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TIIC SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TOKTLAXD, FEBRUARY 13. 191C. 16 MONSTER TRIBUTE PAID TO LINCOLN (CIVIL WAR VETERANS MARCH TO GERMAN ITOUSE. W HERE THET TAY HONOR TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Republican Club Banquet Is Resonant of Harmony and Optimism. FACTIONS ARE FORGOTTEN Jon a lr oarl f:okr IVmonMrtllrat ty Sounding tM-alhkacll of All fflit la rart; rlrtoHn ad rartUaxnahlp C'ntnbtac. aa-aa.!.-,. T-m ytraa fa-e a aa iwlin4ii. Mr Johns, in taking l k ('L rimrk'4 that th tare I atlaadaaa: "4muI it wll foil rr'dtn thta sera. of abort I :-h in M'4rll. com I roa.4 of I ar otdir who ku Larao;a or kr4 kim In fci 4St lit mi:. Bterlaia.4 with rtrt- tK mii, Thy ar: "" !- ! Brat t.aor- ! J. K. Hall. .con4 i lnr: A. W. Jilt. arl . and it. VI l-arvta i4 baawe. Thev aanaT Brail "Tb . Without a Min-" and - pa44 I a vwarif.rwu ky etna"- I In t lto Kao a Yae JalArt. Tal.arama or latter of r.atr.t w.rej r.a4 from loorT With yt-omba. :a TV. nl.-oti Jt-r.try of tt.. Thomas I H. Kay. it Traurr: J linnoti. 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Iko R'luM k'aa" Ho coniraala4 I a rafa. tar of Mr. taanola vitoj Ikal of Taaaianl tVitaon. whom ko char-a.-f.rtaW4 aa kolBa Iko rraaid.m fcooo una wai4 k r.mambaar4 la ki.iorr aa kariatr ta mi ea koia ai iaa of aianr puktu qaatlunA an4 ea Iko wroaar 4o of IM romaia4.r. Ila d ' av-nao-4 ai l.nctk Iko rpn4iatiea kr Iko rTO.I4ail aa t Pomoa-ralla! party f fa iatfrni p!a4aa 11 aaj4 la -o ckaraVctarUtle of Mr. Liacota' pollil al carror ia mora marko4 than Iko (Irmnata will, arbuh ho adharcd lo pt4aa an4 promtaoa ma4o lo tho poo pio. In my opinion ko oa rr ao r.at aa tn lh. Wlntrr of anal l Whan public opinion waa panic atrlrk.n n4 tho drmand for pcara ar any prir araa ovtravhalmtnar In tho rrtk. Mr. Linmln rrftaaa4 lo rocado from lh platform on arhirh ho bad barn rlxtad atandlBB' tlffloal atona In tho ttth of paklic opinion, ho Inaiatrd that alavary hoold bar rsrtodad from all lh trrrl torioa rurauanl lo lha plank In lh ItapublK an platform an a Men ha bad baa n alaclcd. -If ho coI4 bo lth oa today. arllB m.rrlUaa loalc ba would contraat lha aria and da'aulta of lh praot Cam. era I If Adrniniatrallon with lh. plotlcra tent. triad In thatr platform of 11J. "That platform commltt.d lha party la a atnclo lraldnilal Irrm. it favorad tho adoption of aa amandmrnt lo Iko Conatltntion maklnc the I'rral 4.nl In.lislbl lo ro-.la-rtion, and pl4a? Ibo candidal of ah contrrn- in la Iho prlnriplo ao announcad. Nothlna ahatarar baa ba-.n dona by tho lmorratla Comran lo fulfil thtt pl.de. All Indl-allona point to tk r.oomlnatloB of lrat4Dl Wltaon. and Ih.r kaa lately ba clvva to lb pra.a a I. Iter wrltt.o by him to A. Mitchall falraar. of I'.naay Irani A r.pudlatlna lha plodco caanlalncd In lh f a.aM am a ... ...!(., .n. . ahorl lima aft.r th in-rntlon bad adiournrat. Tr p.mocratlc platform In MIX damaodad InU.p.ndani- for Conar.aa from iall rcroai-hmcjit. o rrl- d.nt baa arr lnaiai.4 mora atrnu aaly than Woaadroar Wliaoa on lb aaartas.BI by Concr.aa of aucb l.cla lation aa b d.alrard. anal no on baa tr.ani faa td Iaa r ap-t for lh Ind-pa-nd'tir of lh Irclaiallv branch of IdtarnaianL "Tb amocrtle platform Jnouncl tho approprtAtiort mawl ortdfr It. poo lla-aa adminlat rallooa aa atraaarant: It promtav.4 a ratura to aconom t In putv ir admintairatioa and a r.dttction la lha aombvar of niao offlrca. Tb tomoa-ralc Concr.aa haa appropriated poor aoaar than any H. publican Con cr.aa kaa aar.r approprlat.d. and 00 far haoaaa It baa ataollahod no offlcaaa. but bava rrata4 additional officra arnlch aro worn tbaa aal-o. "Tho rmv-rBlic ptalfnrm dnanat4 tho roalorailoa of th Am.rlcan mer chant maria. and by an act of Con fr.a f roloaaal folly th taaimocratlc party baa thrown away tha only cood rhanco whl.h Ikia country baa bad