The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 19, 1895, Page 1

VOLU ME " LXXVIIL_NO. 111. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRESSED THE BUTTON AT GRAY GABLES, Wheels of the Atlanta Cotton Exposition Started. MR. CLEVELAND'S FEAT. The Great Machinery Put in Motion by a Gentle Touch. SCENES AT THE FAIR GROUNDS. With Military Pomp and Civic Dignity the Gates Were For=- mally Opened. BU 7ast machin was sel dent’s The weat 1ta Exposition lay from the Presi- t Gray Gables. has been rather un- rained neatly all da; 1 somewhat, but it re- I the rest of the day. 10on Superintendent Joston office of the Western »h Company, was at his orary desk at Gray Gables, and made sto Atlanta to see that eves prover shape. Mr. Viles was communication with Ailanta, d during the afternoon several ages concerning the progress of the At about 2 o'clock the chair- an of the committee of arrangements telegraphed Private Secretary Thurber that the President would not be called upon to perform his part until 5or5:30 the earliest. This caused some tment, for it was under- ton would be pressed at afte t te exercise: n which the ceremonies were performed is known as the President’s gun- room, leading off the handsome reception- The room room on the nertheast corner of Gray Gabl Gables. Private Secretary Thurber during all the inaries ! and as ceived cted as master of ceremo- ast as the messages were re- took them to the President, and y the President would ask how were progressing. ion project was first undertaken ident has taken the deepest inter- and he was anxious that the un- dertaking of the opening of the exposition at thisend should be a success in every way The President received the following | ore 5 o'clock from ex-Gowver- chairman of the committee of ngements: committee on ceremonies is instructed e president and director-general and by i board of directors to express to the Presi- high appreciation and _thanks for interest the President has shown 1other oceasions, and in behalf s of the exposition. Under the guidance of the hand of President Cleveland oue of the most important commercial and industrial events ever attempted in our section has now started on its career for the upbuild- 1r material interests by closer commer- cial relations with all portions of our country 1d with sister republics south of the United e from dent's render sossible. The mingling of pract all sections, made possible b approval and aid to ou future ill will between the s t the request of the committee, the President was asked to send his message before the button was pressed, in order it might be read to the vast assem- Mr. Cleveland consented and wired ywing at about 5:30: 8 the foll To the President and Board of Directors of the Southern States and International Ezposition, At- lanta, Ga.: Fully appreciating the value and fiportance of the exposition ineugurated to- day, I am especially gratified to be related to its ineeption and its ¢ g ceremonies. I sin late those whose enterpri sccomplished such splendid results, and henrt- ily wish the exposition they have set on foot will be successful in consummating all the good results contemplated by 1ts promoters. GROVER CLEVELAND, Lo o OPENED WITH POMP. y congratu- An Immense Crowd of People Saw the Wheels Start. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 18.—With the auspicious accompaniment of mulitary pomp and civie dignity, leading an 1m- mense crowd of people and honored by the presence of the dignataries of the church and the representatives of foreign coun- tries, the Cotton States and International Fxposition was formally opened to the world this afternoon. The parade was composed entirely of mulitary bodies and band of music headed by the United States Fifth Infantry and the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, followed by several regiments of Georgia State troops. It moved promptly from the staring point at the intersection of Broad and Marietta streets and was an | hour in traversing the distance of three miles to the exposition grounds, reaching there at 3:30. The exercises at the Auditorium were jmposing and impressive. The aunditor- jum, though crowded, was comparatively cool and the acoustic properties were almost perfect, so that the speakers could be distinctly heard in all parts of the building. President Collier received a great ovation when he arose to speak, as did Mrs. Joseph Thompson, president of the Woman's Board. The speeches were all excellent and the oration by Judge Emory Speer of the United States court was a profound utter- ance. The brief address by Booker T. Washington, representing the negro race, evoked much applause and pleased both whites and blacks. The exposition is much nearer comple- tion than the public had supposed. The Government exhibit is complete and is pronounced by experienced critics to be the finest ever gotten together by the United States. The fish exhibit surpasses even the excellent one at Chicago, while all the Government departments are strongly represented