The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 10, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1896. STOCKTON'S GALA DAY Continved from First Page. mass. While the craft were maneuvering before the applauding multitude rockets, colored lights and other pyrotechnics were set off from points of vantage, bringing out in bold relief the foliage along the edges of the water and the moving masses on the banks above. The water carnival was the crowning glory of the celebration, and gave the vis- itors the greatest possible enjoyment. This was evidenced by the fact that they lingered for hours after the grand march of the Admission day ball had been called in the pavilion, and the floating ballrooms and concert-halls were still giving a ro- mantic touch to the channel long after midnight. Late in the evening the grand ball was opened in the pavilion. Most of the Na- tive Sons and Daughters and their friends were present and lingered well into the wee sma’ hours. Several dances were also given by the different parlors, of which that held by Oakiand and Stanford parlors was the most prominent. - PARADE OF THE NATIVES. Streete of the Hospltable MIil City Threaded by a Magnificent Pageant. STOCKTON, CaL., Sept. 9.—The parade started shortly after 11 o'clock. The tirst two divisions were devoted to notables in carriaces, the marshal and his assistants, the military escort and the Exempt Fire- men. Following Marshal H. R. McNoble were Governor James H. Budd and staff, General M. W. Muller and staff, Colonel J. J. Nunan and staffand Major Gus G. Grant and staff. The First Battalion of the Sixth Regiment, preceded by the Sixth Regi- ment band, followed. Several bicyclists dressed in white and mounted upon white fiyers escorted the Exempt Firemen and Mexican War Veterans. The thinness of the ranks of the latter was evidenced by the fact that they could muster only one busload. The Pioneers showed more strongly. Three carriages were taxed to their utmost capacity to hold the sur- vivors of the daring men of ’'49 who founded the glorious Golden State. The City Council and other municipal officers of Stockton in carriages were fol- lowed by the Exempt Firemen of the Biate. The aged fire-fighters of San Fran- cisco and Oakland were accompanied by their own musicians. Their gay red shirts at once caught the eyes of the onlookers, and their appearance was always the sig- nal for a round of applause. The veterans marched sturdily and well. In the ranks were men from Oakland, San Francisco and Stockton. The parlors of the Native Sons and Daughters composed the divisions num- bered from 3to 10. Marshal Eugene F. Bert had charge of the third division, which was headed by Golden Gate mili- tary band, accompanying Mission Parlor No. 38 of San Francisco. The banner of the parior was mounted upon bicycle wheels and trundled by a half-dozen little girls, all dressed in white. The vanguard of the parior was composed of eight trou- badours, whose silent guitars hung use- lessly from the gay ribbons by which they were attached to the snoulders of the bearers. The imitation singers made up, however, for their lack of music by the lustiness of their cheers. They led the outbreak whenever a passing parlor or a group of friends gave the opportunity to M ion 38 to make the welkin ring with the sound of its voices. San Francisco No. 49, a couple of whose leading members were harnessed to a Iittle wagon with wooden wheels, such as our fathers used to make for us to haul dirt in when we wore pinafores, presented e pleasing appearance. The members were dressed in uniform of negligee shirt and dark trousers and carried Japanese parasols. Seated in the little wagon were three urchins, whose ardor was not at all abated by the hot rays of the sun, which beamed down upon their unprotected Leads. Oakland’s representatives marched in the fourth division, to the splendid music of the Presidio band. Stanford Parlor No. 76, whose members delegated the work of carrying their standards to six giant men of color, was not uniformed, beyond the fact that they all wore tennis shoes, carried canes and wore Fedora straw hats, Nevertheless they presented a wonderfully neat and attractive appearance. The gen- tlemen from the Athens of America were not afraid of having their raiment spoiled by dust and dirt, and one and all wore their Sunday clothes. High standing col- lars and laundered shirt fronts may not be conducive to personal comfort when marching in a hot sun, but they certainly impressed the beholders with their neat- ness, particularly after so many negliges costumes had been seen. Eden Parlor No. 52 of Ban Francisco, marched in columns of fours, two men and two women composing each rank, Ail were attired in white and carried white umbrellas. Rincon Parlor No. 72, also from San Francisco, was also dressed in white and the members were dis- tinguished from their confreres by the fact that they wore tourist hats of a peculiar style. California Parlor No. 1, whose members too were dressed in white, carrying the omnipresent Japanese parasol, showed up NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Have stamped them- selves indelibly = wpon the minds of the buy- ing public. Green Tags Will never be forgotten. When people can buy perfect goods, brand new Fall and Weinter Fashions—goods spark- ling with freshness, brimful of Boodness—at less prices than they can buy inferior stuff elsewhere ; when men can save $5 on a suit; when mothers can save from $2 to $3 on their children’s clothes without sacrificing style, fit or finish, why, they're $oing to doit, and GREEN TAGS are doing it. Men’s—fiew Fall Fashions In Suits, $12 Values $11 Values $10 Values In Blues, Blacks, English Plaids and neat Mixtures, all Pure Wool Fabrics, Green-Tagged $5.45 These Suwits are in our big corner window. We're not afraid to show’em wp. They're wnder the glare of broad day- light. We challenge any house to equal any of ’em under $12. agic ---IN THE--- Green Tag! A GREEN TAG indicates half price; yow'll find ‘em dangling throwghowt the hows Wedo this once a year, and we generally gdet emowdh of it for the short period that goods are Green Tagded, but we do it with one idea in mind, and, thatis to convince yow that the Big Store not only leads in Fashions, but names prices that no other house can, will or even dare name. We challenge any house on the Coast to name prices equally as low as ours and at the same time for as high- class merchandise as we offer. Men’s Fashionable Overcoats, New Fall and Winter Fash~ jgons, GREEN-TAGGED $5.45. This season we devote two en- tire floors to Overcoats—29,400 square feet. We're known as the King=-Pins for Overcoats. Men’s Worsted Trousers In neat denteel stripes and plain colorings, GREEN-TAGGED 85c. RAPHAEL’ INCORFPOR ATHD), FRISCO’S GREATEST CLOTHIERS, S 11, 18 and 15 Kearny Strest. o9, 11, 18 INCORPORATED), —THE FRISCO BOYS | APHAEL’ and 185 RKearny St. i TWO ENTIRE BUILDINGS—EIGHT FLOORS. of black, with orange trimmings, was next in line. Whenever they stopred they created a sensation. Every member car- ried a cane, in the head of which was fixed | an apparatus, which, when set in motion, | produced a noise resembling the croak of | a frog. When exercising the croakers, the | members induosiriously gazed atthe house- tops, so that it took the onlookers seve- | ral minutes to determine whence the | noise came. The Capital boys are well up | in foot movements, and showed to the de- lighted spectators a number of fancy ex- ercises and evolutions. Hesperian Parlor No. 137, whose members, dressed in white, were accompanied each by a lady, was the rear guard of the division. The sixth division was led by Sequoia Parlor and its band. The Sequoians were | dressed in red and white and wore Turkish | caps of carmine hue. They also were accompanied on their travels through Btockton’s streets by the ladies of their | choice, who, robed in white and shaded well, as did Buena Vista Parlor, whose members marched each with a lady-love, sister or female friend. Golden Gate Par- jor No. 29 also made a pleasing appear- ce. “z)ukllnd Parlor No. 50, Native Daughters, marched and formed a Maltese cross. The fair danghters of the City of Churches were attired in white, with trimmings of orange hue. They were followed by Athens Parlor No. 195, which mustered about 100 men. They were dressed in white linen coats, tennis trousers, negligee shirts and straw hats, the monotony of the white being relieved by vivid yellow streamers, which floated from the tcps of the white silk umbrellas which they car- ried. They also wore belts of the same warm shade. Yerba Buena Parlor No. 84, Bay City No. 104 and Niantic No. 105 com- pieted the fourth division. The tifth division was probably the star of the parade. Most of those who marched under the direction of Marshal W. M. Henderson hailed from the Capital City. They were preceded by the Sacramento Militant band, which preceded Sacra- mento Parlor, No. 3. Dark-blue coats of serge, on which large white buttons, ar- by Japanese parasols, bravely underwent the fatigue of the three hours’ march. Precita Parlor No. 187, accompanied by a | drum corps and neatly attired, preceded the float of the Goddess of California. This float was one of the most beautiful in the parade. Drawn by four white horses, it represented a conch shell, in the | center of which was seated Miss