The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-03
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over again the scenes which this event Is
Intended 70 CONFERENCE.-THE.
Since our last annual meeting some OF
our number, IL answer 20 the dread sum
mons % ths Destroyer. have crossed over
the river ard gone hence into what We
trust 10 a grsnaer and better life than this
Our death-roii Includes names familiar 10
Us ali, names that stslI live tenderiy In our
hearts, asa that VIII survive IN the MEM
CRY OF those who come after " rhss many
OF us here today are gosceIess Gust ard for
gotten I would name them u could. but
must bid JON trust our worthy secretary
TO compile the list ard preserve II In our
annals cali TO mind aIiiory Butler and
Isaac Wooden. OF our own city. and War
zen l. Hastings. OF Port Townsend. These
serve 70 remind "a that
To the past 20 more dead faces
Every year.
As the loved leave vacant places
Every year
Few indeed remain OF those who took
claims under the munIficent donation
land law which brought hlther our first
brave pioneers. Albert and Sarah Gaines.
my own wtfe's father and mother. who
came with the overland emigration OF 1876
and whose donatioa claim bears the num-
Der ~. have both recently lad aside their
life burdens and fallen asleep In the peace
and forRetfuIness of death. Fewer still
remain of those who came IN is45- Con-
spicaons among that hardy band were the
Appreciates and Wsldos IN Oregon. few
OF whom remain TO perpetuate those hon
ofed names. They are easily counted. who
came even as early Issss and X we are
TO keep our ranks recruited II becomes
necessary for us 20 snlft the date Of eiigi-
biisfy forward with the on coming years.
or we tho remain VIII soon find ourselves
as lonesome as The little girls Imagination
pictured the orthodox paradise. Her in
aary In said TO have proceeded like this:
" Mama, do liars ever 20 to heavenr
No. my dear. ! am afraid they do not
answered the faithful mother. Did papa
ever tell iler Well. dear. I suppose he
has Then. after a pause. during which
she was doubtis.s enumersting In her own
mind all the other good people within her
knowledge she asked. Mama. did you and
grandpa and Uncle Jim ever tell iieSr
Well. perhaps, sometime during our lives
We have. my dear After another solemn
pause, the little Christian remarked, with
deep sigh: Mama. heaven must be a
very lonesome place with just God and
George Washington there
Now this story IL not introduced at this
time TO frighten my friends Judge Jacobs
and Judge MrGilvra out OF making the
speeches We are all expecting from them
on this occasion. They both have well es-
tablixhed characters. and their regulations
for truth and veracity In this community
are such as to warrant the exercise OF pio-
neer freedom OF speech on an occasion like
this without In the least impairing their
high standing. and a. to the peril of fu-
ture retribution for bearing false witness
tn figures of speech-why lawyers have TO
n fh.tf "a Nit fsfsrsa 0r.fs
We are glad 10 welcome among us to-
day our friends from abroad. and espe-
ciaily are we glad TO see here the Native
Sons OF Washington In them we recog-
nlze our worthy SUCCESSORS who are 10
keep alive the pioneer spirit when We pass
away. and perpetuatc the remembrance OF
events which go To make up our unwritten
history. In their presence we may renew
our youth and forget for the time our gray
hairs and the 'erow-foot' marks of care
that make some people call us old. These
trying times In which we now live come
with peculiar emphasis because OF the les
sons they bring home 10 US and to all
those who have endured the pr.yaiions OF
primitive days on the border.
Hard times are trying enough any time
and on anybody. and now once more the
lessons of patient industry and rigid sru-
gality learned by the pioneer In his humble
cabin are brought home and made avail
shlc TO tide over the stress OF this crucial
test which We are now undergoing, which
so sorsiy tries the endurance and integrity
OF our people. But you don't hear the pio-
necr talk anarchy and revolution as the
proper remedies for our present HIS From
his early training In the hard school OF sa-
verslty he Il enabled to and VIII endure
more and complain less than any other
class OF citizens Ia the land
Whatever may be the cause OF our
financial depression and distress. You can
safely count upon the pioneer 20 labor
faithfully and wait patiently. bravely hop
Ing ever for The return OF prosperity.
'ln order that we may hold and transmit
property and - thereby enabled 10 secure
4 permanent place Of meeting. Il became
necessary for vs. 20 Incorporate. The pre-
liminary steps were taken AZ our meeting
a year age. Tho committee appointed FOR
that purpose. following the instructions
given them at that time. have counrletea
all the details. and q now only remains fo-
US 10 sian the new list OF membership IN
order 10 merge the old into the new orxan!-
Eaiien, Let - not nexiec, 20 DO thls as
one OF The Important matters requiring our