The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
Madison Lake Held
Very Fitting Service
Tribute Paid Late Presi dent
Harding BY People In
Community

Residents Of Madison Lake last
night in fitting memorial services
paid tribute to the memory OF the
late President Warren G. Harding.
The services which were held on
The parish grounds at All Saints
Catholic church at Madison Lake
and were in the form OF joint relig-
ious services in memorium, were
opened by a selection by the choir
OF the Methodist Episcopal church
OF Eagle Lake. This was followed
by the opening prayer and short
eulOgy of the nations chief by Rev.
Father Germinder pastor of All
Saints Catholic church of Madison
Lake. Other speakers of the even
ing were: Rev. Kenney of the
Methodist Episcopal church OF Ely
sian; Corporal Caswell, pastor of
Eagle Lake Methodist Episcopal
church; o. S. Mather of the Peo-
pies State Bank of Madison Lake,
and Colonel Jesse NJ. Barclay of
that village.
Interpersed throughout the pro-
gram were vocal and instrumental
II usical selections. Mrs. Leo Hoff-
man of Omaha, one of the guests at
Point Pleasant Hotel, and lady
possessed of voice of great range
and sweetness, sang a solo.
Another vocalist Of considerable
ability is r. ]. Wherry, one of the
,proprietors of Point Peasant Hotel.
in addition to singign a solo, Mr..
Wherry took the tenor part with the
choir OF the Methodist Episcopal
church of Eagle Lake, consisting OF
inlE Ia Mrc n
minis, Mrs. Walter Harein ana
Charles Harein.
A number of beautifully rendered
selections were given by a trio Of
zsts of the Point Pleasant Hotel
They were: Waiter Wherry, Mark
Hannegan and Miss Helen Malone
of Omaha.
The services which were very
largely attended, were brought to a
fitting close by the members of the
Eagle Lake choir and the audience
singing Nearer My God To Thee. "
Address BY Colonel Barclay
Colonel Jesse NJ. Barclay, one OF
the speakers at the meeting said in
part as follows: The presidency of
the United States is more fatal
than any throne in civilized Europe.
Here the speaker called attention to
the death of Presidents Taylor,
Lincoln, Garfield, Mckinley and
Harding.
"The organization of the United
States government Is such that
greater demands are made on the
President at Washington than are
made on any potentate on earth.
The President of the United States
TODAY has more authority in the
Generation Of the government and the
administration Of it's affairs, than
belongs to the king Of England or
the Shah of Persia. There Is a hun :
bred times the responsibility
mean personal responsibility-than
attaches to any of them, because In
the presidents case there Is pen :
atty attached, contructively, to be
exacted either from himself or his
party, .or his wing of the party. -.
"While kings and thrones are not
supposed to be subject to quadren :
NAL elections, nor to the V1olent
and oftentimes vicious critis1sm OF
the hostile press, the criticisms al
our high officials, has grown INTO a
national vice, often, indeed. n most
cases, unfair, and conducted IN
l'purely partisan spirit without Justl :
I'flcation under the golden rule nor
under the last great command
ment."
The speaker said that it had been
his fate to be more or less tamlIiar
with the political issues since 1900
when the republican party was porn;
He remembers the campaign OF
Lincoln up to the time tnat ina;
great statesman fell the victim OF
an assassin's bullet. At this point
in his address Colonel Barclay took
occasion to laud the Christian spirit
of lincoln, the steadfast qualities
Iof Johnson, Garfield and Mckinley
other presidents with glorious rec
ords.
"And now we come to the latest
sacrifice. the man in whose honor
this meeting has been called. A
kindly man who never pretended
sreatness; an educated man max
ing no pretense to great learning or
wisdom, but fully cognizant OF MS
own limitations-A faithful man
beloved by all who knew him. A
charitable man, and considerate Oh
even his foes; a christian man try :
ing to follow faithfully the loot
stems of our Master, and a true be.
lever in the all prevailing power OF
Christ's spirit. Tolerant and sympa
thetic with all mankind; a great
lover of dumb animals and little
children. In accord with mankind as
a whole; personal worker, VINO
was not above personal trait ana
loving to asst his neighbors. A man
who preached what the world need
ed, and what Europe needed was
NOT 40 much American money, as
the spirit which was also in Cnrist
Jesus1 A man who stood up ana oe :
cIared to the labor unions, that ne
svmpathized with them, but that ne
aiso sympathized with the man VINO
! does not belong to labor union: IL -
man who wanted to WORK; anu We" faT
had a right to work, and that 80 aas
as his power went, that man shouiu
be protected in that right. ne may
have been selected by the posses as
a man easy to handle, but II can lo e
be shown that any man d1o nah1ie
or control him. He accepted the
high honor conferred upon MIN py
the people with all of its immense
labor and responsibility, and was
NOT only faithful to that trust IN
every particular, but gave the coun :
fry M to the day Of his death an
able administration, great IN &c ;,
complishment and spotless IN 1altn;
In closing Colonel Barclay sslo
that the people of this country mus!
! get over the idea that the preslaent
"a 10 make laws. He will DO well III
the administration Of them.
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