Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-12

HOdgenvllle, FEB. lZ.-RefaTeHl anu
curious Americans to the number or
several thousand today dedicated the
mean little cabin in which liberty
wrought her last great miracle. The
president Of the nation. the governor
of Lincoln's native state and two emil
nent alwyers, We're all inland to non
or the struggle through which l.1ncoln
brought forth the nation reunited and
freed. These and host OF others III
the forefront of American life, lonea
in the act of conservation. Some
thing of uncouthness, so inseparaole
from Lincoln was distinct part OF
the ceremony of today, which cele-
brated Lincoln's one hundredth birth
day. An enshrining Of flowers man
tied the withal dingy structure OF logs,
and within was noble structure OF
marble, one block of which would buy
settlement such as that on when
Lincoln lived. Such place cannot
hut retain some elements OF rural and
homespun. Tall farmers boys ana
grizzled old men sprung from the
same soil and nursed at the same rough
lands's breast, gazed at the cabin from
daylight on. Those native people had
known the cabin since childhood, but
they started at it now in it's carnival
trainings as though it might at any
time glow from it's window-holes the
genius that was in place, before the
Lincolns crossed into Indiana, and ere
"voung Abe began that pilgrimage
from which his feet were not to rest
until he reached Fords theatre
In addition to five special trains
every vehicle was pressed ino service
to transport people from the city 10
the Lincoln farm, which is three miles
from the depot. No conveyance was
allowed to enter the gates to the 1arm'
and the tent, which served as an audi
orium. was roped off from tn crowd
which gathered around the haiiowed
spot. By suggestion OF so,ae kindly
Kentuckians, whose cooperation made
the entire celebration possible in this
rural country, the Lincoln cabin was
p]aced in a casket of Towers the
Gift of the school children OF Ken
tucky.
1t was fifteen minutes Of the noon
hour when a long -drawn-out toot OF
whistle announced the arrival of the
Presidents train at the station. When
the distinguished visitor alighted the
air cracked with noise. President
Roosevelt, his wife, daughter and Sec
retary Loeb entered the two carriages
reserved for them and the procession
headed by military band, started for
the cabin site. No traffic was per-
mitted on the road during the parade,
but its sides, policed by mounted Of
ficers, were lined with legions of the
curious. Arriving at the tent, the
President and party entered and took
seats on an improvised platform,
Close by lay the cornerstone of the
new monumental temple ready to be
placed as soon as the President had
spread the cement with silver trowel.
Following the delivery of an impress
sivo invocation. former Governor Jos.
Folk of Missouri, who is president of
the Lincoln Memorial Association,
made the Introductory remarks, tell
ing the purposes of the association.
He was followed by President Roose.
welt and Governor Wilson.
The president spoke as follows:
President Roosevelt's Speech.
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 his
tory. 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 peo-
pie through the burning flames of a
struggle from which the nation
emerged, purified as by fire, born
anew to 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 stu
pendous world-task of the time. He
grew to know greatness, but never
ease. Success came to him, but never
happiness, save that which springs
from doing we'll painful and vital
task. Power was his, but not pleas
ure. The furrows deepened on his
brow, but his eyes We're undimmed by
either hate or fear. His gaunt shoul-
ders were bowed, but his steel thews
never faltered as he bore for burden
the destinies Of his people. 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