The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon. (Canon City, Colo.) 1911-192?, 1919-09-04
SUCKERSE ENJOY A.
GALA DAY AT THE
CITY PARK In
ANNUAL PICNIC
Morris Emrnerson of Fl. Col
Inns Was Speaker of Day
Basket Dinner Served.

County and their IrlenuS dt the Wy
Park on Monday was delightful ar
fair, and fully redeemed the anticipa
lions of the arrangements committee,
both in attendance and in the enjoy
able character of the program of en-
tertainment. There were probably,
between 400 and 500 people present
and they represented in their former
residence more than half of the 102
counties of Illinois.
After a sumptuous basket dinner.
such as Illinois people regale them
selves with on such occasions, there
was literary and musical program
participated in by local talent, supple
mented by a magnificent address by
Hon. Morris Emmerson of Fort Col.
Inns. an ex-Illinoisan, who for the last
few years has been editor and pub
Usher of the Fort Collins fourier. His
speech was so interesting. patriotic,
philosophical and timely that we re-
greet that we are unable to lay at
least a resume of it before our read
ers Owing to the pressure of other
matters, however, we shall have to
content ourselves with the publica-.
ton of only paragraph or two of the
peroration-
Before the more formal exercises OF
the afternoon began, County Clerk
Jonathan Seaman, president of the as
ISOLATION, called the gathering to or
der and asked for nominations of can
didates for officers of the organization
for the next ensuing year, whereupon
r. ]. Craig was unanimously elected
president. T. ]. Prescott vice presi-
dent and John w. Emmerson secre-
tary-treasurer 1t was determined TO
make the 1920 celebration, If possible
the largest and best in the history of
the association.
Every feature of Monday afternoons
program was frst-class and received
its need of applause. The first num-
Der was humorous. dialect reading by
John Kenneth Emmerson which, by its
superb rendition, won the assemblage
horse, foot and dragons" So en-
thusiastic and persistent was the APP
plauuse that he was compelled to re-
spond to the encore. Other numbers.
no less meritorious, were vocal Sc
lections by a male quartet consisting
of Melvin Melchi, Ed Fredrickson.
Walter Kearney and Herb Brewer and
d StlltS Vi Novelties ny tNIOl- AIlnuI
L. Haley and his talented DAUGHTER
Miss Juanita. These embraced free
hand drawings by Miss Haley, fol-
lowed by sleight-of-hand perform
ance. a trombone 500, cartooning and
a crayon illustration of the song
Where the Morning Glories Bloom
by Prof. Haley. In this work they
maintained the high reputation they
have established for themselves as ar
fists and entertainers.
After reviewing some of the
achievements of Illinois as a membe-
of the galaxy of states and the part
1llinoisans are taking in the civic and
industrial affairs of Colorado including
some references 10 tire early chroni-
cIes of Canon City, Mr. Emmerson
concluded his address by saying
IF the brutal methods of the auto
cratic war lords who dominated and
controlled the German people were to
become the methods of all lands. If
the great German writer's who v'rtu-
ally say. to he'll with YOUR Christianity
and your Christ had been indo-sed at
the end of the unparalleled conflict TO
the principles of Justice. democracy.
truth and righteousness, then ! would
say there is no power in the Chris
tian religion. Human nature, or
character. does not seem 10 have
changed. neither for the better or the
worse. with the development of human
tngenuities. Men and women appear
as they appeared $500 years ago. In.
trigue. avarice, jealousy. deceit, lust
and ambition smite the happiness %
the world just as they did thousands
of years ago. With the manhood Of
this generation depleted by war and
havoc. with its womanhood deeener-
ated by feminism: who in the final
test shall come to the rescue OF civil
fzation? This is an ugly question.
and we hesitate TO face 1t. but ii arises
like a maddened lion across our path-
way. II must be answered or civiIiza-
ton must give way to a restoration
of the feudal system
"Shall 1t be written that this na-
ton. having reached the apex of the
activity: having arrived where Greece
was: where Rome was. centuries he
fore we came into existence: with
wealth and luxury able to go no far
Their: shall we now deliberately set
ourselves to annihiIiafing one another
and to the destruction of the accre-
tions Of centuries,
AS matters now stand who can saw
that the world may not be for the third
time on the down Grade headed for an
other cycle Of what We call the dark
aresy With this declaration con-