The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 160. * SAN FRANCISGQO, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1901 PRICE FIVE CENTS. GOLDEN STATE'S GREETING COMMITTER. - President Now Is | California’s Guest. R By W. F. BURKE, Staf (o otall respondent of Ths Call Dusty and tired t the s to break the d the te and the first dreary w: California headw the hern sun st t Redlands in a b nds was chosen as the g for the President, for no d Jend its aid to an the eye ¥ er bride in and b nd her the welcome e cars pulled into tion. They were hauled PRE JIDENTA] day and not g engine that had been e rear end of the train to The = a thing | decorations went even to neer, which was ag- three beloved topped the engine drew aw leaving of excitement and ing to put his soll e train Interest in McKinley the Man. He a e door of the car arm Mrs. McKinley and a cheer t iting croavd, but only breathless interest the nley ten- while Mr. Me, il, delicate, sweet-faced from the steps of the car 10t ten feet away sident was lost in the m gave way to in- ey the man led his wifc C dtform. But before he took seat the crowd had regazined posses- first | I ! l ss of brilliant | MRS WT PRES RUVEIN g Children Scatter Flowers in | Path. ’ its voice and a shout that must Lave echoed against the rugged old peaks | of the surrounding mountains went up, and the President bowed his thanks and | raised his hat before he took his seat. Far up the street under the canopy of fluttering flags and bunting the escort had been drawn up in line. The local post of the Grand Army, Bear Valley Post and that from San Bernardino, Cornman Post. | stood ready to turn in immediately be- | hind the President's carriage. Before| thkem was stationed Company G of the Seventh Infantry, N. G. C., of Redlands and after them came the carriages for| the guests and the yellow-sashed mar-| . The band from the Perris Indian | School led the column, and as it passed p the street to the Casa Loma Hotel on(i her side were lined the children of the | some with palm branches, snme} sion of sha school witk: flags and some with flowers. For the | first few rods the pavement was covered | with flowers strewn over the street by the younger children, and as the carriages moved on more wgre thrown in their path. President and Governor Meet. In the lobby of the Casa Loma Hotel waited Governor Gage, Mrs. Gage, Speak- | er C. W. Pendleton and Mrs. Pendleton, Senator Perkins, Senator Bard and the | Congressmen, the committee in whose | charge rested the first official welcome of the President to California. E. S. Graham 1 H. F. Sinclair o Redlands, J. C. Stubbs and W. F. Herrin | of the Southern Pacific Company and Ferd K. Rule and Homer Laughlin of Los Angeles had gore down the road to meet the President and it was they who helped him from his carriage at the door DUNN AeT <l N e TO THE CHIEF OF THE NATION ? ORANGE JTREET % REPLANDJ LOOKING <« /OUTH- { : < g | RS ACHELLEY ToLHURYST PRES. FRIDAY MoRN. <uUe o + —~ VIEWS OF THE STREETS OF REDLANDS DECORATED GAYLY IN HONOR OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMING AND SOME OF THE PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN’S CLUBS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE RE- CEPTION TENDERED TO MRS. McKINLEY. | Eloquent Tribute to the State’s Past. of the hotel. Governor Gidge was waiting at the door and as the President, leading Mrs. McKinley, crossed the porch Senator Perkins announced 1o a loud voice: “‘Pres- ident McKinley, his Excellency Governor Gage,” and the head of the nation and the head of the Stale gravely shook hands and exchanged the conventionalitics ap- propriate to the occasion. Then Mrs. McKinley was presented to the Governor and then the President and Mrs. McKin- ley were presented to Mrs. Gage. And then on down the line of the waiting com- mittee the presentation went, while in through the door the guests kept pouring and carriage after curriage rolled up to he. entrance and discharged the peopie who had come all the way across the continent to learn how really beautiful a State/can be If the sun smiles on it. Continued on Page Twe Los Angeles Ex- tends a Warm. Welcome. 0S ANGELES, May 8.—With the cheers being passed from one’ knot of houses to another as his train made its way, McKinley reached Los .Angeles, the City of Angels, which for months had been thinking onfy of how the Presi- dent should be received. Ard the result of these months of planning was seen in th: flags and lights and blending colors, in the crowds of people that surged to the station, in the bands and uniforms and the ‘bedizened horses and decorated carriages and the general holiday air that had infused new life into the everyday existence of the town and had given to everything a touch of the carnival spirit. In the Arcade | depot the recep- tion committee from the ' town was lined up awaitng the train and as the President stepped down all roised their hats. General Shafter and his aid, Captain Eugene