and make a fine showing. The exhibit of fine arts is also entirely completed. Every picture 1s in its place and the building is in perfect order. There is a magnificent display of ec\_uptge. er since the | sgress and to participate in | e and energy have | the exhibit of oi painti e e T | is pronounced a collection of masterpieces. The agricultural exhibit is practically com- plete and is an excellent, interesting and attractive display The exhibits in machinery hall are not all in place, but many are. Fourteen of | the seventeen engines began to move when | President Cleveland touched the button. | The Midway proves to be a fine exhibi- | tion. The villages are genuine people from abroad. Detachments of Arabs and American Indians have just arrived, com- pleting the list. Now almost every racial type on earth is exhibited on the grounds. Ex-Governor Rufus B. Bullock acted as master of ceremonies at the opening exer- s. President Collier received a grand | ovation. Following ' the president’s ad- | dress, Governor Bullock then introduced | Mrs. Joseph Thompson, president of the { Woman’s Board of Managers, who deliv- ‘ercd an address. The next speaker was Booker T. Washington, representative of the negro race. He was introduced by Governor Bullock and was cheered. Wash- | ington was followed by George B.Brown, a prominent citizen, who represented Gov- ernor Atkinson. The Governor, having recently been very ill, was too weak to de- liver an address. He spoke of thedevelop- ment of the South, especially in cotton manufacture. Next came Hon. Emory Speer, the orator of the day, who delivered an elaborate oration. Judge Speer was followed by Hon. Porter King, Mayor of the city of Atlanta, in a cordial address of welcome. A great crowd of people gathered in the machinery hall before the close of the ex- ercises in the auditorium, waiting to see the magic influence of the touch that came over the wires for a thousand miles to set the machinery in motion. The big Frick engine was in readiness, and a row of | batteries rested near the engine. Justat 154 the President touched the button, | the whistle sounded and the engine moved | off at a lively gait and all the machinery followed suit. Almost simultaneously | hundreds of arc lamps flashed out on the | plaza and myriads of incandescent lamps | gleamed from the cornices and domes of | the Woman’s building. It was dusk and | in the gathering darkness the shouts of the crowd, the flash of the lights and the noise of the booms of the Presidential salute em- phasized the formal opening of the ex- position. The transportation facilities proved equal to the occasion. There was no con- fusion and the crowds suffered no incon- venience. The facilities were fully ade- quate, and there was every facility for in- gress and egress at the doors. To-morrow will be Georgia editors’ day at the exposition. They will be received at the auditorium and welcomned by Presi- dent Collier. PHENIX CHOS | Won Its Contest to Secure the Next Irri- gation Congress. “ ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Sept. 18.—The whole morning's session of the Irrigation | Congress was occupied with the contest over the next meeting-place. The prin- cipa! contestants were Pheenix, Ariz., and Lincoin, Nebr. Able and earnest ad- dresses were made by the champions of both places and the particular claims and | advantages of each were forcibly presented by their respective partisans, and the dele- | gates were sorry they could not vote for both. Pheenix was finally selected as the next meeting place. The only business transacted this after- noon of general interest was the election | of chairman and secretary of the National executive committee. E. R. Moses of Great Bend, Kans., was elected chairman, and C. M. Heintz of Los Angeles, secre- | tary. ORDERED OUT OF CUBA | | |An American Citizen Driven } Away by the Order } of Campos. System of Outrageous Persecution Begun by the Spanish | | Government. i T L) | JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Sept. 18.—A special from Key West, Fla., says: John Sowers, an American and prominent sugar-planter, for the past thirty years| living in Sagua, La Grande, passed torough | this city to-night, having been ordered out of Cuba by Martinez Campos. On the 27th of August Mr. Sowers was arrested for no cause whatever and imprisoned for ten days, after which he was released and given twenty-four hours to leave the country. Mr. Sowers is well known in commercial circles and his name for the last three de- i cades has n a synonym for integrity and probity. He feels very indignant | over his treatment and says the Spanish | Government has begun a system of perse- | cution unheard of in the annals of war; | that persons are arrested cn the flimsiest { pretext. —_— IRRIGATION LAW NULL. | Nebraska Farmers Discomfited by a Supreme Court Decision. LINCOLN, Negr., Sept. 18.