The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
PI)BIICCMlIEEN VOICE GRIEF DEATH Led Nation Through War With Lofty, Unfafling
 IdealisIn, Coolidge
 Declares
 PERIOD OF OFFICIAL MOURNING CHOSEN Will Live In Ideals He Preached, Declares Taft, Nov. Only,
 Living Ex-President HUGHES, 1916 OPPONENT, IT MOURNS GREAT LEADER President Asks That His Proc iamation Be Regarded As Embodying His Estimate
PERIOD OF OFFICIAL
 MOURNING CHOSEN
HUGHES, 1916 OPPONENT, { s MOIJRNS GREAT LEADER


 Embodying His Estimate
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Publit men of all stations, and many of those wHo have attained places of national leadership outside of official life,. paid tribute publicly tonight to the memory of Woodrow Wilson.
 President Coolidge, in proclama' tion declaring a period of official mourning, declared that Mir. Wilson's high motives and sincerity of purpose bad made new place for America in the. affairs of the world. He had led the nation through the trials of the great war, the President said, with . lofty idealism which never failed him.
 Chief Justice Taft, now the only iv- ing ex-Prseident, said of Mir. Wilson that he was man of high ideals and Rreat force of character who will live In the ideals he preached and sought Secretary Hughes, MT. Wilson's oppo. fent for the presidency in 1916, de- clared the nation would view with deepest sorrow the passing of "a great ieadef." Secretary Herbert Hoover. be- spoke for the dead statesman a high appreciation and deep gratitude" once the, clouds of war bitterness have cleared away.
 No Formal Statement
 No formal statement was issued by Nr. Coolidge, but he asked that his proclamation be regarded as embody- Ing his estimate of the former Presi- deht. Extracts from few of the many ntatements that were made public oy others sg
 Chief Justice Taft. $
 ..Mr. Wilson in the latter years of the war and in the year following the armistice was the greatest figure on the worlds stage. No man in century yielded more power mad influence. He was born to command with confidence and courage, and events gave him ~an opportunity to lead men not given to any other in our history. ..
 "He was q man of very high ideals and great force of character to pur- sue them. A deep student of govern rnent. scholar of widest culture, a writer and orator of happy, apt and beautiful diction, he brought to the great place he held most exceptional 
 faculties.
 s.He will i've in the ideals he preached and sought"
 X Baruch Knew Him As Friend
 Bernard Nj. Baruch, Woodrow Will sons intimate friend, and former head of the war inquiries board, said: w The greatest figure of the century has passed. But no man of any age n. "A IL Ln,. tfno for, a m kind. As the Ten Commandments and fhe Sermon on the Mount have for thousands of years survived gneers and < disobedience to remain the true out lines of the relationship that should prevail among men, so Woodrow Will sons conception of the League of Ma lions will survive dispAragement, blind ness and attack as the true outline of the relationship that must prevail among peoples. The human race, op- pressed by greed, ambition and war, will trace it's evolution into world peace to the thought and labor of this eminent American.
 sThis is his historical significance, but to me he was not only the great President and the moral and spiritual leader of the age, for it was my privi- lege to know him in the personal char acter of man and friend. As man, none was more suffused with the pas sion of service and duty. As a friend, none was more tender and more true. He leaves the world poor for the lack of unequalled public and private quali- ties. His suffering is over, but 1 be- lieve it shall not have been in vain." ;: Gov. G. W. P. Hunt, democrat, of Arizona, said:
 s.Woodrow Wilson will rank as one of the greatest statesmen produced in any age, and the people of Arizona join with the world in mourning at his passage.
 "When passion and hatred and bitter partisanship have passed, Woodrow Wilson's memory will be engraved upon the hearts of men,"
 v Chieagoans Praise Him
 Mayor William E. Dever of Chicago
 ',The death of former President Will son will finally impress the people with the high quality of his character. Dur ing fhe WorldAwar he stood out as the Erfatest statesman and humanitarian of the time and many patriotic per sons believe that had the American peo- pie seen fit to adopt the substance of his program the chaotic condition in which the world finds itself would not exist"
 s4s Nation Loses Leader
 s Secretary Hughes: "The nation has lost q great leader, of outstanding ability and character, whose services will be ever memorable. The tragic experience through which President Will son passed and the noble fortitude with which he bore his affliction, has evoked the deepest feelings of sorrow and sympathy"
 Secretary Hoover: We all grieve at the loss of a great American who truly gave his life for it's service. The time softens the asperities of the war, his stature as a great leader through a great crisis in our national life, his high courage, and his inspiration to lofty action, will bring to him the high appreciation and deep gratitude of our people"
 Secretary Weeks: "AIl Americans xrieve at the passing of Woodrow Will son. His strength of purpose, his eonraGe and his loyalty to his ideals O.