The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-14
they ARE VERY WELCOME
Capitol Lodge Gives I Reception to
the Visiting A. Q. Y. w
representatives,
The Auditorium Building Filled
With Citizens on tho Great
Occasion.
Delegates Delayed ~ the Washouts on
the Railroads Arrivs' " On Early
Hour This Morniug.

the RaiiseAds Arrivs Il ~ Early
Hour This Morniug.
Tho reosplion rendered 10 the visiting
delsgatss Of ths Aneiant Osdss Of United
Morkmsn by Capital Iodee, Of Helena, q
Ahs auditorium building last night, Vas I
most suocessful Inauguration OF the frst
national convention aver held In this city.
Every seat In tho immense building, both
on the main door and in the galleries, waa
Allsd. not only members Of the order show.
Ing their appreciation OF the Importance OF
tho occasion. but the citizens generally ~
tending. A conspicuous feature was the
immense turnout the ladies made. The
hall was beautifully decorated. Around
tho front Of the galleries we're hung fes-
toons of purple, red, white and blue.
From central points In the ceiling stream
era Of tho same colors extended Ii graceful
folds to the walls back Ut ths galleries.
The walls back Of the stage were hung Ia
purple, relieved BY banners and festoons Of
other colofh The numerous electric
lights, the pretty decorations and the
bright faces Of the ladies, made MP a
scene long TO b remembered. Ii
WAS something OF disappointment
that the condition OF the roads leading into
Helena made it impossible for more of the
visitors to reach here in time for the recep-
tion. Those who did get here. however,
had M reason to find fault with the well
como they received. The large delegation,
over 400, who came In about one O'Clock
Ahio snnpnSu~ I'LL hA.v - "a A. - - n !,
comfort later on in the more general vel
come which will be extended them on be-
halt Of the state, the city, and the order.
Last nights occasion was that Of Capitol
lodge, which met in secret session at half
past seven, and under the head Of ''ths
good Of the order" threw the doors open to
tho public at eight.
Master Workman Richard Jockey and
the other officers Of CapiAal lodge, and the
visiting representatives to the supreme
lodge, occupied placed on the platform.
Master Workman Lockey welcomed the
public TO the session OF the lodge. He re-
GREETED that 20 many of the visitors had
been delayed by washouts and other acct.
dents on the railroads.
c. p. Connolly. foreman of Capital lodge,
wal then introduced to deliver the address
OF welcome. After referring to the fact
that in the twenty-four years Of its exist
enc8 the order had paid out $40, O0O, 600 to
the widows and orphans of it's members, he
continued: You will on Thursday be
welcomed by the handsomest and most elo-
quent governor in forty-four states. You
will be welcomed to all that We are and all
TINT We have. You will be Welcomed to the
homes of these people. far removed from
fhA DFa0t NQNkAFng nf yNnnn1ntinr IN vphcon
bosoms the ~unquenchable fires Of American
patriotism glow, and upon whose mountain
tops the watchtires Of American, liberty
increasingly burn. Yon will be vel
coined 20 this .srot where but
a short generation ago the
moccasin of the savage trod the present
pathways OF civilization. made luminous
BY the most brilliant inventions OF the age.
You will be shown the i~nexhaustiblo wsnIth
and depths of our mines andFlisten to the
oft.repeated and Incredible stories Of
their discovery and developments. You will
be taken upon the mountain tops and
shown the fertile valleys where sheep and
cattle in untold numbers craze upon the
slopes and flats and drink the waters Of
siltery streams. You will be shown the
palatial homes, studdinR these crested
bills, Of men whose every dollar has been
accumulated from the lowered resources
Of this psodigal earth, and who came
across these plains twenty five years ago
with no other capital than their indomita-
BILE will and restless energy. You
will hear the story from count
less lips Of the great captain
who, in the effort to fulfill that destiny
which no had mapped out in his great, gem
erous soul for the land he loved 20 we'll,
laid down his life uncomplainingly amid
these silent and eternal hills which had
caught the inspiration and the echo Of his
marvellous Reniss and greatness. He built
for ~ this wonderful hotel and these heal
ing baths. which equal the baths Of the
Roman emperors. n he has left them to
us and to on. heirs forever, as Cesar left
his walks and arbors, common pleasures, /
that we might walk abroad and ~recreate
ourselves. You will find here among these
mountains q noble race Of sturdy mon and
gifted women; You will find hospitality
galore, and when you get through We hope
you will not be like unto the red chief, who
said he could stand the white mans hostil-
it,. but he begged to DO excused
from his hospitality. You will find
nsr lots and the u'' relentless nslisl sna . remoIs. Ioss
real estate fiend. You will find Italian
skies. Greek peanut vendors, Chinese pa
godAs, and Egyptian mummies. You will
lind adobe huts within the shadows of pal
aces. You will find that Montana has be-
hind her a quarter of a century Of human
uAAo pAOk tCob~OA ituc 1lUCLl-
liable enterprise of man-unparallelled and
unmatched by human history the world
over. You will Inc the red man turning
his face to the setting sun because his eyes
can no longer comprehend the white mans
mighty march OF human events. You will
find the disciple of Coke and Blackstone, not
averse here. as elsewhere, to the acquisition
of an honest dollar, ~wranRlina over the
possession OF acres over which the little
band of Chief Joseph's army trod the weary
of hunger and death but q few
short years ago. You will find
that surpasses in brilliancy the
OF our hopes, and that il saying .
good deal. You wi | find a climate-when
II doesn't rain-that compels us to admit
hat with al! our powers Of glowing exag-
II 10 too much for az to describe-
summer zephyra that have the velvet touch
Of an angels wing, and winter morns that
rouse the cooks shriM clarion and the
horn" You will find more free
and Christian churohes-the prop
aud the salvation respectively of the repub-
ic-shan in any other community charged
with tho same amount of the divine fire OF
Anne lean liberty; and, Gaping all these.
we have that priceless jewel in the crown Of
oitizenship-the American home
and the American A. eside-around which
constantly taught and inouloated the
The highest lessons of American
manhood n ~womanhood. And
after this description of ourselves, il NAV
not surprise you whom I tell you that Bob
says we are the most self satisfied