Cordelia | Kerrick, daughter of County Treasurer Kerrick, and one of Stockton’s reigning beauties. ~ The shell was supposed to be floating in smooth water, drawn by two swans, driven by a tiny tot, whose infant | hand held bright ribbons to guide the pretty fowls. The Capital City Drum Corps, composed of twenty-five men and a small boy, es- corted California Parlor No. 22 of the Na- tive Daughters. The jadies were attired in white and carried parasols of the same cool.color. Dixon Parlor No. 60, whose members were tastefully dressed, had with them a colored mascot who proudly held aloft the banner of the organization. An Uncle S8am costume of red and white ver- tical stripes adorned his muscular frame. Sunset Parlor No. 26 followed Dixon Par- lor, and its members were attired as were their predecessors. 5 General Winn Parlor No. 32, accom- pauied by the Antioch Silver Cornet band, occupied a post of honor in the seventh division. Its members carried tin bear flags, which they ratuled as they marched. Byron Parlor No. 170, Brooklyn Parlor No. 151 and Halcyon No. 146 were pleasingly uniformed. They preceded the San Fran- cisco Naval Battalion, the lads of which marched with military precision, drag- ging after them two Hotchkissrifles. They mustered forty five men. The Amador County parlors led the eighth division. All were uniformed in white and marched in couples, a man and a woman. Their costumes were relieved by yellow streamers. A float representa- tive of the products.of Amador County followed its living representatives. A miner at work under a rock, on which stood a life-sized grizzly bear, was at the rear of the float, while banked in front were fruits and other agricultural vroducts of 8an Joaquin’s neighbor county. Presidio Parlor No. 194 was foliowe! by Tuolumne Parlor No. 144. A number of the Tuolumne natives were ina wagon, on the sides of which were draped strips of canvas on which was painted, “Tuolumne is with you. Thirty miles from a railroad. No ranged in double rows, showed promi- nently,white linen trousers, straw hatsand white umbrelias, completed the neatest uniform of the parade. The members each wore a Prince of Wales reef atthe bottom of their trousers legs. A small division of the Capital City Wheelmen followed their neighbors on foot. National Uity Parior No. 118, 1n uniform apologies.” The miners from Sonora were nextin line, a little company they, but a brave one. With their burros and their packs, their tin cooking utensils, their blankets, their big revolvers and their patched ment the Scnorans were greeted with applause all zlong the line. Piedmont HEN California wrought her royal crown of gold— A gift she would award unto the best 3 N Of all her broad and loyal land should hold, The gift wherewith her own proud fame should rest— She took the footprints of the pioneers, She took the sound of battle, and the strength Of manhood measured with the iron length Misfortune stretched for them across the years. She took the whispering sighs of pines that shake Their needles down on graves lost in the wake Of time. She took the heart-sick patience and the tears Of women waiting, waiting, waiting for their loved That came not back. And then, the sacredness, The permanency of her statehood laid Upon the shrine of sacred things. Of these she made Her crown; and wrote around its shining crest, ““The Native Daughters of the Golden West.”’ MADGE MORRIS WAGNER. Parlor No. 87, Native Daughters, preceded by the Oakland City band, each member accompanied by two male escorts, was the cynosure of ali eyes as the ninth division came into view. They were followed by Eden Parlor No. 113 accompanied by its band. Los Politas Parlor No. 96 of Liver- more, Alameda No. 47, Napa No. 62, San Jose No. 22 and Observatory rarlor No ,177 brought up the rear of the ninth division. The tenth, and last division, contained all of the local organizations in line. Veritas Parior No. 75 of the Native Daugh- ters and Yosemite Parlor No. 2¢ of the Native Sons marched together. They, too, wore the prevailing uniform of white and yellow, and led off the last division. The Stockton Native Daughters were led by Mrs. Ella H. Hornage, Mrs. J. W. Ker- rick Jr., Mrs. J. I. Heffernan, Miss Anita Leadbetter, Miss Utt and Mrs, Mapes, on horseback. Joaquin Parlor of Native Daughters, its members robed in white, followed, preceding a float labeled, **Stock- ton—1850 to 1896,” emblematic of the prog- ress the Mill City has made during that period. The members of Stockton Parlor No. 7, Native Sons, attired in white duck, with small vertical stripes of black, and carrying parasols of the carnival colors, toomed up in splendid shape. They turned out probably the