Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-24
SONS OF
Programme Faithfully Carried
Out Saturday
WITH EXCEPTION FPARADE
Rev. j. L. AlbrittOn Delivered an El0-
Quent Grafton --England and
America at Peace
WITH EXCEPTION OFPARADE

The splendid programme for st.
Georges day was carried out to the letter
Saturday with the exception of the
parade, which was abandoned owing to
the snow and mud on the streets. AT
Centerville during the afternoon the Ahce
band, composed of embers OF the sons
of st. George, rendered several spleholo
selections. Rev. Mr.. BoWker invoked the
divine blessing upon the assemolase anu
referred feelingly to the noble mission OIL
the order. The orator of the day was
Rev. J.. l.. Albritton of the Mountain
View church, who said in part:
81 believe that it is the duty of every
man TO belong to some good, relable, ira
ternal society, that in tibet lme OF depfes-
sion in business or sickness OF Iong oula-
ton he may have something laid ASIDE,
with others, to assist those VINO are
needy, or if Affections should TALL upon
him, he has somewhere to look LOT sym,
pathy and substantial help. l am not Well
enough acquainted with the various Ia
Dor unions to speak advisedly regarding
them: but, from my standpoint, 1t APP
pears to be the weaker uniting themselves
to resist, if necessary, the stronger II
they attempt to place the iron heel of OPP
preston upon them, and surely no just
person cam pc OppUStQ l " lie lilS
golden words of Jesus, Whatsoever we
would that men should do to you, do We
even SO to Them are accepted by the rich
and the strong it will be necessary for the
weaker ones to fortify themselves
against the %oppressor. And your order
suggests the successful way. Let there
be concord, harmony, united action. The
motto of my native state, United we
stand, divided we fall words taken
from the lips Of the father of u coun-
try, are as true as they are beautiful.
United, in harmony, in perfect concord
what can an order like yours accom-
plish? Suppose the working people of
our great country were in perfect ac-
cord? We would not fear m~onopolies, the
entire Standard Oil combine with all Of
Rockefeller's gold and a thousand more
like him. They might buy up great cons
Germs as much as they will; they could
combine and swallow up great corpora
ions and place their heel Of oppression
upon the neck of the laboring class, but
it would all be in vain. The bra WIN and
the brain of the w~orkingmen, standing in
concord, could successfully resist the mo-
nopolies of the world. But you have an
other word in your motto that is the Cir
Gle that holds all the trappings Of your
order in place., that places your fraternity
and concord in right relation to the mono
rolics and also to other orders Xix your
own; that word is Love. Love that binds
your brotherhood together: love that
keeps you in sweet concord; love the most
beautiful word of the language, the one
shat means the most; the grace of all the
graces, emanatintg from the Father of
Light; the grace THAT shines the brightest.
and will last the longest, aye, the grace
that will out last time and dwell in the
eternitieS.
TT is an impossibility for the Sons and
na1lrJ,t elrS of 81 EanrCa tn rnInn tnoathnr
on their anniversary day and not think
about your mothers, the old homes and
scenes connected with that country from
which you emigrated. Nor should o do
so. I marry people sometimes-young la
dies and gentlemen. do not forget this
and when I DO I expect the man to love
his wife better than he does his mother,
and I would always advise a young cou-
pie if they wish to live happily together
to leave father and mother and go to
themselves. But is a man to forget his
mother because he loves his wife? By nc
means. A true wife Will love her hus-
band more if he continue to love his
mother. He Isl mot to be always talking
about her and making his wife feel that
his mother is a superior being to her:
that she can't make a cup of tea Like
mother can. or that mothers saffron cake
was always just right and hers a miser-
able failure. No, that is not a thing to
do.
"You have come to this country. IT is
your home. You love it, you have sworn
allegiance to it. but you are not going to
forget the mother country. You march
under the stars and stripes, but your
heart warns at the occasional Union
Jack. Bring it out today in this hall,
wave it to the breeze. It will not harm,
you. nor make you love our starry ban
ner less.
st do not wonder that YOU are proud
of the land Of your nativity. We are