The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1901, Page 28

28 e e e THE SA FRANCISCO ALL, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 190 EXCURSIONISTS WHO FAIL TO SEE THE OHIO LAUNCHED ARE VERY MUC BEFORE THE LADNCHING THE BOVW OF'THE OHIO THE SLOCUM WITH PRESIDENT MIKINLEY O™ BOARD SALVTES THE TRANSPORT SHERIDAN #® THE NEW E-ATTLESHIP WISCONSIN TANDING on the launching plat- form just under the bow of the Ohio, Mrs. Ida Lawrence read a poem she had w the oc- casion. It was before the ship was freed and while every one was watching for the first quiver that should mark her progress to the sea. The words of M Lawrence's poem are as follows: O Star of Empire, thou that went before The pilgrim, in the misty days of yo When glad the Son of Progress left the throne To pioneer Hesperian shores alone— We owe to thee, with every passing hour, A new-world life and liberty and power. With bare, and limbs of sturdy ten for ¢ youth ran through the early a; His buskined feet troubled deep; . to wake a dreaming world from touched lHight the By sandy shores, o'er Alleghany’s crest, He paused to hear t valley’'s purring rest Far to the West, the flood-tide’s ceaseless measure Dreke o'er his soul in waves of living pleasure. Ir Through the wild primeval forest Crept the youth with wondrous meaning— Blzzing trees for future heroes— Waving wands with wizard seeming. ¥rem the wigwam came the cabin v the rifie’s crack: g locomotive lened red man back. s marveled t the nature-dream was o'er; Followed they the deer and bison Toward a friendly sundown shore. From the ashes of the cabin Mensions, farms and cities grand, v kine and high-bred people, Sprang to bless this happy land. Spirit of Ohio—godde: uled this land of inspiration: And the Son of Progress wed her— Lo! their children lead the nation. Froud the sire, but discontented; Undismayed—quailed aot the wrack— With his offspring, bold as Hector, Drove the frontier border backs IIL Afar, where the famed Golden Gate Swinge low at the close of the day, Bronzed Progress sits molding a queen; War’s arbiter—fresh for the fray. With fi ace and smoke and fire, Witk tackle and block and blow, In steel, men clothe this bold desire, in a fleece of flame below. With hands that are horny with toil, Ané a patient, steady tread, The ranks of men file in and out To gather their harvest of bread— With hammer and forge and flame, ‘With rivet and bolt and blade, They bind her ribs to her monster frame, "Tis a giant that man hath made. Derk faces emboss with the glow Of sunlight, o'er labors well done. Men's arms gather strength with each blow And the men and the ship are as one. They know that the forge's red glare Touches oft where the higher sparks lay— ‘With cheers on the lips of the men,, "1l sigh when the ship heaves away. n her great wooden stall, yearns for her kingdom, the sea; The Spirit Ohio shall sever her chains, And bid the fair captive go free; To cut the brocade of the deep, To walk by the feel of the land. As love fondly lingers round sleep, So Faith puts her seal on her hand. PERORATION. Plunge out in thy baptismal fount O ship of the magical name; Ride firm o’er the wave in thy way As men in the highway of fame— Our men in the highway of fame. 1f, like a proud seagull, thy fate To ride on the billows away, Over fathomless depths where the monsters mate, And fight o'er the flotsam of prey “rom lost vessels, the flotsam of prey— The guerdon that hangs round thy name— d the sons of our bountiful soil Shall smite thy vroud turrets with ran- corous flame, If thou dost e’er shame her with spoil— Dost shame her with ill-gotten spoil. £ail out on the high seas of state, 1f roul blows the south wind or fair; With. homes to protect and the nation defend, Our sons and our ship will be there— Brave as Perry, our ship will be there. M the lust of the nation be lost In life’s tide, where the deep soundings are Then, C on ploneer sea tain, fear not, with our ensign high, To follow the pale of His star— With cannon to follow His star. Let Mercy stride free o’er the deck, And Love. from the bridge draw the sword; firmly thou'lt thundrous Might, The foe with the help of the Lord— Wilt win with the help of the Lord. Ther scourge, with thy ADVENTURES OF SIGHT-SEERS. People who went out on the Alvira to see the Jaunching were in no cmiable frame of mind when they were Janded at Washington-street wharf yesterday even- ing. The vessel was chartered by the Society of Old Friends and, after the launching, they went on a cruise around the bay. Those who wanted to land had to bow to the will of the majority and in consequence there was much grumbiing. The steamer Resolute of the Piper-Aden- Goodall fleet carried off the palm for the best dressed vessel at the launching. Great care and ingenuity had been ex- pended on her decorations and she pre- sented a beautiful