Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-18

that she fully comprehends the honor
you have done her. While she will
blushiDgly smile in grateful recognition
OF whatever good you may elect to speak
of her, she will not forget to tender to
you the freedom of her possessions. Her
brown hills, presenting little of the love-
illness of her flowery spring time, may
not now attract but her orchards, laden
with luscious fruits, her fragrant orange
groves, her fields but lately subjected to
the harvest, her vines teeming with their
juicy product, her beautiful lakes seques-
tered in the Sierra's fastness, her noun
tain streams tenanted by the epicure's Is
inny favorites-these are all yours to en-
joy. For your diversion she points
to her ocean-skirted shore, to
San Diego's Coronado, to Monterey Is
Del Monte to Santa Barbara, to Santa
Monica. She asks you to look upon her
great commercial center, the City OF San
Francisco, to contemplate her peerless
harbor and the lovely region bordering
upon it. Yosemite, it's valley, it's falls,
its mountains are yours to behold. Nor
will you omit to view her mighty forest
trees, the greatest of the earth, the wit
ness posts of ages set in place for the
protection and delight of men.
To all these you are invited that you
may gather such information and partake
of such amusement as the occasion offers,
and that you may know, too, why it was
those who came here in the days of '49,
intending to acquire fortune and return
to their homes, yielded to the Emporium.
tiles of the virgin land, and wooed from
the surroundings of their childhood, es-
tablished new American common
wealth.
Nor is this the only welcome. We
cannot proffer you sublimer things than
those which have recounted and which
have been showered upon us by munii-
cent creative hand, but we can and do
offer you that without which your at
tendance would be barren of nobler
sentiments-we tender you the hospital
| ity of our hearthstones. To request a
Californian to do you favor will be to
compliment him. Proud of her history,
ambitious to ascend giddy heights in
the contest for pre-. eminent Statehood,
California will feel content only when
you have partaken to the fullness of
your hearts desire at her festal board,
and have willingly fingered without un-
rest amid the attractions which she has
placed at your disposal.
Mr.. Whites Grafton was frequently in
terrupted by the applause called forth by
the eloquence of his remarks. and he
resumed his seat amidst general hand
clapping. Brigadier-General Russell
then sprang to his feet and, in response
to the summons. the Chevaliers arose,
and the news went around that Deputy
Grand Sire, Lieutenant General John G.
Underwood was without. He entered
moment later, accompanied by his staff,
and they presented an imposing spectacle
as they traversed the open space in the
auditorium. General Underwood took
up position in the centre the building
and then Mayor Workman was intro
duced and made the following remarks !:
MAYOR woRKMAN's WELCOME.
| The city of Los Angeles feels honored
by and proud of the high distinction
| given it by the holding of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the United States in its
midst, and as Mayor of the city l wish to
extend to you the hand of hospitality and
good-fellowship, and to express publicly
our appreciation of the great honor shown
US by your body.
l feel it, as Mayor, most pleasant
duty to extend to the Sovereign Grand
Lodge and ITS guests hearty and cordial
welcome, and to each one of you person
ally the hope that the manner in which
we are trying to take care of you will
leave in your minds kindly remem-
brance of city so remote from the
homes OF many of you.
Again I bid you welcome, and trust
that your stay will be pleasant one.
Judge DePuy next introduced in glow
ing terms the Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of California, the Hon. r. H..
Lloyd. Mr.. Lloyd made the following
| address:
MR.. LLoYD's SPEECH.
"Since our last visit to these shores
eighteen years have passed over our
heads. Looking around we miss many
noble man whose happiest moment was
when he could change tear into a
smile. In that time there have been
many changes in this State of ours. but
on these 1 will not dilate as you will
doubtless inspect them for yourselves.
There have been as great changes in our
Order; then we had 161 Lodges with a
mem bership OF IL 1000, and now we have
322 active Lodges and member
ship of $4,000. Then our worldly
goods amounted to 100000; to-day
they are worth $4,000, 900. We have
here larger proportion of Odd Fellows
than any other Jurisdiction; we number
one to every seven voters, and one to
every thirty-6ve of our population. In
Pennsylvania the amount expended for
relief has been $5 per head; here it has
been SO per head, and we have expended
$3, 900 900 for the relief of widows and
orphans. The surroundings have been
transformed as by magician's wand.
The green hills and fertile dales have
been filled by community of prosper
GUS and enterprising people, who readily
lgrasped the opportunities that ma
lure held out to them. The great
}est stumbling block to any COM
i,-unity is to have certain sect
to interpret their thoughts for
them and trust that the day is not very
far distant when every man and woman
will Judge for themselves what they owe
to their God, their country and their fell
low-mep. take it that where each man
undertakes to instruct his fellow-man in
the cultivation of the ideas installed by the
Great Author OF humanity, there you
will find an ideal republic and commu-
nity of Odd Fellows though they be no,
members of our lodges. God speed the
day when they shall be universally rec
ognized and practiced. Your Grand Sire
and to the representatives of the many
lodges throughout the country, I, in the
name of the Golden State of California,