Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-05
BUTTE CELEBRATED THE FOURTH

pearance. The Modern Woodmen, in uni
form, headed by a very appropriate float,
made a striking display. 1he car of lib
erty and the Butte fire department We're
applauded all along the line of march.
and the appearance of the ChristOforo
Colombo society, in uniform, the st. John
the Baptiste association. and the Croa-
ton society were very striking and
among the praiseworthy features Of the
parade. There were many handsome
floats, representing business houses, IN
the parade, and probably one of the most
attra ctive features of the parade was
Chief Sollevy and his band of Indians,
specially hand-painted for the occasion.
The procession was probably two hours
in arriving at it's destination, in front OF
the court house, where a large platform
had been erected for the accommodation
of the speakers.
At the court house the Hon. A. F. Bray
called the assemblage to order n the
! Alice band rendered a selection. Then
the Silver Bow Glee club sang America"
Rev. Albritton was introduced and offered
a fervent prayer, after which John H.
Curtis read the Declaration of ~Independ-
ence.
1.-The Flag Without a Stain was sung
by the Silver Bow Glee club. Chairman
Bray spoke as follows:
1t is certainly a pleasing duty that de-
NOlNSS uDOIl ~ ~ lICllh you ollS Civ a.
on behalf of the executive for
| your assistance and participation in the
celebration of today. And while we have
found that there still exists in our COM
munity those who are wanting in patri-
otto zeal and from whom no assistance
could be obtained, yet more in sorrow
that in anger your m recognize
the fact that it was ever thus. And
while Washington had to contend with
royalists, Lincoln with cOpperheads, Nc
Kinley has his Atkinsons and fellows of
that ilk.
But when we consider the patriotism
that has been displayed in this parade
! our thoughts are carried back to the
causes for this celebration, and we are
glad to celebrate the freedom of this
country, and glory in those heroes who
shed their blood to make this country
free.
We also glory in the fact that heroism
and true bravery"were not wanting IN the
days of go, and that again when the ne
cessity arose the patriotism of the nation
was equal to the emergency, and from a
| combination of individual states We be-
came a solid nation.
All praise is due to our brave army Of
the republic who offered up their lives
that we might enjoy the benefits of a
united nation. And whilst our grand
fathers and fathers have procured our
liberty by their blood and patriotism. our
sons and brothers a shown the ma
tons Of the earth that they are worthy
sons of noble sires and nave inherited
all the noble traits of their predecessors
by their brave deeds in Cuba and the
isles of the Oriental seas; Santiago, San
Juan and a hundred other battles bear
witness to the fact that American patriot
ism has not refrigerated, but as it always
was, is ever at the command to strike the
chains of slavery from the manacled
hands of the distressed.
And this parade today has fully proved
that the rising generation will mo- be
backward in UNFOLDING "Old Glory" and
it is to cadets of the land that we have
as it We're, pluck the blood-stained ban
ner of "Old Glory" from the hands of the
veterans and carry it Onward to even
nobler triumphs.
And now, my friends, let us take on
this anniversary of American independ-
ence, a solemn resolution that nc act of
ours shall dim the luster of our flag. and
whilst our brothers and sons are uphold
ing Americas supremacy in the isles of
the seas, let the yeomen of this country
look we'll to see that tyranny and slavery
shall have no abiding place within the
borders of our land. And at it's first ap-
p%earance in any shape let the stalwart
SONS of liberty in no uncertain language
declare. like Canute of old, $50 far shalt
thou go and no further" so that it may
be faithfully declared that the flag that
made us free shall never cover a slave.
After a selection by the Alice band the
chairman, in a few appropriate words, in
troduced the orator of the day, Hon. Lee
Mantle, who spoke as follows: