The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1901, Page 4

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1901 GOVERNOR NASH IS ENTERTAINED AT A BANQUET AND VISITING CONGRESSMEN ARE SHO WN SIGH Y w—— { OVERNOR NASH of Ohio was the guest of honor at a banquet given by the Union League Club in | the evening, where he met a brilliant assemblage, including Governor Geer of Oregon, Governor | Gage of California, Major (feneral Shafter and others. During the day the visiting Congressmen were taken for a drive through the park and Presidio reservation, lunching at the Cliff House. | 5 L o — TS ' T THE AP srermis T = fwlé,fl)aflufl 2atf 'OF THE CITY AN i DAY’S SIGHT-SEEING OF CONGRESSMEN AND RECEPTION TO GOV. NASH. Congressmen Are Driven Through Golden | Gate Park and the Presidio Reservation| and Take Luncheon at the CIiff House! HE & their wives were z visiti guished vi cellent opportu viewing the beau ng, flags, flowers ally covered the . palms and ferns liter- | a|wh walls, and the table, | SRONE . (Mo, Sl zed in horseshoe shape. | glimpse of the broad Pacific, a | pres ‘b spectacle. The lunch- view of the Seal Rocis and |ecn that could be desired and was Iiff House and a ck » the | thor joyed by the visitors, whose | e been sharpened by the drive zes from the ocean. gh Presidio. Wilson, aid to Gen- acing bre unani- of | aring the dr ch they would long remem- harge of the party d in their praise of the ected their | « tee, which had the trip “The bat- ir ongz the shore were pointed out | " The siatill of Sibty lafids a1 tion and manner of working consisted of fifty ladies and | the gisappearing guns explained by Cap- | gentlemen and fille comfor fl | 1 hes was from Il kent avenues of the military | the Pleasanton shortly fter 9 ervation were driven over and the| o'clock taken was to Golden of interest along the drives indi- Sattard 1o The camps, barracks, parade | . ' 12| ground ard the General Hospital were | the pan-|yisited. Many compliments were paid | g ¢ in Wilson as the drive disclosed the Ses were perm to walk | heauties to be met with on the Govern- visitors a in all her = obtained in > allow The Presidio having | t pints, the word was, rted for home. ipated in the pleasur- | d te Park Delighted With Park’s Beauty. The visitors were enraptured and spoke freely of the wondrous sight. Their senti- mentis were expressed by one of the party, who said enthusiastically an Francisco should be proud of her | park; it is most wonderfu The visitors were tak e who partici able trip were: Charles Dick and wife, J. 3. L i H. Southard and Brenhan and wife, David y. Cromer and wife, A. Dayton and | M. D Emmett Tomp- kins and wife, B. Kyle and wife, F. O. Phillips and wife, J. C. Needham and wife, Charles Q. Hildebrand and wife, W. R. War- Ne n to the conser- vatory, where a stop was made to enable nd wife, James Snook_and wife, | them io view the beautiful floral speci- Lybrand, J. H. Bromwell, S. R. Morgan, | mens hey were escorted through the | J. W. Cassingham, J. Edmund Foss, Julius | conservatory and then shown the beauti- | Kahn and wife, Major Belknap and wife | Judge Brennan of the Supreme Court of West Virginia, Mis# 1da Eckert-Lawrence and mem- bers of the local press. The members of the commerclal com- mittee for the entertainment of Congress- men, which attended to the welfare of | the party during the day’s outing, were | J. P. Currier, chairman, and representa- | tive of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ | Association; J. C. Friedlander of the S8an ncisco Produce Exchange, B. N. Row- ley of the State Board of Trade, W. M. | Bunker of the Chamber of Commerce and Charles Bundschu of the Merchants' As- sociation. ful fioral désigns laid cut in honor of the President and the astern visitors. > stand was the next point ited and from there the was driven to the buffalo paddock. was spent in admiring the the drive was then The ladies of time gazing upon confined within the park and when the young ones of the party Some time immense bisons and continued to the deer park the party spent some the gentle creature As Mrs. McKinley is a member of a chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star | located in Washington, D. C., John Ton- ningsen, patron of California Chapter of | this city, called at the Scott residence on Wednesday afternoon and left an invita- tion engraved on a plate of gold, request- ing her presence at a session of the chap- ter to be held in California Commandery Hall in the Masonic Temple on the occa- sion of the grand matron’s visit. herd came to the fence encircling the r!ar‘p set apart for them they patted thef heads, touched their cold noses and searched diligently for stray scraps of food with which to feed them, | First Glimpse of the Paciic. |GOLD INVITATION 1I‘l‘flf"ml the ;’ifl‘a park the drive to