—Irrigation | in Nebraska received what it 1+ feared will 1 be its deathblow in a decision rendered by | the Supreme Court to-day, which detlares | the law passed by the last Legislature, as| well as enactments at the sessions of 1891 | and 1893, unconstitutional. | The opinion declares that the waters of any river or stream in the State are not to pe used by irrigation companies when a single obiecllon by a mill-owner or any individual affected is made. State Senator Atters, the author of the law, was much discomfited over the decision, and said | this evening that the irrigation organiza- tion in this city, of which he is secretary and prime mover, might just as well go | out of business. Many thousands of dol- lars haye already been expended in the enterprise in different parts of the State. R rdadar) Sons of Veterans Elect Officers. KNOXVILLE, Tesw., Sept. 18.—The commandery-in-chief of the Sons of Veter- ans elected the following officers for next year: Commander-in-chief, W. H. Russell, Rush Center, Kans.; senior commander, ! Elwood T. Carr, Radnor, Penn.; junior vice-commander, W. R. Cooper, Knox- ville, Tenn.; members of council-in-chief, H. V. Spellman of Onfo, Dan 5. Goulding of Massachusetts ana R. M. Buckley of Louisville, K{. _The co_mmnndery-in-cflief decided to hold its Nationsl encampment ‘et year &t Louigrlly, £7: ‘UNCLE SAM—‘NO, GROVER NOT UNTIL THEY ARE FORGOTTEN.” HELD TO BE INVALID, Frank D.Ryan’s Opinion | of the New Primary Law. IS SPECIAL LEGISLATION. The Point Raised by W. A. Gett Before the Sacramento ' Supervisors. MAKING THE ANNUAL LEVY./ Revenue to Conduct the Elections Had Not Been Included in the Amount. SACRAMENTO, Car., Sept. 18.—The validity i the act of the last Legislature, approved March 27, which refers to the manner of condneting pritaary elections in counties of the first and second classes, has been brought before the Board of Su- pervisors’ of Sacramento by W. A. Gett Jr. The board referred the communication of Mr. Gett to Frank D. Ryan, the District Attorney of Sacramento, and he has stated | it to be his opinion that the act is uncon- stitutional. Mr. Gett’s communication came in the form of a petition calling the Super- visors attention to the fact that in making the annnal tax levy they had omitted to provide a source of revenue for the holding of primary elections according to this law. His letter was as follows: | To the Honorable Board of Supervisors—GEN- TLEME: In the specifications for making the next tax levy I notice that your honorable | body appears to have overlooked a levy to pro- vide a revenue for conducting general primary elections in accordance with the law passed by the Legisleture and approved March 27, 1895, appearing at page 207 of the printed statutes of 1895. That law provides (section 2) that unless conventions are held by delegates elected in accordance with its provisions, the nominees of each convention shall not be allowed the privilege of appearing on_the ballots printed by the County Clerk under the Australian bal- lot system, even though the candidate may be a nominee of & convention held under the old system. The result of this would be to force each nominee to circulate a petition and cause him to appear with the appelation “Independent’” after his name jnstead of having his party designation appear after his name. Moreover this law provides for conventions to elect dele- gates to the National Convention in March, 1896, and also for holding primary eleetions in July, 1896, and unless provision 1s made in the | tax levy of September 16, 1895, for revenue, it | will be impossible for your honorable board to | comply with the provisions of section 18 of said act, which provides that It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of each county within the State of California to appro- priate from the general funds of the county a sufficient sum of money to pay all necessary expenses of holding any such primary elec- tions within such county,” etc. A mistake as to the class of counties scems to have arisen, and, therefore, because section 26 | of said act provides that the said act shall ap- ply to and take effect only in counties of the first and second ciasses, it was presumed that the classification set forth in the county goy- ernment act was referred to. However, that is not the fact. The classification in the county government actis for the purpose of regulating the compensation of officers only. The classification of counties appears in sec- tion 4006 of the Political Code of the State of California, which provide that counties of the first class, for purposes other than for roads and highweys, are those containing 20,000 in- habitants or over. Counties of the second class are those containing 8000 and under 20,000 inhabitants. Section 4007 of the same code provides that whenever & new census is taken in counties on the first day of July next there- after and by operation of law the county 1s classified under such census. Therefore, as the census of 1890 shows that Sacramento County has a population of 40,399 it is in the first class for )l purposes of elections and primary elec- | tions, and, in fact, for all purposes other than