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Show DO NT REPRESENT PMJKIOUI Governor Johnson of California Califor-nia Scores Penrose, Barnes, Lorimer, Smoot, Others. LEADERS NOT WORTHY Mention of Their Names in Connection With Emanck pator Sacrilege. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Feb. 12. Exalting Exalt-ing Abraham Lincoln as a progressive and declaring that na ho prophesied a new party has been formed from tho principles of human freedom upon which the Republican party was founded, Governor Gov-ernor Ml ram W. Johnson opened the ProgroFSlve campaign hero tonight by delivering an address on "Lincoln and FrogressivlRtn." PralHing Lincoln for his speech at the Bloomlngton, 111., convention In 1S5G. Governor Johnson said tho principles upon which tho Republican party was founded still shine as brightly an at that time, but that they have been abandoned by Its leaders. lie scored men prominent In Republican Republi-can party councils from tho Atlantic to the Pacific. "The common right of humanity, th doclrlnc enunciated by Lincoln, is tho fundamental principle of tho Progressive party," he said. "To saj that Mr. Barnes of New York, Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lorlmor of Illinois, Mr. Smoot of Utah, Mr. Guggenheim Gug-genheim of Colorado and Michael do Young and Harrison Gray Otis of California Cali-fornia represent the principles of Lincoln Lin-coln is sacrilege." Reorganize Parly. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Feb. 12. Indiana Republicans today revered the memory of Abraham Lincoln on the aunlversary oC his birth by an all-day meeting. The state central committee was reorganized re-organized by the election of Will P. Hays of Sullivan, chairman; Robert W. Morris, New Albany, vice chairman, and Frank D. Slalnaker, Indianapolis, treasurer. treas-urer. Mr. Hays, in accepting the chairmanship, chair-manship, declared that he would recognize recog-nize no factions and would do all in his power to reunite tho party. A secretary of the committee will bo chosen later. The Lincoln league rally this afternoon, after-noon, which was addressed by former Governor Augustus E. Wlllson or Kentucky, Ken-tucky, and the banquet tonight of tho Indiana Republican Editorial association, at which Representative William B. Humphrey of the stute of Washington spoke, brought largo delegations from all parts of tho slate Former Governor Wlllson stirred his audience by his trlbuto to the memory of Lincoln. "May I ask everyono who hears my voice to arise," said Mr. Wlllson, "In token of our thanks to God. who gave Abraham Lincoln to our country, and stand, silent, while I repeat the pledge and dedication which he, at Gettysburg-, appealed to his countrymen to givo? When I ask you. If you do so pledge, let the answer be from the heart and as the spirit moves." When he had concluded that famous extract from the Gettysburg address which ends "that this nation, under God, shall have a. new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by tho people and for the people shall not perish from this earth," a chorus of "I do" sounded throughout the hall. Representative Humphrey attacked the Democratic party for its foreign policy and the tariff law, and predicted that the Republicans and Progressives would be united by the next national election. Business Suspended. SPRINGFIELD, III.. Feb. 12. Illinois today did homage to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, tho state's foremost son and Its greatest contribution to tho nation. , Business in many places was susponded In honor of the day of his birth and notable nota-ble gatherings of men and women heard again the story of the life and death of the great omanclpator. Representative men from all over the 6tates were guests at the state arsonal here at the annual Lincoln memorial banquet and In other cities similar tribute trib-ute was paid to tho memory or Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln. Congress Pays Homage. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. One-half of congress h;ilted its grind of business today to pay homago to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. In tho house the chaplain referred to tho martyred president In his opening prayer and timo was set asido for memorial me-morial addresses by Representative Russell Rus-sell of Missouri and Representative Foss of Ohio. In the senate the great emancipator's emanci-pator's birthday passed by unrecognized. Harmony Banquet. BALTIMORE. Md.. Fob. 12, Special exercises commemorating the birth of Abraham Lincoln were held In Ihe schools today. At a banquet tonight of tho Union league, a Republican organization, thu speakers Included United States Peuator L. Y. Sherman of Illinois and Congressmen Congress-men James S. Parker of New York and Charles IT. Sloan of Nebraska. The memory of Lincoln also was honored hon-ored by tho Progressive party at a banquet. ban-quet. A Republican "harmony" banquet, attended at-tended by Republicans and former Progressives Pro-gressives from different parts of the utate. was hold at Hagerstown. United States Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota and Governor Goldsborough of Maryland were the principal speakers. |