In half a r.atury lo r.habil.tAt our mer chant marta. Ihroucti I mocr a t ic atvl- piajity tha Am.rlcaa f'ac baa bara dria.a out of t" trana-factflc trad.. Ti tiomocralle platform In eapllc'.t laaatvaaaT faror.4 th amption from lot . of Aenarlraa ahlpa anajAateal In th roaatwaa trad paaain throuch tb I'anama t'anal. n. of th first official acta of 1'r.jaid.nt llaoa waa hia p.r- anna! apparanr on lh floor of lh tow.r llaiua of "onr. with a al- fuj lhal a meaaur ao emptln Amr-a yaa.la. which had bn paaoaa4 under a li.publicaa adrninlatra ttora. ahoold b forthwith rapaa.M. Th Nnocialic oncr. aa obar4 Ik d- mnd Brut In th Iac of ihi platform pleafaxo repeated lh mpltoa Tho .Tiocraiic piattorm ctmanaaaj thai merit and ability and nol political a.l-Tlc ahould ba h alanaiard of p- potBlmeat to public offiraa. There kaa ka.a ao pr.lena of fulfillment of IBIa plodca. C a lha contrary lha lata Dorao rratic praml.r. after d.yoticr tho ana )or portion of bla enarsy lo tho Chan lau'taa circuit, baa anaouncod by bia letter thai hi neat car baa b lo provld -4HaMo Job la tk public f rr lco for daa.rln pmocratA "Tho rmoa-Talic platf.fm of 111 coatalaa thta laocuaa: Ta r..a- at ha.al rlkt af Aaarlral XtlaaHM aiMl4 paotaxl la.m aaa Oajr herder aaal ao anl la. an IBraaejt tk aa.aial. aad a-y AaaerKaa alttaaa taa4laal ac bav in r property la aay forelara country I en titled to and rnu.t b ala tk lull protc lloa of th failed male, (hnaramaat both far hlm-.f aad bla proparty. Th lcmtcratlc policy In Mexico from eyery point of law baa bn in- d.fanalble; In tha IlKhl of thla plat lorn declaration It la ehamelean. 'Klnally. tha Democratic platform of 1I2 rloaea with thla intnc: trur pi'dtre ar mad to b k.pl when In oiTIr aa wall aa railed upon durlnc th camaalrn. ... -In tb lleht of lh history of th laat threo yrar thla tentonc deaeryea to rank aa lh beat apeclmrn 01 uncon acioua humr to b found In American literature. v ar entitled to go to th people In thta rampalitn with the Oial panlah proycro: 'II tnin enemy or ceiv the one ahame on him. If he ale rritt the twice aham on thr. -Woodrow Wllaon will atand out tn American htatory aa th Prealdent who baa been on both a to eat or many 01 in public queatlona of h'a day. and baa been on tb wronaT aid of th re mainder." LINCOLN I.ELIEVED TOR LABOIt A. V. Jonca Saya Slayr?ry Rtlll Ki- lata In Modern Industry. A V Joaea. of lb Central Labor Council, aaalatant director of th pub lic employment bureau, rjlacuaaed the topic. "Lincoln and Labor." He aald In part: "Aa a claaa. member of orfjanlied labor yield to non In tho reverance which they feel for the memory of Ab Lincoln. By n?n ar Iho many arreat qualltlea ahown by him held In Mather rrsard. aa we eonalder that Lincoln waa th (reateal conalructlv force that haa ever yet occupied th Prcaldentlal chair. The clarity of vlalon abown by him in hla ftraap of the then problem ar to na conclualy proof that wer be all today bla tendenclea would all ba in harmony alth tho effort a of crsanlird labor. -Th. yltal laaue befor th pec.pl .1 thla tlrra la th orobl-m of t h un.mplojtd. which la rapidly becomln mor cf a menac lhan a problem, and unlee the near futur produce a ta'rarran of lh Llrcoln type, with aufficient mentality to uil the Practical aolutlon and a pronality auf flctently etronaT to Italn a National reroarnliUn for the aclutloa thua eu caatad. trouble will follow for alL Lln-mlna alatement that the coun try could not ealal one-half fre and one-ha If alave la nm th la true to-lay than II waa when he . II ut terance, yet th :ery which he ao bitterly foucht waa nol abollah-d -t-.pt B 10 fornv Vaia under lh -tem anerlly In timt lre either fixed arbitrarily by tha employer or flaed by th need of Ihe applicant for the po aitton. Ihe rceull ba-lnc that the arreatrr Ihe drare of need th lower th Py ment re-alv.d for arylta. "Th rlaThl to collective barralnin; appa-ara