for roads and highways and regulating the compensation of officers. The mistake with reference to classification has undoudtedly srisen because the Legisla- ture of 1880 (County Government bill approved | April 27, 1880) attempted to specifically re- peal section 4006 of the political code, but the attempt was futile because the act itself thus attempting to repeal section 4006, was by our Supreme Court in the the case of Leonard vs. January, Cal. 1, declared uncoustitutional, _thus restoring section 4006 with full force and effect. Sinee that time our Supreme Court has rec- ognized this division of counties to be in full force and effect in the case of Kinsey vs. Kellogg, 65 Cal. 112. Since that time no elassification has been at- tempted, except. in the county government bills, commencing witk that of 1883, as amefided by varions Législatures, all of which were classifications for the purpose of gom- pensating officers only. Consequently the gen- eral classification of section 4006 of the politi- cal code stands for all other purposes, such as election purposes and general primary election purposes, and for such purposes this county is a county of the first clas: Wherefore your petitioner requests that yourjavnorable board provide revenue for con- ducting general primary elections as provided Dby section 18 of said act, because unless such provision is made in such tax levy it will be impossible for such primeary election to be held for the election of delepates to elect delegates to the National Convention in 1896, and also 10 elect delegates to the convention of July, 1896, which would work a great hardship on citizens of this county and prevent them from taking advantage of the provisions of the Aus- tralian ballot system, and would possibly in- validate the election of some candidates at the next election. Yours, very resvectfully, W. A. GETT JR. Dated, September 6, 1895. This communication was referred to Dis- trict Attorney Ryan for investigation and | advice, and he gave his:opinion that the act is special legislation and therefore in- valid. His opinion is as follows: To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Sacramento County—GENTLEMEN: Relative to the com- munication of W. A. Gett Jr., requesting the board to make an increased levy in order to provide for expenses for conducting a primary election, pursuant to an act of the Legislature, passed March 27, 1895, which act relates to primary elections in certain counties, referred to0 me for an opinion. My conclusions are that the act is unconsti- | tutional, aud it is unnecessary for your honor- able board to make any provision for the extra- ordinary expense which would be incurred by | attempting to carry out its provisions. As- counsel expresses it, the Legislature, no doubt, intended this act to refer to counties of the first and second classes, as classified by the provisions of the county governmentact to wit: the counties of San Francisco and Ala- meda. I agree with him that theclassification in the county government act exists only for the purpose of fixing the compensation of county officers. (See sec. 5, art. XI, const. 1879.) But if section 4006, passed prior to the adoption of the New Constitution, has any operation whatever in the eclassification of counties, such classification cannot exist for the purpose of enacting an election law appli- cable to any of the classes created by the pro- visions of this section. Such an act would conflict with the provisions of this section. Such an act would conflict with the provisions of sec. 25, art. XXIV, of the New Constitution: “Sec. 25. The Legislature sball not pass local or special Inws in any of the following enn- merated classes, that isto say * * * provid- ing for conaucting elections or designating the places of voting, except on the organization of new counties.”” Section 26 of the act of March 27, 1895, re- lating to the holding of primary elections, | provides: “This act shall apply to, take effect in and be’ in force only in counties of the first and second classes.” This is clearly -.special legislation, and whether the classification to which it is in- tended to apply exists under the provisions of the county government act or the provisions of section 4006 of the Political Code can make no difference. It is special legisiation in either instance, such as is prohibited by section 25 of rticle XXIV of the constitution. Respectfully submitted, FraANK D. RYAN, District Attorney. —_— MOUNT VESUVIUS ACTIVE. Road Leading to Naples Threatened by an Orerflow. NAPLES, ItaLy, Sept. 18.—Mount Vesu- vius is becoming more actively eruptive, and the volume of lava thrown out threat- ens to overflow the roads leading to this city. ¢ : Judge Cooley Il ANN ARBOR, Mick., Sept. 18.—Judge Cooley was_taken ill'yesterday. His son states that it is not serious. ¥ 3 SILVER MEN UNITE The American Bimetallic Union Formed at Chicago. CALL FORA CONFERENCE. Joint Action In Formulating Plans for a Convention Requested. CANDIDATES TO BE NAMED. A Natlonal Ticket With Free Colnage as Its Platform to Be Launched. CHICAGO, TrL., Sept. 18.