The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1899, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CENTS. battles of anc American na- can no more claim Dewey meant the advance- preservation eat days in the life a4 must eithe r be absorbed al of all the almost unable to carry tt fought for I th has been recognized by the civilize the earth; that to do that we bration at Washington's at and free ivil War has any event work upon; does it will die. but rather by over the Spanish ck, followed by the merriest thre sexes and was his audacity barbarous people Ulen into disreput and it was war 3 and not the mild men which N cf American people efficiency « been fighting : dangerous one comprehend. It matters not whether ves less troublesome . for neither s and place it Indians nor themselves their country ize their people. “at San Francisco. first to desig battle of Manila That associa- <ers all the s moved we During the S o SECER SCRY N S S D DN M0 A Sl SO M D7 S SN i 0 ‘o eeb-o@| people poured in to ferings and stir v celebrated | and launches flew bac els of commerce cheering the bunting alow ing the holiday dresses donned rth among cheering the lowa and the M Pensacola and fairly shrie his brethren And on the rts just returned celebrated more quietly.g s of both s ase, disabled by admiral of all their country’s fleets, patriotism could not dance or shout or sing, protecting stand and also serve cannon - cap- is supposed to be that barked fir: barked joyfully in his honor at the behest ot can, tars and thousands heard the McCulloch, parents and bigger brot but also to thousands uf still blazed on Twin Peaks, as if to signal VERMONTERS AT SUNSET PARK - 10,000 residents of oining towns journeyed to Sun- | y to participate in the tion given by the Natiye originated commemoration bloomed on every ¢ cheek, cheer lurked on every music in the air, and sum- and sunshine and gladness, sly beneath. patriotism only the beginning. The long trains car from the Oakland mole of the Santa Cruz Mountai ing feature of the celebration was the ied the pleasure trhins, str in all directions, no perceptible extent did the holic throngs seem to diminish day they passed and repa the streets and in the rejoin at night those other th On through There was, tically no need of the squad of police men which accompanied the picnicker: The latter were a joyous ! on pleasure bent, who g asm at the * @ + v s 1 fl” * ? ! © . 1 * . ¢ 1 S . 3t B O o SO SO S WD SN DS S N Sy t of patriots E fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth cen- turies Spain held-undisputed dominion western world, and the preceding designation expression to the feeling pent up for were bent on their oppre: their enthus; oper times As Dewey day, then, the recur- = ry of the great admir will be due more to those Americans who remain at home in safety and de- out-of-town arted for the 1iccompanied Sons of Vermont anta Cruz, Mountains. ation in this city >ft the mole and s s. At noon the picnic rcises of the arms will g0 ringing down the groov ice now dominates the We than to the Filipino: k our men. nti-imperialists of our coun- are fast developing into the ene- our country. The trouble with most of the com- plaining Americans i understand that the United State: grown to be a first-cl nation has d and now dons : reached and the ex inaugurated. Gate Park band had r Park in tk that organi auickening lions of Americar listen to that thrilling intrepidity discovered unknown stimulating commerce, thus the white man'’s de one of progress and of expansion. man and no- politi administration is enough to stop that they do not s At on the plat- rm and delivered the invocati sdward A. Belcher then made b His speech was delivered with great force. most popular the Green Mountain State they time when there or rumors of W ars among arded short school- her best clothes In concluding these brief opening re T baeengtonaible k you to join me rousing cheers for Admiral Dewey. conclusion introduced sang the national anthem. Hon. M. M. Estee, the orator of the >d a hearty greeting when His speech ort and was During its the hero of Manila by setting apart cially we are competing with all other from each other; that socially a dollar banquet is infinitely more popular and quite as good for indigestion as and -yet we are the richest people on the earth and have money enough for either banquet; that have grown beyond