| Show jALL ALL ORATORS I PAY TRIBUTE m Ii TO PIONEERS I a 1 I Im Immense ense Throng Assembles at atIq I Iq Tabernacle I to Attend Patrio Patriotic Patriotic Pa Pa- trio tic Service PRAISE SPOKEN IN POETRY POETRY I I IDay B. B H. H Roberts as Orator of the Day Recounts Thrilling I Il i l Events of Past In 40 I DO W WING G tribute to the pioneers J GLO 1 vJ vho rho ho an nn empire In the V west st and aud nd who made mad Utah one of or the lead leAding dIng states of the union was paid yesterday bv by B B. H H. Roberts as orator I of f the day at the patriotic exercises Ii held in fn the Tabernacle In honor of or theN tho the N Pioneers of or 47 on the anniversary of ot their arrival al In the valley of or the Great Salt ait lal lake l' l fI The service at tho the Tabernacle was III one of the features of ot the days day's celebration cole cele- bration and the edifice was filled with people Special music was furnished for tor the occasion under direction of ot Trot Fret Evan van Stephens Stephen It Is estimated il K I that GOOD persons were present 4 The he program was to have comi commenced com corn at noon but owing to length en th thor i i of or the parade It was as as 1230 before the I- I organ prelude was pla played ed b by Organist Edward P P. KImball l Immediately after the organ prelude I. I Professor ol Stephens Invited the children chil chil- J z dren present to take seats scats in the thc choir and also extended an to members of all choirs Then while I the audience stood America was sung lung t The Rev J. J J J. J McNally of or St. St Marts Mary's cathedral the tho Invocation asking ask ask- 1 ing a n. blessing on the pioneers whom 1 J lie IC characterized as the living exam exam- t pies of what self sacrifice honesty and andI f t industry will achieve c ft 1 Seats Slats Just below the speakers' speakers stand I Y were reserved for tho the pioneers and I l v three S survivors 1 vors of th the first company compan TO o reach rench Salt bait Lake Lake W. A AC C C. C A. A Smoot Lorenzo orenzo S S. Youn Young and Isaac Perr Perry Decker I scats seats on the speakers speakers' speakers speakers' speak speak- t ers ers' stand I Greeting Co o Pioneers t M. M r. r eJ Wells who presided on i j h behalf hn of ot tho the Sons anti and Daughters Daughter of ot Pioneers the organization in charge of or t. t the service delivered a brief welcome 1 to the tho pioneers In which he said Pioneers of oC Utah and Fellow Citi CIU- t zens zens Vo o salute you ou The Sons and Daughters of ot the tho Pioneers Pio Plo under tinder whose auspices these exercises exercises exer eXer- are arc held heM bid y you ono one and all a a. most cordial welcome to this historic edifice which has been the scene of or so man many other notable celebrations The of or Jul July Is a sacred da day In 4 I Utah tab Tho Tito people of these mountains who love loc their rocks locks and tills rills have celebrated this day of ot days ever or C JS iSIT H. H and so long as water runs aid d grass ass grows rows and sons and daughters live will continue to celebrate it H. r or Of t c course urse our organization has other I such as the collection and preservation of the relics of ot early eally days das other alms aims such as the preparation and I 1 publication of ot facts pertaining to the I settlement of or Utah other ambitions such uch as the erection of or monuments to q our illustrious dead dead hut but the ono principal prin prin- w j cipal object of or our existence Is to see to it that a proper Is shown for tor time the pioneers or of Utah on the tho of or eVery t er single Jul July down lown to the latest I J. J L lc of recorded time timo I i Ia Labor hur o of Iu It JI j J It rt Is a labor of ot e love with us We I. I is not prepare and participate In iii these lor for gain sain or ot profit of oC any kind R n. n or fo for purposes of ot promoting this In Int In- In t f crest terest or that Interest or of booming or orf boosting business but purely purel and t ly 1 because have ha vo wo Interwoven In our M t II arts that deep and abiding abiding- reverence 9 J 1 for lor our fathers and mothers that makes the Keeping of their theil memories green greena reen a lart part of our religion 1 W o meet today under most moat happy happ t circumstances taJ Grim war which II so heavily on a off far contiE conti- conti E hath smoothed his lIs wrinkled front ill id Hi ill peaceful Utah no shrieking of antY an- an r tY disturbs our mulct the thc t of or freedom be- be j. j 1 by our forefathers our hearts prosperity sits smiling on omi I our mountain lops tops ch children's childrens voices arc JI ii singing in bongs of