The record-union., 1896-11-13

largely to pay proper tribute to the gen.
tlemen who constitute the highest court
Of the State--to recognize the dignity
the honor and the sacredness of this
great bulwark of the rights of the peo-
rle-that prompted us to bring you all
together under the call Of hospitality
and under the light of sociability.
If this occasion will in any manner
contribute to the strengthening of a
proper regard for this high tribunal, OF
suggest like occasions elsewhere that
will have such results, then, indeed, will
ollr efforts be successful and our recon-
pense be doubled.
In every childs schoolbook, on the
in the minds of all lovers of nature
there is the significant name, "Gibral-
tar" 1t designates one of Nature S
strongholdS for which the earth has nc
companion work. The sun has ever
been heating it and the night chilling
it, The sea has ever been rolling against
1t its salted waves, bearing thereon the
foam, the weed and the empty she'll
The ocean born storm has lifted waters
and wreck and dashed them against it
Submarine disturbances have sent
against it the tidal wave, bearing with
it the mud and the monsters of the deep
and yet the infinitesimal erosion
caused by this combined and continued
attack throughout the ages has only
brought out more clearly to mans view
the resisting power and the family out
lined seams where is Joined together
this granite masterpiece of the Supreme
Architect
AS old Gibraltar has ever been to man
and to nature, to the sea and all that is
therein, so may the Supreme Court OF
this great State ever be to all things
that imperil the civil rights and the
safety Of the people.
1t is now my pleasure to call upon and
Introduce to you a gentleman who al
the earnest solicitation of the commit.
tee has kindly consented to act as oul
toastmaster-the Hon. James H. Budd
our Governor
THE GOVERNORS REMARKS.
Governor Budd, on being introduced
spoke as follows:
Mr.. President, Gentlemen of Sacra.
meito and Judges of the Supreme
Court: When ] agreed to act as toast.
master Of the evening, a portion of the
contract was that / was not to respond
TO any toast whatsoever, and it was not
until late this afternoon, during the ses-
sion of the Board of Examiners, thai
/ was notified that / would be required
to respond to the toast California"
Now, as you all know, I am a modest
man. / have always been noted for my
modesty, and for fear that 1t might gel
the better of me, dictated to my type.
writer what | expected to say here this
evening. When / arrived at the hall
however. / ascertained that the Judge.
of the Supreme Court had likewise beer
tempted TO this festive hall by prom
ise that they should respond to M
toasts whatever. and it was all that
could do to keep them here when the,
found their names on the list.
California needs no response from
anyone-she speaks for herself. It is &
State. the very name of which has
aroused throughout the world the mos
vivid dreams of a land of gold. AND
to-day we find the tourist from tn.
East who comes to our shore expecting
TO fnd still the same long toms anc
mills and red-shirted miners. They for
get that that was the California of tn,
'oos. since which time our State has
passed from that age of golden dream.
through many other ages. We hav.
had our age of cattle" in California
when the vast fields Of the Sacramento
and San Joaquin Valleys teemed will
herds. and that age was followed b,
that OF wheat" when the golden fields
gave profit to us while we fed the ma.