to b th only remedy for the Involuntary aervltud of th preaent period and .ry deed and word of th martyred rreald-nt would Juatlfy tha b-li'f lhal ha would have etood for thla right, which conatltutea the arround worh of the American labor movement. When, aa at preaenl. workmen ar com pli.d throuih hunaer and privation t bid avalral eacb other for a poallton to b filled, thoee In the moat dire need Ihra fls the rate for which practically all are compelled to work. "It haa been held that one ha th licit to rexulata. hla own affair, yet when Ihe Southern atatea attempted to e-aerclaea th.ir auppo.ed right they were forcefully Irnpreaeed by Lincoln with the Idea that If In th exercia of a rl or fancied rlatht any conr-lder-able wrona or barm I don lo a num ber of people, then the exercise of that rlnht mill be foregone. 'Lincoln- Idea of government of the people, by tho people and for th peo ple haa alwaye been the political creed of the trade union movement, and to thla end we have alwaya been found flKhtlnaT for th Oregon ayatem, which we were largely Instrumental In having inaugurated. "There la no reasonable doubt but that tne Oregon ayrtem of government come more nearly measuring up to the Lincoln atandard than any form extant, since under our law the people can hare any reform that they desire If they want It badly enough and In th pas-age rf many meaaurea and the re jection and repeal of others, they have shown all necessary discriminatory power and have proved beyond question that lha pple ran safely be trusted with their own government. Thus proving- the Lincoln contention, and In a meaaur calling Into active Ufa th Declaration of Independence.' REPUBLICAN RECNIO.V URGED Bruce Dennis, of Iaa Grande, DIs-roauM-a "Lincoln, tho Progressive." Th subject assigned to Bruce Den nis, of L Grande, an active I 'regres sive and supporter of Colonel Hooae velt In I Si:, was "Lincoln, th Pro gresslve."' ' air. Dennis said It was time for "th family" to get together, and that tha thing to be done In the coming cam paign la to induce tha 50,000 "boltera" of 1912. a category In which he placed himself, and the 33,000 regulara to vote the same ticket and bring back pro tection and prosperity. He also advocated a general retire ment of officers of th old "stand-pat element In lh party. He salt. In part: -Besides leaving to ua tha good nam that ha did: beaidea placing ua before th world aa tha on great power that stood first, laat and all the time for humanity and Justice. Abraham Lin coln left this Nation r well-organised Instrument for good tha Republican party. "Standing for what w alwaya con sidered tha better' things, th Repub lican party succeeded for many years. As a torchlight-bearer at rallies when but a child; as a young man learning my flrat lessons In governmental af fairs; as a voter and newspaper pub lisher for many years, my allegiance to the grand old party was certai- and sure. "While this meeting la primarily for th purpose of paying proper respect to the Nation's greatest character, I aa auroo It Is also for th purpose of fur thering th Interests and cementing th ties of th political party of hla choice.- It la therefore not out of place to make thla occasion a clearing-house of conscience, and aa a bolter In mi I wish to apeak plainly but sincerely. "The National principle of protection was on of Lincoln's progressive meaa urea, and It Is quit as Important to day, for. without protection. It haa been shown that business becomes stagnant. Some say buslnesa Is good In places, which Is conclusive evidence that busi ness In th Nation Is intoxicated a points, but. as a whole, la very un healthy. Tha watchword of the com ing campaign ahould be, 'Business for Kvervbody. "In 113 60.000 voters in tn itepuo- Ican ranks of Oregon bolted. Oh. yea there were many of us. Approximate. ly 13.000 of those votes went to Presi dent Wilson and 