Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-12


sentiment, that they soon became UNI
| popular All too frequently the order
| Is held responsible for the conduct or
| those who are not members Of the
| order. 80 long az there Is one ocoa-
| sion Of thls character given during
| the year, so long rs one lodge falls to
observe the proper respect for the or
| der II tends 10 bring the entire order
| Into disreputo ana to lower II In the es-
teen Of the public in general Elkdom
| 10 not a vaudeville show II believes
! IN the legitimate drama. II dlscounte.
| nances anything that detracts from the
manliness and from the dignity that
| should attach to,it.
| DIsGRACEFUL PUGIL1sM,
In this connection and IN view OF the
| publicity that has attached to the mat
ter feel justified In making a pass
| Ing reference 10 the fact that the grand
| lodge OF Eks, as grand lodge, does
not approve, nor cOuntenance, nor rec
ogni2e directly or lp1lrectly expressly
or lmpllcdly The disgraceful scenes OF
the pusillstic arena, II there Is anyone
OF this vast audience who has not read
the letters published In your daily pa
pers containing the disapproval by the
grand lodge officers Of the prize fight
that was sought to be given In this city
during the days when our grand lodge
was to be In session, ! want to say that
the same met with our earnest protest
and with onr most emphatic and yigor-
Gus objection.
APPRECIATES LOCALS.
desire to express my appreciation to
the executive committee and to those
members of Salt Lake City lodge No. So
who nave responded to the true mean
ing Of Ell<dom who have been faithful
TO their obligations who have felt the
proper feelings Of hospitality, for their
Efforts In seeking TO prevent this occur
renee and for their success In prevent
ing Il during the three days that the
grand lodge Is In legal session. The pO-
sitlon taken by you. brothers of Salt
Lake city lodge, IN this matter. has
placed you high IN the esteem OF the
order at large and also desire 10 ex-
press my appreciation on behalf of the
gder for the assistance rendered to you
ny the local authorities and by the
sood citizens of your city.
what has been true here should be
true everywhere The order of Elks
should stand side By side with the bel.
ter element OF citizenship for the pro.
motion of everything that win tend 10
the elevation or the moral life OF the
community, believe In the optimism
OF possibilities and feel that there is a
great field for usefulness In each and
every community where our order is 10.
Gated There are 80 many opportunities
py which you can promote and conserve
the interests of your fellow men, main
tain and strengthen the laws OF your
commonwealth, place before Others
nigh Ideals and furnish to them eXcm-
pars OF better things.
HOW TO STAND.
My very heart Is enfibered with love
for this order and with the good that
II may accomplish. II possesses not
only the serious and the earnest but the
lighter pleasantries of life. Il repre-
sents a happy medium For myself. /
do not believe In being so straight that
you fall backwards nor so louise that
you tumble forwards, but believe that
q man should stand erect and drink In
The inspiring scenes OF life about him,
be susceptible to the gentler and finer
touches OF nature, enjoy the smiles, the
flowers, the good cheer of life. / do
not believe that one must assume
pious or serious aspect In moving
among his fellow beings, There Is pow
er In the grip and word Of greeting.
We must not be ships that pass in the
night EllWom places no man In the
pilory for enjoylng the natural free
dom inherent In every individual 1t
believes that man should enjoy TO the
fullest and greatest extent the best
things with which nature has endowed
him, but that In the enjoyment he
should not trespass upon the peace and
dignity N the community or of his
fellow men.
EXPLOITATION.
Fan would I talk to you today, my
brothers and fellow citizens with ref.
erence to our beloved order. II is dear
TO me. The close relationship have
sustained to the members during the
past year has only Intensified the love
and affection which | have always
borne towards our order.
We are factor among the worlds
great forces, We are actors upon the
great stage and every member must
play his Iart. II VIII be regarded az
his contribution TO the sum Of humOn
happiness. When the Macauley of our
times writes OF the influences that have
helped to produce the grander ciyliza-
ti0n yet to come may our brotherhood
be given an honored place
History tells us that Matilda. the
queen OF William the Conqueror, wove
upon tapestry the glorious achieve
ments Of the king. Each glorious act
and noble deed was placed there and
has been handed down to us
from generation TO generation.
So my brothers, let each
member Of this order weave upon the
invisible tapestry Of Elkdom some noble
deed or act embellish It with the eyem-
pllhcatiOn Of our exalted purposes and
noble principles, and transmit TO our
successors, TO generations yet unborn
and TO the ages yet TO come, as the Inn
perishable legacy of our order.
Those who are now participating IN
these services will pass away. This
wonderful edifice will In time decay and
crumbIe. The gaye Of authority and
the embems Of our order may be re-
solved again into simple matter, but
Il II IL guided Alright It will live on and
on fresh IN eternal truth and immortal
dH lililt iiStlis
May the Elks here assembled feel
within themselves deeper. richer
purer love for our order a more earn
est conception of it's exalted purposes,
its higher and broader mission, and go
forth with eyes upliftcd hearts open,
hopes strengthened. aud perpctuate for
all time peace and good fellowship
among our brothers and spread the gos-
pel u love and humanity among our
fellow men.
Arouse ye Elks to this glorious mis-
sion. Contemplate our marvellous past,
our splendid present. our prophetic flu |
ture. | call upon you one and all
"To aid its dawnlng tongue and pen,
Aid II thoughts Of honest men,
Aid Il paper, aid II type,
Ala II for the tines Is ripe
And our earnest must not slacken into
play,
Men CT thought and men Of action clear
the way"
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