Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-15
WELCOME WELCOME !!
THE WORDS OF THE STATE GRANGE
TO THE NATIONAL GRANGE.
Addresses and Responses-Happy Greet
ings Appropriate Music
Incidents.

Yesterday was the day set apart for wei
coming the National Grange to California
by the Patrons of the California STATE
Grange. The Assembly Chamber wal
beautifully decorated with flowers and EN-
blems of the Order, many of the fora
pieces bearing the emblems of the Patrons
of Husbandry.
The large chamber was filed with mem
bers of the Order, both local and national
an intelligent assemblage of representative
men and women.
A number of the State officers were pres
ent, among them the entire Supreme bench
of California, the latter occupying seats il
front of the Speakers desk.
At 2:20 P. NJ. G. w. Hancock, of Sacra
mento, called the assem- blage to order, and
the Sacramento Quartet composed o.
Messrs. Cohn, Milliken, Carroll and
| Crocker, sang in splendid voice "The
Roses" They were warmly applauded.
VIM. Johnston, of Sacramento, ex- Master
of the State Grange, then delivered the fol-
| lowing opening remarks:
It becomes my pleasant duty to call this meet
| ing to order.
We have come together this beautiful after
! noon for the purpose of saying few words Of
welcome to the national Grange, now holding
| its annual meeting in California.
We'come from all over the Union. We are
| here from our New England homes, from oul
| plantations in the South, from the great wheat
| fields of the North, from the cotton fields Of
Georgia, from the great corn fields of the North
west. We come from the great cattle ranges Of
the higher elevations of our Union and from the
sugar and rice fields of the South. There are
those among us who have stood shoulder tC
shoulder and worn the blue. There are those
who have stood shoulder 20 shoulder and W0rn
the gray. We have those among us who have
stood face to face, and fought only as Americans
fight-for what each believed to be the right. We
have bridged the chasm, and cross and recross
and grasp each other with the fraternal hand
exchanging the Patrons grip, and vie with
each other in that emulation of who can best
work and best agree in advancing the interests
of the tillers of the soil In this noble Order OF
ours we know no South, no North, no East, nc
West. We are one indivisible fraternal band
each striving to advance the interests OF the
whole. We are united under one flag, and as
patriots we worship at the shrine of the star.
and stripes.
AS a fitting prelude to our exercises. we will
have a patriotic song by the Sacramento Quartet
The quartet then sang one OF the patriotic
odes of the Patrons of Husbandry.
This ode was responded TO by the Ma
tional Grange Quartet, who sang 1.-The
Farmer is the Man That Feeds Them ALL
Mrs. WATSON, the soprano, New Hamp
shire lady, has a strong and cultivated
voice, and her solos were rendered with
dramatic effect. The singing was warmly
applauded.
William Johnston then introduced E
w. Davis of Santa Rosa, Master of the State
Grange, who delivered the following ad
dress of welcome;
Mr. President Worthy Master, and Members o
the National Grange, Patrons Of H9s6andry
the Patrons of California bid me to say to you
Your presence gladdenS our hearts, and you
coming is more than well. We look upon vol
as the harbingers of JOY. Patrons recognize
and the world recognizes and admits that the
Order, of which you are the chosen represent
| atives and to which you are so fondly attached
has done more to elevate the farmer, his wife
his family and his vocation, than all othe
| societies.
The tie that binds US is as lasting as mothe
| earth, and as true and faithful agriculture
itself. Our principles are as firm as the rock o
/ ages, and our purposes as majestic and enduring
| as the everlasting hills. In essentials, We art
unified; in non-essentials we are at liberty; il
all things and toward all people we propose K
| be charitable.
In greeting you as brothers and sisters
Patrons true, we know that you are, like our
selves, seeking to do the greatest good to the
| greatest number We are all Americans, The
| proudest title on earth, working in the presen
| and planning for the future in behalf OF al
| mankind.
