New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-05
Praises Emancipation as
the Embodiment of
Democracy.
KENTUCKIANS FLOCK
TO HEAR PRESIDENT
Rattletrap Vehicles Jostle
Big New Motors at
Ceremony.

saw tue asuL o. Odgt NJ" 90 S--A'y
encased in a granite shrine, was &C
cepted for Uncle Sam to-day by Presi-
dent Wilson. The President received
the deed TO the property, together with
an endowment OF 100000 for its MAIN
tenance. from the Lincoln Farm Asso-
citation, and then spoke TO forty thou
sand Kentuckians on the life Of the
great President.
Quaint farm .carryalls, buckboards
and rickety old buggies had jostled big
eIght-cylinder automobiles IN convey
ing the multitude 20 the rural rendez-
vous. Several thousand Of both sexes
and all ages mad trudged the two miles
from Hodgenville 10 the Lincoln Farm,
over d dusty road and under blister
ing sun And excursion trains had
come laden with the more sophisticated
from nearby cities. All joined IN cheer
ing the President and IN gazing with
unveiled curiosity on Mrs. Wilson.
Noisy crowds, led by bands, had
greeted the Presidents train at every
stop in Virginia, West Virginia and
Kentucky. The climax came IN Louis
vile early this morning, but found
President Wilson inclined 10 remain n
his berth.
Embodiment OF Democracy"
+ The President praised Lincoln as the
embodiment Of democracy.
I'VE are not worthy 10 stand here
unless We ourselves be in deed and IN
truth real Democrats and servants Of
mankind he said, ready 20 give our
/ very lives for the freedom and justice
/ and spiritual eXaltation Of the great
| nation which shelters ana nurtures US.
The nOn-pOlltlcsi character OF the
programme was emphasized by the men
tion OF the name Of Charles L. Hughes,
the Republican nominee, BY one OF the
speakers IN giving the list Of directors
OF the Lincoln Farm Association.
But as soon as the formal exercises
were over politics came 20 the fore. Al
the railroad station platform the Presi-
dent stood for nearly an hour shaking
hands with men and women, who greet
cd him as the next President" As MS
train pulled out the crowd cheered and
clapped, while he bowed IN acknowledg-
ment.
The President and his party we're
taken from the station 20 the farm In
automobiles accompanied by a troop
OF Louisville police. On the way the
President stopped and laid d wreath
on a statue OF Lincoln.
President and Mrs. Wilson. with Sec.
rotary Baker, Secretary Tumulty and
DR.. c. T. Grayson, the White House
physician, left here at , o'clock fol
Washington, where they will arrive al
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Text Of Wilson's Speech.
The Presidents address follows:
NO more significant memorial could
have been presented 20 the nation
than this Il expresses so much OF
what is singular and noteworthy in the
history Of the country; IL suggests so
many Of the things that we prize most
highly in our life and in our system
Of government. How eloquent this
little house within this shrine is OF
the vigor Of democracy! There is no.
where in the land any home so remote
so humble, that il may not contain the
power OF mind and heart and con-
science 20 which nations yield and ms
tory submits its processes. Nsturt
paws no tribute 20 aristocracy, sub
scribes 70 no creed Of caste, renders
feal-v 10 no monarch or master OF any
name or kind Genius IS no snob. Il
does not run after titles or seek by
preference the high circles Of society
l. affects humble, company as well IS
great. Il pays no special tribute %
universities or learned societies OF
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 is proof Of il. This little hut
was the cradle OF one Of the great SON
OF men, a man of singular delightful
vital genius, who presently emerge
upon the great stage Of the nation
history gaunt, shy, ungainly, pu'
dominant and majestic, natural ruler
Of men. himself inevitably the central
figure Of the great plot. No man car
explain this, but every man can see
how II demonstrates the vigOr OF de
nocracy. where every door is open, il
every hamlet and countryside, IN city
and wilderness alike, for the ruler &c
emerge when he will and claim his
leadership in the free life. Such ars
the authentic proofs Of the validity
and vitality Of democracy.
Here. no less. hiden the mystery o
democracy. Who shall guess this secre
81 nature and providence and fret
politv2 Whatever the vigor and vitality
OF the stock from which he sprang, u!
mere vigor and soundness DO not ex
ulain where this man got mis- gres
heart that seemed 20 comprehend a.
mankind in It's catholic and benignan
svnpathv. the mind that sat enthronet
behind those brooding, melancholy eyes
whose vision swept many horror
which those about him dreamed not o
that mind that comprehended what j
had never seen, and understood III
LANGUAGE Of affairs with the ready cas-
OF one 20 the manner born-or tina
nature which seemed in its varied rich
ness 70 be the familiar Of men Of ever,
wav Of life. This is the sacred myster,
~ democracy, that rs richest fruit
spring I'd out Of soils which no maj
has prepared and in circumstance
amidst which they are the least ex
pected. This is place alike OF myster.
and Of reinsurance.
Lincoln Only One Example.
at is likely that in a society orderee'
otherwise than our own Lincoln coul'
not have found himself or the pain
D fame and power upon which he wake
, serenely 20 his death. In TINS place
"a right that we should remind our
selves Of the solid and striking fact
upon which our faith in democracy i
founded. Many another man beside
Iincoln has served the nation in u
highest places Of counsel and Of actor
wbose origins were as humble as his
Though the greatest example Of IN
universal energy, richness, stimu latlo'
and force OF democracy, he Is only on
example among many. The permeatini
and all-pervasive virtue Of the freedom
which challenges US in America 10 max
the most Of every gift and power W
: possess every page Of our history serve
10 emphasize and illustrate. Standini
here in this place it mems almost tn
whole Of the stirring story.