largest number of men of any one parlor, and, next to the Sacra- mento delegation, presented, as a whole, the best appearance.. Following the Stock- tonites were the members of other parlors of San Joaquin County. At the extreme end of the parade were a number of burlesquers, in feminine attire, preceded by s target, on which was painted: “We Were Not Born in Cali- fornia.” G AR MUSIC AND SPEECHES. Grand Orator Frank Mattison Ad- dresses the Natives In Yo~ semite Theater. STOCKTON, CaAL, Sept. 9. — Imme- diately after the parade the literary ex- ercises began at Yosemite Theater. There was a good attendance, notwithstanding the fact that the sightaeers were tired and most of them were hungry. Ritzau's band rendered a selection, and at its conclusion Grand Marshal Nutter, in a f-w brief sen- tences, introduced Henry C. Gesford, the grand president, who coneratulated the city on the reception it had given to the Native Sons. Frank H. Dunne, past president, invoked the divine blessing A quartet, consisting of Messrs. Elliott, Brueek, Lane and Parker, sang “Forty-nine.” A short address of wel- come was delivered by Mayor Baggs, to which Grand President Gestord responded. Grand Orator Frank Mattison of Santa Cruz delivered the annual oration. He said in part: Pioneers, Native Sons and Daughters, Ladies and Gentlemen: Amid the scenes of rejoicing that to-day surround us, amid the sounds of joyful music and the mingled huzzas of thou- sands of voices, amid the warm greetings and open-hended hospitality of the gathered sons o nd daughters of our great Btate, it is perhaps well that weshould pause for a few moments to consider the meaning of all this rejoicing and reflect upon the events that have made this grand celebration possible. Less than a half century ago this great State of ours, an empire in itself, was a veritable terra incog- nita. But hidden within our silent mountsin fastnesses was the yellow metal for which men even endanger their souls, and 1is discovery acted as the magician’s wand to transpose this scene of pastoral beauty to one teeming with the fevered life of the miner. Theé news of the discovery of gold, like an electric shock, set the world afire. Throughout the East the me- chanic at his beuch, the blacksmith at his anvil, the farmer at his plow, the clerk behind his desk, the professional man in his office, the merchant in his counting-room, all caught the *‘gold fever” and began preparations to journey to the “New El Dorado.” The men who sat out on that journey either by the weary way across the trackless prairies and deserts or by the longer oceanic route “around the Horn” were no ordinary men. It took more than ordinary courage, pluck and endurance to enter upon & journey o an uu- known land requiring months for its comple- tion and the facing of untold danger ere its consummation. These men were the pick of the flower and chivalry of the East; men will- ing to endure any hardship and cope with any difficulties to better their condition—not from sordid desire to accumulate wealth, nor from love of gain, but from a laudable ambition to acquire & competeney for themselves and families. There were few impecunious adven- turers within their ranks. Each bad to be possessed of sufficient means wherewith to equip himself for the journey, and for such equipment no small amount was required. True it is, a8 must necessarily have been the case, there was & sprinkliug of adventurers, gamblers and the outcasts of society among them—men who lived by preying on their fellows, and who journeyed to the new gold flelds to ply their unboly calling, but these were few in number. The great mass of the pioneers, as their lives and conduct afterward demonstrated, were men of the strictest honor and integrity. Never had any State such founders as ours. As the Pilgrim Fathers, who landed on Plym. outh Rock, left their impress on the civiliza- tion of New England—an impress felt until this day, and probably apparent for all time— so the ploneers founded here a distinetive Western civilization, which we, their sons and Qaughters, are determined to perpetuate. 