Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY
EXERCISES
HELD AT THE AUDITORIUM LAST
EVENING.

The Memorial day exercises at the
Auditorium last evening were largely
attended but the programme as printed
yesterday was revised owing to the alb
! sence of several who were down for
! songs, recitations, etc.
Judge Pemberton had been selected 70
| deliver the Grafton but he sent word that
! he was too i'll to attend and the Grafton
| was delivered by Rev. l.. J. Groeneveld
The recitation of Mrs. Weirick entitled
Enemies Meet at Deaths Door," depict
ing a scene on a battlefield, where blue
and gray clasped n in deaths en-
brace, brought tears to the eyes OF many
and at it's conclusion the talented elocu-
zionist was given a very hattering oVa-
ton.
1.-The American Hymn" was splendidly
rendered by Mrs. Rooney and Mrs. Don
nelly, the latter also rendering later he
Giveth His Beloved Sleep" After g
recitation by Miss Maude Beebe, Com
mander Almon. who presided at the meet
ing, read Lincoln's address at Gettys-
burg. Miss Hughes recited a pathetic
war sketch and Little Edna McGovern,
a ~9-year-old wonder, captured the audi
ence by a remarkable display of %oratori-
cal talent.
The address Of the Rev. f j. Groeneveld
was eloquent and patriotic. After a refer
ence to the recent war with Spain the
reverend gentleman said:
w are not clarifying war. We
would not try to cultivate the brutal
spirit. We are all in favor of peace.
Yet we feel that We do not want peace
if our honor and principle are to be
sacrificed. We believe that the love
of country is one of the noblest in
stincts of the human heart. We want
our children to learn from the lessons
Of the past. We want them to know
of the estimable worth of the defend
ers of our country. We shall ever eX-
alt the deeds of the heroes of IS years
g and the memory of the soldiers of
this nation will always live. On Decora-
ton day especially should We talk of
their deeds and sacrifices. Their lives
teach us the lesson of liberty and love.
We are trying to learn from them the
lesson of liberty better than we ever
knew it before. Every lesson that comes
to us from those days makes us bette,
men and women"
The speaker then went into a review
of the civil war. stating that it was not
a wal of destruction-it was a war of
opinion. But it blessed the North and the
South, II today we are the same peo-
pie, under the same flag, and all work
ing for the same institutions.
w W it to our country to be true,
honest. upright, brave, patriotic men.
That Is the kind Of men this country
wants. We are Americans, not Ger
mans. not Austrians, nor Irishmen, not
ltalians-We are all Americans. (Ap-
pause we know what it means when
we hear a man say, 4 am an American
We stand, in the light of God and man,
free and Independent Americans. We
will not allow anybody, political OF
ecclesiastical, to put the letters of serf-
dom about us. We. as Americans. must
stand together as a unit in the better
ment of our body polite. We love our
flag, and whenever thai flag goes II will
carry equality and freedom"
The reverend speaker paid a beauti-
ful tribute to Americas brave bows
who went to the defense of the perse-
cuted Cubans, and to those brave vol
unteers VINO are now facing the Fill
ipino savages in their guerilla way.
fare.
The name America means much. Nc
other word in the languages carries
with 1t so much meaning, and when
ever we become ashamed of it we
should change 1t. (Applause). AS Ameri-
ans we should be true to everything
which is American. We do not nnces.
sarily have to go to war to prove our
patriotism. We should ever stand ready
to respond to the call of duty. What
ever that duty may be, obedience to law.
order n soodfellowship faithful to gov
eminent even unto death. Let US. like
the brave boys in the Philippines he
brave unto death, constant to dutv
faithful, true, true to each other and to
our unit
Il am sure the gratitude Of the nation
goes out to the scattered hosts of the
q. A.. H.. We love them because we love
our country, the country they defended
l am sure our hearts go out to those who
sleep In unknown graves. Our gratitude
also goes out to those soldiers uhose
names are not mentioned as often &C
those OF their generals and leaders,"