our youthtfui 2 nts, and are now living u the:spirit of progress which has principle in Amer he beginning we have taught it. st we did not go beyond the conti- nent—there was no need for it—there vi ped terri- rupted with bur hievement on the fir of May, which Judge Belche rly in our history the old Green Mountain State gav i soldier—no sum- of Californ to join with them on the occas | day, recelv | introduced to his audience. | was punctuated with He said in part: Ladles and Gentle- of Vermont have met first anniver- 1t home. The greates: the wisest expansionists Americ: produced was that most statesman—Thomas more good Ameri than was ever America before knew, as every statesman must know, grow fastest the world the 8§ ever more im- than that of Ethan Allen at ; she has given s to surrender % nservative was too busily engaged natorial battle to set Legislatur throes of a Ticonderoga—and latel o the oo its ideal s ns the record of no sea fight s0 splendid and so overwhelmingly vic : of Dewey at Manila. n territory for less were young in years and small in stat- ure no other nation was jealous of us, but now we are in the way only make a noise, space in the worid, and so when some of our people compiain about our mak- ing haste too fast, they find plenty of back to them from our to-day to celebrate the sary of an_event famous in American have selected Dewey ermonter by a “Dewey day.” sentiment so rapidly of the State and the Mayor o remedied the omission | of the Legislature and made it one. > mother State more steadfast none braver in the front which offers government and the greate: unoccupied step toward expansion as the most making “May day venture to remind you, however, that Admiral Dewey belongs to the Amer- of the batl The narration of deeds of valor of echoes comin jealous neighbors. that every ] | minutes the shores of Alameda and Ma- | rin re-echoed the cannonading. The bat- | tleship was decorated in a most appro- priate manner, her fighting masts and up- | per structure belng covered with bunt- | ing. During the afternoon, when it began | to blow very hard, the Pensacola took in her flags, but all the other vessels in port kept them flying until sundown, Among the merchantmen the best show- | ing was made by the brig Courtney Ford. This was due more to her_position, how- | ever, than anything else. She was on the | California drydock and towered away above the other ships at the wharv Captain Murchison had secured an extra | supply of signal flags and had his vessel | covered with bunting. At Howard street But you can no more stop American | wharf the British ships Zinita and King progress or stay the patriotic enthusi- | George and the American barkentine asm of the young American soldiers Ruth were gay with color. than you can stop athletic sports in The tugs arless and Relief made a American college: pansion or smot siasm of Am stay American ex- | brave showing, while the Vigilant was the glorious enthu- | covered with bunting. The Vigilant made n patriotism. The | hourly trips between the Pensacola and present situation is not one that can Pacific street wharf, carrying itors to be changed by discipline. In this | the apprentice boys 'on the training ship. matter, paraphrasing what the negro | The launches Amy and William D car- astronomer said about the sun, “The | ried visitors to the Towa, and Henry Pe- American people do move,” and when | terson saw to it that his boats did honor they move the camp followers better | to the nation's hero. hurry up or they will be left behind | Lombard street wharf the British For the first time in American his- :r Athenian and at Pacific street tory the whole civilized world has the American steamer Australia beén a spectator to American valor. | vied with each other as to which would We have proven that it was the men | make the best displ Both steamers behind the gun that won the victories rushing the work of loading and un- and we must now prove that it is the | loading in order to get away on time, so man in the less glorious pursuits the crews did not get any holiday, but peace that will win the victory the men had the consolation of knowing This war with Spain has accom- | that they were earning double pay and plished another great purpose for this | at thé same time working under the fin- republic; it has reunited the American t display of bunting ever seen on either peoy It has