gladness sh we are In- In f 11 b by the presence of an honored c remnant of or our carll earliest cst pioneers and all nIl I me time numbers on our program are clara clara- or orin orZ Z for recognition It It therefore becomes I m my i pleasant f dut duty to desist from further remarking except to say a word of or Introduction l io for lor our friends who of out tim th the e goner goner- o-ity o of their hearts lm o consented to tor toI r I n assist us in this splendid day da of or rel re- re l jolln thanksgiving ln and nd praise I 4 J l 1 have ha th the honor to ton I. I Prent Vj to you a n-lt n native ho son on of or Utah a F 1011 n or of one or of the pioneers of 4 47 a i-a a man mani who i IJ by y his s ll genias s has a carved his I I i name 1 nigh on th the walls vails of fame and I I I 1 who ho occupies a foremost IP place In all aU allI Our f hearts carts and aid home poet mane poet historian I t ite ate te on F F. Whit Whit- r ne ney who will wiil recite an orl original poem entitled The Lily nn and the Bee Orson Ornon I I 1 Whitney l Pecan o m. m Mr Ir Whitney was greeted with ap an- pIa USe as ho arose to read rad hl his poetic praise of or the pioneer The poem follows follows fol fol- ol- ol lows lOiss A Lily in a desert land Jand Drank In the tho dew dewy air Of Ot snowy craw crag and crystal stream tream A A. flower l divinely fair Calr The restless ss breezes wandered b by None hone lingering there to woo Each Ench sought nought a beauteous bride to win In But Dut whispered Shell neer ne'er do Her chastity their ardor chilled For she sho was as as the snow Crowning Cro her native mountain tous toua Tinged with the sunset glow Th The Lily mourned her lonely lot IOta And tears chased down her check Till at her feet feel a a. brin brim lake Jake Mirrored each glittering glittering- peak I Into It Its glassy glASS depths she gazed And found she was fair Thenceforth she he smiled a sweeter smile Than she she was wont to wear war Vain smiles and tears The seasons came But cared not long to ata stay Seeking the land of ot gold and flowers ers every mO month Is May Ia A Bee flee flew forth one fateful morn Chased h by lay nn an Idle bo boy Who te fearful lest that that- bUs busy life lite Might his vain life annoy Bes and and sacked Its honeyed hive And gave p a to wind an and 1 flame The precious fruits of or patient toll toil toil- All perished but tho name The ThA Bee win winged d far Its itA pilgrim flight light Oer O'er prairie peak and plain It reached the Lilys Lily's rock girt land And knew pursuit was vain It bent and kissed the drooping flower ter lo I Who Whose holc tears tears' to nectar turned A And Il-fl Il VI B l all 11 It tb t Vil hIs f f 1 lD I i By By br breeze z and season ri spurned p cd They w wedded In the tho wilderness The Ln Lily and the Bee nee And men m mountain ln th n God gave The Land to Industry Industry- I Gave Utah to the Pioneer 0 Whose hose patient valor Von on on Our land to law and liberty For patriot and son Their golden wedding da day has dawned Ring out a happy chime And welcome hero here the wedding guest From every coast and clime Come back come back ye 0 wandering Winds v i n ml s And fickle Seasons come Y Ye shall h not find a fairer land er ye e list to roam Come frigid North come fervid South Come Corne generous West cst and East And grace at ot Utah's bounteous board The TIle Lilys Lily's c least east Miss Iss Florence j Jepperson n then then rendered ren ren- dered derod The Flag Without a Stain and andin andin andin in response to an encore sang sang- Hard HardTimes hardTimes Times s Come Again No o More Moie by H. H U H. H l Chairman Wella introduced n B B. B H Ii Roberts as the orator of the day Mr oIl Roberts Roberts' address was a historical re review review re- re view of ot the trip of OC the pioneers from Illinois to the Salt SaIt Lake valley and of or orthe the work worle of the Mormon battalion The great journey which we are arc here to celebrate said ald tho the speaker began in the middle Mississippi valley val val- lc Icy ley and ended on tho the shores of or Americas America's Amer Amer- ica's leas only dead sea It began In in February February Feb Feb- at Nauvoo tho the river being crossed O on the ice ice and the company compan bivouacked on Sugar creek a a small tributary of or tho the Mississippi The reason the tho beginning o of 01 this trip In winter at so a season was that the Mormons VerO compelled to abandon the city they thoy had founded and to start out In search of or a a. now new home somewhere In the We west t Mr Roberts then told of or the struggle of or the Mormons Mormon through h Jda their labors