South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-28
PAYS TRIBUTE
TO MEMORY Of
EX-PRESIDENT
EulogizeS Roosevelt at Biz
Mass Meeting in High
School Auditorium.

Theodore Roosevelt. not yet a
year dead and dty-uiue years young
In the memories Of the American
public, "the greatest Nationalist the
country has ever known" was culo-
gized by cx-Sen Albert J. Beve-
ridge a. % Roosevelt momoria, meet
ing in the high school auditorium
Monday night Inclement weather
only slightly affected the attendance.
SIR Bevcridge was escorted 20 the
stage of the auditorium and accom-
panied there by Chairman Hon.
Rome c. Stephenson OF the S. Jo-
seph county Roosevelt Memorial
drive. Mayor Franklin r Carson Of
South Bend Mayor Ralph Gaylor of
Mishawaka. Rev. Cornelius Hagerty
Of Notre Dame. Rev. John r.. De
Groote. pastor of ST. Patrick 5
church and Rev. r. L. McQuary of
the First Christian church
leads in Singing.
Chairman Stephenson in opening
the exercises introduced Hiss EfGe
Harmon who led the audience iu the
singing Of America The anthem
was followed by an invocation by
Rev. r. L. McQuary Miss liar
mon again led the audience singing
the Battle Hymn OF the Republic. 4"
Keep the Home Fires Burning. q"
and There's a Long Long Trail"
The high school orchestra conduct
"a by Miss Harmon rendered musical
selections.
In introducing Mayor Gaylor as
permanent chairman of the exercises
Chairman Stephenson ANNOUNCED
that the county committee had de-
ciaed not TO solicit contributions at
the exercises. but urged that con
tributions be left for the memorial
az any Of the city banks
Mayor Gaylor said that e had
come 60 be generally accepted
principle that America can not live
without remembering its great men.
Explaining in brief the purpose OF
the meeting no then introduced Hon.
Albert J Beverldge
The audience stood and cheered.
HIS Anniversary.
IT consider IL "A great privilege"
began the former senator. Ito be
able TO speak on this anniversary
when people throughout the land
are tonight holding thousands OF
similar meetings about my leader
ana my friend"
Throughout his address Beveridge
laid particular stress on the stern
nationalism and intense American
ism 81 Col. Roosevelt. He also spoke
in glowing terms of the hopes the
nation placed in the American Le-
gion In the reconstruction period Of
the nation.
Beveridge said i'm part:
From ocean TO ocean men. wom-
en- and children OF all political par
ties. Of all religious creeds. OF all
geographical sections. of all racial
bloods are combining to provide
eternal memorials 20 Theodore
Roosevelt Why is this demonstra-
ton Of public faith and affection oc-
curing First of an. and above all.
j; Is because Theodore Roosevelt
typifed the American nation From
his earliest youth he was an Ameri-
can nationalist. I'm this faith ne
llNeds IN TINS taltu ne dietF and the
deeds he wrought and the words he
spoke for the advancement of that
faith are the unshakable foundations
OF his undying fame
More than any other man of his
period his character and his life
personined the character and the
life OF the American people as a
whole. II all the men and women
Of the republic were asked TO speak
one word that would be Synonymous
with the name OF Theodore Roose-
welt. the unhesitating answer of
nme-tenths OF them would be Am
ericanism.
The nationalism OF Theodore
Roosevelt was as deep. Us steady
and as fervent as religion To was i'm
his blood liz was q part of his life
There was IN him the breath of our
American forests. the tang Of our
American soil. the sweep and majos-
ty Of our American rivers His was
no paEid and auemic attachmeht 20
America. hardly warmer. than that