Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-05
WILSON ACCEPTS
. LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Log Cabin in Which Martyred
President Was Born Housed
in Magnificent Structure.
HOMESTEAD GIFT TO NATION
Great Crowds From All Parts Of
State Cheer Chief Executive
at Every Appearance.
HOMESTEAD GIFT TO NATION

day to pay homage to the memory OF
Lincoln and avoid politics. but a great
crowd gathered from all parts OF the
state. cheered him at every appear
ance. and turned his visit into Il cam
naiBn event
The President accepted for tn. Fed
eral government the log cabin In which
Lincoln was born. in Il speech devoted
to Il eulogy Of the Civil War Pres.-
dent. Standing on temporary plat
form at the foot OF Hill topped by
magnificent granite memorial building
housing the Lincoln cabin. ne praised
Lincoln as the embodiment of dernoc-
racy.
We are not worthy TO stand here un-
loss We ourselves be in deed and in
truth real democrats and servants OF
mankind" he said. ready to give
our very lives for freedom ana justice
and spiritual exal;ation Of the great
nation which shelters and uurtures us
The ronpolitical character Of The
program was emphasized by the men
ton OF the name Of Charles f.. Hughes
the Republican nominee by ono Of the
speakers in giving the list OF directors
OF the Lincoln Farm Association.
But ab soon as tho formal ceremonies
were over, politics came TO the fore
AZ the railroad station platform tho
President stood for nearly ar hour
shaking hands with men and women
who greeted him as tho next Presi-
dent" As his train pulled out the
crowd cheerei and ciapped. while he
bowed In acknowledgement
uNE OF LARGEST CROWDS
N HISTORY OF kENTI Ci<Y
"hat was said TO hc one of the
largest cro,>ds ever gathered in this
part or Kentucky came TO Iincolr. Farm
in special trains. and automobiles and
on foot. Tho President ana his party
were taken from the station "a the
farm in automobiles. accompanied bS
a troop OF Louisville police. on the
way the Presiicn, stopped and laid =
wreath on n statue OF Lincoln
~ The farm ne walked up a long
light Of broad ;rrani,e stairs lined with
thousands OF cheering people to tho
,hncoln Memorial Building ut the top.
Inside he examined silently the one
room cabin made Of rough loss. and
then wrote his tame in the register.
Former Governor Folk, or Missouri
president of the Lincoln Farm Asso-
citation. presided az the ceremonies.
Rctert j. Collier. vice president of the
association. gave tho deed OF rift OF
The firm 80 Secretary Baker repre-
s"ntirg tho War Department Senator
Williams. of mississippi and General
John T. CaFtleman, Of Louisville. also
delivered speeches.
In introducing tho President, Mr.
Folk spoke Of Mr. wilson as tho sue
crssor Of Lincoln In III" affections Of
tho American people"
President aud Mrs. Wilson with
Secretary Baker Secretary Tumulty
and Dr. c. T. Gray,on. the White House
phvstciar left here at . o'clock for
Washington. where they will arrive at
> o'clock tomorrow afternoon
SIGNIFICANT MEMORIAL.
ELOQUENT OF DEMOCRACY
The Presidents address in full fol-
lows
NO more significant memorial could
have been presented TO the nation than
this IT expresses so much Of what is
singular and noteworthy in the history
Of the country: il suggests many OF
the things that we prize most highly
in our life and In our system of gov
ernmcnt. How eloquent this little
house within this shrine is OF the viEor
of democracy, There is no where in
the land any home 80 remote, so hum
BILE. that II may not contain tho power
of mind and heart and conscience to
mtts Its processes. Nature pays no
tribute 70 aristocracy. subscribes to no
creed OF caste, renders fealty TO no
monarch or master OF any name or
kind. Genius is no snob. 1t does not
run after titles or seek by preference
the high circles of society. 1t affects
humble company as well as great 1t
pays special tribute to universities
or learned societies or conventional
standards OF greatness. but sercncly
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 it, This little hut was
the cradle OF one OF the great sons OF
men. a man Of singular. delightful,
vital genius who presently emerged
upon the great stage of the nations
history. gaunt shy. ungainly, but dom
inant and majestic. natural ruler OF
men. himself inevitably the central ng-
urc OF the great plot. No man can
explain this. hut every man can see
how 1T demonstrates the viEor OF de-
mocracy, where every door Is open, In
every hamlet and countryside, in city
aud wilderness alike. for tho ruler to
emerge when he VIII and claim his
leadership in the free life. Such are
the authentic proofs of tho validity and
vitality OF democracy.
PLACE or MYSTERY
AND OF REINSURANCE
Here, no less. hides the mystery Of
democracy. Who shall guess this
secret Of nature and providence and Il
free polity? Whatever the vigor and
vitality OF the stock from which he
sprang, its mere vigor and soundncss
do not explain where this man got his
great heart that seemed to comprchen
all mankind in it's catholic and benig-
nant sympathy. the mind that sat en-
throned behind those hrooding, melan-
choly eyes. whose vision swept many
nm horizon which those about him
dreamed not nf--that mind that COM
pretended what 1t had never seen and
understood the language OF affairs with
the ready ease OF one to the manner
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