appearance as she Joined the jam of boats off the Union Iron ‘Works. J. C. Wilson was a host afloat yesterday. He entertained seventy guests from the Bohemia and Pacific-Union clubs aboard the superb tug Relief of the Spreckals fieet. After the launching of the Ohio the Relief cruised around the bay, affording passengers an opportunity to sxchange compliments with their friends on other craft. wosrisnp)l HARBOR CRAFT H DISAPPOINTED SALUTING e LURLINE PISPLAYS HER, COLOR S i k5 BTy & e VIEWS OF THE MAGNIFICENT NAVAL PAGEANT WHICH SPREAD OUT BEFORE PRESIDENT McKINLEY AND THE THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS WHO FILLED EVERY POINT OF VANTAGE FROM WHICH A VIEW OF THE LAUNCHING OF THE OHIO COULD BE OBTAINED. s 7 = WORKMEN TENDER A WARM RECEPTION TO McKINLEY. Continued from Page Twenty-Six. fuel, indeed, thousands of miles away from the raw materfals which go to make a ship, you have yet persevered and triumphed and made as good ships as have ever sailed the seas. (Great applause.) I am glad to be among these work- ingmen. I have ‘been glad to be in the city of San Francisco, and while 1 have not been able to meet all her people I have been able to meet tens of thousands of them, have heard their cheers for our country, have seen their smiling faces and haye observed that peace and contentment which has been everywhere manifest upon the faces of the people as we have taken our long journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (Applause.) I met this morning one of the returning trans- ports as we came to your works, car- rying the Forty-sixth and the Forty- second United States Volunteers. It did my heart good to welcome those brave defenders of our honor and of the flag back again to the Golden State. (Applause.) San Francisco in War. My fellow citizens, you have no idea how deeply touched I have been in the last three years and a bhalf by the loyal patriotism of the people of San Francisco. My mind, my heart, have been here, for it was here we organized the first expedition to the Philivpine Islands. It was here, under command of General Merritt, that that great army assembled and started out upon the ocean, none of us knowing what might happen to them, but all knowing that the na- tional horor was safe in their keep- ing; and I remember that the people of San Francisco gate them their blessing when they departed, and then their benediction when they returned again. (Applause.) As the head of the nation, I want to thank the people of this coast for their noble work dur- ing the Spanish war (applause), and T want to make special reference and acknowledgment, for I may not have another opportunity, to the gallant First California Volunteers (applause), that -was among the first in the field and almost the last to leave it, and performed conspicuous and gallant ser- vice in the campaign in the Philippine Islands. No one can stand surrounded by the workmen of this great estab- lishment without recalling the splen- did service done by the ships you have builded and their priceless services to the country. When Admiral Dewey was directed to go to Manila and de- stroy the Spanish fleet or capture it, he made the Olympia, which you built, his flagship (applause); and his com- mand directed from that ship perform- ed one of the most brilliant achieve- ments in the annals of the Americafi navy. (Applause.) Mentions the Oregon. Nor can we forget for a moment that it was your skill and genius that made the Oregon. (Applause, “Three cheers for the Oregon.”) The hours of anx- ious waiting will never be known when the Oregon started to join the fleet at Santiago. Days and days we heard not one word from her. But we had confidence in the stout ship you had built, and we had confidence in that gallant officer, Captain Clark, that commanded it (applause); and I shall never forget the early morning when Captain Clark telegraphed from the Florida shore, “The Oregon is here and needs no repairs, and is ready for ac- tion.” (Great applause.) And she went and performed magnificent service. T want to thank you men of the Union Iron Works for your assistance in the defense of our common country. T want to thank you for having built ships that have maintained the honor of the United States and added new glory to the navy of the United States. (Applause.) 1 was sorry indeed not to have been at the unveiling of the monument day before yesterday erected by a descend- ant of Peter Donahue, who founded the Union Iron Works, and dedicated * to the mechanics of the city of San Francisco. 1 should have liked to pay that horor to one who founded thes great works—works that have been so successfully carried on by Mr. Seott and his associates, and that have mad= the fame of the Union Iron Works world-wide. (Applause.) I don't want a ship in the American navy built t year to be better than the Ohi (Laughter and applause.) I say that to you among ourselves. (Laughter.) 