Little Falls herald., 1919-02-14
Il DOSE Ell SER VICES
'I.ARaE AUDIENCE HEARS FRANK
M. NYE PAY TRIBUTE TO
FORMER PREsiDENT.

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um Sunday afternoon, were largely at.
tended, many standing in the rear o1
the room.
Chas. Sylvester, chairman Of the com.
mittee, opened the services with q few
remarks appropriate to- the occasion
which was followed with a selection,
!'The National Emblem "by Falk' or.
chestra, prayer by Rev. E. B. Service
and the selection, "Crossing the Bar, y
by q double quartet. g.. u,
Mayor Bergheim, in his remarks pre-
vious to presenting the speaker Of the
| day, said that in some respects Col
Roosevelt was probably the greatest
American citizen-that he was willing
to fight for an ideal and that if it had
not been for Roosevelt and Wilson, ou1
people would have never seen our duty
to enter the war. y "
In presenting Hon. Frank M. Nye
the mayor remarked that he was a
brother Of Judge Nye Of this district
who is still in the service in France as
captain.
The speaker of the occasion served
term in congress during Mr.. Roose'
velt' IS incumbency as president, and was
generally a supporter Of the measures
father by him. Mr.. Nye gave a
splendid address, which in part, is as
follows: ..t ~. IA.
"What makes country rich in patri.
otims? Its silent heroes. Washington is
still here, Lincoln still lives, Grant is
still at Vicksburg, Sherman is still
marching to the sea, Dewey is still at
Manila. It is the unconquering spirit
of American advance.
"Nero represented power built on
force, and now we see his friends out
casts in the world. It is the ever for
ward march Of right, truth and justice:
Don't forget that nearly all reforms
have been rejected in their early day:
"Col. Roosevelt probably had the
greatest hold on our people Of any man
living. It is surprising that such a
man, who struck at ills and crimes,
should be so universally liked. 1t gives
courage and heart to- other great men,
when they can feel that the people will
be with them in these greet contests.
Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt-they
are the peaks-but the valley is of the
same stuff. It is because we are of the
same stuff, the stuff Of which is made
our victorious soldier boys.
"Roosevelt was responsible for some
thing new in the political and business
morals of America. You can review
the messages of all the presidents and
will find that Roosevelt was the frst to
put the moral side into the business of
this country, marking new era. Roose-
velt would rebuke the big fellow, he
would rebuke anybody. He did not fail
to see wrong in others as well as the
rich man.
A remark of Roosevelt IS at din
ner which he attended impressed the
speaker very much. He stated that the
then president said it panied him very
much to see young men coming into &C.
tive life with the belief that it was
necessary to use some of the schemes
and practices then in use to succeed.
"Roosevelt was a believer i'll the
Golden Rule. He realized that God
hadn't changedx w..
"F'rom the time war commenced in
Europe to the time we got into it, thu
speaker believed that Col. Roosevelt
sak clearly that that war was inevit
able, tha-this country must strike fo1
the right, that it couldn't see a little
nation trampled upon. That his vision
was more clearer than any other man.
It was the speaker 3 belief that Col
onel Roosevelt did more at home for tht
cause than he possibly could have done
at the head Of a regiment in France.
Mr.. Nye's address was followed by
the singing of Kipling's "Recessional'
by the double quartet. A poem, a1st
by Kipling, "Great Heart" a fine tri
butte to- Colonel Roosevelt, was read 10y
Mrs. L. D. Brown. The "Star Spanglet
Banner" was sung by the audience, ant
the services closed with benediction by
Rev. Philin E. Gregory.