—The Ameri- can Bimetallic Union, formed of the three bimetallic leagues, is the outcome of the conference of silver leaders which con- cluded here this afternoon. The head- quarters of the union will be in Chicago. General A. J. Warner of Ohio will be president and E. B. Light of Denver secre- tary. An executive committee of nine was appointed to arrange for a conference of bimetallists from all States, preliminary to holding a National convention to nom- inate candidates for President and Vice- President of the United States upon a plat- form of independent bimetallism. The committee will arrange for the holding of the conference as early as possible. The following are the resolutions, calling for joint action on the National convention: Resolved, By the executive committee of the National silver committee, that the American Bimetallic League and the National Bimetallic Union be requested to join with this organiza- tion in calling a conference for the third Tues- day of December, 1895, at the city of Chicago, to take action in formulating & plan for holding a National convention to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States upon a platform with the sole plank providing for the restoration of silver to its constitutional place in the currency of our country without awaiting the action of any other nation on earth. Resolved, further, Thatall persons who attend eaid conference shall have previously declared their intention in writing of placing the cause of free coinage of silver, independently by the United States, above all party allegiance. Resolved, further, That the object of such con- ference shall be to inaugurate a distinctive silver movement for the campaign of 1896 be- fore it is too late for effective action, to the end that all believers in free-silver coinage may unite for that campaign for the solution of this question, and be left free to readjust their political relations after this question is settled. Resolved, further, That if said American Bi- metallic League and National Bimetallic Union shall fail to join in said call by Novem- ber 1, 1895, then the president of this organi- zation shall iSsue said call on behalf of this organization. 2 Resolved, further, That the question of repre- sentation at said conference and the method of selecting delegates shall be settled by a con- ference of the presidents of the three organiza- tions herein mentioned, and each organization shall be entitled to equal representation. Judge Henry Miller, chairman of the National silver committee appoineed at the Memphis convention, presented an ad- dress which will be the keyvnote of the campaign, and which furnished the plan of education. The address starts out by declaring that the “great ejectment case of goid versus silver is now upon trial on its merits, for the first time before the people, and their verdict will be rendered in the autumn of 1896.”" A volumnious history of monetary legis- lation, beginning with the demonetization act of 1873, follows. Reference is made to tise proceedings at the international mone- tary conference in Paris in 1878, especially regarding the declaration of the Eurépean delegates at its last session, thatit is neces- sary “to’ maintain in the world the mone- tary functions of silver as well as thdn'oil the gold, and that the selection of either or both should be governed by the spectal position of each State. “If Congress had acted upon the recom- mendation contained in this formula and recognized the special position of this country as that of a money-using country and not a money-lending country, had promply replaced the bimetallic standard in our monetary system by reopening our mints to the unrestricted coinage of both metals upon our present legal ratio,” the paper goes on to say, ‘“‘the further divergence of these metals wounld bave been arrested. Silver men have labored inces- santly to give effect to the popular will, but have been defeated by a hostile Presi- dent and the strategy of those who are en- deavoring to keep the country permanently | upon a single gold standard. “The people of the United States can adopt a monetary system for their do- mestic commerce, which constitutes at least 95 per cent of all their exchanges, without regard to the monetary system of other countries. ‘“In view of the great importance of this subject we urge all our fellow-citizens to avail themselves of every means of en- lightment that they may exercise an intel- ligent judgment rather than unreflectingly adopt the counsels of interested parties. Fidelity to party should be supplanted by fidelity to the public welfare. When the people shall have intelligently investi- gated this subject then and not tili then will it be decided as it should be decided.” i lgatat ¥ DEMOCRACY AND SILVEK. Ex-Governor Waite Gives Inside History of the National Convention. DENVER, Coro., Sept. 18.