The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-06
THE FOURTH IN HELENA.
Celebration Of Independence Day
Not MARRIED by Accident
or Fire.
Hundreds of Visitors Help the City
People Honor the
Occasion.

Col. W. r. eaudsrs' ~oration-rias Sport
u Athlstic Park-The Py5e.
tsehnie Displsy.
The Fourth OF July celebration In Helena
wa Q pronounced success. From the time
the fsst gun was hred at sunrise Till the
last rocket went up at night nothing hap
pened to mar the pleasure Of the day.
There wsrs NO accidents. nc drss, and not
On arrest rave of those Who took . drop 700
much. Battery 4 under Capt. Palmer,
fred . salute Of forty-four Guns at sunrise
on the west side and this awakened every
boy in the town and nins-tenths OF the
adults. The next event On the programme
Wal the parade, which started promptly 81
0,3O frsm the courthouse square. II fol-
lowed tho announced route. and while not
10 large as In previous years. wal nevsrshe-
less q creditable display. A platoon OF
lolics led tho way, followed BY Chief Mar
shall Howell and his aids. Then came tho
Military band. followed by the militia.
Next were carriages with the city, state and
county officials and the Helena Are do.
partment. The apparatus was gaily
and tastefully decorated. Tho John O.
Curtin hose cart from the Sixth waid
especially came in for \ large share Of the
praise. The second division, under charge
OF Marshal L. 4. Lang, consisted Of Wads-
worth rost. g. A. H., the boys military
company, and floats. OF the latter A. T.
Curtin and the American Biscuit company
made the finest display. but the Helena
brewery. and Ross & Frank, printers, were
not far behind.
At noon the parade was dismissed al Tho
audito ium. About 1900 people had as
sembled there to hear the Grafton of Col.
w. r. Sanders. and to enjoy the other OK
e%roises. The building had been hand
somsly decorated by DR.. A.-F. Foote. of the
decoration committee. and presented . very
handsome appearance. A. J. Craven was
president Of the day. ana Rev. 8. +. snider
chaplain. Excellent music was rendered
during the exercises by the military band
md a local quartette consisting of Messrs.
E. O. Russell, F. J.. Higgins, g. 7. Ellis
and .. 8: Hodge. After tho reading Of tho
Declaration Of Independence by Hon. I. ].
Walsh. Col. W.. F. Sanders. orator Of the
dav, was introduced. During the course Of
his address he said:
"Civilizetion has found many events,
which it fas singled out Of the varying
DueGs anu Ahb Hdt upOu buoW AOE LIZ ~ NAk-
met. But of them all. and above them all.
the circumstance which We have assembled
TO celebrate rises In grandeur. and no one
challenges its supremacy OF strives to be
little its consequence or beniRnity. One
hundred md seventeen years ago to-day
our forefathers. having already fought al
Lexington, at Concord and at Bunker Hill.
thrust upon a wearied world q now nation,
to be the exponent Of a new theory OF gov
ernment. and thereby launched upon the
tide of time the profoundest human i'm
pulse which the world has ever seen. But
we could not n.est to celebrate 90 signal
event, thereto impslled solely because OF
Its retrospective vastness. Its very grandeur
imposed upon our fathers and their child
rem and children's children, to tho last
so great az to beget distrust and inspire the
greatest solicitude. II We wore not worthy
the creation and heritage. in humiltatino
contrast to their high deeds would be our
deterioration and consequent shame.
'Since the achievement of American in
dependence the country has passed through
many vioissitudes. and its conQueets have
been those of peace and war. Great events
have trodden each on the heels OF another
but with minor alterations and with I'M.
equal step they have been in the pathway
to high renown The creation and amend
ment Of the constitution. the acquisition o.
so much of the continent as 10 to be desired
the creation and elaboration of a system Of
education which fits the ,humblest for tn,
duties Of the highest. the great improved
highways by water and land, the mainten.
nnce Of religious freedom, the inventive
genius which has utilized every force o,
nature to ameliorate the condition of maj
until no day is long enough to give an in
ventory Of them aud which to our aston.
ished comprehension seems to have LEFT
nothing for human ingenuity to compass
in the future by way Of invention. tn
discoveries in science and nature of unsus
peoted truth and matter, the humanizinl
and ever widening philanthropy. mani.
fested in charities. in emancipation
in asylums. in hospitals. and all tn
help his fellows. the influence of our ooun'
+ y internationally, our present command
ing influence among the nations of tn
world, and our pride In every pnge Of on
count'y's history since-these and mucl
more. had ! time to enumerats them, o.,
the conquest of the generations which hav'
followed the heroes of the revolution ant
without vain or vulgar Boosting they affort
US cause for CONG atulation, for above tn
shadows which dim the present. and whiol
are inseparable from the lntirmities OF hu'
man nature.
1--WE have extended the domain of settle
'ment within the centurv. from the Ale
Rheny mountains to the Pacific sea. Will
thus enlarRing its aFen, our inventive 90
MUS has diminished the centrifugal forc
co bAoV So NSoU Aoe ~ w 20 IN
but to subss. We the new form Of govern
ment with fidelity to every interest that cal
minister to tho happiness Of man. Fron
ocean to ocean. the continent itself in pysc
teal affairs to-day 10 not go large an wsr
the colonies during tho era OF the xsvolu
ton. Our total area OF NOR
than thee and y half million
square miles is 80 traversed by railroad
and telc9raphs, that communities are NO
widely discovered. and the insermingling O
our PEOPLE is gradually unifying tho coun
try and making it In fact one. We rsn,
with amused curiosity tho patriotic utter
ances of half q century ago endeavorine {
demon strate that mountains did not neces
sarily divide people into hostile factions
We smile at the difficulty and ceremon
with which in our revolutionary era. trav
eleIs and armies crossed mountain range
and colonial lines as, instantly. in thou
sands of places railroad trains with thou
sands of people cross these ranges an,
lines without 80 much az making obeiaance
And in tho light of the great achievement
which are past, we are constrained to In
quire what duties devolve upon us that v
may meet them. 10 the end that thia coun
try may be prepared for the 800, 600. 600 in
t~slligent citizens who will occupy IL 4 cen