Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-29
VICTORIOUS ELkS
RETURN HOME.
,,,.n a Rapturons Welcome by Fellow Ant
.ts Who Take Them Through the City
in Carriages Big Reception.

two weeks ago that Salt Lake try to
get next years convention, there
weren't more than half dove, OF US
who thought that II could ever be done.
But II has been done, and to you, my
returning brothers, IL due the credit.
The growth and progress Of this lodge
during the last three years has demon
strated that the men who compose II
are made Of that stuff that when they
bend their energies TO any one object,
when they 10 after any one thing, they
are going TO get Il.
"The character and the extent Of the
work that has been done by our dele
gates is known by very few OF us. They
met with the most dlscouraging antag-
onsm on all sides. Some OF the boys
said that they would win hands down,
but am very much afraid that II some
others Of US had gone, II would have
been a case Of hands up.
Having secured this convention, II Is
the duty of every member OF the lodge
TO appoint himself committee OF one
to prepare for the great, eVenttul day
when our brothers VIII come from an
over the broad country to meet with
us here in SaltMake. What can ! say
In praise OF those who have brought
this abQut?'
Three rousing cheers were the an
swer to Mr. Dunbar's question cries
for Freed Freed' verberaied
throughout the hall and the exalted
ruler arose from his chair. Look at
him. Now, just look at him" called
the Elks and the herd expressed its
admring regard by continued cheering.
1t was up to the exalted ruler TO tell
how 1t happened, which he did.
when we arrived in Milwaukee
said Mr. Freed. "all we could see was
Baltimore, Saratoga, Charleston and
San Francisco badges. They were ev-
erywhere. We decided 10 do nothing un--
Ill after the election Of a grand exalted
ruler. SO. as soon as Charley Pickett
was chosen. we sent 10 our headquar-
tiers In the hotel and got out 10000 OF
these tags which you have seen. read
ing. Ship me 10 Salt Lake In ly02.
Salying forth. We pinned one on every
delegate we could see. They did't seen,
to regard the idea very enthusiastically,
for they asked us where Salt Lake was
and joshed liz more than a little. Not
wlthstandng this the night before the
election We felt that we had II.
charleston was the first city placed
in nomination, and then Saratoga was
named The young man who proposed
that the next convention go to Saratoga
was one OF these oily tongued youths,
and he talked and talked and talked.
Finally taking one Of our Ship-me tags,
he said ironically, Ship me to salt
Lake In 1902 Cheers and applause
went all over the house. and cries OF
That's right, ship me to salt Lake
Wrre echoed all over the hall. When
the vote came II seemed that every
body rose. IL was practically unanl-
nous for Salt Lake and Charleston was
showed under, receiving only six votes.
eve have often congratulated our
selves upon the fact that salt Lake
lodge No. S. was looked upon as one OF
the very best in the country Wen, let
me tell you that il Is now looked upon
as the very best In the country" Con-
tinued cheering greeted the end of the
exalted rulers speech, and II hnally
| changed TO calls for 'Ensensperger!
! Joew The past exalted ruler rose
mopping his brow and looking happy.
This Is the conclusion Of the hard
est fight in Elkdom,' he said, after the
| cheers had subsidized, land as ! took
! part in Il and did my little best. ! am
| glad that It is over. We worked so
hard. that don't believe that one Of
| the boys went TO bed az this point
Lester Freed pulled Joes coat tail, and
the latter sat down.
Bert Raybould began his speech with
the remark that he hadn't seen George,
| but he was glad to get back just the
same. I'VE are all glad to get back TO
Salt Lake, he said. There Is no place
like 1t. as the delegates will find next
summer. 1t IS going to be hard WORK
preparing for this convention. for there
win surely be 1900 Elks here, TO say
nothing OF the strangers who will come.
We will have 10 work, but we had to
do that to get the convention, SO !
guess that we can do It all right
Lee Ransohoff haid that the others
had told all they knew. Lester Freed
re,orted that Lee hadn't been well on
the trip and Il was II o'clock. And
being the mystic hour, the meeting
! broke up.