obliterated all feeling | ship. of unrest between the North and the Over at Oakland the Hawaiian bark South. and for the first time since the | Roderick Dhu held the pride of plac Rebellion all Americans are for Amer- | Captain Johnson saw to it that there was ica. American patriotism has received | a good supply of extra flags aboard and new inspiration; the love of country | superintended the dre of his ship. has grown as the war progressed: the ] Wills the Ameri- young men have been educated to rt Searles and Muriel obey as well as to command ong Wharf loc power of the American navy has be way up in Oakland demonstrated, and thus the 3 C ships Flintshire, Afon of this war has Alaw and Brussels did honor to the oe- any exigency which casion. Captains Thomas of the Afon may impose upon us. Alaw and Jones of the Flint The Philippine policy, now adopted, | most as much interest in California as the affords no room for retreat. We must | Native Sons, and whenever their vessels accept what the war with Spain g are in port on a natic holiday a fine us and not fall back upon real or an- | display of bunting can be depended upon ticipated dangers. We have bought | fr these islands paid for them. when | we could have got them by conquest. nd Crown of And while we admit that all men are is the British ship Zalus; entitled to justice, yet the men who | Port Costa are the American schooner make cruel and barbarous war upon | Albert Meyer, Italian ship Caterina Ac- the American people must be sub. {eame and British ship Primrose Hill, dued. Political equality and justice | While out in the bay is a fleet of sugar are not synonymous terms. For in- | boats, every one of which had all its stance, the people of the Territories of gs set. At Mission street lies the Ru the United States have never been the |Sian barkentine Bering. and at the Mail political equals of the citizens J‘\lm'r_x the steamer America The inhabitants of the Maru, both made as good a of ‘Columbia canhot” voté ' for their | SROWInE as the American vesse e public offic nd ¥Rt thegtire Aweri ) | JHRSHcey BRition JLalign Musman and cap citizens. We have long since set- e Sl D S0 B 7 1 g , to Dewey, the hero of Manila, and suc- tled the question that as to the T 0 Aen i : t nets i 2 R ac ceeded in makin, e of the most nota- tories of our country Congress ble display: er seen on the front regulate their internal affair 25 g did with polvgamy in Utah, and it is | DT a part of American sovereignty to maintain peace everywnere on ameri- | FLAG RAISING can s Coming events cast their shadows IN THE PARK gayest, while k the Britis lito are the Brit before; these shadows pproach- ing. It was recently s by an American statesman that the life and d Dewey day ain Thompso declared that, it was dis: glory of this nation may soon be put | Fully 30,000 people celebr: to the test. We hope not. But noth- |in Golden Gate Park ing -can stop American expansion | chief of the park pol without national destruction, and this | considering the wind great republic will not be destroved |able in the extreme, the crowd ws Wwhile American honor and Ame; | the largest on record. The wind blew a B ol cudliney dle, and the dust from the roadways and Rhys Thomas followed with a patri- | footpaths blew in blinaing clouds, but the otic song and then the band struck up | crowd did not care. It was out for fun that appropriate march, “When Dewey | and incidentally to honor the hero of Ma- Comes Marching Home.” When the nila Bay by having as much personal an applause had subsided the audience, led | pleasure as pc e | by A. O. Perkins and others on the plat- | The feature of the day in the park was form, sang “America.” the raising of the flag recently presented At the conclusion ¢f the programme the park by the crew of the MeCulloch: the picnicke pread themselves over | This was done at the grounds and enjoyed themselves as | police of the park under the d only picnickers can. An hour later the | Superintendent John McLaren. As th park band signaled that the dance was | beautiful folds of Old Glory were caught on and many merry couples mingled in | and tossed by the breeze, the band played the dance, which continued during the | “The Star Spangled Banner.” the erowd | afternoon, and those who found the | sent up a mighty volume of cheers. and pavilion crowded enjoyed the games.