11.000 want to my bashful, retiring and unassuming friend who lives at oyster Kay. There were about Ji.000 Republicans who stood hitched, to ua th old political expres sion. "No. I am not going Into th why nor the wherefore. Tbat la ancient hi lory, and the thing that must be done In Oregon this year la to Induce th .00 bolters and JS.000 regulars to vote the same ticket In order that this tat may clear her conscience of hav ing given a plurality vote for free trade In till, and thus with her own hand seriously crippled her own indus tries. "Aa one who seeks no political pre ferment, as one who haa lived fairly comfortably under th odious title of 'political outlaw for four years, but. as one who thoroughly dealrea a change of Administration at Washington. I feel tbat I can apeak plainly and without of fenae. "The Progressive voter In Oregon are making no demanda for any. par ticular candidate for tb Presidency. Hughes suits us fine, and I believe, sine Ellhu Root made his masterly address In New York against tho "in visible, government. he haa mor friends among the Progressive, than elsewhere. There is a feeling in the 'cow coun try where I live, and I believe in many other parts of the state, that a close political corporation exists in Oregon, or tries to exist, and th people are agalnat It. -Yea. there are reasons for this feel Ing. "One reason is that the Oregon plan of government, known throughout the Nation as the Oregon system.' is the child of the Republican party, and yet men who frequently, very frequently. head tickets of that party are con stantly trying to repudiate it. "I repeat, it Is a child of the Re publican party. Just as woman suffrage and state-wide prohibition are now children of the Republican party for with this state's 30.000 Republican ma jority any legislation that la enacted Into law la done so by the Republican voters. "To regain party unity It la abso lutely necessary that the continual whining and frequent cursing of the Oregon plan of government must cease, and loyalty to It must be shown by the Republicans who seek to lead, for the rank and file of the party is and has been loyal to It. "Ther Is another reason for this feeling: In the Nation's standing Army vou observe after a man has served for a long period as an officer he is retired. Now, I do not like the word 'standpatter.' for the statute of llmi tatlon haa run on it along with other oblectionable things, but I believe apeak the sentiment of the up-state country when I aay to you candidly and frankly th Republican party of Orec-on has a number of officers, or would-be or has-been officers, who should be retired. "Some of these men, probably unin tentionally, have done a great deal to bring defeat to the party In tne last few years. And if the Republican party Is to escape a fight within its own ranks between what may be termed the Progressive and reactionary elements, it is well for th 'Army o Ul cers' to retire from attempted leader- ShiD. -a "While they have contributed to the party's defeat. I realize full well that a number of us extreme Progressives have also contributed to that defeat. and tonight in the name of him whom we here do honor in the name of Lin coln Republicanism and opposition to Democratic principles let tnese men of long party service, who were once known as 'standpatters join wun us extreme Progressives, who also carry our scars 01 oaiue. ana wnemer iei us march to the rear rank, thus turn ing over the Republican ship to be manned by tho level-headed, calm minded young men of the John lie- Court type." MOTHER'S TRAINING INSPIRED Mrs. Davis Also Sayf Father Was Confidant of Lincoln Mr. J. N. Davis, of the Daughters of the American Revolution, responded to the toast. "Lincoln and His Motner. Mrs. Davis also discussed the Influence Lincoln' father had on the develop ment of hia character, and combated the old belief that he