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Show away you shafr stand in the chain that will reach from lake to gulf and from ocean to ocean and feel the thrill that shall pass from one shore to the other telegraphing in letters of Jove through the chain of human links that hath no end that America is yet free and that those who shall come after us Bhall reap from what we have sown. President Huth's speech was heartily ap-plaued ap-plaued and all present expressed themselves as delighted. . Succeeding his remarks the installation ol officers of Camps 25 and 6 of this city and Martha Washington Camp P. O. D. of A. were conductedby President Huth. Mrs. Dr. Sykes then sang a beautiful solo which was warmly received and Miss Florence Drake recited "The American Flag." After singing the closing ode the meeting adjourned. President Huth goes to Garfield today for , a swim in the lake. He will go fishing tomorrow. NATIVE AMERICAN'S DAY. The State Camp of Utah Instituted by National President Huth. LIST OF THE STATE OFFICERS. Speech of the National Frestdent Installation Installa-tion of Officers of Local Camps The Proceedings. Yesterday was a red letter event in the history his-tory of the Patriotic Order Sous of America, in this territory and one which will be pleasantly pleas-antly remembered by members of the order as long as they shall live. The national president of the order, Clarence Clar-ence F. Huth, yesterday afternoon instituted the State Camp of Utah under the most favorable fav-orable and gratifying circumstances and the attendance from the surrounding towns was of such a character as to indicate that every member in Utah is enthusiastic iu the work. President Huth arrived from the east at 3 a. m. via the Rio Grande Western and was quartered at the Cullcn hotel where headquarters head-quarters were maintained during the day. At 3:30 the state camp was called to order by State President-elect W. W. Watters of Ogden, who in a well timed and well worded speech welcomed the distinguished visitor to Utah in the name of the order generally. President Huth responded in a brief speech and' remarked that the business in hand had best proceed. The organization was then completed the following officers being installed: Past state president, Dr. C. J. Weatherby of Salt Lake City; state president, W. W. Watters, of Ogden; state vice-president, C. E. Loose, of Provo; 6tate secretary, Charles M. Jackson, Jack-son, of Salt Lake City; state conductor, A. S. Barrett, of Salt Lake City; state master of forms, James M. Stull.of Salt Lake City; state inspector, A. D. Elliott, of Salt Lake; state guard, Julian Riley of Provo; trustees, Dr, 8. Ewing and C. W. Reynolds of Salt Lake, and C. E. Wheeler of Mammoth. G. W. Craig of Provo and J. J. Greenewald of Salt Lake were nominated as delegates to the national caiup, which convenes in Lebanon, Le-banon, Pa., in September. Succeeding the meeting President W. W. Walters, J. M. Stull and C. M. Jackson, of the state executive committee, held an official offi-cial meeting in the Cullen hotel, at which matters pertaining to the good of the order were discussed. In the evening Martha Washington Camp No. 1, Patriotic. Order Daughters of America, Amer-ica, held a business meeting, at which National Na-tional President Huth was made a full- lieUetl Ult liJ II tl . I 11 lULLlCKlVU " AVI low ed by an address by Grant H. Smith, esq., , of Camp 5, who welcomed President Huth to Salt Lake. In reply to the very able remarks of Mr. Smith, President Huth said: Brothers and Sixter of the Patriotic Orders: There are times when we are disposed to forget even the kind words which greet us as we enter upon new scenes and gaze upon new faaes, welcomed as we are by acts so generous in their nature as to cause one to feel that he had just stepped from the chill darkness dark-ness of liight into the rosy sunshine of summer sum-mer morning, and while the words of Brother Pmith addressed to me, clothed as they were in beauty and eloquence, have made a deep impression upon my heart, one that even the speeding of time will not efface ef-face ; the bright faces I see here, the warm clasp of the hands that have greeted me and the cheering expressions of welcome that have fallen so gently upon my ears are to me more precious than I can explain. I am glad to be here with you aud to note that the principle of the order which I represent rep-resent are taking a deep root in the hearts, not only of the men, but of the women of L'tah. They are such principles that every honest citizen, whether native or foreign born, can endorse, uphold and