The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-17

haling patriotism from the air ever kept
impregnated herewith: taking peep at
classic Boston, forgetting not the many
hdfnlets from which came a WEBSTER,
sumner, LongfellOw, Lowell, a WHIT
tier
From thence you went more than 5000
miles and pitched your tent on the shores
o the PacIdc. drinking in the wonders OF
mat land lis beautiful valleys It's maShl.i-
cent mountains; partaking Of It's fruits ana
nlarVel1nS at the wonderful progress that
ClNllzat1On has caused, from Il county
dotted only few years before with lndlan
wigwams. you found splendid cities. mag
nihcent harbors. the plains that hereto
fore had been the roaming ground OF inc
rncultured red man were teeming with the
From thence YOU journeyed TO the
Deautiful City of the Straits. partaklhS OF
the healthful aroma coming from the great
pineries Of the North forgetting not 10
view the places made sacred by the nero
ism of the advance guards OF clVlIlzaueh.
awhile in the Southland, remembering that
her soil was the first that drank the blood
OF martyrs in the glorious cause 81 IrSe-
dom. Being in the City OF Seven Hllls. the
home of Powhatan and on the bank or the
James, where the princess OF the IoIeSt'
Pocahontas, forgetting her own ana Wlth-
out an example. assumed the role OF the
Good Samaritan. And after having peeh
East. West. North and South you return
to the jurisdiction of Indiana and your
second coming is an omen OF the klnoIv re-
We cannot present to you Deautlful
rivers, broad preiries nor magnificent
mountains, as seen in your trip TO the
Golden Gate. Nor can we say 10 you
Take your seat in the gateway OF the
grand Northwest No aroma comes TO you
from the forests Of the North; we have no
morning winds perfumed from the cypress
on the hillside; no mocking-bird TO MARBLE
to you at dawn of day, calling you from
rest TO refreshments; no Bunker Hill, no
Concord to remind you that once mighty
conflict between might and right was de-
cided in favor of right in the awful car
mage OF war. But we do say, behold us!
And as in times that are gone we assume
and take on the customs of that day and
speak in our own praise.
JURISDICTION OF HOMES.
THE jurisdiction of Indiana is a juris-
diction of homes where $4,000 brothers and
sisters are housed with care and from the
resources gathered therein s25O,000 annually
is handed back TO brothers and sisters in
need. Indiana. the grand old Hoosier State
-peopled in the past and the present by
stalwart lovers of the right, having been
trained in the school of politics led by such
leaders as Hendricks. Mcdonald, Voorhees,,
Morton, COlfax and Harrison, now sleeping
in the cemetery hard by. Their followers,
proud of the past, are making true the
saying, Every HooSier a born politician.
In place of the woodland north and south
is the farm, the orchard the garden, the
meadow In place of the corral is the COM
modiOus barn, the doors of which are gap
ing wide, filled with plenty; in place. of the
hut is the splendid dwelling, provided with
the comforts and luXuries of life in which
you Will find the sons and daughters OF
those grand old pioneers. like from which
a Lincoln came; in place of the winding
path through the forest are excellent roads
In place OF the stage coach web of iron
from East TO West and from North to
South upon which the product of industry
is freighted to the markets of the world
i'm nf he j. hn Gnh
house; in place of the ringing of the wood
mans AK at early morn the shrill whistle
from factory and shop; in place of the
friendly budapest to direct the passer-by
ii is some manufactured product carried
to every market of the yorld. telling from
whence it came; in place of the hamlet
town and cities have grown and to-day
Indiana is furnishing to the highways of
freight material for every port on the
globe. From her forests, hardwood; from
her hills, building stone; from her mines
coal; from within her borders, reservoirs
Of gas and rivers of oil; from her orchard,
the choicest of fruit; from her garden veg
etables without number; from her mead
ows, herds of cattle and f1ocks of sheep;
from her fields of corn, hogs without num-
Der.
I'VE no longer look to our sister States
from the East for institutions of learning
We have Earlham, Hanover, Bloomington
Purdue, Wabash, Notre Dame. Rose Poly
teehmc. De. Paw and our various normal
schools, colleges and universities, from
whence come the sons and daughters of
Indiana and with them their alma mater
Examples multiply. but time forbids
In material growth Indiana has long stood
in the front rank In the markets of trade
you Will find Indiana stamped on every
kind of manufactured product, evidencing
to the world that her people are industri-
Gus, prosperous and happy.
SOLDIERS MOURNED.
'Of her soldiers, the world mourns the
untimely death of Past Grand Masters
Hackelman and Meredith. In her onward
march she stops at the bier of gallant
Lawton and gives a tear. Their last rest
ing places are marked by suitable piles of
granite, and annually we strew the mounds
made thereby with bright flowers. the Ian
guage of love. You did well in coming to
the city of indianapolis, within whose CEN
ter stands a monument, builded from the
quarries of Indiana, in commemoration Of
the valOr of her soldiers, dead and living,
from whose heights old glory catches the
first peep of dawn, and bids good night to
the last rays of the setting sun twilight
spreads her mantle over the city of con-
Centrated circles.
And within its shadow stands a monu-
ment erected by loving hands, around
which the votaries of the degree of Re-
bekah will gather on this, their hftieth an
niversary calling TO memory the words so
In fraternal growth Indiana has no SUI
perior. In every nook and corner you will
find some kind of edifice with the letters
L. o. o. F. saying to the passer-by, with
in friendship is exemplifed by the beauti-
full allegory of Jonathan and David. The
true test of manhood by the acts of the
good samaritan, and the voice of God re-
minding us of the hourglass of time,
through which the sands of life flow slow
ly but surely. Having enlarged our
filaietories, enabling us to watch the fiocks
on the plains of Paren, learned well the les
of liberation, stopping by the wayside,
taking lessons in devotion from the lovely
Rebekah, casting the mantle OF charity
over our imperfections. Into our Golfers.
pennies, like the raindrops from heaven,
fall, building and maintaining a home
where the brother and sister, having been
touched by misfortune, can find resting
place. as the sun Of time sinks in the great
beyond and the bright-eyed boy and girl
gathered from the byways of life, their
feet placed on the road TO manhood and
womanhood a monument to Odd Fellow
ship. emphasizing the fact that stand
at the head of fraternal organizations.
Grand sire and members of the SOver-
eign Grand Lodge, your coming is like a
father coming to his children. proud of his
own. and your children. the ninety thou
sand Odd Fellows in Indiana, happy at
your coming and loving sons and
daughters open wide the door and bid you
welcome.
GRAND sIRE's ADDRESS.