Arizona republican., 1919-02-10

president, put Will rest m the IdCl tildt his ideals of Americanism were of the | greatest
 Judge kibbey Talks
 The first speaker of the afternoon | was Judge J. II. kibbey a man espe- | cially fit to speak on the subject, as on many occasions he had business and | friendly dealings with Colonel Roose- welt. Judge Kibbey said that the peo- pie were assembled to do honor to the greatest man of all modern time and that the subject of his life was an in- exhaustible one. When a man dies, he said. who has been conspicuous in pub lie affairs, the evil thoughts are soon forgotten. The death of Theodore
 Roosevelt illustrates this to a marked
 degree, and how quickly the tongue of | islander has been silenced.
 The most wonderful thing in Roose-
 velts life was the recreation of Roose-
 welt himself In his youth. he said. he
 was man of weak constitution. but by
 sheer force of his tremendous will pow
 CT he made a man of strong constitu-
 ton of himself. And the greatest les | son to all of us is the fact that he made himself what he ought to be, both men, | tally and physically and to this is at
 tributed his rapid rise to power. Judge i Kibbey declared that he was not a man
 O fgenius. but that his success came by
 hard work and he fitted himself for
 everything; he was not great sol
 dier, yet we know him as a soldier; he
 was not a great statesman. yet he did
 more statesmanlke things than any other man; and he was just above the
 average in literature, yet he has given
 us some of the finest works ever writ | ten on science exploration and admin istration. In concluding. Judge Kibbey
 said that the greatest tribute that ever
 can or will be paid to Colonel Roose-
 welt is that he was great American citizen and also a citizen of the whole
 world.
 Mr. Heard's Address
 Dwight B. Heard. the next speaker.
 said that they we're gathered together
 to do honor to Americas greatest cit <
 izen, who by his untimely death last month, left void that can never be
 filled. especially in this greatest of
 American periods, the reconstruction
 period. Since the age of A, said MT
 Heard Colonel Roosevelt has taken l part in the strife of public life and dur ing this time no one has ever ques- l toned his personal honor. His whole career was based on the finest feature of life that of character. He loved to [ fight, yet he always fought in an hon. est cause. and always had a hand out for a man who wanted help in an hon. l est cause. His life, declared MT. Heard, was so clean, so spotless and so fine. After leaving his presence, one was so inspired by his personality that he came away filled with the desire and ' determination to make their life little , like his.
 , In closing, Mir. Heard said that the h1-f erfh fn n1n mol ! Roosevelt was to make his standard 2 our standard and try to the best of our ability to pattern our lives after
 him. the greatest American.
 al Captain B. l.. Alexander. who has 7 served under Colonel Roosevelt in the . Spanish-American war, said that the i, Rough Riders was a very appropriate :, name and that no one rode rougher a than Colonel Roosevelt During those = days. said the speaker, he was a strict i, disciplinarian and exacted a strict per '' formance of duty, yet he never asked = anyone to perform anything that he ', would not do him telf. During this time !, he made some of his fastest and best U friends. and during his administra tior U gave the preference of offices to the Rough Riders.
 . Captain AIexander's Tribute $ Two of the things, said Captain Al s exander, that wore characteristic of tn, Il Roose cit foresight. and which at thu = time caused a nationwide scandal a was the promotion by Roosevelt O e Captain Pershing to a brigadier- gen y eral and of Lieutenant Sims to a com y mander. So highly did he esteem tn. y ability of these two men that he di, e a thing never before done in the his e tory of America. And years later, hi d able judgment was appreciated, fo l. Pershlng was the great soldier chosel y to lead our great armies, and Admira n Sims given the command of the Unite, y. States fleet in the British channel Il l. closing, Captain Alexander said tha s, the latter years of Roosevelt's life wer n spen in continually prodding the pres It ent administration to prepare for wal le and that the greatest achievement o IS the allies were due to him.
 L. At the Congregational Church l. At the evening memorial service a is the First Congregational church. tn te pastor. Rev. J. Spencer Noorhes, state 10 that the only time he ever left his pull ,d pit to engage in politics was to suppor m Theodore Roosevelt in his great figh r. for civic righteousness in 1912.
 I'd The principal address of the evenin IT was made by Dwight B. Heard to on ,t of the largest audiences that ever as Ia sembled in that church.
 The speaker made no attempt to de ,,r liver eulogy, or elaborate oration, bu at gave a talk relating many personal in " cidents in Colonel Roosevelt's caree ;s and revealing in an intimate and in .s structive way the tremendous nor; ,u influence of the great former presi ~ dents life work in developing charac 'li ter and righteousness as factors iii ou sl national life. MT Heard. who enjoye le a long and intimate association wit s Col. Roosevelt, gave a picture of hi ;ll tender consideration for wife and fan I5 fly that will long be remembered.
 MT Heard gave an interesting ac or count of the great fight in which |
 opposed the president, who at fir. no favored the admission of New MexiC 1d and Arizona as one state, and said tn; al Roosevelt showed how gracefully l Tn could respond to the will of the peop lg when he found the overwhelming ser a. timent here for separate statehood he was fine appeal in presenting a is ideal American, in ability. in unselfis al service and that fine spirit that plac, an great deeds above all in forging natior nd al as we'll as individual character.