California Patrons are an integral part of thi:
| grand Brotherhood. They stand ready with
| strong outstretched hands, with steady fee
feet, with unfinching, undaunted courage, and
| with an ardent love for their country and FOL
! humanity. to help you in every noble cause anC
| in every just act. 1t is our purpose to be gen
| erous but first of all, to be just We must ele
and IN do that mnSt pduCatp. Genuine
| knowledge is the foundation of all human hap
| piness. This the Grange gives. not alone to it:
own members, but to the farmer not member
| of the order, and to the world besides.
| Patrons of the National Grange, ours is 6
welcome, not for the good we think we can dc
| you, but more especially for the good work we
| knolc you do for US. We welcome you to this far
! away land, this State where winter never
comes and where spring, summer, and au-
tumn caress continually, and vie with each
| other for the compliments of their respective
| seasons
Our flower gardens, our orchards and our
farms are large; California. our Grand State, is
| still larger, but we know the welcome of ouI
hearts is largest of all. To the bounty of oul
ripened luscious fruits 20 our groaning granaries
! OF golden grain, and to our well-flled cellars
of pure, unadulterated California wines we bid
you welcome and help yourselves.
| But a welcome of words alone is, at best an
empty welcome. While, therefore, we appre
| ciate more than words can tell. the presence Of
this body of patriots, of scholars, of statesmen
and last. but by no means least OF all, this in
| telligent body of Patrons of Husbandry, We
| would have you all feel at home-yOu know
| what that word meaus-while with us. Know
| that ours is yours-yours to see; yours to under
| stand; yours to enjoy.
From you ana your presence, and from you
| experience and your knowledge we expect tC
| gain much wisdom and very much pleasure.
Selfish though we may be- proud as we are
| and ought TO be- of California and her wonderful
| ras rpagu uva VOC 1vin tr
| share all our bounty with you. We want you
! to see our orchards, our farms, our fine stock
| our vineyards and wine cellars. our mines, oUl
| schools, our colleges ana our University. We
| lodges and see our lodge halls. We want yoy
| to visit our towns, our cities and our parks: tC
| hear our bands of music; to see the grand ole
| Pacific and to kiss our sweet, pretty babies
| We want you to know that our valleys blossom
| as the rose, while in our verdant hills anc
| mountains untold and uncounted millions O
| precious metals are yet hidden.
| We would have you see flor seeing is believ
ing) our gigantic trees of pine, of cedar, and o
| redwood, whose spires are almost in HEAVIER
| and whose roots find home in mother earth
| Yosemite and the Geysers are yours to view
admire and enjoy, but ours for all time The
| wonders and worth of California are all your
| for season. Enjoy and appreciate them We
beg of lou, remembering the while that the
God of Nature plants His footstep on the sea,
| which is near US, land rides upon the storm.
| which is far from US, He has crowned oul
State with wonder, worth and wisdom. an6
| given us the seal with the motto Eureka
CT have found it.')
But:enough from me of the material worth :
| California. To tell it would make q book
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link
| nor is State better than its people.
We know there is q grander, nobler bette
| welcome than the wonders of our State await
ing you. 1t is the welcome that comes from
/ honest hearts, willing hands, attentive ears
| ready feet. melodious voices and intelligent anC
| active minds While you have the instructiv,
| tongue, We promise the attentive ear. We low
| the Truth for its own sake, and we bid yot
| speak plainly, forcibly, honestly in behalf 0
our Order aud the good work it is to do.
| Let no one OF you fear who is prompted BY
| honest motives. There is no sin in diferenc,
of opinion; the fault is in the bitterness of con
troversy." Act well your own part and thi
well done and the well come are always yours
| All of US love the Order of Patrons of Hus
bandry, because it teaches US to love our coun
| try, to love our neighbor and TO study TO know
| ourselves cit seeks the highest standard il
| morality; ii nurtureS Education; it support
| Temperance; il inculcates Honesty; it cultivate
| Brotherly Love; it practices Charity. It is
social Order wherein all who will may fnS
| something good" In bidding you welcome {,
our hearIhStones. we do so knowing that vol
ready TO feed the deserving hungry; to help tn,
| fatherless and the widow, and To continue to b,
| quiet, loyal peaceful citizens.
| In doing so we all become eminent Patrons o
| Husbandry. hoRoring and being honored bless
| ing and being blessed instructing and being in
| structed loving and being loved. giving as wei
| as receiving, favored of God and man and ap
| proved by our own conscience and the judy
ment of the wise and good who know US anC