The record-union., 1896-04-16
WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS.
Visit Of the Nevada Press Association
Yesterday.
At the Breakfast at the Sutter Club
They Prove Themselves Good
Takers.

Down from the land of the sagebrush
and the beautiful snow came a private
car early yesterday morning, bearing
the Press Association of Nevada, on
visit to the land of sunshine ana now
ers, their objective point being the
Santa Barbara flower festival.
The California Press Association had
assembled here the night before to ten
der them a welcome, mindful OF the
handsome treatment accorded TO them
by their Nevada brethren during their
visit to that State in 1894, when thelr
hosts could not do too much to render
II a pleasant one.
AS the train rolled into the depot the
Executive Committee of the Press Asso-
citation was on hand to meet their
guests and escort them to the Sutter
Club, where a breakfast had been pre-
pared for them 1t had at first been IN
tended to receive them in the daytime
and tender them banquet at nlgnt,
but as that would delay their arrival
in Santa Barbara, the programme was
changed, as they could spare only
few hours to Sacramento before speed
ing on their way.
AS the association l6ll It's IL w eh~o
seen that the ladies were very much IN
evidence, showing that Nevadans know
1 good thing when they see 1t, ana
wished their wives and daughters to
enjoy their pleasures with them. Ii
vas evident also that the claims that
President Kelly afterwards made Tor
he ladies of Nevada were well FOUNDED.
Those composing the excursion were:
Ic-xxr nyth G
PATCH" M. S. Riddle and wife and q.
r Vardie of the Deeth "Tidings, e.
W. Patterson of the Yerrington Rust
ler," E. ]. Parkinson of the Nevada
Tribune" Isaac Alcovich of the Carson
Weekly" Sam B. Davis and wife OF
the Carson Appeal" w. w. Booker
and nephew of the Elko Independent,
f. D. Kelly, President of the associa-
tion, wife and daughter and>Mis Web
ster of the Reno Journal" r. c. Bios
som and sister of the Wadsworth Gen
trail Nevadan," C. H. Sproule and wife
of the EIko Free Press" G. NJ. Smith
and wife and Mrs. Beers of the Genoa
Courier" Allen c. Bragg of the Reno
Gazette" Mrs. H. H. Hogan of the
Reno .'Plaindealer" and ]. e. Mackin-
non and wife of the Virginia Enter
prise
The tables presented an inviting ap-
pearance. the roses with which they
were decorated vieing in the freshness
and beauty of their coloring with those
in the cheeks of the ladies accompany
ing both the associations. The break
fast menu was an elegant one, and the
visitors enjoyed it, showing that they
had brought with them their appetite
for spring chicken and "fixin's' and
discussing the viands to the dulcet
strains of Neale's orchestra. The House
Committee of the Sutter Club deserves
great credit for the manner in which
the breakfast was served and all the
arrangements pertaining to it.
After safety had taken the place OF
hunger. the President, E. B. Willis, ad-
dressed to the visitors a few words of
welcome and called on z. D. McCabe,
the Governors Private Secretary, to
speak as the representative of the State
Mr.. McCabe said that when he came
he was not aware that he would be
called on to welcome the association.
He would much rather have had the
Governor extend the hospitality OF the
State The people of Nevada are our
friends and neighbors, and we wish to
extend to them a neighborly welcome,
and invite them to pluck our HoWers,
drink our wines and make themselves
as much at home as they would by their
own firesides He realized that the press
molds public opinion, and he would,
therefore, ask them, as they went
through the State, to observe our re-
sources and everything that makes the
State comfortable and luxurious; to
visit our orchards and vineyards and re-
port them as they are without exagger-
alton or diminution.
He hoped they would make them
selves at home and visit as much OF the
State as possible, as every portion has
some popularity regarding which they
could gather information. He hoped
they would gather true idea of our ca
pacity and development, and dissent
nate the fact that we are still in our in
fancy We will always be neighbors
and friends and ready to extend our
hospitality to our sister State. He was
glad the California Association had
given him an opportunity on behalf OF
the Governor to bid them welcome.
The President said the visitors now
owned the whole State except Sacra-
mento. and he would call on Mayor
Hubbard to give them that.
Mayor Hubbard said he was pleased
on behalf of the citizens to welcome
them to the bright city of flowers. he
did not look on them as strangers, but
the firms of the city have extended their
business relations into Nevada and are
We'll known to the inhabitants. They
were going to Santa Barbara. 1t is
beautiful town, but he would ask them
to look through the city and see the
floral display in the yards here, and
then they could better appreciate the
south We do not fear comparison He
hoped to welcome them here to a flower
festival before long.
N A. Hummel of the Wadsworth
dispatch" responded to the sentiment,
1.-The State of Nevada"
He said the party started last night
amid clouds and snow but if anything
could drive away clouds ii would be
California hospitality. 1t was sunlight
in their presence California and Ne
vada had been friends and neighbors
from the days when the cry was Ho!
for Washoe," The California pioneers