The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1901, Page 2

2 TH A A N FRANCISCO CAL_.L. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1901. OAKLAND PEOPLE EXTEND AN ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING TO THE DISTINGUISHED VISITORS FROM NATION'S CAPITAL o [ | | | | | T Thousands Turn Out tb G;eet the Mem- bers of the President’s Party Even Though McKinley Is Unable toCome S GECRETARY HAY ADDRESSING THE BERKELE STLIDENTS Proto AKLAND, May 15.—For the second time been disappointed in its ex- pectation of an opportunity to greet the nation’s Presi- dent. For the second time €pecial arrangements have been made and for the second time the President did not come, to the great dis- appointment of the loyal citizens. The first disappointment was ten years ago when President Harrison made his rush through Oakland and in the midst of the parade ordered his driver to bolt the line and leave at once for San Francisco, declining to appear before the thousands who had come to greet him. The circumstances surrounding the In- abllity of President Willlam McKinley to visit Oskland were vastly different, and while the people were disappointed there was coupled with that disappointment sincere regret at the jliness of Mrs. Mc- Kinley that prevented the visit. Word reached Oakland early that Mrs. McKinley was worse and that the Presi- dent would not be able to come either to Berkeley or Oakland. The Oakland citi- zens were o anxious to have the Presi- dent come to this city, even if only for a few moments, that they sent a special delegation to San Francisco to see if he could mot be prevailed upon to come to Oakland for half an hour and drive about the decorated streets. Mission Is Futile. Edson F. Adams, the chairman of the genersal committee, enlisted the interest of Cplonel John P. Irish in this move. Colonel Irish agreed to g0 to the Scott residence, where the President is staying, and see if some time, no matter how short, could not be given to Oakland. Colonel Irish went to San Francisco, con- sulted with the members of the Presi- dent's y &nd used every effort to bring the Preflgent here, even if only for & few moments. But the President did not feel that he could leave his wife's side, and though he expressed great re- gret that he was compellea to disappoint Oakland has | — Oakland he felt that he could not leave Mrs. McKinley. And go Colonel Irish returned to Oak- {land with the news that the President's | presence was impossible. | Tt was decided to carry out the pro- | Bramme as originally planned and allow | the Presidential party to see Onkland and meet a few of its citizens. This was dogne, and it ehowed how perfect had been ithe arrangements for handling the party and the crowds. The crowds were -great and |the day was perfect,” and everything | scemed ‘to have arranged itself for a tre- | mendous celebration. 1t ,would have been | the largest and most memorable demon- stration that ever took place In Oakland had it not been for the absence of the | President. { The trip from Berkeley was accom- | plished ' without _incident. The visitors { were guided by Chief of Police Hodgkins | of Oakland in person. The arrival at Sen- | ator Perkins’ res ce was practically on | t There the stay was carefully timed | and the trip through thesstreets of Oak- land and to the High School was made with the loss of but a few minutes. The speeches at the High School were only those of regret at the absence of the Pres- ident. Infantry Escort Delayed. The only hitch was in the late arrival of two companies of the Eleventh Infan- try. They were sent over on the Mc- | Dowell. The captain got out of the chan- nel ard stuck in the mud, and the de- tachment had to meet the party en route. They tried to find their way about the streets of Oakland and got lost, but they joined the party -before it reached the High School. The decprations were excellent, despite the fallure of the original contractor to carry out his agreements. By extra ef- forts the committees secured enough out- side help ‘to overcome the handicap, and Oakland presented a very gay appear- ance. The arrangements for the recep- tion were excellent and the work of the general committee and the sub-commit- tees proved most satisfactory. The po- licing of the city was well done, consider- ing the small force of officers available. Chief of Police Hodgkins divided the town Continued on Page Three. 1 ‘a.nd the principal’s apartments. SNAPSHOTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY'AT BERKELEY AND IN OAKLAN s B8 PARMENTER. CHILDREY ALong LINE oF AKLAND, May 15.