labor the confusion caused causell by J a are are- report ic- ic port that the government would seek to arrest their Immigration to the west vest and finally of or the thc success of or Jesse C C. Little In III getting g the President and Congress Con Con- gress to give Ive employment to GOO COO Mor or or- or mons to go to California for fora a Peaceful peace peace- ful tul conquest of or f that country lIe Hc de do- do scribed th the arrival of ot Captain lu lIen Allen with the meita messages c to Youn and the pleasure with which President Young declared the men would en n n- n list in what afterwards bec became mc the fa famous famous fa- fa Mormon battalion Ho lIe told how tho the President sent out to to tho tIre camps urging tho the men to take tho the government o work ork 4 Conquest t of California i r rHe He Ire told how the battalion went wont to Call California Cornia following the Santa I Fe e trail hall which afterward from notes made b by that battalion practically became the tho route pf QC f the Union Pacific across the continent The speaker told of the tire faithful work of or members of or the Mormon Mormon- battalion bat hat In Ia California how ho It was through t the l work Ot of picks and n Hl shovels vels' vels In the anus or or the Mormon battalion battalion bat bat- batI I that turned up the laden gold-laden sand In California and led to the discovery ells dis covery ro of or gold He lie also described t d how it Ii was W a n. member of or the Mormon batt battalion battal battal- ion who was wab the first to give the news to the world of the discovery of gold old when he ran through the thc streets ets of oC San Francisco shouting Gold gold sold Crossing the tire Mr lr Roberts then traced the movements move movements move move- ments of the first company compau across the plains into Utah describing how hot hotho tIre the first party under Orson Pratt followed ved the tire famous pi pioneer trail down dot through h Emigration can canyon on and nd Into what ls Is Isnow no now Salt Lal Lake e. e He lie des described the arrival arrival ar al'- ar- ar rival of ot Brigham Young how the fa famous famous fri fri- leader looked out upon the thc valley val viii- Icy ley and remarked This is the place Tho The speaker then told of or explorations of or the earl early settlers in the valley and of ot the tho trip of ot Brigham harn Young and President oo I Woodruff rut to Ensign n peak He then declared ed that it was a popular fiction that on that trip the United States flag was wa's s raised on tho the peak peal and that the land Jand was waR claimed in inthe intire the tire name of the United States Tho The peak he said did not derive e Its name panic but from rota a broader reason because the leaders foresaw o that a broader ensign n the ensign 01 human of-human human human- it ity was was' to float from that peak some somo t time I m C. C Hol the Che p Our lr pioneers took possession of ot the theland theland land in inthe the name of Squatters Rights Rights' said raid the speaker It was se sev- sev eral months later be before foro the United States flag was raised at a point now known as Pioneer park They ne never ner r i came here to establish a separate goi go JO I but to make homes and to retain their allegiance nc to to tho the government govern govern- m Inen ment of ot th their lr country lt Y o I This remarK of or toe speaker forth prolonged applause from the au aud audience au- au d i en ce The They were tere not looking looking- for peaks on which to plant flags resumed res the speaker but places to plant potatoes Thc They were wele not merely trail blazers hoy hor were vero founders of an empire Th They were th the fathers of ot Irrigation Irr-hatlon the Saxon Anglo people the they gave the white man Irrl Irrigation lh The D Din Blazers Inz r To the Catholic church belongs credit cred cred- it for being trail blazers Seventy years ears before our pioneers pioneer's came hero here there were priests on err the shores of or Great Salt lake e the emblem of or Christianity the cross ot Chi Christ 1st and to that church should be given that credit Tho The ensign which shall yet float Cloat from onder yonder peak is the tho ensign of ot hu humanity humanity hu- hu manity the tho ensign n of ot Christ in which every nation shall ho have hae e part God bless bloss iho tho pioneers who remain of that noble band Jand Q 7 and God bless I those who have gone The Tho children's childrens ns n's c chorus chois o s sang gang Utah t We Love Thee after which all stood and sang The Tho Star Spangled Banner and benediction was pronounced b by Apostle F. F M. M 01 Lyman |
