Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
LINCOLN CALLED
D c. VOTE FRIEND
Representative Kelly, in Ra-
dio Talk, LaudS Justice
of Martyr.

If Abraham Lincoln could return to
/ Washington he would be in favor of ma
tional representation for the District of
Columbia, Representative Clyde Kelly
of Pennsylvania, declared last night in
radio address over station WMAL,
during a program under auspices of the
citizens joint committee on national
representation.
Citing substantial quotations from
Lincoln'S speeches and debates, in sup
port of the contention that Lincoln
would have worked to bring back votes
to this city. the speaker said that Lin
coin was not in favor of abolishing
slavery in the District Of Columbia, ex-
cept by vote of residents here.
IF Abraham Lincoln came to Wash
ington tonight" said Mr.. Kelly, you
may be sure he would feel sorrow and
chagrin. rather than pride, to see the
matchleSs temple erected in his honor,
while the citizens all around are dis
inherited. The great heart who said,
I put the man above the dollar would
also say I put the vote above the
marble"
Mr.. Kelly was introduced by Rev. DIR.
Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, where
Lincoln worshiped in Washington. A
musical program, including an ode
written by Rev. DR.. Gourlay, Lincoln's
pastor, on the Lincoln funeral train,
and one of Lincoln's favorite hymns,
How Firm Foundation" was pre-
sented by a quartet consisting of Miss
Mildred Creel. Arthur c. Gorbach,
Bernhard G.. Spille and Miss Dorothy
Willauer, accompanied by Paul W..
Fishbaugh.
Reverence Of Americans.
Representative Kelly spoke as follows:
Tonight in countless cities and ham,
less assemblies of Americans are paying
tribute to the greatest American this
Republic has yet produced-Abraham
Lincoln.
with song and story, drama and
grafton, the illustriouS life and resplen-
dent career of this man are being COM
memorated.
HE will be described as rail splitter.
lawyer, orator, military genius and
statesman. Yet in each of these realms
there were men of his own time who.
judged by the accepted standards, ex-
celled him in brilliancy.
How comes 1t, then, that he Is re-
vered and loved beyond all the rail
splitters and lawyers and orators and
generals and statesmen of his own and
succeeding times?
ut was because in his own heart was
enshrined the ark of the American COW
enant. He himself was the embodiment
of the spirit of America. Every fiber
of his being responded to the great
ideal of the fathers who brought forth
on this continent new nation, con-
ceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created
equal. He never faltered in his devo-
ton to the principle that the will Of
the people, expressed in orderly fashion
at the ballot box, is the sovereign
power in America.
Here is what he said: I have never
had feeling. politically, that did not
spring from the sentiments embodied
in the Declaration Of Independence
TT was no idle gesture when on his
way to Washington in 1861 he stood in
Independence Hall and declared he
would sacrifice his life In support of
the foundation principle of that charter
of human liberty.
What Is that principle? Listen to
the bravest challenge ever issued by
mortal men: We hold it q self-evident