—The pub—! lic school children made a | brave showing in spite of the report that the President would not be able to take part in the parade. Many of ' the knowing ones stayed at hoic, but there were other thousands along the line of march, gay with color and enthusiastically waving their flags, serenely confident that their cheers were reaching Mc ey's ears. The consensus | of opinion among the small tots appeared to be that the gentleman wearing the cocked hat and numerous medals must be the President. Each pupll was given a small flag by his or her teacher. They were stationed by schools along the route of the procession from Nineteenth and Webster to Thir- teenth and Jackson. All along the curb they stood and overflowed upon the lawns on either side of the street. The high wall around the Belden place at Nineteenth and Jackson was packed with the children from the Durant and Cole schools, who viewed the procession from a point of vantage. Grouped by Schools. The children were grouped in the fol- lowing order, beginning with the most southerly school on Jackson street: Bay | School, on the west side of Jackson near | Thirteenth; north of the Bay School the Peralta School, next the Temescal School and next the Pledmont. Opposite the | Pledmont was the Prescott School and | from there to the end of the street at Nineteenth were the TFranklin, Swett, | named. Around the corner on the north side “of Nineteenth street followed the Lafayette, the Tompkins and Grove Street school# in that order. Next to the Piedmont School on_the | west side of Jackson street was the Har- | rison School contingent; next the Clawson | and the Durant children at the corner of | Nineteenth street; around on the south | side of Nincteenth street the Cole and Grant schools. After the parade had passed by thou- sands of the school children joined the | throng on Broadway or at "the High School, where the afternoon's speech- | making was done. [} | Arrangements Perfect. The committee’'s arrangements at High School were perfect. e streets :):i? t jacent to the building were blockaded and | the policing of the big crowds which | gathered dbout the structure was excel- | lent. The military and naval escort to the | visiting members of the Cabinet and the remainder of the Presidential party was drawn up on Twelfth street facing the school in a long line at ‘“‘present arms’ when Secretary Hay, Mayor Barstow and Edson F. Adams, chairman of the execu- tive committee on arrangements, alighted from their carriage. The others in the party followed and were ushered into the principal’s rooms by the members of the local committee headed by Thomas T, Dargie, Harry F. Gordon, John Mitchell, Clarence Crowell, Willlam E. Dargie and | others. \ The front of the building was covered with American flags. The interior was a bower of floral beauty. The hallways and stairways had been burled in greenery ‘were - | absence of of odorous flowers, ion being conspicu- rant with clusters roses in great pro. ous. Signal for Cheering. The entrance of the Mayor with the Secretary and the committee upon the large spakers’ stand was a slgnal for an outburst of cheering and applause from the great crowd that was packed inta the court and backed upon Lafayette Square. There were 6000 ur 7000 people who as- sembled at the park and in spite of the the President there was a goodly show of enthuslasm as the Sec- retary and Postmaster General Smith pre- sented the‘regrets of the President to the people. The speakers’ stand and the platform ‘were vered with evergreens and ropes of roses. Overhead were strung to a cen- tral pole opposite the court wide bands of red, white and biue bunting, the whoie producing a pleasing effect. The gathering crowd was regaled with music by a brass band during the wait for the party. The news that the Presi- dent would not be present had rapidly passed along the sireets and there were few persons in the throng who did not know that he was at the bedside of his invalid wife in San Francisco. The crowds were bent on a holiday, President or no President, so the people accepted the sifuaiion and kept down their disappointment, cheering lustily the strong words from the distinguished mem- bers of the Cabinet. Mayor Introduces Hay. Mayor Barstow, 98 soon as every one was seated, stepped to the flower-be- decked rail and addressing the crowd sald: “My Fellow Citizens: I have the great honor to introduce to you John Hay, Garfleld and Lincoln schools in the oraer | Secretary of State. There was a cheer as the Secretary stepped forward. He bowed and In a clear voice said: Fellow Citizens: I am In a position of pe- culiar embarrassment to-day In taking the place of one whom you came to see. But I am sure your hearts go out to him in this hour of his anxiety and trouble, and that you feel with him as do all of us that he Is absent with good reason. The President had hoped to be with ycu hore to-day to 100K upon your faces, and to iet you hear the sound of his voice. 