The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-10
',o,-rr LOCAL MEN LAUD
roRMER PRESIDENT AS a
PURE AND NOBLE
AMERICAN.
MAYOR vester Presides and mnsicAl "'o-
tiou Of Woman's CAuo 9i'es
beautiful Program

,,ynI ph
".'N ,,rin,, section Of the. Woman
NV Sns ,I ,hr audience. while ferrenl
.,,.ors were offered by two local ,'''i
isters As one Of the speakers i,. .
dor,oIIv remarked in his ADDRESS
- vas The largest gathering OF inc N, MN,
nrcr held in this city. and II was "L7
ono If the most impressive n''"'"i
.nrvires ever held here. r'''I'
So exercises were the farorlte h!!
! 80 Mr roosevelt, How Firm n roun
dation." and IL hymn sung ,dIy
Woman's Club chorus A|eao
II irh1." the late President ~
fayorite song. and which was n;,,I.
,aTor Tho United States in lsVl AT SIM
w, aroorIo1 services held in his honor
,,.ern Maid Col. Roosevelt all Over
th;s land and In all the United S.ates
nossessions yesterday afternoon. thIIo
r LOO more than 700 cities in NIner,c"
! that held simultaneous memorials A''
Col. Roosevelt GOOD ~ men
i, ,-actically all walks OF HE, many u
whom were not Of the polltical 90,
~ him to whom they came 10 pap 80 80
loving tribute as a man ana q 'u
IIovol American citizen. there
sprinkling of women in tho aSse' ~. 81
,,ehIIn 81 number OF veterans OF the
ITnion army were present occupying
80 front seats Of honor. The "heel
- Rov Scouts Of America atlenuco
a. a hody, numbering moro than n nun
srad They acted as ushers. AZ inc
close Of the addresses anu pEtceu'u re
The bcnediction taps were Souiioc
Rusbce Hinkle. local Scout, wiz
III "cornradcs" stood at nttcntlon anu
Tho audience also stood WIN uoH.u
heads. There were nuWoc, u
rroes in the audience. VINO aiso cu,n
10 pay their last tribute Oh ~
.respcct to the man VINO h,u oenIds
r.itb their race upon the oatticnc,'s
and who had also lous"' ''e
in national life. hv
~ Tho services we're presided over oS
,,aror c, Morgan Vcstcr. CHAIRMAN
EolIowInr his preliminary remarks IN
-.hIch he paid q most loving tribute
~ Col roosevelt, the National anthem
u,as aunr py the assembly, lead os
ahn,,, score OF members OF the H'u-
al soction of the Woman's Club ana
dirccted by Mrs. Flora Williams "hce'
iNs mr., Laughlin Tells OF Personal
| Meetings.
Following the invocation olleEeo o.
the Rev. DR.. Claude Porter 1eIs; r H.
49, If rho First Presbyterian church INC
III, George 4. LaughlIn. one OF inc
n,ost prominent local political support
ave Of Colonel Roosevelt, wns presehlu
by Jr VesIcr. Mr.. Laughlin prelacea
bis address BY telling of personal re'ni-
nIscenccs Of his meeting Colonei roose-
vail The speaker declared that MI
Roosevelt was the greatest man u mo
arc. that he had the love or Goa III ~
beart which love brought about inc
love he manifested for his fcllow-man'
NJ 1,aueblin said that he first saw ME.
roosevelt as a delegate TO the natiohal
Penublican convention. one or Ne"
Works big four" at Chicago in 1885, a.
which convention James 6. Blame wa
nominated for president. lie SAID -
Roosevelt occupied front seat -
nronlnencc in the convention nall
..,sro,n that time until his death he was
before the public" he said. He later
bccnno police commissioner or NC"
York city then assistant secretary vi
the navy In President Mckinley's capi-
net, governor Of New York, vice presi-
don, of The United States and then pres
! idcnt. He was at the head OF the PRO-
rressivc marty from 1912 to 1915 ana
was the Progressive candidate Tor pres'-
dent in 1916. He distinguished himself
w the Sranish-A American war. declared
the sp ,aker
In rcciting his personal meeting Win
Colonel Roosevelt. Mr.. LauShlin s"'"
that he first met thc lamented oistlh.
cuishcd deceased in New, YORK ABOUT
Two weeks before he sailed Tor NUM-
Ing Trim into the interior Of Africa
..whirh trip undermined his health" IN
ciJcntnlly remarked the speaker. TIC
: wos at that time in excellent health
good humor and buhbling over with en-
thusinsm and good cheer. To lIihS-
; 1ratn his democratic disposition. WheH
. We finished our talk he walked out OF MIS-
private office and Stood chatting win
me until the elevator arrived. asaiii
} saw him after his return from Africa
continued Mr. LauEhlin. He was
much changed man .in looks ana disPo-
sition and showed that he had br"hen
| down lreutly in health ana strength
$ Tho speaker closed with n hcaul''u'
tribute to Colonel Roosevelt ms man
among men. who had fought good hgnt
aud died with III" lave nnG esteem OF
the people IN This connection Mr..
Iaughlln reads excerpts from an cdl-
torial of a New York newspaper ~
wears ago IN tribute to Roosevelt. 4e
declared that the same lines Of praise
could consistently he written today
In fact, il WIS reproduced in the same
paper following his death as an origih"i
editorial and credit was not given inc
, late William n. l.uffan. tho ahthor OF
the original editorial" nc said.
Able Tribute by John J. Coniff.
Attorney John j. Conff in his able
tribute TO Ronscvrll waved eloquent and
with impressive declarations Sald that
lone reason the people loved Roosevelt
Ihis sincerity: that his record Of the
long years in public life was an Open
iIonL Trnn1 which NIL could read: tnat
tic things III taught should be put into
, tcffcct, Col. Roosevelt believed In a
real man, and Il real man was me-
! Should H. return and stand upon inns
platform this afternoon he would say.
DO not laud me-: | want no mohulnchS
Of stone and fine metal: | want 10 live
, Innlv in thr hearts nf The people as 4
Imam" Theodore Ro"s"vrll was man
iwho believed III educating tlr body as
we'll as the mind and heart. that theSc
things might make Il man as ne Shot!iu
hc---an ideal American citizen. he
feared nothing" declared tho speaker.
and hc worked IT, that end with sue
cess He thought little about his rne-
mics and often about his friends. He
was religious and moral which ar" the
essential futtors 10 give life anu sus-
itain life as an ideal citizen. Life IS
ibuiIded by mobility OF character, whlcn
was on" of Ronscvclt'S adages Ills
life was So lived that he could touch
in" every chord IF the human heart
He hrough, the child Of labor and the
Irhild Of capital together ana checrca
them on crcir way rejoicing. Sh9u!a
Roosevelt br asked what inannerS OF
tribute should be. paid 10 him whcn nc
had passed away. h. would say: FlcK
out the things have said and put