The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-23
SONS OF AMERICA.
State Lodge ELECTS officers and En-
joys "a Banquet..7--+t

joys Banquet.
Delegates. q FROM the various lodges
of the patriotic d1oEders of az Sons Of
America gathered lin st. Paul yester-:
day to mark Washington s. birthday
with their annual business meeting
and banquet. The former was held at
Central hall, and was attended by,
about fifty delegates. The session.
which was secret, lasted the greater
part Of the afternoon, and at it's close
the election of the following officers
was announced: President, state presi-
dent. T. f. WillOughby, Minneapolis;
vice president, A. w. Cooper, Hopkins;
master of forms, H. A. Morse, St.
Paul; secretary, Jay A. Glover. Min
neapolis; conductor, George Panelsta.
Hopkins; inspector, r. A. Goodrich, st.
apolis; trustee, H. M. Norton, st. Paul;
delegates to national camp, E. C. Bon
niwell and J. w. McHale.
In the evening the delegates. with
members of the local lodges, sat down
to a suRnptuous repast at the Windsor.
T. c. Waltlher acted as postmaster,
and after the meau had been thorough
ly discussed, Rev. Nv. w. Dawley, Of
Minneapolis, delivered the address of
the evening on The American Voter
Mr.. Dawley was Vehement in his de-
nunciation of the Il Indifferent voter.
who, he said, owaS essentially I'M
patriotic Not only should every man
who was privileged to vote in this
country see to 1T that his vote was
cast. for truth, honesty, and justice, as
we'll as personalgmerit, but after hav
ing voted, and after the contest had
been settled, he should see to it that
the victorious candidate lived up to
the promises he 2had made to his con-
stituency before being chosen. The
Indifferent citizen 8 who did not vote
should be disfranchised. He thought
the. fear of thist~would tend to make
men take a greater interest in public
affairs and thus result in a more re-
sponsive public conscience.
"a Glance at the Revolutionary
Struggle, the toast assigned to Rev.
Robert Forbes, of Duluth, the chaplain
of the state senate, poorly describes
the elouuent address with which he
entertained the members of the order
who were present. Every battle in
that struggle, he pointed out. as we'll
as every battle in the wars before and
since, was fought, not merely for the
temporary glory or renoWn Of the par
ticipants. but for the permanent good
OF the world. with its generations as
vet unborn The great struggle de-
veloped great men. and in the heroes
of that struggle were found the types
Of men to whom the patriotic order Of
the Sons of America looked with a
reverence that approached the wor-
shipful in it's depth.
George F. Gordon's tribute to Wash
ington as '"The Ideal Statesman" was
brief, but it was not only a careful
ANALYSIS Of the character of the father
| of his country, but a scholarly eulogy
of the foremost general of the revolu-
ton and the first president Of the
Tn the absence Of J. F. Heilcher, H.
M. Crosby, of ST., PAUL. was assigned
to the subject n Immigration" Mr..
Crosby in the main approved the pres
emit restrictions an immigration to this
country, and urged that every care
be taken to protect its citizenship
from the aggresstons OF the ignorant.
pauper or criminall4 classes of aliens.
while this country. should offer a
haven to the poor and oppressed Of
| drawn as to shut out those whose
characters unified them for the full
duties Of citizenship in free republic.