Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-05-31
Memorial Day Exercises.

houses all closed at noon and in the
afternoon nearly the entire population
of the town and people from the sur
rounding country gathered at the
Odd Fellows Hall to listen to the
exercises.
Promptly at 1:30 p. M. the Odd
Fellows headed by A. Bruce, Marshal
of the Day, marched in and took the
seats reserved for them and Ed Rein
hart, Grand Warden of the I. o. o. F.
OF Nevada, called the people to order
and the choir, composed of Mrs. T. N.
Stone, Mrs. E. Reinhart, Miss. Nellie
Ainley, Miss Cora Harris, Miss Ger
tie Lang, DR. Mcdowell, L. Winter
mantle, Q. w. Hull and Rev. w. H. 1.
Houghton, sang the opening ode; after
which Rev. w. H. 1. Houghton in
voked the blessings of God on the ex-
ercises. The choir sang peace" after
which the President of the Day in a
few well chosen remarks welcomed
the people to the Hall. Mrs. Stone
and Miss Nellie Ainley sang a duet,
Beyond the Vale"
Rev. F. S. Witter was then introduc-
ed and delivered an Grafton, entitled
Lessons of the Conflict" The follow
ing is the closing part of his adj
dress:
1--WE meet to day under the auspices
of Lodge of Odd Fellows. This
Memorial Day would not have been,
publicly observed here had it not been
for the patriotic spirit and teachings
of Odd Fellowship, which leads me
to say, finally, that the lessons of
friendship, love and truth, to care for
the sick, bury the dead, educate the
orphan and support the widow, and
the lesson that no man can be true
man who is not grateful to his Great
or, loyal to his country and fraternal
to his fellow-man were the lessons of
that war for the Union. If the friend
ship Of David and Jonathan had ex-
isted in the Republic between 1776
and 1861 there would have been no
Rebellion and no war. The sons OF
the reigning king and the youthful
: aspirant to the throne of Israel were
true friends. The soul of Jonathan
: was knit to the soul of David. The
Jealous Saul seeks the life of David
s and Jonathan saves his life. Thus
Friendship sprung up between them
in adversely which continued through
their lives. Slavery and sectional
hatred were causes of that war, but
they cannot exist where true friend
ship is, which would have saved this
and from it's baptism of blood. If
he love Of the Good Samaritan for
The wounded Jew had prevailed in
That nation, then no rebellion and no
var would have cursed it. The love
that Samaritan for the Jew over
zame national boundaries and Sec
aonal bitterness, rebuked the hypo-
critical professions of priest and
fvite and found expression in good
Feeds to the wounded and unfortun-
tie. War cannot exist where love is.
owe puts no hand-cuffs on the wrists
nd no shackles on the feet of a
lave. The shout that lifts up fall
In foe puts the wine of refreshment
ito his mouth and the oil of healing
Fto his wounds, takes him to hotel
ld pays his bills never would have
Eertnrowu this Union. There we're a
fbelliou and a war because true
Fendship and love did not universal
prevail. There was war because
lack of truth and because men
not learned that no man can be
1e man who is not grateful to his
Feator, loyal to his country and fra
f0al to his fellow-man. Hence if
men OF the nation had been true
d Fellows, and the women had