The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-10

WASHINGTON. FEB. o.-ln solemn
enryiccs within the trousc chat1'pcI "
Jay the nations leaders ana rePtcas,
taiivcs of foreign EnNeratE!'"!TIhn Thr,i|r..
i.Insnvclt Members or Congress-. gu
rrcme Court Justices, members ~ .,n tne
tohinrt nr1nv and navy OFFICERS anu o'p-
io,,a,s of many nations neard S:hal OF
Lodge Of massachusetts,. praise
yclt Ms "A statesman and as u i"a't'
Crowded galleries and the tnrons oal A.
men and women who could no. ga" I
mission testified 10 IN" peFSoLia., me
for The man whose death shocked inc
nr,L II was this 10 which Senate!
i,odrr, q close friend of ihe mat ne
culoEizcd, referred when ne spoke In":o
words in the Stiffness OIL inc r1ou=c
chamber: Ain
a tower is fallen, star IS ':ct' -''a'
Alas! for CclIn. e.,, ,ho
old Moorish ballad. which In poEhoo1
we used TO rccite. must. thillK, nay.
risen, 10 my lips &he,i tnsS-&orIiGn- Wa: We.
told that Theodore Roosevelt vas deao:
But whatever the phrase ms 'houSn'
was instant and everywhere. .. -
,bo crowds about the bulletin boards
from the man in the street. md Inc man :
on thu. railroads, from the 'aflheF ~
the fields, the women in the Stops; IN
The factories and In tho ho'nrS. Inc
pulpit found in his life II text i"F ser,
mons. The judge OIL the pcnc.. the ch,lH
AT school, alike paused Tor hloheh'
conscious Of a loss. Tha cry or sorrow
came from men and women If NIL c2nd J.
ton, high and low. rich and pour. from
the learned and tho iGnorar', rom thS
multitudes who had loved AL followed
him, and from those who had opposed
and resisted him. Tie newspaper:
hn absorbing
tho events Of these rareTr; days and
gave pages 10 the man who had died.
Flushed beneath the ocean and
through the air went the anno'lEce!ncnl
OF Theodore Rooscvclr.s death and bacH
came a Worldwide response from
courts and cabinets. from prrsS and peo.
plr. in other and far-tIst"nt lands
Through il all ran 4 golden thread ot
personal fcciin;, which Cl"Hms 80 rarely
in tho scmbrc Journalism Of public grief
1t would seem that here was man. 7
private citizen. conspicuous by NJ nl!Icc
with no glitter of power about eim. ia
ability TO reward or punish. gone from
earthly life. who must have hrrn IN
usual even among the leaders "f~ncn
and who thus demands our serious i'"ll-
Siderntion."
Senator Lodge was tho only speaker
and the services were simple: i'1Enrs
by the senate and house chaplains and
anthems and patriotic hymns ny the
Marine Band added 10 the stirring PR
itual nature OF the services.
Simultaneous with thr capitol services
memorial exercises for the former pros
idcnt wore held in various cities eyer the
country and in American AMY camps
at home and overseas.
Virtually all members "F nc senate
and house attended the jnint session
Vice President MARSHALL aa'l Speaker
Clark presided rointly. Will" $oaI ID be-
fore them wCrc Chief Justi"c White rnd
the associate Justices nf III" Sunrcme
court in their 'somhre robes members oi
the cabinet. representatives, nf the de.
pcndencc corps. General March. chief OF
staff. and other army aid navy Officers
in full uniform.
Former President Taft occupied n
prominent seat in the center aisle and
was as warmly arplaudcd as hc was ac-
corded in the chamber.
Senator Lodges address was. inter