The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-12-01
Clen1enceau
Visits Tomb
of Lincoln
'Tiger" Pays Tribute to Mar.
iyred President as Zone Of
Greatest Men That
Ever Lived"
Famous Speech

Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. Body A. p.
head nt the tomb Of Abraham Llncolr
today and paid tribute to him as ION,
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 consecratt
such n memory"
Quoting from Lincoln's Gettysburg
speech, he said he hoped, In the wordi
OF Lincoln, that what remained 10
him Of his life might be devoted tt
tho service Of mankind.
II come in souvenir Of the valiant
nien who fell on the fields OF France
In the same cause for which he was
murdered, that we are going to try 70
go In the path Of freedom he opened,
Clemenceau continued.
Here ! am. private citizen, nc
more than any other who has tried to
&c his duty. hoping TO be not like Lin
coin, but to be as near like him as
/ can.
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"
Lays Wreath on SarcOphagus.
Before he spoke, bareheaded in the
cold mist beneath the leaden skies
that overhung Oakridge cemetery, the
"Tiger" entered the marble hall be.
meath the tall, plain Lincoln shaft,
and laid a wreath on the sarcophagus
beneath which the martyred president
lay.
He said no word. stood motionless
for a moment, and laid the wreath and
walked silently out. At the end Of
this ceremony, Clemenceau was asked
by former United States Senator Law.
renee Sherman, master of cereU0u'
les, to dedicate another wreath az his
tribute to dead soldier of the Rain
bow division which went first to
France.
"This is my tribute to the American
soldier" Clemenceau said, placing his
hand on the wreath. Mr.. Sherman
then announced that 1t was to be laid
on the grave of Otis Scott Humphrey,
son of the late Federal Judge j. Otis
Humphrey, who died Wednesday
night. Humphrey will be buried Fri
day in Oakridge, in the shadow Of the
Lincoln shaft
Visits LincOln's Old Home.
The Tigers" train reached Spring
field from Chicago at 3 O'Clock. De-
spite the inclement weather a crowd
of several thousand persons greeted
him at the station. He was driven to
LincoIn's old home where he was
shown through the house by Mrs. Mary
Edwards Brown, whose grandmother
was a sister Of Lincoln's wife.
She presented him with a pen made
from wood from the floor of Lincoln's
old home, and showed him, among
other things, the sofa on which Lin
coin courted his wife.
"Ha." exclaimed the "Tiger" with
a smile.
Then she showed him a photograph
of the hotel in which Lincoln and his
wife lived for a time after their mar
riage, explaining that they paid only
"$4 week for room and board for
two"
Signs Guest Book.
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 to Oak
ridge cemetery, where the Tiger was
escorted into the Lincoln relic room
and shown about by Herbert W. Fay,
custodian and one Of the greatest au-
thorities on Lincoln.
There he signed another visitors
book and was presented with a piece
OF wood taken from the Lincoln home
and an original photograph,