'He had hoped to come here and thank you for the gen- erosity of this magnificent welcoms, for gen- erous, indeed, has It been ever since we came within the borders of this magnificent State. But unfortunately the condition of Mrs. McKin- ley's health is so serious that the President was unable to leave her bedside. I have b charged to express the President's profound regret that he could not accept of your hospitality to-day. Your disappointment is no | greater than his and his heart is full of grati- tude for the most magnificent welcome that has ever been extended to any man in this country, | Everywhere has devotion and patriotism been manifested in our trip through California, There is loyalty to the Government of the -United States, to the constitution and to the flag of the Union! This great display of the flag is like a new flower added to the heauty of the many flowers of your glorious State. As we drove along this afterncon Mayor Barstow pointed out to me a flag that had floated over Fort Sumter. Yes, it is the same old flag that Captain Myers planted on the walls of Peking—a flag that has never waved over any community except in blessing, 1 came here to deliver to you the grateful thanks of the President of the United States, and now I want to present to you Charles Emory Smith, the Postmaster General. Smith Warmly Greeted. There was a hearty cheer for Postmas- ter le’l&ea ral Smith as he walked to the ¢ \ stand. His strong voice was heard to the very edges of the crowd. Mr. Smith said: It is a source of profound regret to all of us that the President is unable to be here. No one can stand in his place or represent him. I am sure your hearts go out to him with love, affection and devotion as he stands by the bedside of his beloved and invalld wife. The cordiality and loyalty you show in your welcome is a touching spectacle. We have seen the beautiful flowers and the ludcious fruits of your State. We have looked upon Your great commercial metropolis and we have now seen your beautiful city of homes and cultured people, and we have seen your thou- sands of school children and then we have seen that great university which is the pride of the State of California. \vell may the State say, as did the Roman matron of her children, ivell may California say of her great universities, ‘‘these are my Jewels." As we have looked upon the varied trophles of this magnificent State, coming as we have 3000 miles from the nation’s capital, to the shores of the ocean that is destined to be the great American ocean, we feel a new confl- dence in the destiny of our great country. Our flag has never been carrled to loftier heights than during the past three years. Never has the name of American citizen reached such a significance. Our flag means enlightenment to the people beyond our bor- ders, and it means enlarged markets for our great produets. I congratulate you, citizens of California, that at the beginning of the twentfeth century you stand at the golden gate, which will be the gateway to the great commerce of the United States, More cheers greeied the Postmaster General as he clogsed and then the crowd slowly sifted away as the visitors retired within the building. The military escort was re-formed and then the guests took carrlages and were driven in parade io the foot of Broadway, where they em- barked for San Francisco. GATES NOT FIGHTING THE STEEL CORPORATION NEW YORK, May 15.—John W. Gates and Mrs. Gates sailed for Southampton to-day on the steamship St. Louls. Be- fore salling Gates took occasion to deny again that he had been short of Northern Pacific. 3 Gates' attentlon was called to a dispatch from Chicago stating that he was promot- ting a combination of the outside steel concerns. It is sald that assoclated with him were John Lambert and Isaac I Ell- wood and that the new company was to be a competitor of J. Pierpont Morgan’s big trust. “That steel story is another hot air yarn,” sald Mr. Gates. ‘“You can deny that right off the reel. I know nothing about ‘combinations of stocks.” John Lambert, an associate of John W. Gates in the American Steel and Wire' Company, also denies that he and Gates are (ryln% to effect a combination o, Colorado Fuel, Tennessee Coal and Iro; and other kindred companies. He sald: “The intimation that we seek to fight the United States Steel Corporation is manifestly absurd, for the reason it we are ely interested in that corporation. The only one of the companies mentioned in the Western HW"“ in which we are Interested is Colorado Fuel and Iron. We are in that company to do business and not to fight United States Steel