The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-02
TRIBUTES TO
DEPARTED ELKS
Touching Memorial Services Held
by the Order.
FINE MUSICAL PROGRAMME
ADDRESSES By JUDGE POWERS
AND J. C. LEARY.

sweet memories of departed brothers
was done last evening by Salt Lake
lodge No. IS Of the Benevolent and
Protective Order Of Elks. The regular
annual memorial services under the
auspices Of the order were held at the
Grand theatre and called together an
audience that crowded the building
from the rear Of the larse stage to
the doors. There were not seats
enough BY far to accommodate the au-
dience and many were compelled to
stand, although the main floor and all
the balconies were filed, while the
stage was crowded with members Of
the order and musicians.
The services were all the more i'm
pressive, because CT the recent and
tragic death of Dr. McKenna, and
many beautiful tributes were paid to
his memory by the various speakers.
The principal address of the evening
was by Judge O. w. Powers, and it IS
certain that no more eloquent eulogy
was ever uttered in this city on the
underlying principles of fraternal or
ders. The programme throughout was
one 0f high merit; some of the mu-
steal numbers were especially fine
The decorations were very simple,
and consisted almost wholly of Amer
lean flags, dEsped in various places,
and pa4Tns in front OF the stage. In the
foreground on the stage were seated
tho officers and a number OF prominent
members of the lodge in evening dress.
together with the speakers of the
evening. Back of them were about
he of no o-Ia -,
the rear on an elevated platform was
Held's band. All the boxes of the
theatre were occupied by prominent
Elks and their lady friends.
The committee having in charge the
services was composed of c. S.
Kinney. chairman; H. L Booth, JO-
seph Enzensperger, H. 4. Leipsinger
and ". r. Sibley 1t was announced
that similar services were being held
last evening in every city in the United
States of over 5,0O0, where an Elks'
lodge was in existence. Here the
services were held in honor of the
memory OF DR.. p. J. McKenna, DR.. J.
W. Smith, DR.. X A Kjos. W. w.
Miles, Frank H. Peters, z. J. Pratt,
Lester Waliach and W. A. Watkins,
members Of lodge No. IS, who have
died.
The programme opened with an
overture, William Tell" by the band,
and the solemn nature of the music
put the audience in the proper frame
OF mind 10 appreciate the programme
that followed. Following the music
came the opening exercises by the
members of the order on the stage;
these exercises included the calling of
the roll OF the dead brothers by Sec
Tetary A. W. Raybould, and a brief
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Judge Powers Address.
After a, tenor solo, Come. Jesus.
Redeemer," by ]. a. Graham, and a
selection by the band. c. s. Kinney
as chairman introduced Judge Powers.
In doing so he spoke Of the rapid
growth of the order till it now has in
this country 500 lodges and about
$4,000 members. The Elks, he said.
recognize no religious distinctions, no
politics, no section; the order is as
broad as humanity and has the Golden
Hule for its basis. The local lodge has
$50 members,
Judge Powers spoke at some length
on the principles OF the order and Of
the good work it was doing not only
among its members, but in society at
large. He was glad, he said, to know
that neither wealth nor illustrious an
cestry was needed to gain admission:
that there was no religious or political
test; that the accident of a mans
birthplace cuts no figure, and that the
supreme test applied to all applicants
is the test of manhood. These ideas
We're elaborated in beautiful phrases.
The order was defended against the
criticism that it was given too much
TO social pleasures. THE time has
passed. said the judge, when a mans
moral standing is judged by the length
Of his face, and his ability to cause
gloom to settle down over any gather
ing which he may chance to attend. "
He paid a high tribute to Brigham
Young for his wisdom in furnishing
harmless modes Of recreation for his
people.
The order was defended against the
charge that it is inimical to religion
and the speaker closed his address on
this phase of his subject with these
words: i know that your hand is not
raised against religion. for you inter
fere with no mans religious belief and
YOU have furnished a common meeting
place where the Catholic the Protest
ant the Mormon, the Jew and the
Gentle appear TO recognize that they
are all children Of one great Father"
The foundation principles of the or
der-charity, justice, brotherly love and
tidelity-were dwelt upon In Judge
Powers eloquent style. and many beau
tiful Illustrations and figures of speech
were brought into play to emphasize
their meaning. Many apt quotations
from the great men OF the past were
also used Speaking Of the departed
members OF the Salt Lake lodge Judge
Powers paid an eloquent tribute to DR..
McKenna. and from this point he en-
tered upon e most interesting discus
sion Of the desire, born in every heart,
10 I've in the memory Of friends after
Death. He closed with the stirring
words of Dickens on immortality.
The address of Judge Powers was
listened TO with the deepest interest
from beginning TO end. After he had
closed, Mrs. SWensen's ladies' double
Quartette sang "Oh. Holy Stiffness"
and Henry Miles sang as a bass solo
The Light of the World.
Address by J. c. Leary.
JAGIes c. Leary then spoke on Our
Organiza tiOn." In opening, ne said that
&c was on such occasions as this me-
slorial service that the members were
rounded with the best influences,
and that IL was then the principles OF
the order came out I'm the clearest
light. He dwelt on the true meaning
Ct the services, said that retrOspeCts
we're always sad and that three sig
nificant words in the order are live,
love and leave" Mr. Leary also paid
z high tribute TO the cha -acter or DR.. /
McKenna, and thought that mem1r-
ial services we're valuable, as they
show the people that well-spent lives
are appreciated even after the dear
ones are gone.
Mr.. LeaTy spoke at some length on
the principles of the order 1t is not