Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-22
ST. GEORGES
SONS BANQUET
PAY ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE
RULERS OF TWO GREAT
NATIONS.
TO THE QUEEN
AND THE PRESIDENT.
A Memorable Session of the Grand
Lodge Concluded Last Night
at Columbia Gardens.

Tho Sons of st, George concluded a
memorable sessions OF their order yes.eluas
NV a grand banquet at Columbia Gardens.
The members were conveyed to the resort
by special cars, which were placed az Inelr
disposal by General Manager , mnar'oH e
Prior to their departure the Boston y
Montana band rendered some splendid
music and the Butte Glee club sang several
selections in front of Victoria lodge nali'
Ali of which were vociferously encored.
1t was some time after 3 o'clock when
the members of the order and their TRENDS
arrived at the gardens. me pahaue. MAJ.
was beautifully decorated with American
flags. Potted flowers and ferns decorated
the tables. About 1875 members sat down
to one of the finest banquets ever spread
in Butte. The menu included chicken, po-
tato and lobster salads, roast beef, veal
and ham, Swiss and American cheese.
while the relishes included olives, salted
waters, celery, jellies, coffee, tea and beer:
When the guests had taken seats Grand
Organizer William Bartle asked the guests
to arise, and standing AL sang BE Present
AT Our Table, Lord" After doing full JUS
tice to the menu, cigars were passed around
and lighted and then the programme OF
the evening began.
POSTMASTER A. c. Newill read letters
from Senator T. H. Carter. Rev. J. J.
! Bowker, Charles R. Leonard and Henry
Williams, expressing regret at their in
rendered a selection under the leadership
of Professor Stevens and Mr.. Griffith re-
sponded to the encore by singing THE
Old Homestead" the audience joining in
the chorus.
William Bartle proposed the toast, 1.-The
President of the United States" He said:
to one of the greatest of modern Ameri-
cans. a man who in his domestic life sets
an example which every husband may
profitably imitate; who as a soldier offered
his life in his country's cause and fought
for the principle of unity and fraternity
during the four years war; who as a law
maker IN the halls Of congress gave his
name to a law under which the nation
grew great and prosperous beyond the
dreams of men: and who, when called to
still higher responsibilities, carried to the
execution of his duties a ripened wisdom,
an exalted patriotism, a trust in divine
guidance which have since resulted in the
establishment of a policy that has made
the nation respected and revered wherever
the Stars and Stripes have been flung to
the breeze.
This man has restored and increased
the prosperity of the country and con-
Quoted to a successful conclusion a war
! waged for freedom and humanity. He has
guided the destinies of the nation till, in
the arts of peace, it stands side by side with
the great British nation itself in friendly
rivalry. To this greatest of living Ameri-
cans, to this ablest of American statesmen,
to this ideal American gentleman, Amerl-
can citizen and American Christian, to this
father to his own people and steadfast
friend of a united Anglo-saxon race now
propose a toast-Wiliiam Mckinley, Prest-
dent of the United States."
In responding to the toast, Hon. A. F.
Bray said:
IL Is q plSoSllS loSh ina ulo1l
me tonight; pleasing because an American
of English birth so well proposed the toast.
President Mckinley Is great because of the
prosperity he has given this nation. AS
to the talk of Imperialism, l want you to
know that President Mckinley was the last
to enter the war spirit in this country. He
hesitated. Today the American flag is con
sidered the world over second to none
Let us pray to God that William Mckinley
may continue to be president for four year:
more"
Professor Newill then proposed the toas
Queen Victoria whose reign he sait
marked an epoch in Christian civilization
J By her loyalty to the tenets of moralit,
} he said she has brought the court of Eng
J land up to so high a grade that it ha
Z never been eclipsed in all the world. Sh
( was a queen among women and a woman
{ among queens.
) the toast. He was greeted with an ovation
He said: THE history of her reign woul
I fill books. She is a great and noble VIC
I man. Everything may be said to he
credit land nothing can be said to her dis
credit. She Is a pure, good and virtuou
woman. The destiny of a nation has bee
) placed in her hands. She is the head O
} the greatest empire the world has eve
I known. AS Englishmen, you ought to b
( in Europe. She has made England trul
s great. During her reign no slave has pu
5 his foot on English soil. She has called tn
} noblest men to her aid. AS the poet laure
I ate has said, She took occasion by tn
hand and made the bounds of freedor
I wider YETI
Lee Mantle proposed the toast, "unde
the Red. White and Blue and said i