| there was a prolonged cheering when The games created considerable ex-|<ome one proposed three cheers for Ad- citement among the young and old. | miral Dewey. The pole from which the A. O. Colton, A. O. Perkins, Mr D e e e & vy e o s mposed | {o serve its purpose, and whenever the the committee under whose direction | wing gied down its beautiful folds reached they were conducted. The races and |, and dragged upon the ground. winners were as follow | he music stand by Lucas composed he flag was raised at 2 o'clock. After Boys' race, 15 years and | the band had played “The Star Spangled Thomas Budd, East Oakl its usual oncert. | Banner.” it rendere Kemp Maddox, 1203 Twent ' | Yesterday the programme in honor of the | Oakland occasion was particularly elaborate and Girls’ race. 13 vears and under—First, | contained several extra numbers. It was Miss May Northrup, 1007 Guerrero stree s follow second, - Northrup, 1007 Guer Introductory march, *‘Wher street fildred ' Schoenau, Home" (Lee and Powhattan s | ture, arrang in— Younr men's race—First Harry John- | White and Blue nd of W son, 36 Fell street; second, W. Miller, Bann Los Gatos. | songs with_xyloph & . 1 0 01 Robin Hood'’ (De Younz ladies’ race—Fi Miss Alice iy - (Colve Woodw-od, 118 Park av, amona = IEoven)s e o I second, Miss Mamie Moyle, 616 East [ BIerEEG s Twenty-fourth street, Oakland; third, | Miss May MecGlaughlin, San Antonio avenue. ) S e Fat men's race—First, W. F. Brind |727% Minna street; second, P. C. Peters, > (Verdi); w ; descriptive march, ‘‘Dewey’s (Lueders); e Johnson). 16 Oak street. . . i c stand was not the’only’ center Married . ladies' race—First, M - | of attraction for the great crowd. .Fhe Campbell, 1006 Fulton street; second, Mrs. | 2GR IR 00 1y Tt o tlea Twelfth street, Edith Halse 163 E: ass, %7 Grove | Oakland; third, Mrs. street. i Married men's race—Fi 3710 ,Sacramento street; Mason, Soquel. Egg and spoon race—First, Miss Maud | 5'clock, s Whigham, 449 Valencia street; second, | aimo Miss Annie Terry, 1121 Greenwich street. | runaway At 5:30 o'clock the three big trains| Was reported dur started on the homeward journey, and | Children were als a tired but contented crowd left the |™° % < ferry to divide and await the coming of another “Dewey Day.” THE COLEMB[A Tageis VESSELS GAY SQUARE SALUTE WITH BUNTING | A satute to Dewey from an enemy’s gun and a concert by the Second Regiment Band were the magnets that drew thou- Never in the history of the water front | sands yesterday to Columbia square, one has there been so much bunting displayed | of the city’s prettiest breathing spots, be- as was thrown yesterday to the north- |tween Folsom and Harrison and Sixth and west breeze. Every craft on the bay was | Seventh streets. decorated, and while some made a better | The gun is a brass 5-pounder, muzzle- showing than others, there was not one | l0ading, and bears the arms of vanquished that did not fly her flag in honor of | Spain. From its muzzle is supposed to Dewey day. The British (‘le;:t made a‘\guvte ::tcdliorthr;hc hlr( hot gn‘z Dl'“'l( - splendid showing, every ship being | Aeet as it steamed past Corregidor Islanc d‘l.lf';!é‘m the nf(‘uslon. The lowa, Peng- ‘l‘{,‘,;“;‘.} {':.‘:’;;',3;‘;}:;’ ‘,,[m S “e sacola and Marfon were gay with bunt-| threw passed between the flagship and ing and each fired an admiral's salute | the cruiser Baltimore. By reason of the during the day. fact that this cannon gave the signal for The training ship Pensacola lying off | the battle which followed its position was i tha Ars < marked, and when the American com- Goat Island was the first to salute. At 8| . ger'took possesssion of Corregidor he a. m. the apprentice boys were paraded | singled out this gun and sent it to Ame: on deck. The ship was then dressed, the | ica to the committee having in charge the admiral’s flag run up and the salute fired. | G]:ecs/l[fl‘; of a monument to the sailors of At noon the reserve boys on the Marion l the Maine. . & The cannon was placed a little to the manned the rapid fire battery and a few | wegt of the center of the square, with a seconds before the time ball fell she also | cordon of police unuer Lieutenant Nash was saluting in honor of Dewey. The | and Sergeants Coogan and Conboy to hold Iowa took up the refrain and for a few ! the crowd in check. Little Viola Cheva- ] who made the 10,000 people with little ones Fully her various places of ‘interest were vis The crowd began to accident Two lost