tha liff along the Qeean road was a source | of much pleasure to the lawmakers and OF EASTERN STAR the ladies. It was the first glimpse of the broad Pacific many of them had had, and words faf em when they | to express lheh:’dollzm, < | Request That Mrs. McKinlep jous,” they cried in ecstatic chorus, AY dhe "cilt Tods: the viewors were| MEELGrand Worthy Matron met by mine host ins and esco: 15 the balcony overlooking the ocean ang | of the Order. the Seal Rocks. | The ladies of the party were particu- | larly interested in the famous seals. It seemed elmost as if the animals expecicd the aistinguished guests and had deter. mined to “show off.” They barked and roared and swam about the rocks, hold- ing the attention of the party until Con- gressman Kahn reminded the deeply in- terested visitors that a visit to Sutro Baths and Museum was proposed. After viewing the baths and museum the party returned to the Cliff House and were es. corted to the banquet room, where lunch- | Ohio, Governor Geer of Oregon and visit- | an_opportunity at one single time to meet and greet and weicome so many of the great men | ter_of the great republic. HE Union League Club received | eminent guests last evening. The assembled statesmen and sol- diers listened to sweet music | and words expressing eloquent sentiments of national and State pride. The Governor of Ohio ex- alted the Buckeyes, the Governor of Ore- gon paid a tribute to Oregonians, and the Governor of California held aloft the ban- | ner of the Golden State. The club rooms in honor of the event were beautifully garlanded with gillax leaves from Berke- ley and roses from Santa Rosa. The occa- fon was a Treception tendered by the league to George K. Nash, Governor of Ohio, and visiting Congressmen from that State. The exercises were managed by a committee consisting of William M. Ab- bott, chairman; A. G. Booth, M. H. de Young, Joseph 8. Spear Jr., S. J. Hendy, J. B. Fuller and F. A. Vail. Shortly after 9 o’clock Governor Nash of ing Congressmen were escorted to a plat- form on the east side of the main room. Escort duty was performed by J. M. sleaves, William M. Abbott, Charles L. ield, J. B. Fuller, H. D. Loveland, H. G. W. Dinkelsplel, S. J. Hendy, F. A. Vail and the uniformed’ generals and colonels belonging to the respective staffs,of the Governors of Ohio, Oregon and California. Major General Shafter, United States army, sat among the elect on the plat- form. Governor Gage was not present at | the beginning of the exercises, but arrived | at 10 o'clock. Ie was received with gen- erous applause and cordially greeted by George D. Clark, president of the league. McKinlay Welcomes the Guests., According to programme George D. Clark, president of the club, claimed the attention of the audience and introduced D. E. McKinlay, the speaker appointed to weicome - the = visitors. Mr. McKinlay speaking for the league said: The magnificent series of receptions and ova- tions tendered by the patriotic and enthusias- tic citizens of California to the natlon’s chlet executive and to the many distinguished men and women of the Bast who have become our guests within the last few days shows the deep feeling of appreciation prevailing through- out the State for the honhor conferred upon us by their presence in our midst. Culifornia, San Francisco, the Union League Club, may well mark the time of these oc- currences with a white stone. It is not very often that Californians, living away out here in the center of the American nation, have of the extreme East. 1 allude to California as the center of the Unlon because we claim that we are West- erners no longer. . We hail now from the cen- The star of empire, always guiding and beck- oning civilization and progress westward, reached over the mountains and rivers and valleys of broad America, over the islands of the Pacific Ocean, onward, and still onward, until at last the emblem of American national- ity—the flag, which is the hope of all who ook for liberty—the flag which is the pride and best love of every true and loyal American heart— floats in honor and glory in the gates of the East and spresds its radiance over the Ori- ental skies. Alive to Its Significance. And California is alive to the significance of the hour, to the boundless possibilities of her near fuiure, and ehe welcomes with glad rejoicing the glorious day foretold by the prophetic tongue of Seward in 1846, who said: “Our population is destined to roll its resist- less waves to the icy barriers of the north and encounter Oriental® clvilization on the thores of the Pacific.” The day has come—the prophecy is fulfilled, California is no longer an isolated segment of the great American republic. She is no longer an almost unknown and little estimated part of the territory of the United States, away off over the backbone of the