Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-10

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tons leaders and representatives of
| foreign governments paid tribute to
the memory of Theodore Roosevelt. a
former President The Vice President,
members Of Congress, Supreme Court
Justices, members Of the cabinet, Army
and Navy officers and diplomats of
many nations heard Senator Lodge OF
Massachusetts praise Roosevelt as a
statesman and as man.
Crowded galleries and the threng OF
men and women who could not gain
admission testified to the personal
| feeling for the man whose death
shocked the world. 1t was this to
which Senator Lodge. close friend
of the man he eulogized, referred
| when he spoke these words in the
stiffness OF the House chamber:
"a tower is fallen, a star is set!
Alas! Alasl for Celin.
'"The words Of lamentation from the
! old Moorish ballad, which in boyhood
| we used to recite. must, / 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.
/, I'VE cannot approach Theodore
Roosevelt along the beaten paths of
| eulogy or satisfy ourselves with the
| empty civilities of commonplace
funeral tributes" said Senator Lodge,
for he did not make his life journey
ever commonplace. Cold and pompous
formaiities would be unsuited to him
" no was devoid of affeetation. who was
never self-conscious. and to whom
posturing to draw the public gaze
seemed not only repellant but vulgar.
| simplicity 1 shall try to speak of him
today"
Referring to RooseveIts inheritance
of comparative wealth. Senator Lodge
said: He lacked the spur to prick
the sides of his intent. Theo-
tation to a life Of sports and pleasure,
to lettered ease. to an amateur
career in one of the fine arts. perhaps
| to q money making business.
Outline Of Roosevelt's Career.
Mr.. Lodge outlined the life of the
man who came to play such big part
In the nations life. With delicate
| health and Observation-Disclosures In child :
an athlete and ride shot. This was
TYPICAL said Mr.. Lodge. He spoke OF
how Roosevelt persisted In the un-
usual; how he made himself national
| figure in one year at the age OF TWEEN
state legislature; how ne fought and
won for civil service reforms when
civil service was scoffed at by innuen-
| tiai leaders. and of how he applied
| himself strenuousiy to the task Of ex-
the New York police force. through
which "a purely local once became
national in his hands, and his picture
appeared in the shops OF European
AS assistant secretary Of the Navy,
when he ordered Dewey to prepare for
Manila bay before war came; as
colonel Of the Rough Riders Regiment
at San Juan; as Governor OF New
York; as Vice President, and as Presi-
dent Mr.. Roosevelts career was traced.
After reviewing the Roosevelt admin
istfAtion. touching upon many Of the
most important features. including
Roossveit's part in world politics which
dreaded At the beginning on account
| Of his eornbative spirit" and his fight
| for q larger government cpntrol OF
railroads and against the political In
auence Of combinations Of capital. Sen
A!S I'm I sSs r s1asa; cana, he left the
| most enduring. as 1t was the most
| visible, monument of his administra-
ton. Much criticised at the moment
FOR his action IN regard to IT., which
history will praise, the great fact re-
| mains that the canal is there. He said
i himself that he made up his mind that
! it was his duty to establish the canal
and have the debate about 1t after
| ward. which seemed to him better
than to begin with indefinite debate
and have no canal at all. This Is a
view which posterity both 1t home
and abroad viii accept and approve"
Referring to Roosevelts fight for
| preparedness before the United States
entered the world war, Senator Lodge
HE would have had us protest and
take action at the very beginning In
| 1914 when Belgium was invaded. He
would have had us go to war when
iperpetrated.. He tried t.. stir the soul
and rouse the spirit Of the American
people, and, despite every obstacle, he
| did awaken them, so that when the
hour came. 10 April. 1917. large pro-
portion Of the American people were
| even then ready In spirit and in hope.
| Because he was not permitted to go
| to Europe at the head OF q body OF
soldiers, said Mr.. Lodge. Roosevelt
was denied the reward which he
the great prize OF death in battle
Lived to See Right Prevail.
He lived to see right prevail" con-
tinued the senator. ale lived to see
civiiization triumph over organized
barbarisn, and there was great joy In
his heart. In all his last days the
| thoughts which fflled his mind were
to secure q peace which should render
Germany forever harmless. and adj
vance the cause OF ordered freedom
in every land and among every race.
III: s vas n great pa rsnt s great !,
His country was the ruling. MASTER
ing passion Of his life, from the
beginning even unto the end.
portant than what he did Theodore
Roosevelt always believed that
character. was OF greater worth and
moment than anything else. He pos
which he was disposed to underrate
because he set so much greater store
upon the moral qualities which we
bring together under the single word
character
| His Ideal of Perfect Service.
Concluding, Senator Lodge said:
Theodore Hoosevelt's ideal of pub
| lie service was to be found In his
| life, and as his life drew to It's 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 net, the place to speak Of
sacred circle no man was ever more
| fortunate In tbs utter devotion or a
| noble wife ana the passionate love
AZ his children. The absolute purity