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Wedemeyer Described

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
February
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
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WEDENEYER DESCRIBED

The Bent of His Genius Towards Weightier Questions

The Pontiac Post, in its write up of the Lincoln Club banquet given last Thursday evening at Pontiac has the following in reference to W. W. Wedemeyer, of the law firm of Cavananerh & Wedemeyer:

W. W. Wedemeyer, of Ann Arbor, the boy orator of the Huron, was first introduced. His theme was "Lincoln; His Life aud Inspiration to Young. Americans. " Mr. Wedemeyer, though young, has by the force of talent become known to the people of Michigan. The bent of his genius is toward weightier questions of public affairs. He is well read in history, and he has devoted study to the bearing of history upon politics, and in that way has laid a substantial foundation for the settlement of questions and subjects of grave import to the welfare as our nation. It was quite evident as he spoke that the history of Lincoln is familiar to him, and that be justly construed the lessons of the life of Lincoln.

Mr. Wedemeyer in personal appearance answers well to the ideal of the orator. His figure is tall and well proportioned his face, clean shaven, is lighted with brilliant eyes and gleams in all its expressions with the fire of intellect. A voice, pleasing in its tones, is modulated sympathetically, and clearness of enunciation gives grace to periods formed on classic lines.

While Mr. Wedemeyer's address was brief, it outlined some of the attractive phases of Lincoln's character and was inspiring in its references to the devotion of the great president to the interests of the people, and the unswerving honesty which marked all phases of his career.