continent on the very fringe of American civilization. She has evolved from that situation of com- parative insignjficance. The series of great events in which our nation has been engaged in the last four years has changed the position of California in its relation to the Eastern States and the outside world as well. And to- day we feel that by reason of this change we are to be placed in the forefront of the great operations in’ trade, in'manufdcturing and in commerce that must be ours with the coming years. Riches of California. California with her twelve hundred miles of seaboard following the indentatlons of the coast, her magnificent deep-water harbors, her moun: tains bursting with the rarest minerals and metaly her hillsides crowned with timber that the world cannot equal, the long reaches of her plains, prodigally rich and fertile, her orchards her vineyards, her olive groves and oil fields these wonderful natural resources must very soon build up an empire on the Pacific Slope that shall surpags in power and opulence the fabled kingdom of Cathay dreamed of by Marco Polo and Columbus. All that California needed to bring her forth and place her in that high position which is her heritage was~an opportunity. The election of President McKinley in 189, the pa Dingley bill, the sound-money policy, the Span- ish war, the annexation of the' Hawailan Islands, ‘the mequisition of the Philippines—in fact, the policy of the present administration brought to us our golden opportunity. And, behold the gates of the Pacific have spread wide and ehips from California ports £0 forth to all the Oriental world freighted down with the products of the shops and farms and factories of America. Those same ships return again to California ports laden with the riches of other lands. Our mines of gold and silver and copper pour out an ever augmented stream of wealth. This is our proud position to-day, and the 500 members of the Union League Club, represent- most every trade, profession and business known in our State, confident in the unbounded ibilitles of the future, gladly welcome the from Ohlo. We welcome the chief execu- that mighty commonwealth who s our guest to-night, because he represents in his State the idea of government that has brought so much to California—because he has honored us by traveling across the continent 10 do us the great honor of witnessing the launching of the great vessel that some event- ful day In the future may bear the flag of the nation and Ohio's name in triumph through the battle and the storm, but was fashioned by the hands of California workmen. We wel- come Ohio's Governor because Ohio and Cali- fornia_must keep step in unison in building up and defending the American nation. We welcome the Congressmen of Ohio—they have been loyal, faithful and true to the best interests of the republic—they have given thelr time and their energies to working out the problems of state and solving them aright, the correct solution of which must determine our nation's destiny for good or ill. They have one and all stood proudly by our Presi- dent, upheld his hand and supported most faithfully his grand administration—and one and all the Union League Club bids. them hearty welcome, Nash Is Introduced. At the conclusion of Mr. McKinlay’s pa- triotic address there was a wave of ap- plause. Governor Nash was then intro- duced. When the hearty and prolonfied applause which greeted his introduction subsided the Governor of Ohio sald : Mr, President and gentlemen of the Union League Club: I hardly know how to express the gratitude which I feel for the very cordial welcome which you have given me to-night. We have come some 2500 miles for the purpose of being with you and launching that splendid battleship which your workmen have construct- ed, the Ohlo. We feel that in doing this we have come upon a patriotic mission, and we are glad to be so cordially greeted by all the citizens of your splendid State. I must confess that this journey has been a sort of eye-opener for me. (Laughte have never been a member of Congre: never heen a candidate for President, and my vision has been somewhat circumscribed. (Re- newed laughter.) 1 formerly had the idea that all the great men came from Ohlo (great laughter), and that nearly all of the good things in this world had their life and being In that State (renewed laughter). In this I have, within the last ten days, discovered that I have been wonderfully mistaken. I find the same prosperity, the same love for the repub- lic, and the same love for our flag existing upon the Pacific Coast that exists in the Cen- tral States. 