Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-13
Memorial Services Are Held in
House of Representatives at
Washington and in Various
Cities of the Country
MEMORY HONORED ABROAD
Senator Lodge Eulogixcs the Colonel mt
National Capital As "a Great Patriot,
Grent Man nnd Above All n Great
American"

within the House chamber to-day the
nations leaders and representatives OF
foreign governments paid tribute to the
memory of Theodore Roosevelt. Mem
bers OF Congress. Supreme Court justices.
members or the cabinet, army and navy
officers, and diplomats of many nations
heard Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
praise Roosevelt as a statesman and as
a man.
! Crowded galleries and tho throng Of
men and women who could not gain
admission testified to the personal feel
ing for the man whose death shocked
the world. 1t was this to which Senator
Lodge, n close friend of the man he
eulogzed, referred when he spoke these
words in the stiffness of the House
/ chamber:
"a tower is fallen star is set Alas
Alas. for Colin.
THE words Of lamentation from the
old Moorish ballad, which in boyhood
we used to recite, must, l think. have
risen to many lips when the world was
told that Theodore Roosevelt was dead.
But whatever the phrase the thought
was instant and everywhere.
"Nar.ously expressed you heard it in
the crowds about the bulletin boards.
from the man in the street and the man
( on the railroads. from the farmer in the
fields. the women in the shops, in the
factories, and in the homes. The pulpit
found in his life text for sermons.
The judge on the bench. the child at
school, alike paused for moment con
scious of loss. The cry of sorrow came
from men and women OF all conditions,
high and low. rich and poor. from the
learned and the ignorant from the multi
tude who had loved and followed him,
and from those who had opposed and re-
sisted him. The newspapers pushed aside
the absorbing reports of the events Of
these Hateful days and gave pages to the
man who had died.
! FLASHED beneath the ocean and
through the air went the announcement
of Theodore Roosevelt's death, and back
came a world wide response from courts
and cabinets, from press and people in
other and far distant lands. Through
it all ran golden thread of personal
feeling which CLEANS so rarely in the
somber Journalism of public grief. 1t
would seem that here was a man, a pri-
waite citizen, conspicuous by no Office.
with no glitter Of power about him. no
ability to reward or punish, gone from
earthly life, who must have been
unusual even among the leaders Of men,
and who thus demands our serious con.
sideration."
Senator Lodge was the only speaker
and the services were simple. Prayers
by the Senate and House chaplain and
anthems and patriotic hymns by the
marine band added to the stirring spirit.
ual nature Of the services.
| Simultaneous with the Capitol services
memorial exercises for the former presi'
! l,aIl ot<lN .,
country and in American camps at home
and overseas.
Virtually all members Of the Senate ant
House attended the joint session. Vice
President Marshall and Speaker Clarl
presided Jointly. while seated before
, them were Chief Justice White and tn,
associate justices of the Supreme Cour
in their sombre robes, members of tho
cabinet, representatives of the diplomatic
corps, General March. chief of staff. anc
other army and navy officers in full uni
form.
Former President Taft occupied 6
prominent seat on the center aisle ant
was warmly applauded he was es.
corted into the chamber.
, Senator Lodges address was inter.
rupted occasionally by applause ant
at times by quiet laughter as he re.
velts life. Marked applause greeted
his statement that of all the nation.
= of the earth Germany alone did no
mourn the former presidents dealt
because she knew his voice had rallied
Americans to the battle for freedom
= Referring to Roosevelt's admins
tration, Senator Lodge said:
I'm the Panama canal ne left tn,
t most enduring. as It was the most Wis
ible. monument of his administration
! Much criticized at the moment for hi
action in regard to it, which tim.
since then has justified and which his
, tory will praise the great fact re
mains that the canal is there. He sal,
himself that he made up his mint
. that it was his duty to establish tn,
canal and have the debate about i
afterwards. which seemed to him bet
ter than to begin with indefinite de
. bate and have no canal at all. Thi
is view which posterity both a
home and abroad will accept and ap
: prove.
He was a great patriot, grea
man; above all. a great American. Hi
country was the ruling. mastering
: passion of his life, from the beginnin,
even unto the end"
Ah'HHoo NY, MO, II Gu o'-T iltctH tHOu
sand persons Joined in the melody OF tn
: national anthem which opened commema
: oratve services for Col Roosevelt at Me
mortal hall this afternoon. A great Grove
was unable to gain admittance.
: Major General Leonard Wood. ranking
q officer In the famous rough rider regi
ment of 'sS and in the intervening scor
r of years a devoted friend of Colone
- Roosevelt delivered the eulogy for tn
n man he said history would record as 9TH
:, great American
:, He did more than any other presiden
to make the world realize what the Uni
&c ted States stands for and what a repub
lican form of government means" de
clared General Wood.
General Wood declared that Roosevelt
broad VIDE knowledge Of world affair
and sound judgment were never NOR
needed than to-day.
1T was impossible for him to be neutra
In the face of wrong. He believed In
a, free press and free speech and understoo
that democracy resent.ng criticism
smothering the press and hampering pub
n, licity is a democracy in danger II not
ID democracy dying
of
London, Feb. "a representative gath
'' ering of Americans and EngIisn nile