Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-13
Mr.. Capers Pays Tribute.

| President, saying that mo higher evil
dence of appreciation of exalted char
acter, moral courage, wisdom and pa
triotism could be found than in the
earnest, honest expressions of the sur
| vivorS of the southern Confederacy. and
| their sons, as they warmly pay tribute
| to the life and memory of Abraham
Lincoln
Rev. Charles f. Fultz of Lincoln
Camp, Sons of Veterans, led the prayer
! Rev. James l.. Gordon, pastor of the
church, in his address eulogized Lincoln
as 1.-The prophecy of the ideal man to
| come" Col. John Tweedale. U. S. A.,
read Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
| There were selections and individual
! solos by members of the Musurgia
Quartet, and patriotic music by the Ma
rine Band.
The exercises were under the auspices
of the Department of the Potomac, Ct.
A. r., the Woman's Relief Corps, the
| Legion of Loyal Women the Ladies of
! the G. a. r., the Sons and Daughters of
| Veterans, the Spanish War Veterans
and their auxiliaries. Past Department
! Commander A. B. Tasker was the pre-
| siding officer.
Although Congress continued in ses-
sion through Lincoln's birthday, at
work on the congested legislative pro-
| gram, eulogieS to the liberator were de-
lvered in both Senate and House, and
many members attended the memorial
service held at the First Congrega-
tlOnal CnurCn.
Issue of Liberty and Justice.
Senator Lewis, speaking in the Sen
ate. declared that in the present inter-
national crisis the issue involved is the
same issue of liberty and justice which
Lincoln gave to America. In the House
the Gettysburg address was read and
Representatives Dill and Chiperfeld
ift,p Il aVJ1n r5e-fya Il Il
Lincoln and America" Senator
Lewis predicted, would be the shrine to
which the world would turn after the
great war for new dedication of So
ciety to the principle of democracy
Today, in the crisis pending between
the United States and lands of Europe,
the issue before the world is the issue
which Lincoln gave to Amerca-the
right of man to exercise liberty of ac-
ton, freedom of intercourse and to en-
joy justice from all
Sees Dream of Democracy Realized.
'If in this day we hear civilization
pleading, in the name of God, that the
century now reelng in death grapple
of Christianity with barbarism shall
| halt in its crumbling of Kingdoms and
crushing of empires, we in the Repub-
| lie of America are not without consola-
tlon IN the presence of this world s
! catastrophe. In this cataclySm We
behold the coming transformation 1t
Is to be the republican ideal of govern
ment-the realized dream of the democ-
racy of man.
1--WE know that when the blood
drenched events have come to their
close, those who would take increased
devotion to the new day will turn to
the United States and dedicate their
people to those holy standards burning
In the sky of the redeemed earth
Lincoln and America"
A Lincoln's birthday celebration was
held last night by the Capitol Hill Lit
| erary Society at the Ingram Memorial
| Church. 10th street and Massachusetts
| avenue northeast. An address Yves
made on Lincoln by James G. Kent
Mrs. J. B. Hyatt read a paper on the
life Of George Dewey. A brief address
was made by Z. v. Carr. past presi-
dent of the society. on George Dewey
Others who spoke included ]. w. Davis
| Mrs. Amelia c. Kent and Mrs. Laura B
| Lawson. Musical selections were con-
tributed by Mrs. E. V. Carr, Miss Jes-
sica V. Pearce and Mrs. A. II. Frear
Mrs. Matte Queen Ewing, president of
the society, presided.
Miss Helen Nicolay. daughter of John
| N1colay, who was private secretary to
Abraham Lincoln, was one of the
speakers at the Lincoln celebration at
John Wesley A. NJ. e. Church last
night, held under auspices of the Col
ored Social Settlement