The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-28

| the pear, are frlsking. frolicking and feed
| ing together, and innocent childhood,
dlmpled with laughter and roseate with
mirth, prattles and plays. dances and dam
dies amid this 'humanized fold Thus
the echo Of universal harmony, gradually
swelling into diapason, melodious, di-
vine, Is caught UP by the angels. who at
tune their Tyres and watt the rapturous
symphony around the throne of God and
from the celestial choir comes back the
gladstone refrain, They shall not hurt
nor destroy in all Ny holy mountain,
for the earth shall be full of the knowl-
edge of the Lord. even as the waters
cover the sea. &
SPANS bloodstained record and her
brutal and tyrannous inhumanities,
reaching back into the distant centuries,
have been stenchful in the nostrils Of civ
illzed society. Spain's doom was sealed
when she drove out the cultured Moors
lighted the inquisition fire and expelled
her peace-abiding and scholarly Jews.
The death angel was seen inditing her
speedy doom on the walls of MORO castle
on the eve of the 18th of last February.
when she destroyed our staunch battle
ship Maine and without the slightest
provocation assassinated 1863 of Columbia's
brave, noble and heroic boys.
But not of war, not of victory not Of
Spain's just retribution and merited pun
ishment, do l specially desire to speak TO
you tonight. This, as you are aware, is
a memorial hour-memorial and sacred to
those brave men whose lives were so
readily sacrificed upon the altar OF their
beloved country. We have had our peace
jubilee celebration; we have immortalized
in songs and words the valorous deeds
Of the valiant hosts and their undaunted
leaders, who added luster and brilliancy
to the stars and stripes. A united nation
arose as one man but a short time ago
and placed the wreath of laurel on the
brow of our army and navy, as in pro-
cessional triumph they returned crowned
with glory and laden with victory. Justly
and meritoriously did they receive the I'M
stinted acclaim that arose with sponta-
neous enthusiasm from the lips of 10000
900 of their admiring countrymen. But
tonight it is our sacred privilege to dwell
on the loyal devotion and patriotic attach
ment to their country of those sterling
heroes those who died in battle while de-
Tending the glorious flag, the emblem of
liberty, and those that succumbed to
disease contracted in camp while guard
ing the nations honor. And while the
tear of love bedews the grave of these
2,906 heroes let it also mosren the 'eter-
ma, home of the martyrs of the Maine,
whose blood fertiIized Columbia's soil,
whence sprang up the flower of Cuban
liberty and whose aromatic fragrance
purified our American atmosphere.
more than marble shaft and granite
monument, their deeds of valor will en-
dure in the hearts OF posterity and incite
generations yet unborn TO nobler acts and
greater devotion. The 600 names en-
rolled during the late war with Spain
will ever be affectonately remembered
as a tribute to our country's manhood.
But the souls of those selfsacrificing pa
triots, who, responding to the tocsin of
duty, fell ready martyrs to the good cause
they cheerfully espoused. will shine with
undimmed luster as the cycling years
mark the flight of time in the armament
of our beloved country.
LET us place with reverent hand the
myrtle and the evergreen on their sainted
memory and let silent tears speak of our
deathless love. May their souls WOO the
flowers of patriotism, ever
waving a fervent blessing to their manly
and may their zeal and royal
fire us with the never-smoulder-
ing embers of patriotism and love, so that
our names, too, mayr become a blessing
to mankind" ~