The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-05
PROUDEST DAY
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! ster under the title corner" as
| The state of things produced by a
| combination of persons who buy up the
whole or the available part of any
| stock or species of property which COM
pels those who need such stock or prop
| erty to pay them at their own price"
| Without undertaking to fix the pater-
nifty of these formidable engines of
| power which are wholly one-s1ded in
| their operations and results and bear
| the same relation to trade and COM
merce that "sure-thing games" sustain
| to gambling, and which cannot be men
| toned in the same breath or classified
| in the same category with three card
| monte" without elevating that ancient
! and seductive vice to the dignity of
| a game of chance, it is significant
| fact that up to this natal day of the
nation no political party has been
| found reckless enough to claim them
as it's progeny or willing to divide the
responsibility for their precarious fu-
ture They have been Hkened by one
writer to pyramid with its apex
downward, which will in time topple
| over, crushing them beneath it's weight
of ruin. 1t is only fair to say that 9TH
ers profess to see in this stupendous
| aggregation of wealth no cause for
alarm. But as for me, I confess that
when behold the spectre of thousands
of powerful corporations casting its
! grim shadow over this great nation,
| destroying with its poisonous touch the
| individualism of the citizen, contract
ing and circumscrfbing the field for
personal endeavor and private enter
prise, am impressed with the approach
of public calamity so widespread and
| appalling that i wish l might summon
| a trumpet tongue to speak a word Of
| warning to those who have been too
blind to see it's insidious coming or too
deaf to hear its omlnous rumble
1 Itetn H. A
| did, ivy-crowned, poet-sung. world-re-
nowned Athens, talked eloquently of
| human rights with her sandaled foot
upon the neck of 100000 slaves and
worshipped devoutly in glorious tenn
pies dedicated ito the unknown God
and Rome, in her lust of dominion, in
| the realization of her manifest destiny
became the bloated oppressor of the
| world"
| Upon this and other great questions
the need of time is the courage of con-
| Viction. The chief glory of the closing
century will be most respondent in the
| men who will not bend to every shift
ing breeze of so-called public sentiment,
who will not yield to the tyranny of
corporate greed, who will not bow to
the cross of gold" but deeming them
selves related to every human being,
consecrate themselves to truth and JUS
| tice, liberty and equality, the four cor
| flee is founded.
| Nowhere more than in this building
soon to be completed will be sown the
seeds of right and justice or wrong
| and oppression. Here it is your privi-
lege and duty to come and watch with
a Jealous eye the work of those who
enter here bearing the states commits
sion. You are the power behind the
| throne, mightier than the throne itself
Ii the presence of unsound morals and
| economic heresies are dangerous ITO the
| nation, they are also dangerous to the
| state. This spot is common ground
| upon which all can meet. In ancient
| Greece there was one spot consecrated
| to peace, and on that spot would as
semble Ionians, Persians and Athen-
bans alike, who, leaving behind the
shield and spear as well as the memory
of hard-fought battles, would worship
| at the same shrine and seek the same
benefactions. May this cornerstone be
to us what Delos was to the Greeks
and may we, like those old warriors,
forgetting all trifies, animosities and
political differences, assemble from
time to time and under the sanctified
| flag of a common country unite here in
seeking that which shall best promote
| our interests as a commonwealth. To
| this end may the building about to be
| erected remain all the years to come
| a rallying place for freemen, jealous of
| their rights, incorporating in their
devotion to the constitution and the
| laws.
| The Masonic Ceremonies.
Then came the Masonic ceremonies.
Grand Master Pomeroy, assisted by
Grand Treasurer Parchen, Grand Secre-
| tary Hedges, Deputy Grand Master
Barrett, Senior Grand Warden Chapple,
| junior Grand Warden Brantley and
other grand lodge officers, who partic-
| pate IN such exercises, proceeded to go
through the regulation Masonic ritual
followed upon similar occasions. The
block of granite constituting the corner
| stone was first raised several feet by
means of the steam derrick, mortar was
| spread upon the stone upon which the
suspended block was to rest. The solid
| silver trowel made especially for the oc-
casion was touched to the mortar. Then
the grand secretary announced the list
or archives that were contained in the
casket to be placed in the cavity of
the stone, the same as printed in to-
days Standard, including the latest is
sues of the leading newspapers of the
state. The copper box was placed in
position and the granite cube slowly
descended to its resting place. The
beautiful services of pouring corn. oil
and wine upon the stone, each symbol
cal, followed. The exercises concluded
with the grand masters pronouncing
Ine stone lalQ III aCCOTudnCe Win the
rules and regulations of the craft. On
the west side of the stone is the date
July 4, 1899, and on the north side the
great seal of the state.
| Colonel Wilbur F. Sanders, past grand
master of the grand lodge of Montana
Masons, concluded the exercises with an
address dealing with the Importance
of the occasion in Masonry and the
states history. During the exercises
the Great Northern band of Great
Falls, which was prominent feature
OF the parade, rendered selections AMI
chorus sang appropriate songs. The
attendance o-day. especially on the part
of the Masons, was quite representa-
tive nearly every section of the state
being represented.
The Black Eagle commandery Of
Great Falls sent large delegation, and
ether Communicates had members in
attendance. The grand commandery
acted as an escort to the grand lodge
Tonight there was a large display OF
/ fre he