T. Wilson, both McKinley Speaks at Van Nuys Hotel. in full uniform, were the most conspicu- ous figures in the crowd, and as the President came from the platform Shafter went forward and was greeted as an old friend. The members of the committee were in- trcduced and they chatted with the mem- bers of the party while the carriages were brought round into the depot and the visitors were assigned to their seats. The gates of the station had been closed and so only the members of the committee were present when the President left the train, but waiting oufside were half the people of the city, and only half. because there was not room in the surrounding streets for all. The people were watch- ing and as the President’s carriage drove ‘from the building the air quivered with the shout that greeted him. President’s Salute Fired. Passing Wall street a salute of twenty- ‘one guns was fired by a squad under com. y e PReEs. EBELL CLUBY | proclaimed the firing of the salute. Nor | STREFET ~INATION § STREET THE crr}/ FHALL_ . CONCERT ¢« AT + Women’s Clubs| Entertain Mrs. McKinley. mand of Colonel Berry, but so tremendous was the cheering that but a muffled roar were the other members of the Presiden- tial party greeted with any less enthus- jasm. The vast crowds lining the streets fairly shouted themselves hoarse as each new figure. was recognized, and to all demonstrations the occupants’ returned smiles and bows. Long before the Presidential party was due at the Hotel Van Nuys the surround- ing stre®® were jammed.with a seething mass of humanity. Inside the hotel, | where the only public reception to the na- | tion’s chief executive was to be held dur- | ing his stay in the city, the arrangements of various committees were well nigh per- fect, Four companies of the Natinal Guard of Califbrnia were on guard at the vorious Hotel entrances - to keep the i throng from encroaching on the sacred precincts, and they were augmented by a detachment of police under the command of Chptain Hensley. When the flrst of the pageant arrived | at the hotel the restless throng moved | about uneasily and after a wait of fifteen minutes the President himself drove up to the Main-street portico. “The President is here,” passed from Up to lip, and as he tenderly assisted his life’s partner from the carriage four little flower girls dressed in white walked to the door, made a deep obeisance and strewed the passage way with snow white roses. With his helpmeet on his arm the Presi- dent walked Into the rotunda and toward the'dals amid tumultuous applause. When ParadeProblems the Subject of Debate. DDITIONAL details of the pa~ rade following the President’s arrival were decided upon at & meeting of the executive com= mittee yesterday morning, but there still remains much to do before arrangements may be considered final. In response to a petition and the representations of “a “citizen's committes | the line of march was changed so as ta turn down Market street to'Montgomery, out Montgomery to Bush, thence to Kearny and back to Market street and out to Van Ness avenue. General Warfleld states that he awalts the arrival of the battleship Iowa from Puget Sound before sending out the offi- cial circular informing the various organ- izations of their places in the parade. No one in San Francisco knows whether the 80t bluejackets and marines aboard the Iowa, the Wisconsin and the Philadelphia will participate in the parade or not, and no.one will know®until Admiral Casey comes. into port. After that question is settled General Warfleld will complete his assignment of places for the parade, Mounted police will lead the parade, and following them there will be platoons of unmounted police. Troop A of the Na- tlonal Guard will follow, and the Presi- dential party will be next in line. With President McKinley in his car- riage, It is now planned, Mayor Phelan and Irving M. Scott will ride. The jour- ney westward has been very trying on Mrs. McKinley’s power of endurance, and ti s probable that the train will stop at Valencia street station long enough for her to be escorted to a carriage, in which to be driven directly to the Henry T. Scott residence. Question of Precedence. There was much discussion at the ex- ecutive committee meefing yesterday as }Ao whese carriage should follow that of the President. Should Governor Gage be accorded that honor, or should the ecar- ['tinges bearing the members of the Cab- inet precede the Governor's carriage? There was much airing of knowledge. .of official etiquette, and in the end the pro- Governor men won. Governor Gage and three members of his staff, to be desig- nated by him, will precede Secretary of State Hay and the other Cabinet officers. Regular troops to the number of 500 will follow the carriages. ' The Naval Militia will march, and very probably the ma- rines and bluejackets from the warships in port will be In line. Four mounted men from the signal corps of the National Guard will keep Continued on Page Five. Continued on Page Fives