was a. shiftless ne'er-do-well. She said in part -For the sake of contrast Detween Lincoln and his environment, his father has been underestimated. The ratner not ahlftless. and he took tne Desi era Dossible of hla family, the same ra other families were having In Kentucky one hundred years ago. ine development of Abraham, his mind and moral qualities, are distinctly traceaote to his parents. His was not a siuniea. ad life. He was a healthy, ruggeo little boy. enjoying the endless delights of the country child. His mother took nalna to teach him all that she knew. When four years old he started to school; when he was seven the family moved to Indiana, and two years later tha mother died. One vear later Thomas Lincoln went back to Kentucky and married a widow with three children and plenty of household goods. She was a fine woman and an excellent wife and mother. As boy his much reading ana stuaynig received little encouragement irom Ahraham'a father, but his stepmotner did all sho could for him. inaeea, De tween the two there soon grew up 1 relation of touching gentleness and confidence. She urged her husDana to nermit tho boy to nave an tne oppor tunitles possible for reading and study ing. "The only unbroken outside influence which stimulated him in his ambitions was that coming first from his mother and then from his stepmotner. xnese two women, both of them of unusual sweetness and earnestness of spirit, were, one or the other of them, at his side throughout Ms youth and young manhood. The Ideal they held before him was the simple Ideal of the early American that if a boy is honest and Industrious he may aspire to any place within tne gut l mo iw""- CLEAN CANDIDATES DEMANDED rimrlea TV. RoMson Sneaks on "The Young Republican." Charles W. Robison. Deputy District him and received him with open arms, In the fullness of time in the Wigwam at Chicago he was asked to enter th great struggle as the champion human rights on a National Held. - "In the debates he had framed an indictment against Roger, Franklin, James and Stephen. The Presidential election put him into a position where he prosecuted to a conviction, and later he imposed sentence and the barriers were swept away and the house was no longer divided against itself an the flag floated not over a single slave. "Douglas was able, polished, learned, experienced; Lincoln was uncoutn, un schooled, with limited history; Doug las was a National figure: Lincoln al most obscure. No other man could have coped with Lincoln and won that Senatorship; no other man could have successfully met Douglas. The strength of Lincoln was in his Arm grasp o the principles of freedom and his un swerving sincerity and directness. He loved mankind, and. from childhood, he had brooded over its ills. He neve made money, but he was rich in hi unfathomable love of his race. "The Douglas debates were the grea struggle for humanity of a thousani years transferred to Illinois, and were the opening act of the latest constitu tional assertion of individualism and the latest effort of free inquiry know to constitutional history. W.I. HUME SEEKS BENCH PORTLAXD ATTORXEY CANDIDATE FOR C1RCVIT DEPARTMENT 1 Application of Law Without Fear ar Favor Is Slogan of Aspirant for Judge Kavanaugh's Seal. Wilson T. Hume, the Portland attor ney who has been directing the light against Oregon's antiquated Sunday blue law. and one-time District Attor Attorney, responding to the toast "The Young Republican." spoke In part as follows: "Tha You nor Republican mere is a world of meaning in that phrase. The time has gone by when a man Inherits his politics like his religion irom nis father. Nowadays the young tntnK as well as the old, and the young KepuD- llcan Is young because of chance ana a Republican by choice. The time has gone by when you can put the tag of Renubl can' on a yellow aog ana ex pect the young men blindly to follow