rep
resent despair, but victory and tri-
umphant Thanksgiving. They should be
held with affectiOnate jOyfulneSS. The
| riddle of Samson that out of the lions
carcass came the honey had its appi-
cation. for out of the death of the glori-
Gus heroes of the civil war came the
| honey of strength for the nourishment
of a new and united nation
| Rabbi Simon's tribute to Gen. Grant de-
picted him as. a new kind of a soldier.
surprising the NaDoleons. the Hannibals
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bloodshed and, only: resorted to it that
| peace might follow. A soldier who was
| modest and almost self sdeprecatory in his
| modesty in his proudest hour of victory.
| He deScanted upon the nobility Of Grants
character as shown by his moderation
when he held Lee crushed and de-
feated in the hollow Of his hand. but bid
| him depart In peace, to even let Ills men
return to their avocations. 1t was this
| tender, humane side Of Grant that ap
| pealed to him more than all else in his
career. and he dwelt upon it eloauently.
I Mrs. Fannie Calvert Fisher then sang
Face to Face" filling the great rotunda
with the touching strains of this beautiful
song. most appreciatively rendered.
| Col. Samuel r. Stratton then delivered
! burg in effective manner, and afterward
the entire assembly sang America"
and were dismissed with a benediction by
DIR. Radcliffe.
| At the Lincoln Statue.
| The ladies of Lincoln Circle. No. 3. by
| this time had gathered on the opposite
side of the rotunda, where stands a Lin
coin statue, and thither the audience
MOVED and grouped about it's pedestal. A
dozen little girls. in summer frocks and
| carrying wreaths and bouquets, stood in
front Of the statue and sang America
after the invocation had been pronounced
by the Rev. DR.. Fishburn of Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church.
| The services here were conducted by
Maj L. Warner of Burnside Post. and
| he introduced Senator Clapp of Mime
sofa as the first speaker. to make a brief
address. Senator Clapp. regretting the
brief time which limited anything like an
adequate appreciation Of Lincoln and his
| character, declared that the trait pre-
eminent in Lincoln was his trust in
| God for His guidance and leadership in
/ III ,.fcic A ct
Senator Clapp said there are two instru-
mentalities for the Interpretation of Gods
will: First. His Holy Word and second.
the Interpretation of it through the policy
| of q lfberty-lOving people. Lincoln had
appeared at a time when a leader was de-
manded who yielded submission to the
forces behind him. and with the power to
put into effect not his own will. but the
will of the forces he led. Senator Clapp
dwelt eloquently upon the wonderful ten
derness of the man Lincoln. and his all
pervading love for his fellow man. but
above all was Lincolns complete depend
ence upon Gods will and help.
| Senator Owen of Oklahoma was next in
troduced. He paused a moment at the
outset to pay tribute to the sculptor of the
Lincoln statue. Mrs Winnie Ream HoXie.
who was present. Senator Owen found
| Lincon's greatest trait to be his love or
his fellow man and his magnanimity OF
soul. Charity toward all men and malice
| for none was the expression OF Lncoln's
greatest characteristic.
Pleads for the White Slave.
| Senator Owen suddenly digressed at this
point to discuss what he pronounced to be
a terrible form of slavery which menaces
/ the present time and which should enlist
the attention and sympathy of all who
felt with Lincoln. In passionate tones,
his swarthy face flushed with earnest in
| dignation Senator Owen inveighed
| against the system of white slavery
| which exists in the sweatshops of the
land under the cru. and mercilesS in
dustrial system prevailing in this coun-
| try"
Vividly he portrayed the horrors of the
sweatshop and the other features of in
dustrial grinding of the face of the poor
which he said puts the United States be-
hind New Zealand in the comparative
mortality roll of industrial workers.
| The black slave at least commanded the
| solicitude of his master 20 the extent OF
| protecting him property. but the white
slaves of today are shown no mercy by
| their masters in their imDetuous race for
money. In quick and vehement utterances
| the Oklahoma senator invoked the SYM
pathy of the Americans who would honor
| Lincoln against system which is at
their very doors and terrible menace to
their country.
| Representative Pickett of Iowa was next
| introduced. He said the term Immortal