or sell out to_it.” If You Have Dyspepsia Send nomoney,but write Dr.Shoop, Racine, Wia., ‘box137,for six bottles of Dr.Shoop's Restorative; ‘express paid. If $5.60—1f not.it s free* HE members of the Cabinet were the guests of Oakland yesterday, and they were received ' with much enthusiasm and entertained toyally in spite of the general keen disappointment felt on account of the President’s unavoidable absence. The guests were driven from Berkeley, where they attended the University of California commence- | ment exercises, to Oakland® and at 3 p. m. were given a reception at the residence of United States Senator George C. Perkins. A parade escorted them to the High School building, where ' Secretary Hay, representing President McKinley, addressed a large audience in the open air. A public reception followed the speech- making and ‘the distinguished vis- itors were greeted by many citizegs of Oakland. A company of infantry reached the scene late, as the tug on which they were being brought from the city struck & mudbank. AKLAND, May land took place at This ments the distinguished visitors. The President's 15. — The social portion of the visit of the President’s party to Oak- | Palm | Knoll, the beautiful home of | Benator George C. Perkins. served as a pleasant | break in the drive to Oakland and a point | where the Oakland committee of arrange- | and the ladles of the Senator’s | household and the committee could meet | tasteful in the extreme. party arrived at the | and signal flags home of Senator Perkins promptly at 2:45. Long before that hour, however, the streets surrounding Palm Knoll were thronged with people, hoping to the very last that the President might come. * In spite of the general disappointment, how- ever, Secretary Hay and those accom- panylng him received a most cordial | greeting from the assembled multitude withofit the gates and a welcome from | Senator Perkins and those gathered un- der Mis roof that was typical of Califor- nian hospitality. At the threshold the noted visitors were introduced by the Berkeley committee to the Oakland re- ception committee, who from that moment became responsible for the entertainment of the honored guests. Senator Perkins in- troduced the party to Mayor Barstow and Edson F. Adams, who, after a courteous interchange of compliments and greeting, performed the same agreeable u.s': éor the I assemb] of representative gdlemlm had beenm invited to meet the guished visitors. oy a Delicious Lunch. A short half hour was the time allotted for the reception, but everything was so well conducted that not only did each one present have an opportunity to give an in- ividual greeting, but the distinguished SRR LI T resent large size from a willow siip | brought by Senator Perkins from th rave of Washington seven years ago. Mr, iay was much interested and sald: | you of the great man who rests at that | other Mount Verngh far away.” After the reception the party re-entered their carriages to be driven through Oak- land. The decorations of Palm Knoll were Over the wide | entrance a large silken flag was draped of the marine service | were arranged to form words of welcome. | A large picture of the Pyesident over the portico was draped with the national col- | ors and flags fluttered gally everywhere. | A white canvas had been lald from the doorway to the carriage drive and was outlined on either side with large growing | plants of maidenhalr fern. Within great | quantities of roses and carnations, red and white, and lilles were artistically ar- | ranged about_ the handsomely furnished apartments. In the billard room cham- | pagne, punch and other cooling h- ments were served, and In th n- ing room the beautifully decorated table was laden with ices and numerous other delicacles. Many Ladies Present. The wives of nearly all the reception committee were present, as well as many of Miss Perkins' young friends, who had been invited to recelve with her. Aside from the disappointment of not meeting President McKinley, the reception was a most enjoyable affair. Elegant gowns wgre worn by the ladies. The gown worn b)FMr!. George C. Perkins was a very hi ome one of royal blue satin, elab orately trimmed with chiffon and Persian embrotdery. Miss ae Perkins was exquisitely smwned in a Princess robe of cream crepe e Francaise, made over cream taffeta. The yoke and sleeves were of gold-thread- ed renaissance lace over white chiffon. uests were enabled to partake of a de- | The crepe skirt finished with poi Efi:‘: Buien’ and, to’ enjoy & ‘eursory | which 7al sofly over latings of chiffon: £ b"'mlt 2 e mbawum‘ i ;"‘:_’h‘ Panels of lace and applique ons object particular terest e Darty was & tree which has grown to its Continued or. Page Three. ‘ -