ttim to th. do Us. The time has gone by when any ward heeler or politician can say, "I can deliver so many votes for such and such a man. Today tho young man reads ana hejr. and forms his own opinions, and unless the Republican party in Ore gon will forget Its political lntrlmies nd Its nerronal fights of aays gone by anu nominate for office men who are clean, fearless, honest, and who stand for the best Interests of the states as well as of the party, we will find a repetition of the previous dls astera Democratic Senators in a Re publican state. "The yourg Republican, It is true, must lean for advice and counsel upon those who have been in the service and who have had the experience, but that advice and counsel must be given, not for peraonal satisfaction but for the public good, and those, men who advise most eonalder before political aggrandizement the best interests of the community In which they live. "The young Republican, therefore, proud of the history of his party, proud of Its achievements, alive to present conditions, and a Republican only be cause he considers the principles of his party worthy of his support, only arks from the leaders that they place men before the public who are worthy of their support." FAMOUS DEBATE REVIEWED B. F. 3Iulke', ex-State Senator, Dis cusses .Abraham Lincoln. B. F., Mulkey. ex-State Senator, for merly of Medford. spoke on "The Lin coln-Douglas Debates." He said In part: "The Lincoln-Douglas aeoat.es clari fied Issues fixing the boundaries of Republican beliefs and aims. Lincoln's words, 'A house divided against Itself cannot stand.' became the shibboleth of the succeedineT National campaign. Before these debates Lincoln s repu tation reached barely beyond his state. "As this discussion bad aroused .Na tional interest, Lincoln became known as the Nation's champion of freedom. New York and New England sent for 4 '".' -aav-..,a - ' . ! ,. .a . ' ' iv Kf-V.WVml f 1 I' ?- ' " " ' It'' - u 1 i v-'-'V"-.. ml ,: r . ff fjj it t- . .x-j v : , a v I t; - I S a . -: . .-. 1 T :: I ' r'r ' ? :: b , -wv . : -it a Wilson T. Home, Who Haa An. - nouneed Hla Candidacy for the Republican Nomination for Judge of Department No. 1, Cir cuit Court. ney of Multnomah County, announced his candidacy yesterday ror tne Jte publican nomination for Judge of De partment No. 1 of the Circuit Court. This is the department now presided over bv Judge Kavanaugh. In his announcement of his candidacy he says: "To the best of my knowledge and ability I 'will administer the law and iustice impartially, without tear or favor, and determine all matters sub mitted to me in an equitable manner, irrespective of race, creed or influence. I will endeavor at all times to ascer tain the law and apply it to every mat ter submitted to me for adjudication. His slogan is, "Determine the law and declare it impartially without fear or favor." Mr Hume, who Is 66 years old, was born in Placerville. El Dorado County California. He attended Wabash Col lege, in Indiana, from 1876 to 1879, and came.to Portland In 1880. Mr. Hume was appointed chief dep uty in 1890 by T. A. Stephens, then District Attorney of Multnomah County. He served until 1892, when he himself was elected District Attorney. In 1896 he retired to private practice until 1900. when he was appointed Assistant United States Attorney at Nome Alaska. ' Except for the time passed in Alaska and nine years in San Francisco Mr.' Hume has been a resident of Portland for 36 years. CREDIT MEN WILL ACT MORALITY" PLAY TO BE FEATURE OF MONTHLY MEETING. Title of Sketch, TVrltteai by J. E. Breed, la "Every Credit Man," and Other Specialties Are on Bill. A morality play, entitled "fc.Very Credit Man." will be enacted at the reg ular monthly meeting and dinner of the Portland Association or Credit Men. to be held at the Chamber of Com merce, beginning at t:.i" weanesaay evening, instead of the usual