support to the extent of their energ'y. We stand before the people of this country pledged by solemn vow to the support of the constitution and her laws; to the perpetuation and improvement of our system 01 public schools where the future men and women will be educated, edu-cated, who shall, when we have passed from this earth to that laud beyond the shadows, rule the destinies of the nation. We stand pledged to forever insist that in this broad land there shall never be any intereference in matters of government by any church. We have no war with any foreign citizen who will come to our fair land and assert that here he proposes to live and die a firm adherent to the fundamental principles laid down by the forefathers of this natiou; that the people shall have the right to govern themselves. We say to him that our interests inter-ests are yours and your children's. We stand pledged to say that as long as you obey the laws you shall be protected and that placed on equality with ours your children shall be educated equally with ours. And to you of this order tonight I will say that I know that you as well as myself have at times been approached by men who have said, "Why, I am as good an American citizen as you even if I was born abroad. Why cannot I join your'order? Are you fighting me?" In reply re-ply to this I say that we as native born Americans Am-ericans contend we have the right to do as others have done. There are 67 organizations in the L'nitod States to which a native born American cannot belong. The Englishman hoists the union jack alongside the nation's emblem and does honor to St, George; the German hoists his flag and behind it walks upright and defiant; the Irishman waves the green emblem with its harp of gold and waltzes every 17th of March to "St. Patrick's Day in the Morning." We cannot join these orders. Some of you claim to be British-Americans, British-Americans, some Irish-Americans, some German-Americans and so on but we, standing stand-ing here in the full vigor of our God-given manhood claim the rights we accord you, that of organization and we say that we will march beneath the stars and 6tripcs and while some may cannize men for one act and others another we have no patron saint out ueorge v asningiun, me iatiier ol the country in which we liTe. They may say we grant all that and believe be-lieve it and now w hy not admit ub. Tell them that if they believe what they say to take our declarations, our constitutions, everything, borrow it all and organize themselves them-selves as the adopted sons of America and in what ever good work they may engage as they march forward they will feel the elbow touch from us who are native born. I am pleased with the work in Utah and can scarcely realize that only three years ago there were no camps in Utah, while now 1 see here delegates from ten. And to you ladies I will say that never in my life have I felt as I do tonight Men bent on one purpose pur-pose can accomplish wonders if they are right. What then can we expect when the noble women of the land join in the move ment? The glory of women's deeds have been known for ages. The Spartan mother made her son a warrior by saying to him on the eve of his departure to battle: "Go my boy with this shield to war with thy foe and do thou come home with it or upon it." And who shall say that the spirit that animated ani-mated the 300 at Thermopylie was not born of women? And who shall ever forget that Roman matron. 'Cornelia, 'Cor-nelia, the mother of the Gracchi? The sou of France feels his blood tingle when her daughters raise their voices in the Marseillaise Mar-seillaise hymn and he thinks of brave Joan ri'Aro. The stolid Briton loves the matrons and maidens fair of England's isle and recalls re-calls to miud the many noble women whose firm hands have guided the ship of state and Yankee blood will tingle as we think of Mollie Pitcher on Monmouth's ensanguined field, who, when her husband was shotdown, took his place at the gun and through the long light sent iron death into the ranks of those who opposed America's freedom. We remember the nuns of the Moravian convent, con-vent, whose slender fingers stitched the banner that Pulaski bore; we recall to mind the gallant ladies who, when the hosts of rebellion charged again aud again, sang the battle hymns of the republic, while all they held dear crossed bayonets on the bloodstained blood-stained field. Oh, women of America! 'Tis said that the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." You do not yet understand your own influence. Go on in this grand work. And ere you pass I t |