Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-10
SIMPLE SERVICE
FOR ROOSEVELT
HELD IN CAPITOL
Nations Leaders Hear Sena-
tor Lodge Praises the For
mer President as Patriot,
Statesman and Man.

Washington. Feb. DIN simple
solemn services within the house
chamber today the nations leaders
and representatives of foreign gov,
ernments paid tribute to the memory
Of Theodore Roosevelt.
Senator Lodge was the only
speaker,
Vice President Marshall and
Speaker Clark presided jointly
while seated before them were Chief
Justice White and the associate JUS
tees OF the supreme court i'll their
somber robes, members OF the cab
met representatives of the diplomat
il corps, General March, chief OF
staff, and other army and navy Of
ficers in full uniform.
Taft Applauded.
Former President Taft occupied
a prominent seat on the center aisle
and was warmly applauded as he
was escorted into the chamber.
Crowded galleries and the throng
of men and women who could not
gain admission testified to the per-
sonal feeling for the man whose
death shocked the world, 1t was
this to which Senator Lodge, a close
friend OF the man he eulogized, re-
ferred when he spoke these words in
the stiffness of the house chamber.
go tower is fallen, star is setl
Alas Alas! 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.
Chose Rough Road Of Toll.
Referring to Roosevelt's inheri-
.ance to comparative wealth, Senator
Lodge said -......-
He lacked the spur of necessity
TO prick the sides of his intent.
Theodore Roosevelt put behind him
temptation to a life of sports and
pleasure TO lettered ease, to an
amateurs career in one of the fine
arts. perhaps to a money making
business.
He would have had us protest and
AXE action at the very beginning, in
GA, when Belgium was invaded, He
could have had us 60 to, war when
the murders of the Lusitani; were
oerpetrated. He tried to stir the
soul and rouse the spirit of the
American people, and despite every
bstacle he did awaken them. so
that when the hour came, in April,
1917, a large proportion of the
American people were even then
ready in spirit and in hope.
"How telling his work has been
Was proved by the confession of his
country's enemies, for when he
died, the only discordant note, the
only harsh words, came from the
German press Germany knew
whose voice it was that had more
powerfully than any other called
Americans to the battle in behalf
OF freedom and civilization"
Because he was not permitted to
90 to Europe as the head of body
OF Soldiers, said Mr.. Lodge, Roose-
welt was denied the reward which
he would have ranked above all
otheTs. the great prize of death in
aattle. <..
Mind Powerful and Active.
He had a powerful, wsll-trained,
ever active mind. He thought clear
~ independently, and with orig;-
aality and imagination These great
gifts were sustained by an extra
ordinary power of acquisition,
Joined to a greater quickness Of
apprehension, greater swiftness i'll
seiz.ng upon the essence of a ques-
ton, than ! have ever happened to
see ia any other mind.
I'm speaking, as in writing, he
was always full OF force and vigor
~IIe had a large capacity for adj
mimstration, clearness of vision,
romptness in decision, and thor
ough apprehension of what consti-
.uted efficient organization.
THE first requisite of leadership
Is to lead, and that ability Theodore
Roosevelt possessed in full measure.
His instinct was always to say
conc rather than go and he had
the talent of command.
Concluding, Senator Lodge said:
Theodore Roosevelt's ideal of
public service was to be found in his
lie, and as his life drew to its close
he had to meet his ideal Of sacri-
flee face to face. All his sons went
from him to the war and one was
killed upon the field of honor
This is not the place to speak of
his private life, but within that sac
red circle no man was ever more
fortunate in the utter devotion Of a
noble wife. and the passionate love
{ his children. The absolute purity
and beauty of his family life tell us
why the pride and interest which his
fellow countrymen felt in him were
always touched with the warm light
pf love. In the home, so dear to
him. in his sleep, death came. and
so Valiant-for- Truth passed over
and all the trumpets sounded Tor
HIM on the other side f"
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