formal address. The plav was written by J. K. Breed credit man of the Ilosenfeld-Smith Company and chairman of the commit tee of association on credit co-operation. There are nine speaking parts In the story and five pantomime parts. The cast is as follows: Prologue, Miss S. M. Orr; Showdown, B. K. Knapp: Co-operation, E. M. Un derwood; Experience. Edward Drake Statistics. R. P. Poucher; Creditman, p. L. Bishop: Salesman, E. J. Cashln; Lame Duck, H. S. Montgomery; Kuri- ous-to-Know, J. J. Sayer. The five pantomime parts are to be represented by the following: Slick, Mrs. I. L. Bruce: Slack. Mrs. H. B. Hall; Straight, Miss M. Blake; System, Miss A. C. Mason; Security, Miss Agnes Plummer. Other features of the programme will be as follows: A talk on phrenology by Professor G. Morris. 'Who's Who in Dunville, a series of topical verses, hitting off the members of the association, by S. L. Eddy. Musical selections by a trio of flute. violin and piano. Miss Beulah Clark, Mrs. Helen S. Breed and Mrs. Eleanor X. Everson. B. K. Knapp, manager of the adjust ment bureau, will tell of his recent visit to Chicago. The meeting will be In charge of W. W. Downard, president of the association. Neriika Man Is Re-Committed. CHEHALIS. Wash., Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) Joe Doteon, of Nesika, was re committed to the insane hospital at Steilacoom yesterday by Court Com missioner Westover. Dotspn was re leased from the asylum last Summer, having previously been committed in 1914, following an attempt to burn himself up by setting fire to his bed In the jail in this city. GRAND ARMY HONORS LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY Civil War Veterans Parade With Music to Exercises at German House. "AMERICA" SUNG STANDING Story Told Son of Great Emancipator I Again Letter From His Is Read Precepts Arc Termed Safe National Guide. HOW PORTLAND CELEBRATED LINCOLN DAY. It was a general holiday, with banks, public offices and Federal buildings closed. Flags flew from downtown buildings and schoolhouses in honor of the great American. Lincoln Memorial Society held a celebration at ' the German House yesterday afternoon, at tended by Grand Array veterans and other patriotic society mem bers. Oregon Republican Club gave a banquet at the Chamber of Commerce last night, at which tribute was paid to the great emancipator. Sumner Post, G. A. R., held an open meeting last night at the Courthouse, where exercises and addresses in honor of Lincoln were given. Rev. C. E. Cllne gave an ad dress on Lincoln at Norwegian Danish Methodist Church last night. Lincoln and his work will fur nish theme for many sermons in Portland churches today. Marching with halting steps, several hundred veterans of the Civil war paraded to the German House on Thir teenth street yesterday afternoon, tt participate in the annual gathering of the Lincoln Memorial Society. At the- head of the column was tha police band, playing patriotic airs. Brightly shone' their uniforms and. brass buttons. They stepped along, with all the vigor and confidence of full-blooded, active men. Then came the column of old sol diers, marching four abreast. Their flags were in the lead and bravely tha old men stepped along, as young tit thought and patriotic purpose as ever. their hearts still singing to tne oiaro of brass and the martial ring of tha band ahead. Boldly they trod the pavement, but their step was slow. The big police men up ahead wno lea ine paraua slowed down repeatedly to let the vet erans strike their own gait. These de- lava were needed, for the old men tireq on the march, although time was when, as blue-clad soldiers, they marched an day long with less effort than in yes terday's parade. Old Snlule Rendered. Although the Grand Army veterans were slow In step and they lacked tho spring in their gait that marked it in other days, they drew themselves up with a