Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-13

seemed 20 know him or felt that they
know him He made his last Visit 70
his stepmothcr She was iust 2 com
mon homespun woman ahu 70 ner IN
remained until the end just NiN h"s
Abe.
Through one term as president anu
the beginning of another me speHN,,,
skctched in q graphic way Linen
lifc-\Nar. the inevitable, the stFNV
olnonG his advisors. the criticisms ana
abnse heaDed upon his head aitef W
rirst battle of Buli Run, and the w
most stfpcrhuman task the pfcSiuVi'
carried TO win his tight Tor "" llS'''
as ee saw IT ,,,.
When ministers of Tie gospel came
Win advice which they b"lieNeu !" ~,
divine inspiration, continued
speaker. Lincoln rephed thaei 7 ~
intended to give divine advice % any
nne he believed IL would come 70 MN
nnon whom laid the responsibility 10y
h. vas as anxious as anyone TO KNOW
fhe divine viii and act in accord WIN
it," ,.,i,.;,,.,
",ro me. there is no more inspiring
incident III our whole history uoi o,1
more pathetic, than that q ific tsiii,
,r,,snt form of Lincoln With that SAD
- sorene face. standing cut against
:, 1arkenfne sky TO assure the men IN
the field and their supporters ~
hone that there was still manhooQ
ana real leadership IN the place %
highest responsibility
s.T,he territories which Lincoln
sought to save from slavery have sur
passed the widest speculation ans
prophecy in 1860. and the homestead
ACT passed in I.ineoln's administration
~, his recommendation has converted
the staked plains and the great Amer
lean desert into an agricultural EN-
miro that has not Il parallel anywhere,
\ irhe newer west has double the total
wealth of the United states at the
time Lincoln was elected.
"But even more than that, the pol-
icies of Lincoln have brought new lile
to Inc south that rebelled against .h'
Irpion In the last decade that section
! M. hod No most remarkable develop
ment-until in It's prosperity IN.
4 sonth is almost willing To admit thit
4 y,he stone rejected by the builders
4 shall become the chief cornerstone q
the temple ~.
"Thev have seen the light and thl'
achievement of q united country WIZ
The same interests JUSTIFY my asser
ton that the republican party IN
what has been wrought under ITS pom
cine n fhis haif century make IN
most fitting monument TO Lincoln. uh
der whose leadership the slave wa
made free. and of far greater import
ance the white man VAS set tree.
,.1'he nioneers Of the generation Z
which Lincoln belonged have passe'
away. With the changed condition
ii is absolutely necessary that. W
/. should grow mere and more compe
tent in our respective callinss ns IN
old pass out and the new come lh'
II do not know the genesis OF an
OF YOU. but ! viii venture the state
ment that You built castles IN Spal
when you were boys and your error
To live up to them has never pee
fully realized: vet that effort has hei
vi "a make the civilization
'Ir YOU desire to know VINO fll1
years from now win be The speake
~ the house of representatives Wh
NAV come to talk 70 your successor
, an Lincolns birthday anniversary Z
"a the machine shop to tine farm,
l'se p9hiic school. ai.d g ~ the 'le
ron OF the sons Of toll Who unat
Gods fiat. are eating bread m u
. sweat or iheir faces and are nulldln
their castles iu spain. There you W.
, behold Your successors