Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-10
CONGRESS HONORS
FORMER PRESIDENT
Special Services Eulogizing Col.
Roosevelt Held Sunday
in Washington.
LIFELONG FRIEND SPEAKS
Diplomats of Foreign Nations
Take Part in Notable
Gathering.
TBy Associated p,e.s ,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-in solemn
services within tho House chamber 10.
DAY the nations leaders and rcpresen-
tatives of foreign governments paid
tr1Dute to the memory of Theodore
roosevelt. Members of Congress. Su-
prcme Court justices. members OF the
Cabinet. army and navy officers, and
diplomats of many nations heard Sem
ator Lodge. of Massachusetts. praise
hooseFeit as stateman and as a man.
Crowded galleries and the thron- Of
men ana women who could not gain
admission testified 10 the personal
feeling for the man whose death
shocked the world. Il was this to
which Senator Lodge close fr;cnJ
Sa Sa me ne man he eulogiZed. referred when
OF the House chamber:
Alas! Alas. for '.H ceiln. d star is set
old Moorish ballad. which in bovhooG
we used TO recite, must, think, have
siss" Mss ,od I'D ma, any Lips %hsn the world
dead But whatever the phrase the
thought was instant and evefywl,ere.
i, ,hbfiously ,be .ISs'! ssxpressed> you heard it
boards. from the man in the street and
the he man on The railroads. from the
snms' shops in thG ne f'elds the women in the
homes. The pulpit found in his life a
teHt LOT sermons. The Judge on the
Tor a comment concious or loss. The
cry Of sorrow came from men and
women Tioh NO Of all conditions. high and low.
the, me Ignorant, from the multitude Who
had ioyed and followed him. and from
th9se bi,G Who Who had opposed and resisted
me absorbing reports Of the events of
,nese iateful days and gave pages 10
the man who had died
FLASHED TO WORLD
Flashed beneath the ocean and
through the air went 1he announce
ment of Theodore Roosevelt death,
ana back came world wide re sronsc
from courts and Cabinets. fron, press
and people, in other and far-distant
.ands. Through il all ran a golden
thread ,.,rsa1 Of personal feeling which
ism Of public grief 1t would seem
that here was man. private citizen,
conspicuous by no office, with no git;.
ter of power about him. no ability to
ne, who must have been unusual sven
among the leaders of men, and who
shus demands our serious consid4ra-
senator Lodge was the only speake.
and the services we're simple Prayers
b> the Scna.e anil iouse chaplains and
Snth;ems f; and and patriotic hymns by the
spiritual nature OF The services.
Simultaneous with the Capi,o! ser:-
ices: memorials to the. forme: Presi-
the country and In American army
camps at home and overseas.
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
THE MEMORIAL. SERVICE:
Virtually all members OF the Send. .e
and House. attended the joint session.
Clark presided jointly: while seated
before them werr Chief Justice White
and the associate justices Of the SUI
prerne Court in their somber robes,
members of the Cabinet. representa-.
t:ves OF the diplomatic corps. Gen era!
March. chief of staff. and other army
and navy officers in full uniform.
Former President Taft occupied a
prominent seat on the center aisle and
was warmly applauded as he was cs-
corted into the chamber.
was interrupted occasionally by ap-
piause and at times, by quiet laughter
as he related anecdotes of c,lonel
Rooseveirs life Marked applause
nations os the earth Germany alone
did not mourn the former Presidents
death because she knew his voice had
rallied Americans 10 the battle for
freedom.
PLAYED BIG PART
IN NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Mr.. Lodge outlined the life OF the
man who came to play such big
part in the nations life. With delicate
health and ncar-sightedne in child
an athlete and rifle shot. This was
typical said Mr.. Lodge. He spoke OF
how Roosevelt persisted in the un-
usual; how he made himself national
figure in enc year at the age of TWEEN
ty-four while serving in the New Yorl;
State Legislature; how he fought and
won for civil service reforms when
civil service was scoffed at by influ-
entail leaders. and Of how he applied
himself strenuoUsly TO the task of
expellinS favoritism and politics from
the New York police force. through
which q purely local office became
national in his hands and his picture
cities"
when he ordered Dewey to prepare for
Manila Bay before war came, as col
one] OF the Rough Riders regiment at
Sar Juan. as Governor of New York,
Mr.. Roosevelts career was traced
After reviewing tho Roosevelt adj
ministrations touching upon many of
the most important features. including
which won the Nobel peace prize for
the man dreaded at the beginning
on account of his combative spirit.
and his fight for larger government
political influence Of combinations OF
capital Senator Lodge added:
I'm the Panama Canal he left the
most enduring. as il was the most
visible. monument Of his atministra-
tiop. Much criticized ut the moment
for his action i'm regard to IT., which
time since then has justified. and which
history viii praise. the great fact re-
mains that the canal is there. He
said himself that he made up his mind
that il was his duty TO establish the
canal and hav. the debate about 1t
afterwards. which seemed TO him bet
tn Lep u-if inlaf nj a ln
bate and have no canal ut ALL This Is
Il view which posterity both at home
and abroad will accept and approve"
Reports received from Chicago. Kan,
sas City and Atlanta tell OF special
services being held In those cities.
SERVICES ARE HELD IN
NEW YORK, LONDON AND PARIS