The San Francisco call., 1896-09-10

ence in which we have placed you Zap
! plause.
| the young people OF California are here
| TO pay you this tribute and to bid you be of
good cheer; to be proud OF the work which
Cslifornians, ladies and gentlemen, this to
| US should be day of thanksgiving as well as
of rejoicing. 1t should be a day of tears, but
not tears of agony. IL should be day OF re-
| joicing, and borrow the thought, as you will
! perceive, of our greatest statesman, day of
| exultation and of gratitude.
We should not let this day pass without re-
dedicating ourselves to the great work before
us, and that work is the building up of the
State and the preservation of all that we have.
and the reaching out for that which is better
and more to be desired.
We should here to-day, fellow-citizens, con-
secrate ourselves to our State and, oh, it to me
is proud thought that through all the
dangers which our dear country has passed, in
the darkest hour. in the widest storm, in
! darkness, and in doubt, California stood, as
she will ever stand, for the constitution and
the union. lGreat applause1
And now, iellow-citlzens, what is our gre at
oyershadowing duty? 1t is to hold high aloft
| the banner of civilization; it is to hold high
aoft In the forefront of the nations of the earth
! the great and blessed glorious banner of civili-
zauon. ana what is that banner? Thank
| God. it is the banner of our fathers, the Star
spangIed Banner OF the Nation. lGreat ap-
| plause.l
The banner which is emblematic of the
struggles OF the sufferings, of the tears, of the
| triumphs OF the mothers and the fsthers of the
Revolution; the banner which is emblematic
| OF freedom to worship God in temple or in
forest freedom of conscience, free lips and free
| hands; the banner emblematic of an indis-
soluble Union and indestructable State.
And so here to-day, on this 9th of Septem-
Der, In this year OF our Lord 1896, let US utter
| fervent prayer that the State may endure,
! she may advance in all the civic virtues; that
her constitution may always be preserved !;
| that her institutions of learning may be pre-
| served that her people may be prosperous and
| rlPhte0nS han n n
! ton may forever float above our fertile valleys
and from our noun tain tops, over happy, q
! righteous, an independent people.
Our State OF California, may she ever stand
Tor light, Tor progress and for liberty.
Prolonged applause followed and the
| band burst into medley of patriotic airs.
Miss Frazie Cleveland, daughter of C.
D. Cleveland, recited in a very telling
manner the poem OF the day. written by
her father and entitled 1.-The Pioneer"
| She was warmly applauded.
Now the stage was cleared. the orchestra
| got In tune with Strauss and dancing was
begun and continued until the whistle
blew for the return at o'clock.
The celebration was on the whole one
of the most successful in the history of
the society. The committee in charge
was composed of: E. T. Kruge (chairman),
Z. Vandercook, G. M. Plum, c. J. King,
Peer Tiffany and John F. Pinkham. Mr..
! Vandercook served as floor manager for
the dancing.
a poll was taken of the men on the boat
who wished to vote, the result being: For
Mckinley 201, BRYAN 66, Palmer l, for
woman suffrage 140, against 121.
1t might be mentioned that there is
striking machine at Ell Campo for a test of
strength, great iron-bound sledge being
used. Among the athletes who hammered
the thing all day but one man "rang the
bell, striking the heaviest blow possible
on the machine. George n Cahanisr
struck the next best blow, 2250, and S. NJ.
Shortridge, his Prince Albert buttoned up
to the collar as he appeared before his
! audience, came next, striking 2150. The
feat was greeted with as hearty applause
as was the best turned period of his
grafton.
The last of the excursionists arrived in
the City shortly after 6 o'clock, and the
Admission day picnic of the pioneers for
1896 was over