Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-07
AT THE FAIR.
COLONEL MARKHAM ATTENDS AND
MAKES A SPEECH.
The Features of Last Evenings Enter
tainment-The Governor-Elect Given
Pleasant Reception.

The attendance at the chrysanthemum
fair was unusually large last night, in
spite of the wet and unpromising state
of the weather, the announcement that
Colonel H. II. Markham, of Pasadena,
was to be present having attracted
number of visitors who would otherwise
have remained at home.
Elegant as the decorations have been
heretofore, the display last night
eclipsed all former efforts, everything
having been renewed and rearranged to
do honor to the governor-elect. A 8
O'Clock every seat in. the galleries was
occupied, and ladies and gentlemen
gathered in little groups near the doors,
outside of which two companies of the
Seventh infantry, N. G. c., were drawn
up in line. Some twenty minutes later
Arend's orchestra rendered, See
the Conquering Hero Comes, and,
heralded by fanfare of bugles,
Colonel Markham, accompanied by
Brigadier General johnson, followed by
his staff, marched into the hall. Their
appearance was signalled by burst OF
enthusiastic cheering, which was kept up
until the party reached the platform.
Brigadier General johnson then ad
dressed the audience briefly as follows
Ladies and gentlemen: This is no
time for speech making, but rather one
of rejoicing. We have just passed
through great battle, and have with
us this evening the gentleman who car
ried our banner to victory. 1t affords
me great pleasure to introduce to you
Colonel H. H. Markham, the governor
elect OF California.
Colonel Markham, who was very
warmly received, then made brief ad-
dress. He said that he supposed he had
made his last speech few nights ago;
and some of his friends at Pasadena had
expressed their hope that he had. He
had not been informed that he was ex-
pected to make speech, but he was de-
lighted at being granted the privilege of
meeting so many there last night. He
was extremely gratified to see what had
been done, and never saw anything to
equal the display OF beautiful flowers be-
fore him in any other part of the state
during his campaign tour. The ladies
all along the line had seen to it that the
platforms in the various towns should
OO oCCOJaGCo WlbI lOWCIS. lDlS
formed quite feature of the campaign
He then related number of incidents
in connection with the campaign; and
spoke feelingly of the two "fairy high
waymen" who escorted him into one of
the northern towns.
He then touched upon the purpose CT
the fair, and eulogized the ladies of
Southern California for their charitable
deeds. In closing his address. he said
he expected to become very efficient in
speech-making, if he lived for the next
two years and attended every fair and
entertainment he expected to have to
do, and he agreed at the end of that
time to deliver speech here, so as to
make amend for his labored effort last
night. He said if he knew what to say
and how to- say it, he would get along
famously, but at present he did not.
He thanked his audience for the COM
pliment it had bestowed on him, and
hoped the fair would be crowned with
success. ~
At the close of his speech, Colonel
Markham was gracefully presented by
Miss Minnie Palmer, on behalf OF the
ladies of the boatonniere booth, with an
elegant bouquet of red roses, bound
with rich white ribbon.
Inc governor eject Cnen JOOK up pO-
sition in front of the platform and
greeted the visitors as they filed past
him, and this ceremony having been
concluded, he left the hall for the opera
house.
For the entertainment of the visitors
after the departure of Col. Markham, an
excellent musical programme was rem.
dered by Mrs. J. B. Brown, Mr.. w. H.
Brown. Miss A.. Werner and Oscar Wer-
ner, Misses Clark, Stiles, Diffenbacher
and Knighton, and G. A. Valentine, un-
der the direction of Mrs. Emily J. VAL
entine. The Arend orchestra also played
number of popular airs during the
evening.
For this afternoons amusement a
musical programme has been arranged,
consisting of vocal solos by Miss l.. H.
Kimball and Mrs. Calkins; double duet
by Misses Ellwood and Williams, Mrs.
Healy and Mr.. Ward; banjo solo by Mr..
Mesac; piano solo by Miss A. Houser,
and recitation by Mr.. G. A. Hough.
Tonight's programme will be as fol-
lows: My Grandma, sketch, Miss
Hazel Baldwin; vocal duet, selected,
Mrs. Catching and Mr.. Devney; floral
trio, selected, Baldwin children; vocal
solo, violin obligato, selected: Mrs. NJ.
F. Tarble; Silent Manual, Capt. Schrei-
Der and Lieutenant Martin; Gypsy
Song, Maude Stevenson and Ethel Bald
win; trio, selected, Mrs. Catching, Miss
Wiaaman and Mr. Davnev