The record-union., 1893-05-19

Tlans OF the building, photographs of
deslgn and character, autographs of dele
gates TO the Grand Court, resolutions that
were adopted Wednesday by the Grand
Court, souvenir delegate badge, history
ana roll OF Court Capital, history of Court
Sacramento, the odes and regalia of Court
sacramento, history of Sacramento Con-
cIaye. No. y, X. S. F., membership
badges of Court Capital, programme of
Grand Court entertainment, ball pro-
gramme, constitution and bylaws of
Court Sacramento, Columb bian half-dollar,
copy of each of the RECORD UNION,
NelOS and Bee.
The cornerstone was then laid and
cemented by the President, and the
ladies' sang the second ode to the air of
America"
ADDRESS BY GROVE L. JOHNSON.
Grove L. Johnson, Past Chief Ranger
OF Court Capital. delivered the following
eloquent address, amid applause so great
at times that he was forced to wait for its
subsistence:
NJ. President, Fello,0 Citizens. Brothers: We
meet to-day to lay the cornerstone of our
home-a home for Foresters
The most sacred spot on earth Is that which
Is home, whether it be the abode OF prince or
Lauper The birds OF the air, the beasts of
The Held all feel this, and by instinct know
ana recognize the presence, the power the
Gladness of home. The reason and con-
science OF man bids him yield a willing
obedience to this first law of Nature that de-
mands an abiding place for himself and his
family, that compels him to select some one
particular spot whereon to dwell, calls that
spot home, and twines its associations so
closely around head and heart that all of
humankind sing in glad acclaim.
me dearest spot on earth to me, is home,
sweet home"
AS members Of the Ancient Order of Forest
ers OF America we celebrate to-day the begin
ming of the first home for the order on the
racine Coast that is owned and Is to be owned
by the order. 1t is, therefore, most eminently
NJ ana proper that the cornerstone of such q
home-inarking, as it does, such red-letter
day IN the history of the order-should be laid
with imposing ceremonies, with pomp and
show, procession and address and blessing
mld shouting OF men, singing of odes and in
Nocatlons TO Him who ruIeth DER land and
sea, over time and eternity. As citizens of
Callfornla-this grand commonwealth that so
young III years IS so strong OF life that pos
sesses so much to make man happy ana CON
tented, that is an empire to and of ITSELF need
ing but the presence of the future millions of
people whose footsteps eN Ell now reverberate
upon the walks OF time in token of their Ger
tam coming to us, to make it the brightest
star IN the glorious ensign OF the republic-we
are proud OF the honor conferred upon us by
the enterprise of the toresters of Sacramento:
as residents of Sacramento-this Queen CITY
o. Ihe state, this Capital Of California, that
mlngIeS at once the memories OF the dayS of
'49 with the spirit OF the present and con
tains so much that is good for man. and State
ana Nation-we are happy indeed to see the
walls of this temple that is to be devoted TO
good purposes rising in our midst. and eel
honored at the favor shown our city in this
regard.
As Foresters we are happy and proud alike
at the knowledge that we have succeeded so
well; yes, SO much beyond our expectations
and that we are spared to see this day the
cornerstone OF our home, our Foresters'
nome, laid IN sacramento amongst ourselves
our families and our own household gous
We are made doubly happy that so auspi-
clous an event is to be commemorated by the
aid of the Grand Court of California of the
order, and that brothers from all parts OF our
State are here TO assist us in fitly commem-
Grating the day and in planting the seed OF
what Will be most glorious fruit.
To them, one and all, officers and brothers
we say accept our thanks, rejoice with us
unite with US in these our exercises and we
pray the day may soon come when we can
meetyou on other soils to lay corner-stones of
other homes for Foresters.
We OF sacramento who are so tor, unate as
to be members of this noble order / have an
added pleasure as we listen to the music rem
dered so acceptably by the band for we know
that each member thereof Is q Forester and
that to-day's celebration may be correctly de
nominated family affair To those brothers
who have as directors OF the Hall Association
labored so unseltishly and so zealousIy to
make good the hope of all that a toresters'
Hall owned by FOresters might be erected in
Sacramento, we of the order speaking NOT
only tor ourselves, but for the entire city. re-
turn our most heartfelt thanks and tender
w
your successful work. We congratulate the
order on your exertiOns, and we are proud to
clasp your hands and to extend to you now
and ever a ForeSters' greeting upon the good
work you have done for Sacramento and the
order.
IN whatever aspect we view this day We are
happy. We lay this cornerstone under tine
most auspicious omens. We have faith in the
future of our hall and our order.
This building whose cornerstone we Law in
place to-day is to be our hOme-in reality as
Wi hea fF,t tl,..,
our order, and within its walls naught will be
allowed that will tend, in never 50 Slight a de-
gree, TO tarnish the record of member or or
der. All its rooms and halls ali its uses will
be good and clean and wholesome Its corri-
dOrs will echo to the tread OF brothers going
to their labor for the order, or to the homes
made better by the teachings of the order
It's air will be redolent with the ennoblinp
practices and maxims of the order and the in
eense of good deeds done and good words
spoken by the ForeSters will clarity the brains
and rouse the courage of each member until
he makes himself by life and speech noble
type OF a true mana proud example for all to
follow. Upon this cornerstone there is to be
erected building which will be an ornament
to the city, credit to the State worthy
monument TO our order and an endless source
OF joy TO each Forester. We who knew of 1fs
inception, who have aided in its work and its
design, and who meet here to-day to give il a
proper start into being, will look upon its
walls with pardonable pride that each sue
ceed1nS year Will make stronger for we are of
these who have helped to make it; we are of
those who will enjoy to the full its commodi-
ous rooms, Its many conNeniences and all the
pleasures of this, Our home.
Within its walls all good men will be well
cOme-ncne but such can become Foresters:
within its sacred rtcincts we will gather TO
drink deep OF the springs that ever boil and
bubble with the pure principles OF our order
ard all VINO march behind the banner of our
order shall receive under its root such well
come as Robin Hood of old gave to his visit
ors in the brave days OF yOre when the free
FOresters OF England met beneath the green
wood tree and kept alive amid the oaks of
Sherwood Forest the fire OF liberty
As this building is to grow day by day and
week by week, III grandeur and beauty, by the
skilled workman placing one little brick upOn
another, until the completed structure stands
forth before the world in massive strength
and size TO endure the shock of ages 50 our
order, by the accession to its ranks of one
individual member after another will grow
day by day and year by year in numbers and
in power, until the whole Pacific Coast yea
the whole nation of America, shall know its
goodness and gather inspiration from its
homes such as this; but unlike this home
built by mans hands, our order will never
be completed.
Those who are the builders of this home.
whose cornerstone we lay to-day, mix mortar
and lime with patient toll, use brick and
timber with cOnsummate care, and with rare
skill and exceeding thought bind with nails
ana bolts all parts into one symmetrical, sub
stantial whole, that becomes a symbol of
solidlty, of strength, of endurance, beautiful
in shape and imposing in execution. We
bulid Oui oiuSA "l1h men, using Ine pearuleSs
youth and the gray-haired man, mingling all
classes and all creeds, recognizing as the be-
ginning of our efforts liberty OF thought and
action as the common heritage of man. and
knowing no grades or distinctions amongst
US save thosescaused by devotion to the order
We mold these men to unity OF purpose
and deed that moves all in one direction that
animates all alike, that teaches each to pull
ior the other and all to pull together for the
good OF the order.
We inculcate into the minds of all a spirit
baDeVDlenCe not confined To bpl in
the struggles OF humanity. but which includes
q generous blindness to the eXuberances OF one
another and forgetfalness of individual of
lenses.