Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-01
CLEME ENCEAU
PAYS HOMAGE
To LINCOLN
Calls Martyred Presii-
dent Greatest
American

Springfield, Ills, Nov. 30.-Georges
Clemeneeau barred his aged head at the
tomb Of Abraham Lincoln Thursday
and paid tribute to him as zone Of the
greatest men that ever lived
after the very appropriate and
moving words | have heard, ! hardly
dare say more he said Don't be
lieve [ came here to try to- consecrate
such a memory
Quoting from Lincoln's Gettysburg
speech. he said he hoped, in the words
of Lincoln, rather to be consecrated,
that what remained to him of his life
might be devoted to the service Of
mankind.
Il come in souvenir of the valiant
men who fell on the fields of France
in the same cause for which he was
murdered. and say that we are going
to try 10 go i'll the path Of freedom
he opened" CIemenceau continued.
Here | am private citizen. no more
than any other who has tried TO do his
duty, hoping 10 be not like Lincoln.
but to be as nearly like him as I can.
Lays Wreath on Sarcophagus.
Let us say no more Here before
one Of the greatest men that ever
lived. all my heart goes out to Amer
lea and the great man she produced.
Before he spoke, bareheaded in the
cold mist beneath the leaden skies that
overhung 0akridge cemetery, the Tiger
entered the marbled hall beneath the
tail, plain Lincoln shaft. and laid "A
wreath on the sarcophagus beneath
which the martyred Lincoln lay.
He said no word stood motionless
for moment, laid the wreath and
walked silently out. At the end OF
his speech, Cemenceau was asked BY
former United States Senator Law
renee !. Sherman, master of ceremon-
les to dedicate another wreath as his
tribute to a dead solder of the Rain
bow division which went first to
France
This is my tribute to the Ameri-
can soldier" Clemenceau said. placing
his hand on the wreath. Mr.. Sherman
then announced that it was to be laid
on the grave of Otis Scott Humphrey.
son Of the late Federal Judge J. Otis
Humphrey, who died last night OF
pneumonia Humphrey will be buried
Friday in Oak Ridge in the shadow Of
the Lincoln shaft.
The Tigers train reached Spring
tleiI NOM tHstakb 1A q W t1pNhf ASt-
spite the inclement weather, a crowd
of several thousand persons greeted
him at the station.
Sees Lincoin's Home.
He was driven to Lincoln's old home,
where he was shown through the
house by Mrs. Mary Edwards Brown,
whose grandmother was Il sister of
Lincoln's wife.
She presented him with pen made
from wood from the floor of Lin
coins old home and showed him, among
other things. the sofa on which Lincoln
courted his wife.
"TIa," exclaimed the Tiger, with a
smile.
Then she showed him a photograph
of the hotel in which Lincoln and his
wife lived for time after their mar
riage, explaining that they paid only
-four dollars q week for room and
board for two
Have you any like it now?'' Glenn
enceau asked. with a smile.
Before he left. he wrote his name
in the guest book and shook hands
with Mrs Brown, thanking her cor
daily for acting as his guide. Then
the procession drove slowly 70 Oak
Ridge cemetery. where the Tiger was
escorted into the Lincoln relic room
and was shown about by Herbert ".
Fay, custodian. and one of the great
est authorities on Lincoln.