El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-10
NATION HONORS
COL. ROOSEVELT.
Memorial Services Held In
Many Parts of the
Country.

Country.
Continued from page II
In his spirit Of devotion 10 truths
! simplicity, I shall try to speak Of HIN
| today"
His Fight for Preparedness.
! Referring TO Roosevelt's fight fol
! preparedness before the United State
I entered the world war, senator Lodge
said:
He would have had Us protest and
I take action at the very beginning IL
/ 1914. when Belgium was invaded He
would have had US go to war wher
/ the murders of the Lusitania were
! perpetrated- He tried to stir the SOU
/ and rouse the spirit of the American
| people. and. despite every obstacle. he
| did awaken them, so that when the
/ hour came, in April, 1917, large pro-
portion of the American people were
even then ready in spirit and in hope.
@He was a great patriot. great
mani above all, n great American.
HIS country was the ruling, mas
terinE passion Of his life. from
the beginning even unto the end"
Concluding. senator Lodge said:
Theodore Roosevelt's ideal Of pub
lie service was to be found in his
life, and as his life drew to its close
he had TO meet his ideal Of sacrifice
face to face All his sons went from
him TO the war and one was killed
upon the field Of honor.
This is not the place to speak OF
his private life. but within that sacred
circle no man was ever more fortunate
in the utter devotion OF a noble wife.
and the passionate love of his chill
dren- The absolute purity and beauty
OF his family life tell US why the
pride and interest which his fellow
countrymen felt in him were always
touched with the warm light Of love
In the home. so dear to him, in his
sleep, death came, and
SO valiant for truth passed over
and all the trumpets sounded for him
on the other side
barrett Gives Praise.
Besides the service at the capitol,
memorial services for Theodore ROose-
Welt We're held at the Pan-American
union building and at a theater. Sew
eral hundred wounded soldiers from
the Walter Reed hospital heard John
Barrett, director general OF the Pan
American union, eXtol the life and
virtues OF the former president. while
senator POindeXter. OF Washington,
delivered the Grafton at the theater-
The great keynote OF Theodore
Roosevelt's life and success was ser
vice said senator Poindexter. He
served mankind He was a teacher
and exemplar OF work and action.
Men listened to him because Of his
sincerity. He fought injustice; was
champion Of the weak; feared not the
strong; overcame his prejudices. and
was happy warrior in the eternal
struggle for justice and truth
1900 Hear Gen. Wood.
Kansas City. No. Feb. I0.-Fifteen
thousand persons. lifting their voices
TO the majestic melody of the national
opened the commemOratory
services for Col Theodore Roosevelt.
in Convention hall Sunday afternoon
Outside the big building a great crowd
was unable to gain admittance-
ssHe did more than any other
president to make the world real
IKE what the United States stands
for and what n Republican form
OF government means declared
Gen. Wood
broad vision. wide knowledge Of world I
affairs and sound judgment were ,
-ever more needed than today. J
1T was impossible for him 10 be /
neutral in the face OF wrong He be- |
ieved in a free press and free speech I
md understood that democracy re- I
enting criticism. smothering the press i
md hampering publicity is a democ- [
'acy in danger, If not democracy dy-
ng.
Services IN New NOrE.
New York, Feb. 10.-New Workers OF
very race. creed and political belief,
oined in tributes to the memory OF
theodore Roosevelt
Charles Z. Hughes was the chief
peaker at the Republican club. After
racing the former presidents career,
IT. Hughes referred to his life as one
which has no parallel in American
istory." There is an everlasting
eed." he said. for men like -Roose-
cit He left US when we could i'll af-
ord to spare him."
Chauncey n. Depew. speaking at the
Sd street Y. NJ. c. A. described Col
lost extraordinary men OF any period
Z history
Compared With Hamilton.
Denver, Colo. Feb. lot has been
aid that behind the Union lines at
stood Alexander Hamilton.
nd with equal truth it can be said
hat with the American soldiers at
antigny. at Chateau-Thierry. in the
ismal recesses Of the Argonne and
pom the banks Of the Mouse and the
Iarne. stood Theodore Roosevelt
This was the tribute to the former
resident from Herbert s Hadley. pro-
sssor OF law at the university OF Col
RADIO and former governor OF Mis-
ouri before an audience OF 5000 per-
ons at the municipal observance Of
.oseVelt memorial Sunday
McAdOO Pays Tribute.
Santa Barbara Calf. Feb. 10.-"Of /
II the great men the Republican j
arty has produced since the incom-
arabic Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt (
as the greatest" ". G. McAdoO. for
Ter secretary of the treasury. said
ere in the principal address at
Roosevelt memorial service
SOuth's Cities Observe Day.
Atlanta Ga Feb 10-MemOrial
arvices for Theodore Roosevelt were
ED in practically all cities and towns &
] the south. Especially impressive
srvices were held at Tuskegee insti- !
lite. Tuskegee. Ala. of which the
3rmer president was a trustee.
Gov. Harding Is Speaker.
Springfield. Ills, Feb. 10.-Gov- :
VILLAIN L Harding. Of Iowa. speaking !
ere at memorial exercises for the late
heOdore Roosevelt. declared the I
ans greatness lay in the universal I
v of his interests and the fact that J
e associated himself everywhere with /
reat minds.
Services Held in London.
London. Eng. Feb. 10 Roosevelt)
\ representative gathering of Amer
ans and English filled Westminster
bbey Sunday afternoon to pay tribute
} the late Theodore Roosevelt in a / I
emorial service, which for the first J
me in history displaced evensOng in 5
le abbey. Z
Ambassador and Mrs. Davis. the
afr OF the American embassy, Robert ! /
Skinner, the consul general and his
aft vice admiral Sims. many navy q
nd army officers and the representa- :
yes Of American societies were pres !
II. Prince Arthur OF Connaught rep :
scented king George and earl Howe +
presented the dowager queen Alex :