1f too much cannot be said in eulogy of our pioneer fathers, what shall we say of those few brave women who rather than separate trom husband or family, sharing in the desire to better their condition, journeyed with them through barren wilds and trackless deserts to this fair land? Ifthe tongue halts for language in praise of the hardihood and intrepidity of our pioneer fathers, it fails entirely in com- mendation of the brave spirit of our pioneer mothers. Let us now glance for & moment at the events that led up to the admission oi the State of California into the Union. Previous to the discovery of gold at Coloma in 184S, only a very few Americans had settled in Cal- ifornia. These were generally hunters and trappers, discharged or’ deserting sailors, or other adventurous spirits who had drifted into this new country simply because it was new. The semicentennial celebration held re- cently of the raising of the Bear flag at Sonoma on June 14,1846, and theraising of the Ameri- can flag at Monterey on July 7 of the same year, are fresh in our memory and have done much to attract attentioa to the American spint of patriotism that prevailed among the earliest of California’s pioneers. The revolt of which the raising of the Bear flag was the consummation was caused by the decree of Cummander-Genersl Castro that & stop must be put to the immigration of American fami. lies and that those already here should bs d‘}‘l:&“:nning considerable strength the Bear-flag movement was dissolved through the influence of General Fremont and some of the naval officers stationed at San Francisco, just two days before the raising of the American flag at Monterey by Commodore Sloat on July 7,1846. Indicating the acclaim with which that event was hailed by the pioneers. Com- modore Montgomery of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth, then in San Franaisco Bay, wrote to Commodore Sloat on Juy 11, four days later, that the American flag was waving not only over Yerba Buena but throughout the whole country from there north to Sutter's Fort, and that it had been hailed everywhere with satisfaction on account of the protection it promised to persons and property. The Mexican War, begun just previous to this event, placed California safe within the protecting arms of the Unitea States Govern- ment. Let us now consider the manner in which the thousands of immigrants who came into California aiter the discovery of gold in 1848 conducted themselves, with a view of observing the intense spirit of pstriotism and love of country that influenced their actions. Remember, they were far away from home and kindred, and the influence of the staid manners and customs of older communities. Woman, with her gentle and restraining in- fluence, was not among them. They were in & country having no local government, as ap- plied to particular localitles, yet of themselves | they devised and enforced laws for their own government—wise, effective and efficient. Not- withstanding the mad rush ot hundreds to some newly discovered “diggings,” and the absence of any law as to the size or possession of claims, they arranged ail of these matters without quarrel or difficulty of any nature. Order, justice and courtesy reigned supreme. Patchesof a few square feet of ground, teeming with the yellow metal for which each individ- ualin the camp was striving, were as sacred, held by mutual consent, as though possessed by letters patent or held by title deeds. In no community were people more charita- ble or generous. Nowhere was there less crime. In hundreds of instances sick, disa- bled and broken-down miners were returned to their Eastern homes by their fellow-miners with a sufficient “stake” given them to keep want and hunger from their door for many days. As the population increased, the ne- cessity for a better form of government be- came apparent, and, pursuant to the call of Governor Riley, the constitutional convention met at Colton Hall in Monterey, September 1, 1849. The result of the labors of that conven- tion was a constitution better than any of the other thirty State constitutions then in ex. | istence. At the election on November 13 fol- lowing, the constitution was adopted by an slmost unanimous vote of the people, and on December 15 the first Legislature under that constitution met at San Jose and proceeded in the framing of laws for the new State yet to be. For over three months the Legisiature remained in sessfon, and some of the wisest legislation ever enacted was the result of their labors. No member of that Legislature had the collar of the railroad round his neck, or was there to obey the behest of any political boss. The people of the State of California would have fared much better haa other later Legislatures taken this one fora model and labored with equal zesl solely for the good of the State. Then began the wrangle as to the proper boundaries for California and whether or not if admitted she should be a free or a slave State; Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Seward and other great statesmen engaging in the debate. Gwin, Fremont, Wright and Gilibert, the Sena- tors and Representatives from California, were knocking at the doors of Congress for admis- sion, that they might enter and take their seats. Over the admission of no other State bas there ever been such a contention, but finally the prayer of California was granted,’ and on the 9th of September, 1850, the bill admitting her to statehood was signed by Pres- ident Fillmore. Of the effect this action had on the history of the Nation the nistorian of the future may tell us much. Without the aid of California and her millions of gold who can tell what the issue of the rebellion might have been? Of the internal struggles contended with, of the frustrated attempts to hand the new State over to the South, I have not time to speak. e BEAUTY ON THE WATER. Stockton Channel and McLeods Lake Gorgeously llluminated at Night. STOCKTON, CaL., Sept. 9.