The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-05
PRESIDENT WILSON
ACCEPTSL|NC0LN'S
LOG CABIN HOME
On Behalf of the Nation He
Pays Beautiful Tribute
to the Memory of
Great Man

Hodgenville. KY, September 4-Pres-
ident Wilson came to Kentucky today
to pay homage to the memory of Lin
coin and avoided politics. but great
crowd gathered from all parts of the
state cheered him at every appearance
event.
The President accepted for the fed
eral government the log cabin in which
Lincoln was born, in speech devoted
to an eulogy of the civil war President.
Standing on a temporary platform at
the foot of a hill topped by magnifi-
cert granite memorial building hous.
ine, the Lincoln cabin, he praised Lin
coin as the embodiment of democracy
1--WE are not worthy to stand here
unless we ourselves be in decd and in
truth real democrats and servants of
mankind" he said. ready to give our
very lives for the freedom and justice
and spiritual exaltation of the great
nation which shelters and nurtures us.
The nonpolitical character of the
programme was emphasized by the
mention of the name of Charles E.
Hughes, the republican nominee by one
of the speakers in giving the list of
directors of the Lincoln Farm associa- :
ton.
POLITICS TO THE FORE
But as soon as the formal exercises
We're over, politics came to the fore.
At the railroad station platform, the
President stood for nearly an hour
shaking hands with men and women
who greeted him as 1.-The next Presi-
dent" AS the train pulled out, the
crowd cheered and clapped
What was said to be one of the
largest crowds ever gathered in this
part of Kentucky was at Lincoln farm.
The President and his party were taken
from the station to the farm in auto
mobiles accompanied by a troop of
Louisville police. On the way the Pres
idert stopped and laid a wreath on a
statue of Lincoln.
AT the farm he walked UP a long
flight of broad granite stairs lined
with thousands of cheering people to
rho Lincoln memorial building at the
top. Inside he examined silently the
one-room cabin made OF rough logs and
mud and then wrote his name in thu,
register.
Former Gov. Joseph w. Folk of Mis-
souri,, president of the Lincoln Farm
association. presided at the formal
ceremonies. Robert j. Collier, vice
president of the association. gave the
deed of the gift of the farm to Score.
tary Baker, representing the war de-
paFtment Senator Williams of Missis-
sippi and Gen John B. Castleman OF
Louisville also delivered speeches.
/ In introducing the President. Mr..
Polk spoke Of Mr.. Wilson as "the sue
cessor of Lincoln in the affections
of the American people,"
President and Mrs Wilson with Sec
rotary Baker. Secretary Tumulty and
DR. c. T. Grayson, the White House
physician, left here at . O'Clock for
Washing ton, where they will arrive at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The President spoke as follows:
mo more significant memorial could
have been presented to the nation than
this. 1t expresses SO much Of what il
singular and noteworthy in the history
of the country; 1t suggests so many OF
the things that we prize most highl,
in our life and in our system Of gov
eminent How eloquent this little house
within this shrine is OF the vigor OF
democracy! There Is nowhere in the
<csntin.ed o. Pass Two,