Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-02-28
THE SPIRIT OF 76."
Charles julius Kullmer Wins the Sill
YER Medal; Miss, Dorothy Mand
MucI,anp the RrOnZp

The Montana Society of the Sons of
the Revolution convened in annual ses.
sion in the office of the president, Judge
G. II. Benton, in this city at 2 p M.
Saturday, there being large attend
ance.
The following officers for the ensuing
wear were elected: President, Judge
Charles Henry Benton of Great Falls;
first vice president, Colonel Andrew
Sheridan Burt, commandaDt at Fort
Mssouia: second vice president, Attor
ney Wingtield l.. Brown Of philipsburg:
secretary, James Frederick McCleIand,
ex-county treasurer, Great Falls; histor-
ian, Capt. Chas. ii. Robinson, Great
Falls: registrar, Howard Crosby, cX-
county clerk, Great Falls; treasurer,
James M. Burlingame, Jr., Great
! Falls; managers, Captain Joseph o.
| Gregg, Maurice $. Parker and Justice
| William Is. Burleigh, Great Fails.
la tue evening" the society Was enter
taiued 10y Judge and Mrs Benton at
their regileucc on Fourth avenue north,
bet " cen Eleventh ana Twelfth streets
There WIS music NY 4 quartet, {, -.
Eliot, +. L. Wilcox. David craig, and A..
4. Coleman. ana His@ Eva B Conner,
pianist. Capt. {. II. itobihsuU read an
essay. which v,d5 followed by d turUte
hy the historian to r. memory Of tHe
Iato Jud4e aruyrt Percy hoife, VINO Was
one Of the most prominent mempeE7 OF
the society.
Toeu we're rea1 two essays on "Tho
SDirtt Of '1G.' oue by "Juiius Wilte-
head winch had been awarded the I'd
yer menai, ana one by "George Ill.,
which had been awarded the pruLEa
ueGaI.
After the reading the true names Of
the authors who had used the above
nom de pumee were extracted from
envelopes ia which they had teen scaled
by the authors and it WAS found that the
winner of the silver medal was Charles
julius kulm"r, d member of the senior
class of the Great Falls high school, and
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. IA. kuljmer, of
Fifth avenue north and Eleventh etreet;
aud that the winner of the bronze medal
WAS Miss Dorothy Maud MAcLane, Il
member of the junior class of the Great
Falls high school and daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. II. q. klenze of Liz Third
avenue north.
A committee waited upon the success
full authors and escorted them to the
meeting, to rece We the congratulations
of those there assembled,
Each essay was excellent in high de-
gree. eloquent, logical and patriotic.
Six essays had been received four
from Great Falls and two from Miles
City. Lieut. Coy. Alex. G. Botkin Of
Helena, and Mayor G. NJ Webster and
Rev. DR.. f. A. Waeson of Great Falls
we're the Judges. Each sent his decision
to Secretary McCleland and neither
knew what either Of the other two hao
decided, nor were the true names
of the authors known until after
the decision was announced and
the essays read yesterday evening. The
Judges also reported that the essay by
| ''Daniel Webster, Jr.,' Miss Marie
Leaning, a pupil in the junior class of
the Great Falls high school aud iaugh-
ter of Mrs. M. j. Leaning of SIG Fourth
avenue north, was close competitor
for second place.
As soon as the medals arrive from
Philadelphia the society will proceed tc
the Great Falls high school in a body
and formally confer them upon the win
| ners.
The next regular meeting will be held
one year from Saturday, probably ir
Great 4 ais.
,,,r,
Inc loiIo"inB is 'he essay on ine
Spirit OF 1G,' written by Charles JuHu'
Kullmer. to whom was awarded the sill
yer medal offered by the Montana So
clety Oh the 'oops u VIC i'7'o'"'''n
When the roll of drums and the bugl'
call assembled the army or the colonies
to listen to the Declaration oil lnuepen
dence, o, what happy, valiant thrort
1t was that received IT. What shouting
what tossing of caps, what booming o
cdunoDs. Ihe very air seemed Hile'
with sweet liberty, aud every green plhd
OF grass seemed frebher by 1t tWa
Amerlcan-'tWaa free. But Yet 1t was
hlpesing for which they had not paic
whose priCe wa their lives Dear II Wa'
for II cost them the E"yosutiDn.
The cause OF the Hevoiulon, the onl
cause consistent With thelr DeciarAtiu
Of ndepeEdence and worthy Of thel
noble self sacrifice, Was the oppreas!on
, England
IL has been eaid, but let not their hof