The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-07
Birthplace of EmanCipatcr, Now
:nCased In Marble Monu-
ment, Is Turned Over
to Government.
WILSON VOICES HIS PRAISE
President, In Speech Accepting
Memorial, Pays Highest Tris-
rte to Man Who Saved
Jnion Of States.

FIodgenville, KY, Sept 4-Thsus-
ands Of persons made tho pilgrimage
to Hodgenville today By train, In auto
mobiles, afoot and in horse drawn cen
veyances to be present At the cers-
monies attending the transfer - the
government of the Lincoln birth place,
and the cabin in which Abraham Lin
coin was born.
The Lincoln cabin. inclosed in q
magnificent Granite memorial building
was given to the government by the
Lincoln Farm association under \ sps-
ciai act of congress. The program
called for speeches by President VIII
son, Secretary Baker, Senator John
Sharp Williams, OF Mississippi, and
former Governor Folk, Of Missouri
President Wilson arrived in a special
train, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson.
Senators Villains and Newlands and
Secretary Baker.
The president was welcomed by a
cheering throng OF more than $4,000
people. AS he stepped from his private
the applause was deafening. The presi-
dent stood in his automobile and bowed
again and again. Large crowds were
gathered at every wayst6e station be-
tween Louisville and Hodgenvills and
applauded with enthusiasm ~ Ar. VIII
sons special passed through.
At the Hodsenville station an auto
mobile parade was formed and pro-
ceeded to q statute OF Lincoln In the
town square, where the president Laid 4
wreath of flowers. The streets were
lined with cheering thronSA From the
statue the parade proceeded to the
Lincoln cabin two miles from HodEsn-
Wills. There, temporary stands had been
built at the foot OF the broad granite
stairs leading up to the Lincoln NOM
,;aJ 1aif1
MIR. vfilee1's 8psssh.
The president raid:
No more significant memorial could have
been presented to the nation than thiH. II
expresses 80 much of what - singular and
noteworthy III the history o. tho country;
it suggests so many OF the things that we
prize most highly in our lfo and IN our
system of government. How eloquent this
vigor Of democracy. There - nowhere In
the land any home 70 remote. 20 humble,
that It may not contain tho power OF mind
and heart and conscience to which nationh
Weld and history submits Its processes
Nature pays trisute to artstocracy, sub
scri5es to no creed CT caste, renders fealty
to no monarch or master OF any name OF
kind. Genius is no snob. 1t does not run
after titles or seek by preference the high
circles Of society. 1t affects humble com,
pany well as great 1t pays no special
,ributo to universities or learned soc!etios
or conventional standards of greatness
but serenely chooses its own comrades Its
own haunts, it's own cradle even. and Its
own life of adventure and OF training
Here lie proof Of it. This little hut was this
cradle Of one Of the Ersat sons ,t Of men
who presently emerged upon the great
stage of the nations history. gaunt, shy
ungainly, but dominant and majestic; |,
the central figure OF the great plot. Nc
man can explain this. but every man car
see how it demonstrates tho visor OF de
cry hamlet and countryside. in city ant
Wilderness alike for the ruler to emerge
when he will and claim his leadership ir
proofs of the validity and vitality OF de-
mocracy
Source OF Democracy.
Here no less hides tho mystery Of de
rnocracy Who shah guess this secret OF
nature and providence and a free polity
Whatever the vigor and vitality Of the
or and soundness do not explain wher.
this man got his great heart that seemed
to comprehend all mankind In It's Catholic
and benignment sympathy. the mind tina
sat cnthToned behind those broolins, mel
ancholy eyes. whose vision swept man,
an horizon which those about him dreamed
not of-that mind that comprehcnded wha
language of affairs with the ready ease o
one to the manner lorn-or that natur'
which seemed IN It's varied richness to b.
the familiar OF men OF every way of life
This IS the sacred mystery Of democracy
that It's richest fruftx spring up out o
soils which no man has prepared and il
circumstances ani,Jct which they arc tn,
least expected This Is n place alike O
nr,-stery ard OF laaasurance.
It is likely that in a society ordere,
otherwise than our own Lincoln could no
have found himself or the path of fam
ar5 power upon which he walked -.renel,
10 his death In this place it is right tina
We should remind ourselves of the soli'
ara striking facts upon which our faitl
in democracy is founded. Many enothe
Tn9r besides Lincoln has served the ma
ton in it's highest places of counsel an,
Of action whose origins were as humbl
rs his. Though the greatest example .
the universal energy richness ,timula
ton, ard force Of democracy he is t,ni
SO example among many. The permeat
Jig ard all-pervasiva virtue OF the free
IN which challenges us in America +
make the NEST OF every gift and powe
we possess every page Of our histor
serves to ernplns.zc and Illustrate Stand
ing here in this place. it seems almos