fine martial air wnen tne uer man House was reached, and they passed in at the door. Each man brought up his hand and saluted tha colors an he passed between the two standards at the entrance. It was an honor to the flag they learned to pay in the drill of other days. The auditorium of the German House. which was decorated and given to tha Lincoln Memorial Society for yester day's meeting was well filled witn. spectators. On one side sat the veterans of the Grand Army 01 tne epuunc. and on the other members of tho Women's Relief Corps. On the platform were officials of these organizations, of the Lincoln Memorial Society, Sons of Veterans and other patriotic socie ties. Charles J. Schnabel. president of tho Lincoln Memorial Society, presided. Tho programme opened with two Instru mental numbers by the Shattuck School orchestra, which contributed other numbers during the afternoon. All Stand nnd Slug. The audience stood while all sang America." after which th invocation was given by Rev. W. T. Kerr, chaplain of Sumner Post, G. A. R. J. D. Lee. member of the Lincoln Me morial Society, was introduced by Chairman Schnabel. and spoke a few; words for that organization, advising that a membership campaign will soon be started and asking that all inter ested Join its ranks. Professor Jasper Dean MacFall sang a solo, and letters of regret at being unable to attend, were read from Governor Withycombe, as well as from the Governors of Idaho and Washington. Chairman Schnabel read a letter from Abraham Lincoln's son. Captain Robert T. Lincoln, to whom the society had written for a reminiscence or sentiment in connection with the great war Presi dent. Mr. Lincoln wrote a graceful let ter of appreciation for the society's in terest in his noted father as follows: Tr..Minn. r. r... 1773 N street. January 7 lOlti Dear Mr. Schnabel: I assure you that I greatly appreciate the celebration vou have In charge In honor of my father a memory on the approaching anniversary ot hla birthday, but I must ask you to excuse me from writing In the way you s"fcBe" In the many years that have (tone by since hla ileath. I have, of course, olten been re quested to make contributions to wnat n.a become a vast amount of literature in re lation to him, but I have always consistently refrained from doinc so. This does not meaa that I am nol very r,ririU, .,V,V,. numeroua ana oiter m.iin s V.i, that to his memory, but I have always felt that it Is more becoming that I should not my self, take part In them Very sincerely ours, (Signed) KUDC.ni a. m.... Judge Northup Speaks. riisirmin Schnabel. In introducing Judge H. H. Northup, speaker of the day. spoke briefly of Lincoln's many sided character and paid high trlbuta to him as a prose poet, saying he is without a peer in this respect. Judge Northup spoke of tho causes that led to the Civil War and of tho chief participants in that stirring per- od of American nistory. lie whose 107th birthday we ceie- rate today." said Judge Northup. was orn to poverty and to toil. But so trr.nt was his character that lie roso above the difficulties that surrounded im and became first in the land, ana the President of the United States. Ho was known then as 'Honest Abe," but e has come down to us as the Mar tyred President." Lincoln Is a man wnose iame sua" ever die. He was the chief reliance ot the country at a time when war almost overwhelmed the Nation. Two million men from 1861 to 1865 were clad In tha lue of the Union army, or tnis num ber. 300,000 fell In battle or died or wounds. Besides. 100,000 more aiea within a year of the war's end from its effects. ... "Our safest guide at any perioa ot National stress or peril, In this or any other time, are the precepts Lincoln laid down." M. L. Pratt introduced resolutions or thanks to the Turn Verein. to the ress and to those participating in tna rogramme, that were adopted by a rising vote.