Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-24

est place today in the worlds civilization.
She cam boast of having furnished to the
world more great men than n other
nation.
And just here, a word to the Daugh-
ters of st. George. 1t is common to tack
on a. few words IN conclusion to the
daughters; but I viii! speak especially to
you in the midst of lily address. You are
equals in all respects to the sons, and
your native country has done as much as
amy IN the world to blish this fact.
From the appearance of the daughters to-
day,l judge they are upon an equality
with the sons, n l am, sure they are
greatly beloved by them. But to you to-
day | wish to refer to that woman, below
ed by every British subject everywhere,
and any one who has a drop of the Brit
aln in his veins and honored no less by
any American citizen. The good Queen
victoria sits upon The throne of England
not only in royal distinction, but as one
OF The most remarkable women of the
century. The length of her re~ign-longer
nan any other king or queen-may be
attributed to the peaceful tranquility of
her reign, and the peacefulness, of her
reign may be attributed largely to the
woman she is. She commenced her reign
right. When she was ushered into the
presence of the archbishop of Canterbury
ana informed Of the death of the king
and that she should sit upon the throne,
the young Sirl OF is at Once requested the
archbishop to invoke the throne of grace
TOR her. While she has done much to lift
lef country INTO greater prominence and
sne mas seen it grow and extend till the
sun never sets upon her possessions, she
mas always. as far as possible. avoided
war, ana Continued in peaceful relations
With THE nations round her.
we have uncrowned queens in this
country. Women, lovely, queenly, WELD
ing an influence equal to any man.
Among others, let me mention that wo-
man of the white house, dear alike to the
rlch and poor, for she was as kind to the
humblest poor as to the rich, true to her
principles of right when it was not a
popular thing to do so; but standing up
IN the dignity of her womanhood and
motherhood she banished the VIM from
the white house during the administrat
ton OF her good husband, and | pray the
daughters OF st. George to hold to the
principles of Mrs. Hayes in this re-
sdpect.
This celebration comes al an auspt-
clous time. Never since the Declaration
OF independence was signed AVE Eng
and and America stood so close to-
gether. Since your last anniversary the
war with Spain has been, Cuba has been
freed, Porto Rico has become ours, Dewey
mas sailed into Manila bay and van
quished the Spanish fleet, and the Philip
pine islands have come. under the Stars
II stripes, and old Spain, the arrogant
n cruel nation, has suffered an igno-
mlnlous defeat: and during all this time
John Bull has stood by and watched. The
British lion has gazed upon the American
eagle with a smile of cOmplacency as he
has watched the struggle for the freedom
of the oppressed; but he has shown his
teeth in a very significant manner when
ever Germany or France or Russia have
acted aS fhn11oh thnv ,,,i,lt i,;, +I~r,,
selves to the enemy; and today the
mother and daughter are united and are
upon the best of terms together.
England and America nave fought
against each other, but they will never
fight each other again. We are one; the
same blood flows in our veins. We speak
the same language. We are of the same
race of people. We worship the same
God, through the same Christ, and we
read the same open Bible. Our interests
are largely one, and the Anglo-Saxon
race is gaining ground. and the English
language is spreading among the nations
every day. We are a peaceful people.
but we shall not stand by and see the
weak one oppressed. Nor will we allow
the nigh of darkness to reGt upon any
without sending them the light. If other
nations will help us to scatter the light
and give to the oppressed freedom, we
are willing to accept them as our allies.
The little nation out west is already
stretching out her hands toward us. and
we are eagerly graisping it in a friendly
manner. If we are let alone we will,
pursue our God-given work; but If We
are hindered or attacked We will contend
for the right. And England on the east
and Japan on the west, can contend sue
cessfully against the combined forces of
the world. The Anglo-Saxon race is des-
tined to conquer, and America and Great
Britain will lead them to the CON
quest"