Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
statue 0F LINCOLN
UNVEILED N CAPITOL
PaKs!DENTssrAFT AND OTHER
DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS
PARTICIPATE.
ltGNRN wArrERsoM pREsEMrs
81 II DaoNzE FIGURE TO STATE
Men Nlse Wore the Gray Durins Civil
q strife yTatse Prominent Part in Hon
efins Memory Of Great Emaneipator
J, Memorial < HedsinviIIs to es
;Dsdieatsd Thursday.

frankfort. Ky, Nov. s.-While the
president Of the United States and a
large assemblage Of people. including
many Of those who wore the gray in
the conflict between the north and
south. looked on today. heroic bronze
statue Of Abraham Lincoln was un-
yelled IN the capitol building here.
Proof Of reunited country" said
Governor Wilson. Of Kentucky. in ac-
cepting the statue on behalf Of the
state. ..'ie made evident in the selec-
tt6n Of Henry waterson. confeder-
ate soldier,fst formally present this
irNage of the noble president to the
people Of his native: state. The great
ness and the goodness. the nobility,
aid the sweetness Of Abraham Lin
coin are recognized as earnestly by
those who wore the gray as by those
who wore the blue"
The unveiling Of the statue in the
rotunda In tho Kentucky capital pre-
cedes the dedication Of the Lincoln
monument at Hodgenville by a day.
Many OF those who came from distant
states to Frankfort to attend the ex-
ercises here will continue their jour-
ney tomorrow to Hodgenville.
Near there Is the Lincoln farm.
where the cabin In which Lincoln was
born Is now preserved in a monu-
mental structure recently completed.
It II the dedacation Of this memorial
which will attract President Taft and
Others to Hodgenville tomorrow.
0oYesnor Wilson. accepting the
monument IN the name Of the state
ssid IL would stand in the capital thru
ali tie ages - the central figure of the
ptonoers Of kentucky and OF all Amer
icqlN olsses the, REST agure Of the
rS11g GltatiHe sptFit Of our peo-
i aptg - Inspiration to Kentucky for all
time Suan,dian spirit standing for
eternity IN sleeping vigil i over our
liberties and our. hopes"
President Speaks.
Mr. Taft said in his address:
~ we are met to dedicate in this. the
capitol Of Kentucky. monument Of
her son, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's
Parents were lowly people Of Virginia
and their course was like that Of
many others who emigrated from the
Old Dominion and who migrated into
Kentucky and then across the river to
Illinois. Tho Lincoln lived here but
eight: years he knew Kentucky we'll
and It Is fitting that It should have a
memorial here.
Those close to Lincoln say he was
many sided man and that he gave
many different Impressions of himself
to different people: that there were
things unexplained about him. a con-
tinuai sadness and gloom that per-
vaded all his waking hours. and they
describe him. in, tones Of mystery as
II to mskessgrsater by removing the
lines Of his scharacter.
a u .sI don't think II is too much to say
that Lincoln: had the most judicial
temperament Of any man in history.
He considered the arguments Of his
opponent with all the fairness of John
stuart Mills and preserved that calm
Judicial consideration Of the views Of
everyone, that became important and
in his disagreements with them he
left nothing more than the application
Of an apt story Of clear Euclidlike
demonstration of error without sting.
With Ms love Of truth the supreme
trait Of his intellect accompanied by
AsconDcsence that insisted on the right
~ he knew 1t. with great heart
fhils s0f tsnderness we have the. combin-
alton that made Lincoln one Of the two
xroateat Americans. He hated slavery
because he had reasoned out its in
! Justice and its demoralizing effect up
on the country: He did not hate the
slave. holders and there il not the
slightest evidence he ever had feel
fns of bitterness against them as a
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