The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-02

1'e y0&rs the unlteQ STATES government
nss oeen trying to give you postofice. You
wheat, but no one seems to want to sell plat
ground to the government to build = post
oance This hne site am apt to find is ont Of
ne market, and that one Is locked up unless q
nxed price is paid. and that price is the price of
tne plat about five years In the future. So.
eentiemens We may have to leave your beautiful
esate with nothing but our wishes
At the close of the reception the presi-
dent proceeded to attend the Grand Army
Mayday celebration at the Mechanics pa
yilion.
The banquet given at the Palace hotel
tonight in honor of President Harrison
was the closing feature of the presidents
visit to this city, and was conducted on q
most elaborate scale. Over $50 guests were
present. The floral decorations were beau
tifui, roses being the principal flower used.
ca the table at which the president sat was
bank of roses three feet wide, extending
tho whole length of the table. The menu
cards we're very artistic. Some of the
most prominant citizens Of the state at
tended the banquet. General w. III. l..
Barnes presided and made an address
inwhich he introduced President Harri-
SOP The president delivered the principal
speech of the evening as follows:
-, President and Gentlemen: When the queen
o. 6heba visited the court of Solomon and saw
its splendors, she was compelled to testify that
half had not been told her. Undoubtedly the
enldssaries of Solomon's court who had pene-
tfased to her distant territory found themselves
In = like situation to that which attends Cali
foEuians when they travel East; they are afraid
toe much to put to the test the credulity of their
heorefs. Laughter and applause. Az gentleman
OF your state said to me, It has resulted in .
prevailing indisposition to tell the truth among
Csuf0fnianA tApplause.] No, not at all be-
caue Caiifornians are unfriendly to the truth
llnnghserl. but solely out Of compassion to their
he9sers fiaughtcfl they address themselves
to the capacity Of those who hear them, and
taxing warning by the fate of the man who told
sovereign of the Indies that he had
sesa water SO solid that it could
bosS stories away from home. It has
ben, much as have heard Of California, bril-
liant dfsillusion to me and to those who have
jouzneyed with me. The half had not been told
OF the prouctiveness OF your valley, of the bios
soming orchards, and Of the gardens laden with
howcrs. We have seen and been entranced: our
pathway has been strewn with flowers: we
have been surprised, when we were in
region Of orchards and roses, to be
suddenly pulled up at . station and asked to
address some remarks to 4 pyramid Of Dig tin.
Laughter and applausel The products Of the
niue, rare and exceptional. have been added To
the products Of the field. until the impression
has'been made upon my mind that II any new
want should be developed in the arts;
possibly II want should be de-
veloped in statesmanship, or any vacan-
cies in office Ilaughterb we have q safe
reserve that can be drawn upon ad hbitum
Laughter and applause.l But, my friends,
sWeoser than al the incense of flowers has been
the gracious, unaffected, hearty kindness with
which the people Of California have everywhere
recaived us [applause l. without division. with
out dissent, . ample and yet Z mag
nihcent American welcome. It ID gratifying
that Il should be So We may carry
into our campaigns, into our conventions
and conareases, discussions and divisions, but
how grand 1t Is that we are people who bow
reYerently 70 the decision when It Il rendered,
and who viii follow the dag everywhere. always,
aud with. .eutire devotion Of heart. without ask.
ing What party may have furnishcd the leader
In whose hands II il placed. TCheerine.l ~
believe we have come to new epoch q .
nation. There are opening portals before IN in-
viting US to enter; opening portals to trade and
influence and prestige such q we have never
the paths Of peace. We are not
warlike nation. All our instincts, all our
history Is in the lines of peace Only intoler.
able aggression, only the peril of our institu-
tions or the flag, can thoroughly arouse us.
(Great applause.] With capabilities for war on
land and sea unexcelled by any nation in the
world, we are smitten with the love
of peace. (Applause.l We would pro-
mote the peace of this hemisphere by
placing judiciously some large guns about the
Golden Gate [great and enthusiastic cheeringl,
simply for saluting purposes (Iaughter], and yet
they should be of the best modern type. [Cheers |
We should have In the sea some good vessels.
We don't need as great navy as some other
people, but we do need sufficient navy OF first
class ships, simply to make sure that the peace
of this hemisphere is preserved (cheers];
simply that we may not have the great distant
marts of commerce., and our few citizens who
may be domieiled there, to feel lonesome for the
sight of the American flag. We are making fine
progress in the construction Of the navy: the
best English constructors have testified to the
completeness and perfection of some Of our
ships It is q source of great qualification to me
to know that you have here the
energy, enterprise and courage to cor.
Duct plant CAPABLE of building the
heat ships afioat TCries of s.(sood good.p and
cheerirel saw with great delight the launch
of one Of the new vessels hone that YOU nav
so enlarpe your canacities for construction that
II will no. be necessary to send any naval vessel
around the Horn.
We want merchant ships. TCheers.l believe
we have come TO n time when we should choose
whether we shall continue to be non -partici-
pants in the commerce of the world, or
will now vigorously, with the push and
energy which onr neoples have shown in
other lines of enterprise. claim our share
Of the worlds commerce. ICheersl I
viii not enter into discussion OF methods The
nostal hill of the last session of congress marks
heeinninr Here in california. where for so
long time a nostsl service that did not nav its