The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-03
Quartette Rendered Music

Squire Coop had the entire charge of
the music for the occasion, and the ex-
cellent quartette which be had trained
for the event. composed of Miss Bessie
Blair; Mrs, John Culley, Frank Cham
berlain and Fred Tout, after the open
ing ceremonies by Exalted Ruler w.
y. Brown, rendered 81 IN a Pilgrim. -
the great production by Marston.
The opening ode by the lodge mem
bers, 'Great Ruler Of the Universe, "
was sung by the lodge members 10 the
air of "Auld Lang Sync, and the in
vocation was gwen by the chaplain, A.
T. Hestmark,
Frank Chamberlain sang as a solo.
Zone Sweetly Solemn Thought -
and Judge Rolapp, introduced as
Brother Rolapp, spoke at length on
the sacred duties of the Elks. and gave
the following patriotic address:
Ought to Be Thankful.
cit is, indeed, matter for which
we ought to be truly thankful that
Death, has passed by the portals of
this lodge, without summoning any Of
our members. Every one is spared vet
for a while, 10 silently and unosten-
tstiously relieve suffering among the
needy. And we desire 10 stimulate in
others the realization of the fact that
EThe world is full Of beauty when the
heart is full of love
Even on these days when we pay
tribute to our departed brethren we
should contemplate the lessons de-
rived from the lives of those who have
departed. because every life, not spent
wholly for the benefit of self, leaves to
us a message of counsel and advice,
message OF encouragement and warning
and Of good Will TO ourselves and our
loved ones, and to mankind.
There is always a satisfaction and
profit in contemplating the past. In
so doing we feel more strongly the pres
ence of divine influence; God S love,
God IS mercy, and God S Justice appears
to us more distinct.
Message From the Dead.
'fThe message from the dead to the
future ls the message for our guidance.
II we cannot heed them all. let us on
this day concentrate our thoughts upon
our own class. the group of toilers
The message tells labor is health, and
from health comes contentment.
But the message also tells Of the
trials and struggles and the poverty of
life, and the disheartening of the
most joyful spirits which at times
casts the most resolute men into de-
spair. This poverty should be re-
heved by innocent acceptation. For
there is in this Nation a poverty that
is painful to endure; that of the
Piouu <tHetIcdn spirit, ana 1naL PRIDE
and poverty is almost uncomfortable ~
Judge Rolapp referred then TO an
other part of the message from the
dead, and that is the admonition to
light fair; and this was analyzed
by the speaker, who said that, FThe
tollers; and when / speak Of the toilers
/ again emphasize that / speak of
toilers Of both head and hands. the
toilers have always been, and now are.
not fguratively alone. but actually. the
sole champions of continuous independ.
ence.
Owe Our Independence.
''It is to them and their efforts that
we owe our independence when the
money power of England controlled our
colonies; it is to the toilers that we
owe the reunited Nation, though the
plntocrats did not indorse the spending
Of money for the prosecution of the
war; it is to the toilers. not the men
who had stored up money. that the war
with Spain and the freedom Of Cuba
which were successfully effected. In
these great struggles the toiler was
right, and he learned the power of
unity Of action, and the message from
the past is to fight fair. There is an
other message from the past that tells
us that men have not always fought
fair, Let it be known that never have
men with American names been con
nected with the anarchist crimes that
have been committed - and the
speaker named the Haymarket murder.
ers, Guitteau, and the assassin of