The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-25

The Danish Brotherhood society cele-
bration of Pioneer Day was very success
full in point OF attendance and was toler-
ably enjoyable. 1t would have been much
more so but for the selection of a place
for holding it. Harrington Lagoon may
make handsome picnic ground some day
but at present it is rather premature as a
place of resort. The lagoon, a pool some
20O feet square, is all that the term i'm
plies, except that it is artificial, but the
grounds surrounding are lagoon!sh enough
to satisfy a "Kankal1ee farmer" They
are low and wet and are not especially
calculated to be retentive of a ''shine" or
Inc 1mmaculaIeneSS OF a while skirt, a
fact which proved an obstacle to the fulf
enjoyment OF those who ATTENDED the Gel
ebration. but the diversions provided by
the SOclety'S committee, the chef feature
of which was Judge Kings address, made
up to a large extent for the unpleasant
ness under loot and the boiling heat over
head.
Inc greater portion of the attendance
was furnished by Salt Lake, between 50t
and 600 going from here while the in
termediate stations and surrounding farms
contributed enough to bring the total at
tendance close up TO thousand.
me amuSementS commenced when the
flrst crowd from Salt Lake arrived al
the lagoon at o'clock The orchestra
commenced playing in the pavilion al
that time and dancing was INDUCED in till
the sports commenced an hour or two
later.
Inc boat race was the first event There
were three entries, the boats being the Or
binary row boats and the course was
around the lagoon. The race was best
Two III three heats and was won by Hugo
peterson with Peter Thompson second.
A sack race, participated in by a crowd
OIL boys followed, which furnished con-
siderable amusement, after which six SAT-
Lake county youngsters all under twelve,
nouiSed IN tug OF war against a cor
responding number from Davis county.
me crowd was nightly tickled when
Salt Lake won
That part Of the programme which af-
Iofded one and all the greatest pleasure
OF the day was the address of Judge W.
H. King, of Salt Lake, which was deliver
cd in the pavilion shortly after the ar
rival OF the o'clock train when the
crowd was at it's largest.
Judge King began by alluding to the
Scdnd1naViaES and the important part
they have played in the history of the
world lie paid tribute to their liter
ature their legends and especially to the
part they have taken in colonizing the
inherent portions of the new world He
referred to the strength which they give
10 new community by their traits of
perseverance, as manifested in the fam
Gus NoTsmen, but softened and civilized
they appear now wherever the Scandina-
Wan is found
He touched upon their manner of es-
ldDliSnang settlements in America how
they uphold law and order and make rich
what appears to be sterile barren
waste, and said they have done much to
buiad up the nation.
Tne speaker next eulogized the Scam
dlnaVian love of mother country and
their great patriotism to that of their
adoption, and said it was fitting that
persons with these views and character
istics should celebrate the founding of
this commonwealth.
Turning his attention to the pioneers,
Judge King detailed their perilous Jour
ney1nss across the country, the depriva-
tons and sufferings they endured before
they reached the promised land, and
painted in bright colors their heroism
and patriotism in Planting the stars and
stripes ON Mexican soil
He REFER ed to the great growth of the
territory under their magic touch, then
paid a tribute to Brigham Young and
hkened his splendid endowments to those
of Cromwell in the sincerity and earnest
ness with which he prosecuted the work
before him.
After showing the growth of Utah
from a weak community to her present
prosperity and the important factor she
has become as a state, the speaker said
that while the fathers came from Mexico,
the people are today an integral part of
the Union.
Judge King next discussed the question
OF the advantage to a. nation of young
and vigorous commonwealth, and delin-
Gated how from those centers come new
blood and new thought to replenish and
build up the oder commemorative. From
a socialistic aspect the speaker said that
the Influence of the younger country on
the older was very marked, and that
while the newer country was not con-
fined to the conventionaIities of refined
society, yet the people possess rugged
sterling growth of high character to a
marked extent, and the country becomes
the standard bearer of great truths and
important enterprises. Applying that
thought to economic and governmental
questions, the speaker showed the i'm
portance of a new financial policy in this
nation, and said that this policy depends
largely ON the newer portions of the
country to be carried to a successful
consummation.
Thus having led up to it, the speaker
touched upon the silver question, and in
referring to the autocracy which the rich
of today assert over the masses, said
that anciently slavery was enforced by
regarding human beings as chattes; that
it commenced in the mediaeval ages by
treating human beings as appendageS to
land under fuedai reign, and said that
this nation was threatened with another
species of slavery, that of deprivfng the
common people of the nation of the nee
essary circulating medium.
The speaker discussed at length the re-
lafionS of capital to labor and insisted
that true capital is labor and should re-
ceive it's due share of the profits result
ing from toll He took the Latin maxim,
"Laboare est oraStes,'' and showed that
true labor is the lord and that labor is