—To-night fally 15,000 people lined the banks of Stockton Channel and McLeods Lake and filled the hundreds of water craft that floated on the water. The scene was like one in fairyland. Never in the history of any interior city bas such a display been made. From the waters of the lake and channel the courthouse, with its thousand incandescent colored lights, looked like a brilliant crown, and the huge tower at the junction of the lake and channel was lighted with hundreds of similar lights in red and blue. From the courthouse square rockets and bombs were sent up every few minutes, and from a barge on the north bank of Stockton channel hundreds of rockets and fancy pieces were set off, until ihe air was filled with one blaze of colored light. From the mills on the south bank of the same body of water another stand for fire- works had been placed, and here rockets and candles were sent into midair, with their stars and globes of falling light all tending to make the scene above as bril- liant as that upon the water. Thousands of dollars had been spent on the lanterns and lights that dotted and filled the space on the water. Along the banks of the channel and on tue shores of McLeods Lake had been strung myriads of Japanese lanterns, and on the water the river craft and the many launches and boats that had been brought here for this occasion were so beautifully decorated that even those who had seen every water carnival before *held in the State were astonished at the lavish dis- play that had been arranged by the car nival committee. Along the south bank of the channel were the schooners and yachts. They lined the banks from the sheds of the California Navigation and Improvement Company westward to the limits of the procession on the water. Steamers and barges were also stationed along this bank and at intervals huge calcium lights il- luminated the scene. On the water the picture by night was the most brilliant. Small boats, all decked with colored lanterns and lights, flitted in and out. The larger launches and barges and catamarans were filled with bevies of pleasure-seekers and garbed from stem to stern with every lighting device known. As the procession wound in and out on the water, the waiting crowds began cheering and the cannonading began on shore. Salutes were fired to the American flag that was run up on the electric-light tower at the entrance of McLeod’'s Lake and then the-procession moved. The launch that carried Major Frank Lane and his friends was one of the most beautifully decorated in the line of march, Changing electric-light effects in varios designs had been placed on top of this, and it towed a large barge that had been floored over for dancing. Whilethe barge went down the siream and back again the band oa board discoursed dance-music and the guests walized beneath the blue, starry skies that were filled with rocket and redlights. A number of very attractive floats had been prepared, but the chief attention had been given to the general effect, and this was most pleasing to the thousands of people who gathered to witness the dis- play. All along the banks were stations where red and blue fire was kept burning during the evening. The boats were so numerous that it would be useless to attempt to give an accurate description of each. As they passed and repassed, turning in and out along the waters of the channel, the scene was one that will never be forgotten by those who witnessed it. Schooners were lighted from decks to topmasts; tugs and launches were tnimmed with Japanese lanterns, while others added red and blue fire, burned in the bows, to the general effect. On one of the floats was a fair daughter of Stockton, who posed beneath a canopy of colored bunting, over which had been tastefully placed numbers of colored lan- terns. On another a scene from Hades was depicted, and the barge that carried it bore the legend. “No Native Sons Dwell Here.” It was a late hour when it was over, and then many left to attend the ball in the pavilion.