—In a letter published in the Evening Post Ex-Gover- nor Waite contributes a little data upon the inside history of the silver plank in the last National Democratic Convention. His information was obtained recently in Texas of Hon. E. S. Peters of Calvert, who was a delegate from that State to the Chicago convention. “He says,” quotes Waite, ‘‘there was no | concert of action, no organization and no caucus even of the delegates at Chicago in favor of the free coinage of silver. Texas and many other Southern and Western | States were there with nearly or quite solid delegations for silver. They had no knowledge of what was going on in the committee on platform until the report was made, and then Mr. Patterson, with- out consultation, advice or knowledge even of the other delegates in favor of sil- ver, undertook on his own motion, single- handed and alone, to set aside the ma-| jority report.” Waite then proceeds to expose Mr. Pat- terson, and he handled his subject charac- teristically. | e PROPPING THE RESERVE. The Syndicate Intends to Deposit Ten Millions in the Treasury. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 18.—Private ad- vices from New York to-day were that the bond syndigate intends to deposit $10,000,- 000 gold with the sub-treasury. The con- sequence was that the wheat market which has been languishing for some time took a sudden turn. A rally of 1cent followed the announcement. The news was wired from New York that the associated banks had deposited $300,000 in gold in exchange for small notes and that the impression prevailed that the gold export movement had about run its course. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18.—The treasury gold reserve stood at the close of business to-day at $95,706.954, a gain for the aay of $324,000. The slight decline in | sterling exchange and the action of the banks in coming to the relief of the treas- ury even in a small way and the belief that the syndicate is arranging with the national banks of New York for a large gold deposit encourage treasury officials to hope that the gold reserve will not fall much if any lower. In some quarters the opinion is entertaned that the gold ex- port movement has practically ceased. REPLY TO LORD DUNRAVEN Caustic Rejoinder of the Cup Committee to His Recent Letter. Regrets That the International Con- test Should Have Degenerated Into a War of Words. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 18.—Ex- Commodore James D. Smith, chairman of the America cup committee, gave out to- day for publication the following letter, which was mailed to Lord Dunraven at Newport on Tuesday in reply to his (Dun- raven’s) letter to the committee dated Sep- tember 13: Your first question, as to whether your com- plaint of the steamers was justifiable or not: The steamers undoubtedly interfered with the Valkyrie, and Defender as well, and there seems to be no reason why you should not have complained of such interference; butwe only demur to your conclusion, therefore, that the committee, having admittedly done all in their power, were bound to give redress before the next race was sailed. You fully knew the objections in a course off New York years ago, and only a year ago suggested a change of locality. We declined at that time. There was the best of evidence at the start of Thursday that the course as wellas the start would be kept clear. It seemstous that the question before every one is, not whether your complaint was justifiable, but whether your action in withdrawing from the contest on the grounds of your complaint was justifi- able. Asto your suggestion that the Tegatta com- mittee might have ordered Tuesday’s race re- sailed, we reply that we must decline to dis- cuss_the action of a fellow-committee. In conclusion we would express our profound regrets and chagrin that a friendly contest in a nioble sport between two great nations should have degenerated into a war of words. We have, therefore, to remain your obedient servants. Jayrs D. SxitH, Chairman. A. CASS CANFIELD, Secretary. For Americas Cup Commiitee. o Lt o Motor Cars Collide. DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 18.—A motor eastbound on the Fort Wayne and Belle TIste street railway line collided with ‘the trailer attached to another motor car as it was rounding into Clark avenue from Fort street this morning. Joseph Scharmetzki and Charles Michaels, two passengers, were caught between the cars. The former was so serously injured that hedied. Michaels suffered a compound fracture of one leg. The accident was caused by a failure of brakes to hold the motor. g MEET AGAIN ON CHICKAMAUGA FIELD, Blue and Gray Hear Praises of Their Valor. GREAT LEADERS THERE. Ceremonies Preliminary to the Opening of the Park. MKINLEY'S EIOIUENT WORDS e Recounts In a Patrictic Aidress the Bravery of the Old- Time Foes. CHATTANOOGA, TExx., Sept. 18.