1 say it to vou workmen who are go- ing to build her, for I have a great deal of pride in the old State. (Applause.) I have a great deal of pride in the name, but, proud as T am of my na- tive State. I am a thousand times more proud of the nation that is over ail the States (great applause), supreme and sovereign and glorious in its mission of good will and liberty to all mankind. (Applause—three cheers for the Ohio.) We Want More Ships. What we want is to build more ships. We ought to have a good commercial line from here to the Philippines, made in the Union Iron Warks (laughter). built by American workingmen and manned by American sailors (ap- plause) and carrying the American flag. (Applause.) There is nothing in this world that brings people so close together as commerce, and we want to encourage commerce. There is noth- ing in this world that so much pro- motes the- universal brotherhood of man as commerce, and we want to encourage commerce. The nations are close together now. The powers of the earth are tied together. We have overcome distance. We not oniy want a commercial line, but we want a cable from here to the Philippines. (Ap- plause.) We want it to bé an Amer- ican cable (applause), that cannot be cut by any power in the world. (Ap- plause.) They say trade follows the flag. The telegraph must follow trade. (Applause.) My fellow-citizens, problems before us. more {important ones. We have cx- panded. Do you want to contract® (Cries of “No.”) It is not a question of whether we will acquire the Philip- pines or Porto Rico or Guam or Wake Island or Hawaii or Tutuila. We have acquired them: they are ours. The question is, Shall we give them up? (General ery of “No.”) And from one end of this country to the other comes that answer. They are ours, not to subjugate, but emancipate; not to rule » we have great We never had In the power of might, but to take to those distant people the principles of liberty, of freedom ~onsciense, and of opportunity, that are enjoyed by tie people of the United S (Great applause.) Our flag n where except it carries (Applause.) Our flag never oppresscd y but it has gi freedom to every people over whom it nas floated. (Applause.) Friend of Labop: Having said this much, I only want to thank you all for this mest cordial welcome. I am glad again to meet the workingmen of my country. Al public life has been devoted In effort t give the workingmen the best oppor tunity, the best chance for good wages and steady employment. (Great ap- plause.) When labor is well em ployed the country is safe, and w labor is well employed there is cou tentment and happiness in the homes of the laboring men. Let us do our duty, the great public duty that con- fronts us; let us do £ humbiy before God. dealing j and merc fully, and always asking his favor a guidance. Let me say that T shall carry this beautiful souvenir of the emploves of the Union Iron Works with me, and it shall abide with me as long as I live, hall be passed to those of my y that shall follow, as one of the I have ever received from my fellow-countrymen. (Enthusi- astic applause.) There cheering when ths President concluded, and then he was led through the crowd. shaking hands as he went, and to, the launching stand under the steel prow of the Ohio. was more There was considerable trouble on the ferry steamer Sausalito and at one time it lcoked as though there was going to be a deadlock. The steamer started for the launching about 11 a. m., but owing to the crush a good place from which to view the ceremony could not be found. The first information the passengers had that the Ohio had taken her initial plunge into the waters of the bay was the shriek- ing of the whistles. Then they got mad and began to call President J. B. Stetson and Captain Tribble names. The Sausalito returned to her berth at 1:15 p. m., and then the trouble really broke out. The passengers refused to Jeave the boat unless their money was refunded. James H. Creely, the attorney, was their spokesman and he refused to leave until an understanding was arrived at. After half an hour spent in arguing Captain Tribble sent for the police, but Capiain Dunleavy said there was no breach of the peace and refused to inter- fere. Shertly afterward the Sausalito had to back into the stream to allow the San Rafael to dock. While steaming around an agreement was reached. The passen- gers were willing to forego their claim if the company would take them back to the Union Iron Works and give them a look at the Okto as she lay off the Arctic Oil ‘Works. Captain Tribble agreed to the ar- rangement and headed his boat for the scene of the morning’s launching. After everybody aboard had had a good look at the warship the Sausalito went back to ge;-m slip and the passengers walked shore.