1 feel assured from what I have seen and heard that the men of California are just as loyal, just as patriotic and- just as ready to defend our republic in time danger as any men upon the continent. (Ap- plause and cries of “That is risht."’) All Expansionists. From the applause with which you have re- relved the remarks of the gentleman who has just spoken to you I have reached the con- clusion that you are all expansionists out here, (Laughter and applause,) This is not strange, for the truth about the matter is that the men of this republic have been expansionists ever since the day of its foundations were laid. Our forefathers who came some two or three hundred years ago and settled upon the At- lantic Coast were expansionists; and then again - age of the about a hundred years ago we had a great wilderness where Ohlo exists.” The men who fought the battles of the revolution concluded that they would expand and they took pos- session of that ONlo country and they built up the great State ch we have there. Now as 1 have come across your plains and over _\{Jnur mountains and finally peached the Pa- cific expanded until they have taken possession of all this glorious Western country. The mere fact that we are and have been expansionists has made our nation great and strong and i we follow the same ideas and carry out the €ame policies the nation will continue to grow in power and strength in all the years to come as it has done in the past. (Appiause.) My friends, I am rejuiced to see the wonder- ful prosperity of this Western country. watched with interest your great industries, I have looked over your fertile fields and re- joiced that you have your great agricultural products, but there is one thing among you which has rejoiced my heart more than all things else. 1 have observed that you have splendid schools and universities. (Applause.) I am sure that these are dearer to your hearts than any other wealth you have. It was my privilege to-day to attend the commencement exercises of the University of California. Compliments University Students. A more splendid audlence to witness the | sraduation of young men and women for fu- ture usefulness 1 never laid my eyes upon. A more splendid set of graduates just going forth to their life's work were never seen by any man upon the face of tha earth. rejoice that these things are so, because not only in Californta, but in every State of this Union we want and we must have inteiligent men ahd women. They will be patriotic, they will promote the growth of our United States, they will protect liberty everywhere and bring prospetity to all our people. My friends, I want to eay sgain_ that It rejoices my 'heart to be with you to-night. I'do not feel that I am in.a strange land. I love my native State, but I know that she is but one of the torty-five stars which com- pose this grand repubilc of ours. Your State is another one of those stars. 5 to either one of our States, and that alle- glance s> to this great republic of ours (cheers), a republic founded in the blood of the fathers of the revolution, a republic pre served by the brave soldiers from 1851 to 1855, a republic which has been reunited during the last three years in our contest with a foreign foe. Under her flag we can always be happy, we can always work, we can al- ways be united. Again, fellow citizens, T thank you, and in returning my thanks I wish for the citi- zens of California all the prosperity, all the happiness that are possible for all time to come. I thdank you. (Cheers.) Talks of Oregon. After a few remarks by General J. M. Gleaves, president of the Ohio Bociety, and the singing of “The Star-Spangled | Banner” by the Knickerbocker Quartet, Governor T. T. Geer of Oregon was intro- duced. Governor Geer spoke as follows: Mr. President and_Gentlemen of the Union League Club ‘of San Francisco: The first thing you will discover is that I have fallen a vie- tim to the glorious climate of California. I am s0 hoarse that I can hardly make myself under- stood. Upon returning to my hotel not more than an hour ago, I discovered, among other in- vitations, one to be present on this occasion to respond to a toast, ‘‘The State of Oregon.”” This is very short ice to have been given for so important an event as this. I am reminded of the ¢ircumstances under which Frederick Doug- lass once found himself when having been called upon for a speech without motice. He sald that he never made a short speech that satisfled himself nor a Iong one that satisfied anybody else. Allow me to say, however, gen- tlemen, that T am not a Ohio man. T still am proud of the fact that I am a native son of Oregon. (Applause.) T am, however, with you to make & confession and to say that my ais- tinguished friend, the Governor of Ohlo, is largely right in his suggestion that Ohio is largely responsible for the settlement of the Pa- cific Coast—I am to make a confession and admit that, while I am not a son of Ohio, my father was. (Laughter and applause.) Advertisement of California. Geéntlemen, the State of Oregon