—The quarter-centennizal reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, meeting in conjunction with the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park, was held to-night in the monster tent erected on the battiefield to accommo- date the several gatherings of the week, which convenience required should be in the city. Its ample folds covered a con- course of about 10,000 people, 2000 of whom were on the stage. This portion of the gathering comprised public, National and State officials and survivors of the late war from both armies to an extent seldom if ever equaled. Vice-President Stevenson and ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp, one the second, the other formerly the third officer of the Government, headed a delegation of a score or more of Senators and Represen- tatives, the appointment of which was au- thorized by Congress at its last session in connection with the legislation providing for this National celebration. Four mem- bers of the Cabinet represented the ad- ministration. The Governors of nearly a score of States, with their gayly attired staffs, added to the military character of the occasion, Lieutenant-General Scho- field, commanding the armies of the United States, saw his old comrades in arms and many of his former antagonists for the last time prior to his retirement from active service. Great leaders of the Union army were present in the persons of their sons, Colonel Fred D. Grant and Rev. Father Thomas E. Sherman. It was an historic assemblage and gave as key to the orator of the occasion a new era in the history of the country. Rresid- ing over it in the absence of the aged president of the society, General W. 8. Rosecrans, who seeks the breezes of the Pacific Coast to strengthen his declining days, was the even more venerable Gen- eral J. D. Morgan of Quincy, Il1., the hero of three wars. He called the vast assembly to order and the proceedings were begun by the singing of a patriotic hymn by the Arion.Glee Club. Hon. George W. Ochs, Mayor of the city, then welcomed the so- ciety to Chattanooga. Representing the loyal, liberty-loving, brave city of Chattanooga, I greet you to-night with open arms and extend to one and all a hearty, honest welcome. We fling open our gates to the distinguished statesmen, renowned sol- diers and patriotic Americans who have con- vened here on this sacred mission, and pledge | for this eity, State ana for all the people of the South a hearty co-operation in the task you have undertaken, and sincere sympathy with the motives that inspire it. In the name of the people I represent I welcome you. We welcome you with hearts throbbing with patriotic Jove for this whole country, with every vestige of war and its animosity wiped from our memory. We welcome you in the assurance that our country is to be made stronger and greater by universal amity and fraternity. We welcome you as representa- tive Americans, convoked under the sanction and by the express authority of the United States Government to perform a work possible in no other country upon this globe—to con- sign to its eternal sepulcher the last memory of eternal hostility, and to consecrate and re- dedicate to succeeding generations the imper- ishable glory of our arms. The present meeting of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland is an event of Na~ tional importance, and will arrest the atten- tion of the entire civilized world. No other Government upon earth could conduet such a ceremony as you are now engaged in. No- where else upon this habitable globe, except beneath the stars and stripes, could there be witnessed such an inspiring spectacle—a re- united nation, torn asunder less than & gener- ation ago by the rude. red hand of civil war, now commemorating the fiercest, bloodiest and most desperate battles of that struggle in an everlasting memorial to the achievements, ot of one, but of both the contending hosts. The city of Chattanooga is indeed proud that history will again be emblazoned with its re- nown as the scene of its apotheosis of a reunited country, arched by that boy of promise which bends over these sanguinary plains, a token proclaiming that civil discord is forever at an end, and that sectional strife has been en- gulfed in that vortex of revolution beyond the hope of resurrection; that our nation is now in spirit, as well as in law, an indestructible union of indissoluble States. We ungrudgingly offer our homes, we open wide our doors and we clasp you to our hearts in earnest welcome. May these days be fruit ful of a new birth of patriotism and brighter luster to our glorious history, and a further ad- vance in the unparalleled growth of our be loved country. In responding to this honor General H. V. Boynton, corresponding secretary ot the society and a member of the National Park Commission, expressed thanks for the cordial welcome, the beauty of its language, strength of its friendship and fervor of its patriotism. General James D). Morgan welcomed the Confederates pres- ent, saying: Comrades: Old Fatne rTime, in his progress For additional Pacific Coast news see Pages$, 3 and §. SMOKE La Belle Greole CIGARS, 3 for 29¢--10c Straight--2 for 23¢ ASK DEALERS FOR THEM. RINALDO BROS. & CO., Pacific Coast Agents, 300-302 BATTERY ST, S. F.