The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-03
THE CI7Y'S GUEST.
Grand Reception to PreSi-
dent Harrison.
HISPATHVAY OF ROSES,
Made by the School Children Of
the Capital City.
Hc is Deeply Impressed by the Magnificent
Demonstration.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE OCCASION.
EhH President Receives the Veterans Of The Grand
AImY-PrGSHltGd with SOuV6Rir
Of His ViSit-HG Calls on
Governor Markham.

President Harrison has come and gone,
and has left behind him in Sacramento
pleasant recollections of his presence. A
more perfect day never blessed a COM
munity than that which ushered into our
midst the President and his distinguished
companions. Not a cloud obscured the
beautiful blue sky above, and the heat of
the sun was gently tempered by cool
fresh breeze that came up during the
night from the southeast, as if out of spe-
cial compliment to the Chief Magistrate
of the nation and the occasion.
Sacramento has heretofore presented a
handsomer appearance in the way of
decorations than she did on yesterday,
but what was lacking in this respect was
more than compensated for by the great
outpouring Of the people, and the enthu-
siastic manner in which they greeted as
their guest the highest official of the ma
tion.
AS President Harrison stood upon the
elevated platform in front of the Capitol
building yesterday, and looked down
upon and over the vast sea of human
faces that were upturned to his with so
much respect and admiration expressed
thereon, he would have been less than
human If his heart did not respond to
such greeting. Standing there in the
soft atmosphere of a perfect California
spring morning, in the presence of from
twelve to fifteen thousand people, repre-
senting every element in the community;
looking out upon the tree-embowered
streets and happy homes that surrounded
him; upon the hundreds of prettily-
dressed school-children who waved their
little flags at him, and who had Just
strewn his pathway with roses almost
knee-deep-it is no wonder the President
paused in his remarks, and said there
was no person so gifted of tongue as to be
able to give fitting expression to the
thoughts and feelings that thrilled his
brain and heart at that moment.
1t was one Of those events that occur
so rarely within the average limit of a
lifetime, when one feels that words are
meaningless, and that the eloquence of
silence alone can do justice to the grand
eur and sublimity of the occasion.
Everyone who yesterday stood within
sight Of the President as he gazed in ST.
lence at the charming and animated
picture spread out before him, could read
in his face that his heart was full of graf
itude and pride-that he fully appreciated
the peoples patriotism and respect for
the high Office he represented, and that he
was proud TO know that here, on the far
away sunset slopes of the continent, the
people are all Americans-all happy,
prosperous, contented, and loyal to their
country.
The rising sun yesterday morning
shone upon the stars and stripes waving
over the city from hundreds of flagstaffs
signaling TO the distinguished guests as
they approached the fact that the people
of Sacramento were on the alert TO greet
and extend TO them such Inequalities as
were possible in the brief space of time
allotted them TO stay within the city's
gates.
The Presidential train left Oakland
about o'clock in the morning, while its
occupants were enjoying their slumbers
after the fatigue of the preceding days
visit to Santa Cruz, and they did not
leave their berths until the Carquinez
Straits had been crossed and they were
being whisked through the broad grain
fields and past the smiling homes of So.
lano County's prosperous farmers.
No stops We're made along the route
owing to earliness of the hour, and the
train reached Davisville shortly after
O'Clock. Here the President and party
were met by a committee of citizens con.
sisting of Superior Judges Catlin and
Van Fleet, Superintendent J. B. Wright
of the Southern Pacific Company, NJ. r
Higgins, private secretary to Governor
Markham. Hon. Newton Booth. Hon. w