is, to use a slang phrass we otten hear, “Iost in the shuffie” in_comparison with the enthusiasm and the advertisement which fortunately Cali- foentn kets,. largely {hrough the enthasiaem, the energy and the enterprise which we all admire of the Californians themselves. But Continued on Page Sixteen. Coast 1 found tiat their doctrines have | I have | o We owe a | higher and a grander allegiance than we owe | | i D VICINIT ¥ TO-DAY’S WEATHER AN FRANCISCO’S dis- tinguished guests from the national capital and from Ohio and other States may expect more agreeable weather than the fogs and winds of the past few days have permitted them to en- joy. The Weather Bureau fur- | nishes a forecast that brings hope of successive days of bright weather. The forecast for to-day is as follows: “San Francisco and vicinity—Fair; fresh westerly wind. “ALEXANDER McADIE, “Local Forecast Official.” Visiting Ohioans Are Taken Through the Oriental Quarter by Police Officers Spe- cially Detailed by Chief of Police Sullivan cipsdiad s E ing Ohioans inspected Chinatown last night under the guidance of police officers specially detailed by Chief Suilivan. At 9 o'clock James | W. Faulkner, Police Commissioner of Cincinnati and political writer of the Enquirer, headed a party composed of Colonel Carl Hosker of Columbus, Henry Vortreide, proprietor of the Toledo | Express, and Misses Sheldon and Steuart. | The party was guided througl the mys- terious mazes of the Oriental quarter by Detective McMahon and returned several hours later well pleased with their visit. At 8 o'clock a party composed of Con- ressman James H. Southard of the Ninth hio district, accompanied by his wife, Celin M. Spitzer, quartermaster on Gov- ernor Nash’'s staff, and Theodore Wall- bridge of Toledo, léft the Pleasanton Fo- tel and, under the escort of Officers Hutchings and Morton, saw all that was interesting in the Celestial district. Another the Palace Hotel at'8 o'clock by Ofiicer Balley, and spent several hours in China. town. In the panty were Howard N. Thompson of the Associated Press, Henry 1. West of the Washington Post, Walter E. Clark of the New York Sun, W. V. Price of the Washington Star and T. B. Lord of the Washington Press. VALLEJO EXPECTS FULL DELEGATION Congressmen Acknowledge Re- ceipt of Invitations to Be Her Guests. VALLEJO, May 15.—The rooms at the magnificent new ferry building were deco- rated with surpassing beauty, and, while the visitors may have seen California flowers in greater profusion, they have yet | :;J see A-mtr? tasteful and artistic decora- ons. elegram has been Congressman. Alston C. Dayton. membos of the House Naval Committee, stating :ll:)ant h:t;villvb?!fllafl to accept the invita- of e Vallejo committee and in Vallejo Thursday evening. Atmical | party, composed of Eastern press representatives, was escorted from | VERAL parties among the visit- | Melville has | their guest on Thursday eveniug. { {'aDvIise sent to the ladles’ committes ving acknowledgement of their PALACE HOTEL, May 14, 191—To the Ladies of Vallejo, Greeting: I am pleased card of greeting. It e been with you, k you for your cordial welcome. am respecifully, “GEORGE W. MELVILLE, “Rear Admiral and Engineer in Chiet United States Navy.' Chairman Foss of the House Committes on Naval Affairs, who is with the Con- gressional party, has sent a dispatch to the Valiejo committee thanking them for their iavitation to remamn in Vallelo as He will since I probably accept. ACCEFTANCE OF PLATT AMENDMENT Majority of Cubans Willing to Make It the Basis for Future Treaties. HAVANA, May 15.—A majority of the committee on resolutions, Senors Tamaya, Villendas and Queseda, are in favor of the committee making an immediate re- | port advising the constitutional conven- tion to accept the Platt amendment. Senors Gomez and Silvela are strongly opposed to this actlion. It is said that Senor Gomez in drawing up the minority report interprets the explanations of Secw retary Root as an admission that the United States will change the Platt amendment if the Cubans fnsist upon it; that clauses will be added guaranteeing the absolute independence of Cuba; that the third clause will be stricken out, as the Monroe doctrine provides for inter- vention should this be necessary, and that | coaling stations used for coal shall not be used for naval stations. At to-day’s meeting the majority voted that owing to the explanations made by Secretary Root to the committee, “we ad- vise the constitutional convention to ac- cept the Platt amendment as a basis for future treaties with the United States.” —_— Torpedo-Boat Barney a Success. WASHINGTON, May 15.—Acting Secre- tar)i' Hm!:lketthto—night recetved a dispatch saying that the trial of the tos -boat Barney had been a great mcuu.w a two-hour run the Barney made an aver- age specd of 2.1 Knots per Rour.